{"id":5834,"date":"2026-01-02T07:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T15:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=5834"},"modified":"2026-01-02T07:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T15:42:07","slug":"ready-for-gifting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2026\/01\/02\/ready-for-gifting\/","title":{"rendered":"Ready for gifting!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Quilt<\/a>I’ve been working on a quilt designed by Krista Moser. When I saw the design, I thought it would be a good gift for the wonderful young woman our #1 grandson recently married. She lost a dear family member a couple of years ago, and she feels the loss quite deeply, of course. I’d heard that some people believe that the sight of a cardinal means that it’s bringing a message from a loved one who has died, so I decided to make this. I do wish I’d made it just a tad smaller, but it’s done now and will go to her in the next couple of weeks.<\/p>\n

I used ruler work to do minimal outline quilting in the “leaves” \u00a0and free-motion curves for the white and grey pieces. The cardinal block has a spray of feathers in the background, as well as small feathers on the bird itself. I added red corded piping next to the grey binding to have an extra pop of color.<\/p>\n

\"Green<\/a>\"A<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been working on a quilt designed by Krista Moser. When I saw the design, I thought it would be a good gift for the wonderful young woman our #1 grandson recently married. She lost a dear family member a couple of years ago, and she feels the loss quite deeply, of course. I’d heard […]<\/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":[5,3,299,337,1],"tags":[306,2,311],"class_list":{"0":"post-5834","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-free-motion","7":"category-piecing","8":"category-quilting","9":"category-ruler-work","10":"category-uncategorized","11":"tag-free-motion","12":"tag-quilting","13":"tag-ruler-work","14":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-1w6","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2050,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2015\/04\/21\/practice-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":5834,"position":0},"title":"Practice","author":"Sandy","date":"April 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I've had a difficult time getting going on a new project, but a couple of days ago I ran across a kit for a very small dresser scarf; I'd hidden it away a few years ago for future use. 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