{"id":44414,"date":"2018-12-04T07:10:44","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T14:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=44414"},"modified":"2019-06-20T10:19:18","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T17:19:18","slug":"bam-swap-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/bam-swap-gift\/","title":{"rendered":"BAM Swap Gift"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44413\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44413\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/wp-1543858828129768209700870353388.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/wp-1543858828129768209700870353388-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"BAM Winter Extravaganza Gift by Mary\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/wp-1543858828129768209700870353388-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/wp-1543858828129768209700870353388-768x608.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/wp-1543858828129768209700870353388-1024x810.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/wp-1543858828129768209700870353388-1200x950.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44413\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BAM Winter Extravaganza Gift by Mary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I also received a gift at the guild Winter Extravaganza. I was so pleased to get a gift from Mary! She went above and beyond by making me a very cool portfolio, a little basket and a pincushion.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as I opened the package, my mind started whirling about how I would use all of them.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44417\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44417\" style=\"width: 249px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/wp-15438610682233123997421726861168.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/wp-15438610682233123997421726861168-249x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mary's Little Basket in use\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/wp-15438610682233123997421726861168-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/wp-15438610682233123997421726861168-768x926.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/wp-15438610682233123997421726861168-849x1024.jpg 849w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/wp-15438610682233123997421726861168-1200x1448.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 249px) 85vw, 249px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44417\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary&#8217;s Little Basket in use<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I have already put the little basket to use as I worked on the back for the MetroScape quilt back. It is now designated for selvedges, though I have already filled it up.<\/p>\n<p>I am thinking that the portfolio will be put to good use for English Paper Piecing fabrics and papers. I use my first Sew Together bag for needles, pins, thread, scissors, etc, but I don&#8217;t really have a good place for the papers and the fabrics I have prepared. This might do the trick.<\/p>\n<p>I laughed when I saw the pincushion. As you may remember, I have made this style of pincushion for others in the guild. I never made one for myself, so Mary did it for me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I also received a gift at the guild Winter Extravaganza. I was so pleased to get a gift from Mary! She went above and beyond by making me a very cool portfolio, a little basket and a pincushion. As soon as I opened the package, my mind started whirling about how I would use all &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/bam-swap-gift\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;BAM Swap Gift&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[453],"tags":[137,480,316,330,59],"class_list":["post-44414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-453","tag-bamqg","tag-classmates-tote","tag-gifts","tag-other-artists","tag-swaps"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44414","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44414\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}