{"id":1874,"date":"2009-09-24T23:13:51","date_gmt":"2009-09-25T03:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=1874"},"modified":"2012-03-08T20:18:09","modified_gmt":"2012-03-09T01:18:09","slug":"maid-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/24\/maid-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Maid Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/zmaidservicesmP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5860\" title=\"maidservicesmP\" src=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/zmaidservicesmP-763x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"671\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/zmaidservicesmP-763x1024.jpg 763w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/zmaidservicesmP-223x300.jpg 223w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/zmaidservicesmP.jpg 1851w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A\u00c2\u00a0welcome gift for any hausfrau, this little message is guaranteed to make the reader smile.\u00c2\u00a0 It is an assertive yet gentle reminder to all members of the household.\u00c2\u00a0 It sells well at bazaars and is a popular addition to a wedding or shower gift. One hangs prominently in my kitchen. A deliberate finger pointed in the general direction of the frame makes clear my answer to untoward requests.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The design itself is part of a collection that Suzanne Sawko and I did called <em>Fil tire\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and Fancywork: Frames and Phrases<\/em>. With any software, the text can be written in the font of your choice and surrounded by flowers or another decorative border.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The flexihoop frame\u00c2\u00a0 looks like wood but it is actually a stretchy rubbery ring that pops over a hoop. Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to buy any more. Fortunately, I laid in a supply when they were more readily available.\u00c2\u00a0 But an inexpensive wooden embroidery hoop works just as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This is also a nice introductory project for machine embroidery for children\u00c2\u00a0as well as\u00c2\u00a0adults. My 5 \u00c2\u00bd year old granddaughter will begin machine sewing next week and embriodery will be a satisfying and easy component.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sewing on the button will be her introduction to handsewing.\u00c2\u00a0 I plan for her to make\u00c2\u00a0a few\u00c2\u00a0of these for Christmas gifts for her mother, aunts and grandmother.\u00c2\u00a0 If I weren&#8217;t homeschooling her, I&#8217;d have her make one for her teacher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00c2\u00a0welcome gift for any hausfrau, this little message is guaranteed to make the reader smile.\u00c2\u00a0 It is an assertive yet gentle reminder to all members of the household.\u00c2\u00a0 It sells well at bazaars and is a popular addition to a &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/24\/maid-service\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1874"}],"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=1874"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21389,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1874\/revisions\/21389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}