{"id":6529,"date":"2021-03-03T07:45:27","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T12:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=6529"},"modified":"2021-03-03T07:45:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T12:45:27","slug":"pandemic-pattern-4-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=6529","title":{"rendered":"Pandemic Pattern #4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At last, 300+ little leather circles have been hand stitched into place using the wonderful neon threads I have such a stock of.  The leather&#8217;s mostly red but there are scattered small amounts of magenta and orange.   The stitching is mostly neon green but in places I&#8217;ve brought in a little red, orange, yellow and pink.  In  this pic you can see that for all the thread showing on the front, there&#8217;s a lot more on the back:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"484\" height=\"114\" data-attachment-id=\"6518\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?attachment_id=6518\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/PP4-applique-back-and-front-1.jpg?fit=484%2C114&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"484,114\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PP4-applique-back-and-front-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/PP4-applique-back-and-front-1.jpg?fit=300%2C71&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/PP4-applique-back-and-front-1.jpg?fit=484%2C114&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/PP4-applique-back-and-front-1.jpg?resize=500%2C118\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/PP4-applique-back-and-front-1.jpg?w=484&amp;ssl=1 484w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/PP4-applique-back-and-front-1.jpg?resize=300%2C71&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><figcaption><strong><em>Left: hand appliqued leather circles on the front. Right: the reverse side<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m now hand quilting, and as it\u2019s a while since I did any quilting by hand, it took me a while yesterday to get my hand in again, so to speak, but by by dinner time yesterday I\u2019d done about 10%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-attachment-id=\"6502\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?attachment_id=6502\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/neons-works-station-feb-9-blog.jpg?fit=500%2C281&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,281\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"neons-works-station-feb-9-blog\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/neons-works-station-feb-9-blog.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/neons-works-station-feb-9-blog.jpg?fit=500%2C281&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/neons-works-station-feb-9-blog.jpg?resize=500%2C281\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/neons-works-station-feb-9-blog.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/neons-works-station-feb-9-blog.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Out on the shaded patio, the light\u2019s inadequate for the black on black hand quilting I\u2019m doing, so I\u2019ve retreated up to my sewing room again with the table reading lamp focused on where I\u2019m working. I\u2019m listening to Jane Austen\u2019s\u00a0<em>Northanger Abbey<\/em>\u00a0and then\u00a0<em>Persuasion<\/em>\u00a0to go now in my rather lengthy but wonderful recorded book, so will soon need to order another \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">  <\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At last, 300+ little leather circles have been hand stitched into place using the wonderful neon threads I have such a stock of. The leather&#8217;s mostly red but there are scattered small amounts of magenta and orange. 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