{"id":1026,"date":"2018-08-05T13:43:57","date_gmt":"2018-08-05T20:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/?p=1026"},"modified":"2018-08-09T10:22:11","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T17:22:11","slug":"english-sampler-pillow-oops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/?p=1026","title":{"rendered":"English Sampler Pillow Oops!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m still plugging away at the GPA English Sampler Pillow:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_8039.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-1032 aligncenter size-large\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_8039.jpg?w=4032&amp;ssl=1 4032w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_8039.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_8039.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_8039.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_8039.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_8039.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_8039.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s showing progress! The pillow sure is pretty to stitch on though the loopy trim does catch my thread frequently.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_8038.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-1033 aligncenter size-large\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_8038.jpg?w=4032&amp;ssl=1 4032w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_8038.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_8038.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_8038.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_8038.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_8038.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_8038.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I discovered I made a big mistake. Instead of starting 4 threads from the bottom I started 4 stitches from the bottom! Oh no! I will not be able to stitch the design as charted unless I go to the very top thread which will look cramped and uneven.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_8040.jpg?resize=640%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-1034 aligncenter size-large\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_8040.jpg?w=3024&amp;ssl=1 3024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_8040.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_8040.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_8040.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_8040.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After studying the matter thoroughly I&#8217;ve decided to modify the &#8220;year&#8221; band and reduce its height by 2-3 stitches so everything will fit evenly. And I&#8217;m ok with that! I don&#8217;t care if I leave off the year, I just hope I can find a good band to go there that won&#8217;t look out of place. We&#8217;ll see how it goes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m still plugging away at the GPA English Sampler Pillow: It&#8217;s showing progress! The pillow sure is pretty to stitch on though the loopy trim does catch my thread frequently. I discovered I made a big mistake. Instead of starting 4 threads from the bottom I started 4 stitches from the bottom! Oh no! I will not be able to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[86],"class_list":["post-1026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wips","tag-gpa"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1026"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1035,"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026\/revisions\/1035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}