{"id":5621,"date":"2025-04-21T11:37:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T18:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=5621"},"modified":"2025-04-21T11:37:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T18:37:33","slug":"four-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2025\/04\/21\/four-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Four more!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been having so much fun making the various different paper-pieced bird blocks designed by WonderFil last year that I haven’t been able to stop. I’d originally planned to work on them *only* at the monthly (more or less) sewing days sponsored by the local guild, but I keep making “just one more” at home. They’re so cute!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I worked on the toucan at the last sewing day, but then I couldn’t resist finishing him at home. And then the cockatoo, \u00a0parrot, and pine grosbeak followed as I found myself making one after the other. Will power? What’s that?<\/p>\n

Anyway, here are the blocks I’ve made most recently. They are (top left to bottom right) the toucan, the cockatoo, the parrot, and the pine grosbeak. I love them!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been having so much fun making the various different paper-pieced bird blocks designed by WonderFil last year that I haven’t been able to stop. I’d originally planned to work on them *only* at the monthly (more or less) sewing days sponsored by the local guild, but I keep making “just one more” at home. 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