{"id":68823,"date":"2019-03-08T06:53:58","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T11:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=68823"},"modified":"2019-03-08T06:53:58","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T11:53:58","slug":"sewing-small-talk-do-you-sew-with-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2019\/03\/sewing-small-talk-do-you-sew-with-friends.html","title":{"rendered":"sewing small talk: do you sew with friends?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sewing, at least with when done with a sewing machine, is often a relatively solitary activity. Many of us do most of our sewing alone, at home, maybe in a room we&#8217;ve set aside specifically for that purpose.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_68825\" style=\"max-width: 760px;\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sewing-small-talk-group.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-68825 size-large\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sewing-small-talk-group-760x332.jpg\" alt=\"sewing together with friends\" width=\"760\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sewing-small-talk-group-760x332.jpg 760w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sewing-small-talk-group-500x219.jpg 500w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sewing-small-talk-group-768x336.jpg 768w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sewing-small-talk-group-1240x542.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">photos by Anna Maria Horner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But sewing can also be a fun activity to do with friends. Do you always sew alone, or do you sew with others? Are you part of a sewing group or guild? Have you ever attended a special sewing retreat or get-away? Tell us about it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In today&#8217;s Sewing Small Talk, Liesl asks about your experiences sewing with others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":68824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20687],"tags":[20792],"class_list":["post-68823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-small-talk"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/group-feature.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-hU3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":68251,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2019\/01\/sewing-small-talk-how-much-did-you-sew-in-2018.html","url_meta":{"origin":68823,"position":0},"title":"sewing small talk: how much did you sew in 2018?","author":"Liesl Gibson","date":"January 18, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"How much sewing did you do last year? 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