{"id":2428,"date":"2014-12-06T18:28:22","date_gmt":"2014-12-07T00:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/?p=2428"},"modified":"2014-12-06T18:28:22","modified_gmt":"2014-12-07T00:28:22","slug":"my-fingers-are-crying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/?p=2428","title":{"rendered":"My fingers are crying!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Urban-Renewal-quilting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-2430\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Urban-Renewal-quilting.jpg\" alt=\"SAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES\" width=\"422\" height=\"283\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lately, I have spent several hours each day quilting the Urban Renewal quilt.\u00a0\u00a0 The body is done, along with one side border.\u00a0 Though it&#8217;s not visible in this picture, there are two straight, parallel lines of stitching between the quilt body and border.<\/p>\n<p>My fingers are suffering.\u00a0 My left index finger and half of my right thumb are numb and callused.\u00a0 Along with misshaped nails (from needle abuse), this is the price hand quilters pay for the love of the craft.\u00a0 I wear my quilter&#8217;s hands proudly!<\/p>\n<p>I have decided to begin cutting out another Winding Ways quilt,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/batik-Winding-Ways.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2429\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/batik-Winding-Ways.jpg\" alt=\"SAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES\" width=\"422\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a> but this time incorporating batik fabric.\u00a0 I really enjoyed making this pattern earlier this year and want one for my own.\u00a0 I have a nice collection of batiks and will use most of them.\u00a0 When my hands need a break from quilting, I cut a few more pieces.\u00a0 At this time, I plan to make a queen+ size quilt for my own bed (if I have enough batik fabric).\u00a0 We&#8217;ll see.\u00a0 I&#8217;m excited at the prospect.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a quiet weekend here with nothing special planned and no visitors expected.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll stay busy with needle, thread, scissors and a few good movies.\u00a0 Happy weekend!<\/p>\n<p>Shirl<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lately, I have spent several hours each day quilting the Urban Renewal quilt.\u00a0\u00a0 The body is done, along with one side border.\u00a0 Though it&#8217;s not visible in this picture, there are two straight, parallel lines of stitching between the quilt body and border. My fingers are suffering.\u00a0 My left index finger and half of my<span class=\"more-excerpt\"><a class=\"more-excerpt-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/?p=2428\"> (continue reading&#8230;)  <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2428"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2441,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428\/revisions\/2441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}