{"id":4454,"date":"2021-04-12T12:13:57","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T19:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=4454"},"modified":"2021-04-12T12:13:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T19:13:57","slug":"local-quilt-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2021\/04\/12\/local-quilt-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Quilt Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year our guild was forced to cancel our annual quilt show, due to COVID restrictions. It was sad, but of course it had to be done. This year, though, the show was back, though it was online to try to keep things under control, in terms of exposure and safety. The judging was done by means of photos, which isn&#8217;t ideal, of course, but at least we had something to look at when the show went live for a couple of days.<\/p>\n<p>I entered two quilts &#8212; the same two I&#8217;d intended to enter last year. One was <a href=\"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2019\/05\/01\/smaller-version\/\">Christmas Toys<\/a> and the other was <a href=\"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2019\/12\/29\/swirly-whirly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swirly Whirly<\/a>. I&#8217;m very pleased to say that Swirly Whirly won a lovely blue ribbon in its category!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_1368.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4455\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_1368.jpeg?resize=294%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Swirly Whirly with blue ribbon\" width=\"294\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_1368.jpeg?resize=294%2C300&amp;ssl=1 294w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_1368.jpeg?resize=1003%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1003w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_1368.jpeg?resize=768%2C784&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_1368.jpeg?w=1254&amp;ssl=1 1254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year our guild was forced to cancel our annual quilt show, due to COVID restrictions. It was sad, but of course it had to be done. This year, though, the show was back, though it was online to try to keep things under control, in terms of exposure and safety. The judging was done [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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}},"categories":[5,3,299],"tags":[228,209],"class_list":{"0":"post-4454","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-free-motion","7":"category-piecing","8":"category-quilting","9":"tag-paper-piecing","10":"tag-quilt-show","11":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-19Q","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4038,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2019\/12\/29\/swirly-whirly\/","url_meta":{"origin":4454,"position":0},"title":"Swirly Whirly","author":"Sandy","date":"December 29, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"And ... it's done! I had originally envisioned doing swirling feathers in all of the colored areas, but that was an impossible task. The bulk created by all of those tiny seams just meant that my free motion foot kept getting hung up; it's rather difficult to do smooth curves\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Free motion quilting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Free motion quilting","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/category\/quilting\/free-motion\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Swirly Whirly quilt","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_0989.jpeg?fit=1200%2C1068&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_0989.jpeg?fit=1200%2C1068&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_0989.jpeg?fit=1200%2C1068&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_0989.jpeg?fit=1200%2C1068&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_0989.jpeg?fit=1200%2C1068&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4559,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2021\/08\/19\/dragonfly-playground\/","url_meta":{"origin":4454,"position":1},"title":"Dragonfly Playground","author":"Sandy","date":"August 19, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The latest quilt is now finished! I had such a good time quilting this one, especially since I wasn't constantly fighting the weight as I moved it around under my Bernina, thanks to my new suspension system. The background fabric is a white-on-white fabric with happily flitting dragonflies, which is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Embroidery&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Embroidery","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/category\/embroidery\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"picture of colorful quilt","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_0020.jpeg?fit=640%2C453&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_0020.jpeg?fit=640%2C453&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_0020.jpeg?fit=640%2C453&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4844,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2022\/08\/16\/saguaro-quilt\/","url_meta":{"origin":4454,"position":2},"title":"Saguaro quilt","author":"Sandy","date":"August 16, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"It's finished! Yay! I used swirls in most of the background -- and there's a lot of background in this quilt -- hoping to suggest the blowing wind. By the time I'd finished them, I was royally tired of swirls! I quilted the saguaro itself with straight-ish lines interrupted by\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Free motion quilting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Free motion quilting","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/category\/quilting\/free-motion\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Saguaro against the sky","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0692.jpeg?fit=505%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5294,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2024\/02\/28\/got-the-point\/","url_meta":{"origin":4454,"position":3},"title":"Got the Point?","author":"Sandy","date":"February 28, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Got the Point? That's what I've named my latest quilt. It was a fun one to make, and it's now hanging in my sewing room, replacing a quilt that had hung there for over 20 years! It was time for a change, wouldn't you agree? As you may be able\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Free motion quilting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Free motion quilting","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/category\/quilting\/free-motion\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Quilt depicting sewing machine needles in a variety of bright colors on a pale blue background.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_0247-242x300.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5897,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2026\/03\/21\/contemplating\/","url_meta":{"origin":4454,"position":4},"title":"Contemplating &#8230;","author":"Sandy","date":"March 21, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm once again in my usual quandary: what designs to use when quilting my latest quilt top, which is to be a gift. 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