{"id":2,"date":"2009-05-12T10:32:47","date_gmt":"2009-05-12T17:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gingercherry.com\/fibers\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2016-03-23T09:46:48","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T13:46:48","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.gingercherry.com\/fibers\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"About the Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am a self-taught fiber artist specializing in quilting.\u00c2\u00a0 I originally began working with fabrics on traditional quilts, which I still love, but I, more recently, have been exploring non-traditional designs using traditional stitches and methods. \u00c2\u00a0For items on this blog, usually, piecing and binding are done with a machine, but all quilting, embroidery, and embellishments are hand sewn. I like to hand sew mostly because I like the sound of the thread pulling through the fabric, and I like the repetitive motion. Too, I love the feel of the fabric in my hands and the ease of manipulating my materials.\u00c2\u00a0 My sewing machine(s), though, are favorite tools, outside of my stitch ripper, which I have found invaluable!<\/p>\n<p>I also own my own quilting company, through which I make T-shirt, memory and custom quilts. \u00c2\u00a0You can see examples of that work and the information about the company here: \u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/finishedfibers.com\">finishedfibers.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a self-taught fiber artist specializing in quilting.\u00c2\u00a0 I originally began working with fabrics on traditional quilts, which I still love, but I, more recently, have been exploring non-traditional designs using traditional stitches and methods. \u00c2\u00a0For items on this blog, usually, piecing and binding are done with a machine, but all quilting, embroidery, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gingercherry.com\/fibers\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gingercherry.com\/fibers\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gingercherry.com\/fibers\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gingercherry.com\/fibers\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gingercherry.com\/fibers\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.gingercherry.com\/fibers\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229,"href":"http:\/\/www.gingercherry.com\/fibers\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gingercherry.com\/fibers\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}