{"id":15258,"date":"2012-10-19T16:11:40","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T23:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=15258"},"modified":"2016-11-08T13:45:14","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T20:45:14","slug":"and-in-other-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/and-in-other-news\/","title":{"rendered":"And&#8230;in other News"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_15259\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15259\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/PICT2715sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15259\" title=\"Bali Cracker Macaron (test photo)\" src=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/PICT2715sm-300x291.jpg\" alt=\"Bali Cracker Macaron (test photo)\" width=\"300\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/PICT2715sm-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/PICT2715sm.jpg 904w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bali Cracker Macaron (test photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>My camera seems to be working again. I bought a new, smaller SD card and the camera is now saving photos to the SD card again. If only I had known (remembered? this is ringing a bell) to not try and cram 4GB of memory into my poor 10 year old camera, I probably would have been fine.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? I took the picture of the Bali Cracker (crazy name, BTW!) and only cropped. I didn&#8217;t adjust the color or anything.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, retail therapy was my prescription on Monday after work and this Cracker came today with sister, Pop. I think I will make another Stepping Stones quilt from these. I just have to find some yardage, though I think I could find some turquoise in my fabric closet that would work just fine.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t want to get into a fight with people about the right and wrong of Boy Scouts, especially after the latest scandal to follow the most recent scandal. Sigh. The Young Man is a scout, as you might have guessed. I find it to be a good program for boys who are not sports oriented. The national organizational leadership, IMO, needs some attitude adjusting, shall we say.<\/p>\n<p>Moving on.<\/p>\n<p>This group has come out with the new merit badges for the year. They are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Welding<\/li>\n<li>Search &amp; Rescue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Take a look at the merit badge requirements at: <a href=\"http:\/\/usscouts.org\/advancementTOC.asp#merit\">http:\/\/usscouts.org\/advancementTOC.asp#merit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both are useful skills, but I think that sewing would be much more useful than welding. The BSA needs to, SERIOUSLY, consider a sewing merit badge. Sewing on a button is a useful skill, don&#8217;t you think? Running a sewing machine? Reading a pattern to make a fanny pack or a sleeping bag?\u00a0 Dealing with denim, Gortex and ripstop nylon fabric? I know that many artists weld and it is a sign of power, but really, welding over sewing? Sheesh.<\/p>\n<p>Also, I painted my toenails purple. Now I keep getting startled every time I see them.<\/p>\n<p>Have a great weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My camera seems to be working again. I bought a new, smaller SD card and the camera is now saving photos to the SD card again. If only I had known (remembered? this is ringing a bell) to not try and cram 4GB of memory into my poor 10 year old camera, I probably would &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/and-in-other-news\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;And&#8230;in other News&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[402],"tags":[315,345,118],"class_list":["post-15258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-402","tag-fabric","tag-tools","tag-various-sundry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15258\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}