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<\/a> and I’m finding pleasure using my old treadle machine to piece quilt tops but I’m not satisfied with anything I’ve recently assembled.\u00a0 Oh well, I guess the world needs more dog quilts.<\/p>\nThe first ho-hum sew project is the String Pyramids.\u00a0 I love making the triangular blocks on Frankentreadle and I even enjoy hand-stitching them together into rows, then adding the rows together.\u00a0 I am simply not enthused with the design.\u00a0 It’s now large enough (48″ x 36″) for a dog bed cover or dog quilt but I’ve put it aside until my attitude changes and I make it larger or I finish it for the dogs.<\/p>\n
The most recent project is It looks like this holiday weekend will be very quiet here on the hill.\u00a0 Hubster is feeling poorly from his first chemo treatment so I will most likely continue playing with fabric while he takes multiple naps.\u00a0 Yep, that will keep me WAY too busy to heavy clean or paint.\u00a0 Hope your weekend is grand!<\/p>\n Shirl<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I hate this restless, unsatisfied feeling of not knowing what I WANT to do while not wanting to do what NEEDS to be done.\u00a0 I truly NEED to do some heavy house cleaning (floor scrubbing, window washing, etc.) and DIY home improvements (mostly painting) but none of it appeals to me. I know I want (continue reading…) <\/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":[14,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2805"}],"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=2805"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2820,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2805\/revisions\/2820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a> a baby quilt.\u00a0 The pattern is called ‘Bright Hopes’.\u00a0 Truthfully, I don’t dislike it but I’m not jazzed by it.\u00a0 I’m hoping with the addition of a border, it will be more appealing.\u00a0 I have a distant relative expecting her second child in Spring so I’ll complete it for her.\u00a0 It will be a totally unexpected gift and I hope the surprise is pleasing.\u00a0 Before borders, it measures 42″ x 36″.\u00a0 It’s another Frankentreadle top I plan to hand quilt.<\/p>\n