{"id":5575,"date":"2025-03-09T18:31:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T01:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=5575"},"modified":"2025-03-09T18:31:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T01:31:22","slug":"block-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2025\/03\/09\/block-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Block #2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Machine<\/a>This is the second block in the year-long BOM I’m doing through my local quilt shop. It’s by Riley Blake and is all done in the hoop with machine embroidery and machine embroidered appliqu\u00e9.<\/p>\n

I must say that, though this isn’t a style that usually appeals to me, I do think the finished quilt will be really cute. However, I also have to say that I’m not crazy about the way they’ve done the instructions; I find them a bit confusing and have to be very careful that the thread colors and fabrics are very carefully sorted out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is the second block in the year-long BOM I’m doing through my local quilt shop. It’s by Riley Blake and is all done in the hoop with machine embroidery and machine embroidered appliqu\u00e9. I must say that, though this isn’t a style that usually appeals to me, I do think the finished quilt will […]<\/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":[215,193],"class_list":{"0":"post-5575","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-embroidery","7":"tag-applique-2","8":"tag-embroidery","9":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-1rV","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5551,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2025\/02\/03\/another-one\/","url_meta":{"origin":5575,"position":0},"title":"Another one?!?","author":"Sandy","date":"February 3, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"After not having done a BOM in years, I'm suddenly doing two! 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