{"id":3028,"date":"2013-12-07T10:08:41","date_gmt":"2013-12-07T15:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/?p=3028"},"modified":"2013-12-07T10:08:43","modified_gmt":"2013-12-07T15:08:43","slug":"whos-your-founding-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2013\/12\/whos-your-founding-father\/","title":{"rendered":"Who&#8217;s your founding father?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M_kFta69Wf8\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I really don&#8217;t believe that the Honda commercial that came out last year around Presidents Day persuaded me to buy a Honda. However, sometimes when I approach my car, I hear that commercial in my mind, even though I think George Washington would disapprove of it. I think that Lincoln, on the other hand, would have appreciated the humor in this ridiculous commercial.<\/p>\n<p>My car is not the only thing that makes me hear that song in my mind. I heard it the first time I laid eyes on some sexy patriotic fabric. Buying this fabric earned me nothing but grief from my boyfriend and that was before he knew I bought three yards of it.<\/p>\n<p>Now, this isn&#8217;t the sort of thing I&#8217;m willing to wear. I don&#8217;t have the confidence to rock it as a dress. A drawstring bag, though, that I can do. So I did using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.incolororder.com\/2011\/10\/lined-drawstring-bag-tutorial.html\">this tutorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/archives\/3028\/presidentbag\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3033\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3033\" alt=\"presidentbag\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/presidentbag.jpg?resize=500%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/presidentbag.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/presidentbag.jpg?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I love this little bag. Just thinking about it makes me happy.<\/p>\n<p>Now, what to do with the other 2 and a half yards of this fabric&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I really don&#8217;t believe that the Honda commercial that came out last year around Presidents Day persuaded me to buy a Honda. However, sometimes when I approach my car, I hear that commercial in my mind, even though I think George Washington would disapprove of it. I think that Lincoln, on the other hand, would&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2013\/12\/whos-your-founding-father\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Who&#8217;s your founding father?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[642,63,756],"class_list":["post-3028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bag","tag-presidents","tag-sewing","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p33KTw-MQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3645,"url":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2014\/09\/herbert-hoover-here-i-come\/","url_meta":{"origin":3028,"position":0},"title":"Herbert Hoover, Here I Come&#8230;","author":"admin","date":"September 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Above, my friends, is one heck of a Herbert Hoover collage. 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