{"id":23377,"date":"2012-06-23T05:53:32","date_gmt":"2012-06-23T09:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=23377"},"modified":"2022-07-30T02:29:11","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T06:29:11","slug":"contemporary-heirloom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/23\/contemporary-heirloom\/","title":{"rendered":"Contemporary Heirloom?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/pillocase-br1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29722\" src=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/pillocase-br1.jpg\" alt=\"pillocase br\" width=\"653\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/pillocase-br1.jpg 653w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/pillocase-br1-244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This pillowcase and its mate will be included in a wedding gift I am putting together for my cousin&#8217;s daughter. The first and only time I saw Jordan was when she was 14 and spent a week with us learning to sew. Now she has just graduated from University of Nebraska and will be married next week by her father in the church he pastors.<\/p>\n<p>Sewing for others always requires at least a cursory consideration of their personal taste. When her grandmother (my sweet Aunt Rheeta) told me the wedding colors were black and white, and then the very contemporary invitation arrived, I knew Jordan was a 2012 <em>Thoroughly Modern Millie<\/em>.<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"Thoroughly Modern Millie\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KVNcLUE87HQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>But she is a beautiful young lady, both inside and out, who will be a lovely bride and a loving wife. She is entitled to her own taste.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I remember well the week before my own wedding 44 years ago, shopping with my mother. Using wedding gift money, I purchased a set of very 1968-stylish, bright blue floral sheets. My mother announced that she could not possibly sleep on anything as outrageous as that bedding. But I loved them.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I like pink and blue and all pastels and the classic look of heirloom. But that is not the preference of everyone and I am guessing that it is not Jordan&#8217;s style. So I decided it was time to make an effort to get comfortable with a more contemporary expression of heirloom sewing. And children&#8217;s clothing. And the way some people respond to &#8220;Thank you,&#8221; with &#8220;No problem,&#8221; instead of &#8220;You are welcome.&#8221; But I digress.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/close1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29723\" src=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/close1.jpg\" alt=\"close\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/close1.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/close1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The pillowcases are made of pima cotton and embroidered with letters included in Martha Pullen&#8217;s 2002 Internet Embroidery Club alphabet. The Madeira applique&#8217; hem is pinstitched with black 80 t. Madeira Cotona thread.<\/p>\n<p>Tracking the curve of the scallops is so much easier with a knee lift. My first TOL machine was a Bernina 930, about a hundred years ago. The knee lift was one of its best features.<\/p>\n<p>When I moved on to Brother machines, I was thrilled when their Pacesetter 8500 (circa 1998) had a knee lift, as did every subsequent top of the line. If you have this feature on your machine, I encourage you to become well acquainted with it. You will wonder how you ever managed without one.<\/p>\n<p>Usually, I do a much better job of pivoting at the point of scallops, but this wasn&#8217;t a usual day. So I&#8217;m thinking about embroidering a single dot at the point, echoing the dots in the G monogram. Do you think that would be an improvement or a distraction?<\/p>\n<p>I hope these pillowcases and the monogrammed towels in the gift package will please Jordan. And I hope that with time I will find it easier to sew more contemporary gift items, because I surely won&#8217;t be stitching them for myself.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Have you done any contemporary heirloom projects? Do you enjoy being more modern, like Millie? I&#8217;d really, really like to hear about it.<\/p>\n<p>P.S. As soon as I finish this wedding gift package and a few baby gifts, I will begin posting the tutorials for the AG doll spa wrap, machine made entredeux, and drafting and constructing bishops and bonnets for dolls. Please check back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This pillowcase and its mate will be included in a wedding gift I am putting together for my cousin&#8217;s daughter. 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