{"id":59981,"date":"2023-08-11T07:02:54","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T14:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=59981"},"modified":"2025-02-18T16:22:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T00:22:36","slug":"sugar-skulls-in-the-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/sugar-skulls-in-the-wild\/","title":{"rendered":"Sugar Skulls in the Wild"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have mentioned Gerre using the<a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/gifts-for-gerre-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> bags I make her<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/sheffield-in-the-wild\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one<\/a> or two posts. I always find it nice when people are actually able to use the bags I make. Sew Day was an &#8216;in the wild&#8217; bonanza!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_59973\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59973\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230806_113336_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-59973\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230806_113336_wm-sm-290x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sugar Skull bags in the wild\" width=\"290\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230806_113336_wm-sm-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230806_113336_wm-sm-768x794.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230806_113336_wm-sm.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 85vw, 290px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59973\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sugar Skull bags in the wild<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/gifts-for-julie-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Julie<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/gifts-for-gerre-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gerre<\/a> , as you have read,were both there and are both regular recipients of some of the bags I make. Gerre had three bags there screaming with Sugar Skulls.<\/p>\n<p>They look really nice all together and the stripes and dots are good compliments tot he Sugar Skulls<\/p>\n<p>Gerre and Julie both said they love the <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/finished-project-bag-for-julie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ByAnnie project bag<\/a>, which you know I was a little annoyed with,but only because of the size. The large didn&#8217;t seem very large to me.<\/p>\n<p>I actually found my <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Kt8CfH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">project bag<\/a>** useful for the Metro Twist pieces and patterns. There is something good about it. Both Gerre and Julie said that they could use many others. They thought a row of them hanging up in their workrooms would look really nice. Maybe I will make them each another for a gift. We&#8217;ll see. I do want to try making the larger size (extra large) as well.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>**N. B. : Obviously, you should shop at local quilt shops and small businesses. However, if you are too busy or can\u2019t find what you need there, I use Amazon affiliate links and may be paid for your purchase of an item when you click on an item\u2019s link in my post. There is <em>no additional<\/em> cost to you for clicking or purchasing items I recommend. I appreciate your clicks and purchases as it helps support this blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have mentioned Gerre using the bags I make her in one or two posts. I always find it nice when people are actually able to use the bags I make. Sew Day was an &#8216;in the wild&#8217; bonanza! Julie and Gerre , as you have read,were both there and are both regular recipients of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/sugar-skulls-in-the-wild\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sugar Skulls in the Wild&#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_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":[519],"tags":[513,316,532,493,544],"class_list":["post-59981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-519","tag-byannie-pattern","tag-gifts","tag-in-the-wild","tag-minikins-patterns","tag-sew-sweetness"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59981","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=59981"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59988,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59981\/revisions\/59988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}