{"id":4962,"date":"2023-02-12T14:26:52","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T22:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=4962"},"modified":"2023-02-12T14:26:52","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T22:26:52","slug":"winter-twist-finished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2023\/02\/12\/winter-twist-finished\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Twist finished"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0036.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4963\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0036.jpeg?resize=298%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Finished embroidered quilt: 4 animal blocks on grey with purple embroidered borders.\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0036.jpeg?resize=298%2C300&amp;ssl=1 298w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0036.jpeg?resize=1017%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1017w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0036.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0036.jpeg?resize=768%2C773&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0036.jpeg?w=1271&amp;ssl=1 1271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a>This has been a fun little project, and now it&#8217;s in the completed column! I&#8217;ve just put the finishing stitches in today, and I&#8217;m hoping \u00a0to be able to get busy on the next project very soon. \ud83d\ude42 The embroidery motifs for this one were free downloads from <a href=\"https:\/\/sanfranstitchco.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Stitch Co.<\/a> and were so fun to do. They are, unfortunately, no longer free, but they&#8217;re well worth doing. Anyway, I did minimal quilting here, sticking to some free motion swirls and a few feathers, as well as a very few straight lines in the borders. As usual, click on the photo for a larger view, if you like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This has been a fun little project, and now it&#8217;s in the completed column! I&#8217;ve just put the finishing stitches in today, and I&#8217;m hoping \u00a0to be able to get busy on the next project very soon. \ud83d\ude42 The embroidery motifs for this one were free downloads from San Francisco Stitch Co. and were so [&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":[301,5],"tags":[193,226,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-4962","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-embroidery","7":"category-free-motion","8":"tag-embroidery","9":"tag-feathers","10":"tag-freemotion","11":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-1i2","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3642,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2018\/11\/16\/two-down\/","url_meta":{"origin":4962,"position":0},"title":"Two down!","author":"Sandy","date":"November 16, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I've just finished my little embroidered quilt, and it's hanging happily on the wall for the rest of the fall season. 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Her method avoids having to appliqu\u00e9 a circle\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Appliqu\u00e9&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Appliqu\u00e9","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/category\/quilting\/applique\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"3 lavender Dresden plates. 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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. 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