{"id":5878,"date":"2026-02-26T16:52:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T00:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=5878"},"modified":"2026-02-26T16:52:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T00:52:47","slug":"quick-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2026\/02\/26\/quick-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

I saw a little kit at the quilt shop the other day, and it made me giggle. I just had to have it! I did add one extra fabric to it, since I used the included binding fabric for corded piping and so needed something else for the binding. This took just a few hours to make, and I will be hanging it in my sewing room to make me smile when I glance at it. I machine appliqu\u00e9d the fused letters with a blanket stitch on my Bernina 790Pro and did minimal free-motion quilting. It measures about 13.75″ x 16.75″. \"Colorful<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I saw a little kit at the quilt shop the other day, and it made me giggle. I just had to have it! I did add one extra fabric to it, since I used the included binding fabric for corded piping and so needed something else for the binding. This took just a few hours […]<\/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":[4,5,299],"tags":[215,202,48,2],"class_list":{"0":"post-5878","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-applique","7":"category-free-motion","8":"category-quilting","9":"tag-applique-2","10":"tag-bernina","11":"tag-freemotion","12":"tag-quilting","13":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-1wO","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3276,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2017\/11\/16\/pumpkin-not-pie\/","url_meta":{"origin":5878,"position":0},"title":"Pumpkin — not pie ;)","author":"Sandy","date":"November 16, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"This is Enchanted Pumpkin, designed by Claudia Dinnell. 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