{"id":14603,"date":"2025-03-16T14:35:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T21:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=14603"},"modified":"2025-03-16T16:44:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T23:44:26","slug":"mid-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/2025\/03\/mid-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid March"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My mood is gloomy. Winter is hanging on. Over the past few days I got some things done though. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Taxes sent off, whew. Although why I bother, when billionaires will likely take my money\u2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Started going through photos that have been boxed up since we moved in 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Worked on the food co-op order for next week<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scoured and mordanted some hemp and hemp-silk fabric for a dyeing workshop next Saturday <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Worked on a binding for the garden quilt, now coming out of its long rest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For the binding, I found some fabrics in my stash to use. Most of them are remnants from a Women\u2019s Club yard sale a year (two?) ago. I like how they coordinated. And the colors are summery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was going to use them in long strips, then realized that was a lazy person\u2019s idea. I was then thinking of pieced triangles but after reading about it, decided that was too difficult due to cuts on the bias. So I settled on 2\u201d squares. I did A LOT of math to figure out how much I needed, calculations I didn\u2019t really trust. Nothing like laying out the squares as they\u2019ll be when stitched (below). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_9787-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_9787-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_9787-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Trial layout<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The binding on this quilt is going to be unusual. I want it to appear only on the back, to avoid disturbing the look of the front. I\u2019m making it up as I go. My sister sent me a natural colored linen tablecloth which will be perfect for the backing. So the components are coming together. Onward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_9786-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_9786-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_9786-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Top one is sewn.  Three more strips to go. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_9785-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_9785-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_9785-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_9785-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_9785-1-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_9785-1-320x320.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Leftover squares<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My mood is gloomy. Winter is hanging on. Over the past few days I got some things done though. For the binding, I found some fabrics in my stash to use. 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