{"id":73,"date":"2005-01-15T14:36:03","date_gmt":"2005-01-15T19:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/?p=73"},"modified":"2011-12-20T21:53:12","modified_gmt":"2011-12-21T02:53:12","slug":"christmas-block-raffle-quilt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2005\/01\/15\/christmas-block-raffle-quilt\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Block Raffle Quilt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I won the blocks for this Christmas quilt at a guild raffle.\u00a0 Everybody who wanted to participate made a block, and then we drew names for the winners.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/quilting\/christmas_quilt_overall.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/quilting\/christmas_quilt_overall.jpg\" alt=\"christmas quilt-ohio star blocks from guild exchange\" width=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Everyone also had to contribute a fabric square that matched their center square, so I designed this setting in order to be able to use them.<\/p>\n<p>I hand quilted it, you can see some of the design in the border.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/quilting\/christmas_quilt_close.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/quilting\/christmas_quilt_close.jpg\" alt=\"christmas_quilt_close\" width=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I won the blocks for this Christmas quilt at a guild raffle.\u00a0 Everybody who wanted to participate made a block, and then we drew names for the winners. 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