{"id":3963,"date":"2019-09-26T16:41:45","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T23:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=3963"},"modified":"2019-09-26T16:41:45","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T23:41:45","slug":"it-finally-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2019\/09\/26\/it-finally-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"It finally begins"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"quilting<\/a>I’ve had to put away my quilt project for the past few weeks while I worked on my new web site<\/a>. Once I put the back leaf of my table up to support the weight of the quilt, my sewing room becomes very crowded, and access to my computer is tight — and that’s not good for prolonged periods. However, the site is now done and the quilting has commenced! There isn’t much to see yet, but it’s a start. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve had to put away my quilt project for the past few weeks while I worked on my new web site. Once I put the back leaf of my table up to support the weight of the quilt, my sewing room becomes very crowded, and access to my computer is tight — and that’s not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,299],"tags":[202,48,2,311],"class_list":{"0":"post-3963","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-free-motion","7":"category-quilting","8":"tag-bernina","9":"tag-freemotion","10":"tag-quilting","11":"tag-ruler-work","12":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-11V","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5294,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2024\/02\/28\/got-the-point\/","url_meta":{"origin":3963,"position":0},"title":"Got the Point?","author":"Sandy","date":"February 28, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Got the Point? 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