{"id":4674,"date":"2022-01-25T13:52:34","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T21:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=4674"},"modified":"2022-01-25T13:52:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T21:52:34","slug":"its-started-whew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2022\/01\/25\/its-started-whew\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s started — whew!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have a terrible<\/em> time deciding how I want to quilt my quilts! I’ve been waffling and debating with myself for weeks about how I want to quilt this one — as usual. But at least I’ve finally decided on how I want to do the large white blocks; I’ll make a final decision on the strippy blocks when I’ve finished these.<\/p>\n

\"Ribbon<\/a>To refresh your memory, this is a drawing of the design. Those white blocks are 10″ square, leaving plenty of empty space for the feathered wreaths I finally settled on.<\/p>\n

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\"central<\/a>Here are the first four, done with 40-wt white Glide thread (click to enlarge). I’m not sure what thread I’ll use in the colored strips, but that’s a minor detail, given that I also don’t yet know how I’m going to quilt them or the white strips. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have a terrible time deciding how I want to quilt my quilts! I’ve been waffling and debating with myself for weeks about how I want to quilt this one — as usual. But at least I’ve finally decided on how I want to do the large white blocks; I’ll make a final decision on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4675,"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":[5,299],"tags":[226,48,2],"class_list":{"0":"post-4674","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-free-motion","8":"category-quilting","9":"tag-feathers","10":"tag-freemotion","11":"tag-quilting","12":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0210.jpeg?fit=1280%2C960&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-1do","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5480,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2024\/10\/14\/i-forgot\/","url_meta":{"origin":4674,"position":0},"title":"I forgot!","author":"Sandy","date":"October 14, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Some time ago (August, I think), I showed a couple of photos of the free-motion quilting I was doing on a lap-sized quilt. 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