{"id":4928,"date":"2023-01-07T13:39:26","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T21:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=4928"},"modified":"2023-01-07T13:39:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T21:39:26","slug":"meadow-marquis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2023\/01\/07\/meadow-marquis\/","title":{"rendered":"Meadow Marquis"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"White<\/a>And here’s the third of the four blocks that San Francisco Stitch Co.<\/a> is issuing as a free download for the winter! This “marquis” is a curious little ermine who pokes his head up in search of whatever he can see in the neighborhood. He was inspired by a real one who ventured close to the home of San Francisco Stitch Co., and I think he’s adorable! There’s only one more block\u00a0to go in the main design before adding embroidered borders and sashing, and I’m liking it more and more. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And here’s the third of the four blocks that San Francisco Stitch Co. is issuing as a free download for the winter! This “marquis” is a curious little ermine who pokes his head up in search of whatever he can see in the neighborhood. He was inspired by a real one who ventured close to […]<\/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":[202,193],"class_list":{"0":"post-4928","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-embroidery","7":"tag-bernina","8":"tag-embroidery","9":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-1hu","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4956,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2023\/02\/05\/quilt-top-finished\/","url_meta":{"origin":4928,"position":0},"title":"Quilt top finished!","author":"Sandy","date":"February 5, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday I posted that I was working on embroidering the borders of the Winter Twist project from San Francisco Stitch Co. 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