{"id":72845,"date":"2026-11-04T06:59:45","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T14:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=72845"},"modified":"2026-10-29T10:10:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T17:10:31","slug":"i-like-sewing-with-marym","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/i-like-sewing-with-marym\/","title":{"rendered":"I Like Sewing with MaryM"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_72837\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72837\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261026_163129_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-72837\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261026_163129_wm-sm-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"View from Mary's workroom\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261026_163129_wm-sm-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261026_163129_wm-sm-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261026_163129_wm-sm.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72837\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View from Mary&#8217;s workroom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I went to Portland last week to see the YM and to visit with other family. On the way, I stayed for an extra day in Ashland to sew with Mary.<\/p>\n<p>I was able to help her with a bag on which she is working. The pattern is <a href=\"https:\/\/fireweedstitches.com\/products\/the-hideout-pattern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hideout<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/fireweedstitches.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fireweed Stitches<\/a>. I had never heard of this company before MaryM alerted me to her need to for help.<\/p>\n<p>I really enjoy talking and collaborating with people about bags so it is a lot of fun when I work with Mary. She often chooses patterns I have never heard of so I always learn something.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_72836\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72836\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261026_180640_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-72836\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261026_180640_wm-sm-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"My sewing space at MaryM's\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261026_180640_wm-sm-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261026_180640_wm-sm-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261026_180640_wm-sm.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72836\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My sewing space at MaryM&#8217;s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We sat across from each other sewing and I totally inhabited my allotted space.<\/p>\n<p>I got busy on the pillowcases for the Pacifica Quilt Club and continued to work on the Mini One Handle Totes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I went to Portland last week to see the YM and to visit with other family. On the way, I stayed for an extra day in Ashland to sew with Mary. I was able to help her with a bag on which she is working. The pattern is Hideout from Fireweed Stitches. I had never &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/i-like-sewing-with-marym\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I Like Sewing with MaryM&#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_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[558],"tags":[557,330,413,346],"class_list":["post-72845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-558","tag-oregon","tag-other-artists","tag-sew-day","tag-travel"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72845","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=72845"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72890,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72845\/revisions\/72890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}