{"id":6048,"date":"2026-10-10T09:10:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T16:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=6048"},"modified":"2026-10-10T09:10:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T16:10:03","slug":"the-hummingbird-is-flying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2026\/10\/10\/the-hummingbird-is-flying\/","title":{"rendered":"The hummingbird is flying"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Hummingbird<\/a>I’ve finished my latest paper-piecing project! I\u00a0love<\/em> this bird, but I absolutely hated how it was made. Don’t get me wrong, though; the fabrics and colors are amazing, and I do enjoy paper piecing. However, this is a new-to-me kind of paper piecing, and I didn’t enjoy it at all. That’s fine; lots of people like these designs and the technique, so they won’t miss me. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

The quilt is about 28″ x 38″, and I chose to finish it with a facing, rather than binding. I just didn’t have enough fabric left to do a binding, and I thought that binding might detract from the piece.<\/p>\n

The quilting is straight diagonal lines in the background. On the bird, I did feathers in the wing and tail, as well as continuous curves in the body.<\/p>\n

My new Bernina 790Ultra was a joy to use!<\/p>\n

\"Three<\/a>Now I’m starting to cut out the pieces for my next project, a bag called A Place for Everything 2.0, from byAnnie<\/a>. Aren’t the fabrics pretty? I’ll use the print on the outside of the bag, trimming that with the purple. The lining will be the light teal. Stay tuned! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve finished my latest paper-piecing project! I\u00a0love this bird, but I absolutely hated how it was made. Don’t get me wrong, though; the fabrics and colors are amazing, and I do enjoy paper piecing. However, this is a new-to-me kind of paper piecing, and I didn’t enjoy it at all. That’s fine; lots of people […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,3,299],"tags":[202,226,48,228],"class_list":["post-6048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-free-motion","category-piecing","category-quilting","tag-bernina","tag-feathers","tag-freemotion","tag-paper-piecing","czr-hentry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-1zy","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5294,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2024\/02\/28\/got-the-point\/","url_meta":{"origin":6048,"position":0},"title":"Got the Point?","author":"Sandy","date":"February 28, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Got the Point? 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