{"id":5897,"date":"2026-03-21T06:54:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T13:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=5897"},"modified":"2026-03-21T06:56:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T13:56:14","slug":"contemplating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2026\/03\/21\/contemplating\/","title":{"rendered":"Contemplating …"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Quilt<\/a>I’m once again in my usual quandary: what designs to use when quilting my latest quilt top, which is to be a gift. I’ve finished the top, which is called Exploding Heart, and I’m planning to sandwich the backing, batting, and top when I can have uninterrupted use of our one and only table, which is quite a bit smaller than this quilt. That’s fine, though; I know how to work around that. However, the quilt top is 72″ x 72″, and the backing and batting are several inches larger than that, of course. That means that the actual quilting will be a bit more awkward on my fabulous Bernina 790Pro. Still, the biggest roadblock right now is deciding on the motifs to use!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m once again in my usual quandary: what designs to use when quilting my latest quilt top, which is to be a gift. I’ve finished the top, which is called Exploding Heart, and I’m planning to sandwich the backing, batting, and top when I can have uninterrupted use of our one and only table, which […]<\/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":[5,3,299,1],"tags":[202,48,217,2],"class_list":{"0":"post-5897","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-free-motion","7":"category-piecing","8":"category-quilting","9":"category-uncategorized","10":"tag-bernina","11":"tag-freemotion","12":"tag-piecing-2","13":"tag-quilting","14":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-1x7","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4761,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2022\/05\/13\/saguaro\/","url_meta":{"origin":5897,"position":0},"title":"Saguaro","author":"Sandy","date":"May 13, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Wow! 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