{"id":1828,"date":"2009-09-25T22:04:42","date_gmt":"2009-09-26T02:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=1828"},"modified":"2014-12-09T23:00:33","modified_gmt":"2014-12-10T04:00:33","slug":"polar-fleece-monogrammed-throw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/25\/polar-fleece-monogrammed-throw\/","title":{"rendered":"Polar Fleece Monogrammed Throw"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As cold weather approaches, I am taking inventory of my polar fleece stash.\u00c2\u00a0 It is a fabulous fabric with unbelievable warmth, undeniable ease of care and unfailing popularity. A suitable\u00c2\u00a0gift for anyone, a monogrammed polar fleece throw is always a winner.<\/p>\n

When one of my oldest and dearest friend moved to Maine—MAINE for heavens sakes!!!!–from\u00c2\u00a0our \u00c2\u00a0neighborhood in sunny Florida, I was shocked and a little outraged. She is my son’s godmother and my daughter is her namesake.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 How could she, who had loved and lived in Florida for 40+ years, leave Paradise—and us—\u00c2\u00a0for the frozen North! I was pretty sure she would freeze to death in her charming but ancient\u00c2\u00a01880 farmhouse overlooking the ocean, while I was\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0warm and worrying and missing her here in Florida.<\/p>\n

For her August birthday and for a\u00c2\u00a0modicum of my own peace of mind, I made this throw for her. At least, I thought, she could curl up in the polar fleece with her cell phone and have a hot pizza delivered to her home. Well, she could if they deliver up there during Maine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 10 month winter and if they could\u00c2\u00a0make it\u00c2\u00a0up her steep, icy driveway. But back to sewing……<\/p>\n

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I love Sandy Jenkins Paisley Alphabet<\/em> machine embroidery collection from Martha Pullen<\/a>. The letters are 7″ tall and gorgeous. But on fleece, it seemed to me that 7″ of heavy stitching would be a stiff and\u00c2\u00a0unpleasant distraction from\u00c2\u00a0the\u00c2\u00a0soft drape of the throw.<\/p>\n

So using my beloved BuzzEdit<\/a> program, I inserted the necessary stitches to convert the design to an appliqu\u00c3\u00a9. A rich ginger brown ultrasuede was used for the “C” and the fill stitches were deleted.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Ultrasuede was also chosen because the feathery stitches surrounding the fill stitches of the C are not dense enough to prevent raveling on a woven fabric.<\/p>\n

The contrast between the texture of the fleece and the ultrasuede created interest and the satin filled paisley motifs added yet another texture.<\/p>\n

The\u00c2\u00a0C was surrounded by a diamond frame design built into my Brother ULT 2003D.\u00c2\u00a0 Unfortunately, I didn’t realize that I wanted the frame until I was done with the C embroidery and decided it needed a little more oomph.\u00c2\u00a0 So some of the frame stitches are on top of the monogram design stitches.\u00c2\u00a0 If I had planned ahead, I could have laid it out perfectly in the embroidery edit function.\u00c2\u00a0 Next time that’s what I’ll do.<\/p>\n

The fleece edges are finished with the wave stitch on my Babylock Evolve serger. There is much to love about the Evolve, with its jet air threading and no tension dials to adjust.\u00c2\u00a0 But honestly,\u00c2\u00a0I bought the machine because of the wave \u00c2\u00a0stitch\u00c2\u00a0and\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0I use it all the time.<\/p>\n

I like to use a heavier thread, usually variegated\u00c2\u00a0 Sulky 20 wt., in one looper and a solid color in the other. My favorite solid thread for this stitch is Sulky 12 wt. cotton, but that is hard to find. I have some old stock Cotty 12 wt. and between the two I can usually come up with a satisfactory combination.<\/p>\n

My dear friend Rebecca Kay said that she loved her throw. But she also said she loves the Maine winter.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Hmmmmmmmm….Now I wonder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As cold weather approaches, I am taking inventory of my polar fleece stash.\u00c2\u00a0 It is a fabulous fabric with unbelievable warmth, undeniable ease of care and unfailing popularity. A suitable\u00c2\u00a0gift for anyone, a monogrammed polar fleece throw is always a … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19,18,31],"tags":[206,208,207,205],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1828"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1828"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31935,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1828\/revisions\/31935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}