{"id":5062,"date":"2023-07-03T14:37:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T21:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=5062"},"modified":"2023-07-03T14:37:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T21:37:44","slug":"miles-and-miles-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2023\/07\/03\/miles-and-miles-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Miles and miles &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0398.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5063\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0398.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"strips of teal fabric being stitched around cording for piping\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0398.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0398.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0398.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0398.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>&#8230; of corded piping. It&#8217;s been too long &#8212; over a month! &#8212; \u00a0since I last posted, but I&#8217;ve been making slow progress on my Dresden plate quilt. Between then and now, my husband and I went away for a couple of weeks. I also finished the quilting on this piece and am now making <em>lots<\/em> of corded piping. Yes, I do usually add piping to my quilts, but this time I&#8217;m thinking I&#8217;ll do a double row &#8212; different colors &#8212; next to the piping. I do like corded piping, in case you hadn&#8217;t noticed. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; of corded piping. It&#8217;s been too long &#8212; over a month! &#8212; \u00a0since I last posted, but I&#8217;ve been making slow progress on my Dresden plate quilt. Between then and now, my husband and I went away for a couple of weeks. I also finished the quilting on this piece and am now making [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[299],"tags":[202,73],"class_list":{"0":"post-5062","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-quilting","7":"tag-bernina","8":"tag-piping","9":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-1jE","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1409,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2012\/02\/20\/macaroni\/","url_meta":{"origin":5062,"position":0},"title":"Macaroni!","author":"Sandy","date":"February 20, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"No, this isn't a post about food. ;) Remember that retreat I blogged about in January? 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