{"id":1064,"date":"2014-05-04T22:35:43","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T05:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/?p=1064"},"modified":"2014-05-04T22:35:43","modified_gmt":"2014-05-05T05:35:43","slug":"a-flimsy-a-milestone-birthday-and-a-new-hiding-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/2014\/05\/a-flimsy-a-milestone-birthday-and-a-new-hiding-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"A Flimsy, A Milestone Birthday, and A New Hiding Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2014_May-5_Reflections_Wedding-Gift-for-Lindsay-Verde_Flimsy..jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1065\" src=\"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2014_May-5_Reflections_Wedding-Gift-for-Lindsay-Verde_Flimsy.-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"2014_May 5_Reflections_Wedding Gift for Lindsay Verde_Flimsy.\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2014_May-5_Reflections_Wedding-Gift-for-Lindsay-Verde_Flimsy.-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2014_May-5_Reflections_Wedding-Gift-for-Lindsay-Verde_Flimsy..jpg 717w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have been working on this quilt top for a while. \u00a0This pattern is called, Random Reflections. \u00a0(Refer to my\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/2014\/03\/random-reflections-the-start-of-a-new-quilt\/\">March 1, 2014<\/a> post for pattern details.)<\/p>\n<p>I decided that the recipient of this quilt would not want it the length it was in the pattern as that would not provide enough length for wrapping around oneself in the cocoon fashion that my kids like to do with quilts so I added two more rows to the original pattern which made this top finish at 80&#8243; long, rather than 60&#8243; like in the pattern. \u00a0Next up will be to get this one quilted as it is needed as a gift for the end of June.<\/p>\n<p>Today was my MIL&#8217;s 85th birthday. \u00a0Family members took her out for lunch at a local restaurant to celebrate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Harolds-Moms-85th-Birthday_May-5-2014..jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1066\" src=\"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Harolds-Moms-85th-Birthday_May-5-2014.-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Harold's Mom's 85th Birthday_May 5, 2014.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Harolds-Moms-85th-Birthday_May-5-2014.-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Harolds-Moms-85th-Birthday_May-5-2014.-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Harolds-Moms-85th-Birthday_May-5-2014..jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She had some help from the younger crowd to blow out the candles.<a href=\"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Harolds-Moms-85th-Birthday002_May-5-2014..jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1067\" src=\"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Harolds-Moms-85th-Birthday002_May-5-2014.-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Harold's Mom's 85th Birthday002_May 5, 2014.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Harolds-Moms-85th-Birthday002_May-5-2014.-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Harolds-Moms-85th-Birthday002_May-5-2014.-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Harolds-Moms-85th-Birthday002_May-5-2014..jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> And just because it makes me smile&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Joey-Under-Long-Arm-Table-Optimized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1068\" src=\"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Joey-Under-Long-Arm-Table-Optimized-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Joey Under Long Arm Table-Optimized\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Joey-Under-Long-Arm-Table-Optimized-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Joey-Under-Long-Arm-Table-Optimized-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Joey-Under-Long-Arm-Table-Optimized-451x300.jpg 451w, https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Joey-Under-Long-Arm-Table-Optimized.jpg 1355w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>This is a picture of Joey&#8217;s new hiding spot. \u00a0He is not impressed with the flooring renovations that have been happening upstairs. \u00a0He used to like to lay on the carpet in the sunshine to soak up the rays. \u00a0The carpet has now been replaced by laminate flooring so now he heads downstairs and climbs up on top of the stack of quilts under the long arm to sleep. \u00a0I think he thinks he is hiding under there, but the tail sticking out gives him away. \u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been working on this quilt top for a while. \u00a0This pattern is called, Random Reflections. \u00a0(Refer to my\u00a0March 1, 2014 post for pattern details.) I decided that the recipient of this quilt would not want it the length &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/2014\/05\/a-flimsy-a-milestone-birthday-and-a-new-hiding-spot\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,14,21,297],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birthdays","category-flimsy","category-joey","category-random-reflections"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1064"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1069,"href":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064\/revisions\/1069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}