{"id":897,"date":"2018-06-02T14:52:42","date_gmt":"2018-06-02T21:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/?p=897"},"modified":"2018-07-06T14:44:35","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T21:44:35","slug":"a-little-box-finished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/?p=897","title":{"rendered":"A Little Box Finished-My May Small"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Edited to add: This is my May Small for Heather&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/stitchinglotus.ca\/\">Stitching Lotus Smalls SAL<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You know I finished this Beyond Cross Stitch Learning Collection piece from Victoria Sampler back in April and planned to make it into a box topper for a present for my daughter&#8217;s First Communion. Here it is!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-913 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_7138.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_7138.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_7138.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_7138.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_7138.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_7138.jpg?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_7138.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_7138.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I found a little square box and had the hardest time deciding on a color to complement the stitching. I settled on blue as it is her favorite color. I used a kind of stain with wax over it. It was not too hard.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-914 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_7141.jpg?resize=300%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_7141.jpg?resize=300%2C250&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_7141.jpg?resize=768%2C641&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_7141.jpg?w=896&amp;ssl=1 896w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is the inside with a little cushion I made for the bottom.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-911 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_7139.jpg?resize=640%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_7139.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_7139.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_7139.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_7139.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This turned out to be a very nice project! I&#8217;m quite happy with it.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-912 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_7142.jpg?resize=640%2C659&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"659\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Edited to add: This is my May Small for Heather&#8217;s Stitching Lotus Smalls SAL) &nbsp; You know I finished this Beyond Cross Stitch Learning Collection piece from Victoria Sampler back in April and planned to make it into a box topper for a present for my daughter&#8217;s First Communion. Here it is! I found a little square box and had [&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":[73,49,1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finished-2018","category-finishing-techniques","category-uncategorized","tag-victoria-sampler"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897","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=897"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":968,"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897\/revisions\/968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}