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Gosh, it’s been such a long time! Unfortunately, I’ve been sort of out of commission for a little while since developing arthritis in my thumbs — and, of course, it’s worse in my left thumb. Have I mentioned that I’m left-handed? \ud83d\ude09 But I’ve improved to the point of being able to work, though a bit more slowly.<\/p>\n

Last year, the Wonderfil people sponsored an online paper-pieced BOM, and I liked the looks of the first block, so I jumped in. I did post about it previously, but it’s been “marinating” for a time. And now I’ve finally finished it! It will be a gift.<\/p>\n

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Gosh, it’s been such a long time! Unfortunately, I’ve been sort of out of commission for a little while since developing arthritis in my thumbs — and, of course, it’s worse in my left thumb. Have I mentioned that I’m left-handed? \ud83d\ude09 But I’ve improved to the point of being able to work, though a […]<\/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":[3,299],"tags":[226,48,228,2],"class_list":{"0":"post-5873","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-piecing","7":"category-quilting","8":"tag-feathers","9":"tag-freemotion","10":"tag-paper-piecing","11":"tag-quilting","12":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-1wJ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5294,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2024\/02\/28\/got-the-point\/","url_meta":{"origin":5873,"position":0},"title":"Got the Point?","author":"Sandy","date":"February 28, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Got the Point? 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