{"id":327,"date":"2015-06-24T17:11:49","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T21:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hiptopiecesquares.com\/blog\/?page_id=327"},"modified":"2015-06-24T21:34:56","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T01:34:56","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hiptopiecesquares.com\/blog\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left; padding: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/hiptopiecesquares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sarah.jpg\" alt=\"Sarah with a big smile.\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"announce\">Hi there!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Sarah Minshall and I quilt, sew, craft, knit, doodle and generally make messes.<\/p>\n<p>I started hand sewing and quilting in 1999, in between my college classes. I quickly fell in love with fabric, thread and batting. I began Hip To Piece Squares in 2004, as a way to meet other quilters who were also interested in what was starting with the modern quilt movement. (There weren&#8217;t many blogs back then!)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right; padding: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/hiptopiecesquares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pouch.jpg\" alt=\"Patchwork pouch in blue, orange and white cotton with blue zipper open showing colorful spools of thread inside.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These days, I love making quilty, small projects. I&#8217;m a sucker for zippers and buttons, and I love sharing what I make with others. I tend to get sidetracked a little with quilts, but I still love making them and always have several in progress, just hanging out. I&#8217;ll get &#8217;em done one of these days.<\/p>\n<p>I also write patterns! Check out my <a href=\"https:\/\/hiptopiecesquares.com\/blog\/?page_id=312\">Patterns<\/a> page for information on where to find my designs!<\/p>\n<p>My husband, Ben and I live in the same sweet town in the middle of Michigan&#8217;s Mitten that we grew up in. (Hold up your right hand, and point to the lower middle part of your palm. That&#8217;s where I live!)  We&#8217;ve got a giant Chocolate Lab named Hudson (or as he&#8217;s formally know around here, Hudersonian Labridorius III), and a cute, but often grumpy kitty named Audrey.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m so glad you stopped by!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there! I&#8217;m Sarah Minshall and I quilt, sew, craft, knit, doodle and generally make messes. I started hand sewing and quilting in 1999, in between my college classes. I quickly fell in love with fabric, thread and batting. I began Hip To Piece Squares in 2004, as a way to meet other quilters who <span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <span class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hiptopiecesquares.com\/blog\/about-me\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Read More &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-327","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hiptopiecesquares.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hiptopiecesquares.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hiptopiecesquares.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hiptopiecesquares.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hiptopiecesquares.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hiptopiecesquares.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332,"href":"https:\/\/hiptopiecesquares.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/327\/revisions\/332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hiptopiecesquares.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}