{"id":4902,"date":"2022-12-10T16:49:24","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T00:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=4902"},"modified":"2022-12-10T16:49:24","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T00:49:24","slug":"king-of-the-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2022\/12\/10\/king-of-the-ice\/","title":{"rendered":"King of the Ice"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I’ve posted before about designs from San Francisco Stitch Co<\/a>. As they’ve done in several times in the past, they’re providing a free set of designs, one block at a time over the course of several weeks. This time, the 6″ blocks are called Winter Twist, and each block will be available for a very limited time. The first one is called “King of the Ice”, and it’s a wonderful polar bear with a crown (of course!), swirls, and snow flakes. As always, it stitched out beautifully on the wonderful Bernina 790+ I’m fortunate to own, and I can hardly wait for the next block!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve posted before about designs from San Francisco Stitch Co. As they’ve done in several times in the past, they’re providing a free set of designs, one block at a time over the course of several weeks. This time, the 6″ blocks are called Winter Twist, and each block will be available for a very […]<\/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":[301],"tags":[252,202,193],"class_list":{"0":"post-4902","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-embroidery","7":"tag-basket-blocks","8":"tag-bernina","9":"tag-embroidery","10":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-1h4","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3621,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2018\/10\/29\/borders-added\/","url_meta":{"origin":4902,"position":0},"title":"Borders added","author":"Sandy","date":"October 29, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I've shown you the four adorable little blocks designed by the San Francisco Stitch Company, and they also offered designs for the borders and corners to finish up the project. 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