{"id":2406,"date":"2009-11-10T00:09:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-10T05:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=2406"},"modified":"2022-08-24T22:20:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T02:20:57","slug":"turtles-pack-n-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/10\/turtles-pack-n-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Turtles Pack ‘N Play"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>For some time now, my grandson Alastair has needed another set of Pack N Play sheets. Finally, these were finished and mailed to him a few days ago. This time, instead of pima cotton, I used a heavy cotton flannel, which I thought would be cozier as the weather turns cooler.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This set was really fun to make , especially playing with the Terrific Turtles<\/em> designs from Dakota Collectibles. As I stitched the turtles, I imagined Alastair enjoying these same activities when he is a little older.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>I visualized him on a picnic, probably spillling juice and smearing cupcake frosting on his great grandmother’s threadbare red and white handstitched quilt,<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>at the beach, where his parents hate to go, but will take him in order to see the wonder and delight in his sweet little face,\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

and fishing with Oma and Opa who will be certain that he learns the basics as soon as he can hold a pole. Of course, in my visions, he is much better looking than these turtles, or even the Gerber baby.<\/p>\n

It’s pretty obvious that for me the bloom is still on the rose of grandparenthood.<\/p>\n

On the change table cover I used the Deco font from Monogram Wizard Plus for the Turtles<\/em> text. With the heavy blue Madeira applique’ border at the bottom, it seemed that the top needed a sizeable embriodery for balance. I chose the Deco font specifically because it made possible the inclusion of all the thread colors in the turtle designs.\"\"<\/p>\n

The underwater scene is the combination of two designs. The sandy ocean floor and plants were copied and pasted in order to create enough width for the added frog.<\/p>\n

After receiving the sheets, my darling daughter took the time to photograph them for me. For the past several months, I thought the flash on my digital camera was broken. So for this blog, I have taken most of my pictures outside. I didn’t feel like dragging the Pack N Play outdoors for a photo shoot so I asked Rebecca to take pictures. It turns out that there is a button to enable the flash! Who knew? My tech savvy husband showed me this yesterday and now I’m sorry for asking Rebecca, a very busy young mother, to do this for me. But now that I know where the button is, I can take indoor shots. Hurrah!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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