{"id":28538,"date":"2013-11-12T01:43:46","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T06:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=28538"},"modified":"2015-01-02T21:33:38","modified_gmt":"2015-01-03T02:33:38","slug":"free-design-for-music-lovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/12\/free-design-for-music-lovers\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Design for Music Lovers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_29549\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/sings-well-Fred-cr1.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29549\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-29549\" src=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/sings-well-Fred-cr1.jpg\" alt=\"sings well Fred cr\" width=\"800\" height=\"654\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/sings-well-Fred-cr1.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/sings-well-Fred-cr1-300x245.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">For free design~TEXT ONLY~leave your request as a comment.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">At a recent church supper, Bob and I were seated at a table with Fred, our beloved Minister of Music, along with vibrant Rabelle and Harold, a\u00c2\u00a0 couple who has been involved in nearly every community musical event in the past 60 years.<\/p>\n<p>In the dinner conversation, of course there was much discussion about music.\u00c2\u00a0 Rabelle brought up St. Augustine&#8217;s quote, &#8220;He who sings prays twice.&#8221; All the music gurus knew it well, while neither my dear husband nor I had ever heard this phrase.\u00c2\u00a0 Maybe that was because neither of us sings and the only way we know to pray twice is to pray twice.<\/p>\n<p>In anticipation of Fred&#8217;s retirment last week, I wanted to make something which showed appreciation for all he has done for our church.\u00c2\u00a0 For 12 years, he has directed spiritually uplifting choir music and arranged church events with details and pageantry to enrich our worship experience.\u00c2\u00a0 Fred has orchestrated moving music and drama for memorable Christmas Eve services,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29545\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Christmas-121.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29545\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-29545\" src=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Christmas-121.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas 12\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Christmas-121.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Christmas-121-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29545\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christmas Eve &#8217;12<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Marketplace\" href=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/03\/jerusalems-marketplace\/\">The Marketplace<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Marketplace-21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29546\" src=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Marketplace-21.jpg\" alt=\"Marketplace 2\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Marketplace-21.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Marketplace-21-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the Re-enactment of the Last Supper,\u00c2\u00a0 and most recently the <a href=\"https:\/\/skydrive.live.com\/?cid=c8052188fa054c1d&amp;id=C8052188FA054C1D!444&amp;authkey=!AOFydbT6AoRx6fg#cid=C8052188FA054C1D&amp;id=C8052188FA054C1D!9310&amp;authkey=!AOFydbT6AoRx6fg\">Kirkin of the Tartans\u00c2\u00a0<\/a> which celebrated\u00c2\u00a0 the Scottish ancestry of the Presbyterian church.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Kirkin1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29547\" src=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Kirkin1.jpg\" alt=\"Kirkin\" width=\"800\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Kirkin1.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Kirkin1-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These kilted men sounded as good as Celtic Thunder on YouTube.<\/p>\n<iframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-iP27eatYxE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The St. Augustine\u00c2\u00a0 quote, embroidered and framed seemed to be a suitable expression of our gratitude and reminder of his service.\u00c2\u00a0 In an effort to make certain that the wording was absolutely correct, I googled these words.<\/p>\n<p>There I found that some scholars believe St. Augustine has been misquoted, and in fact, a more accurate interpretation of his Latin words would be &#8220;He who sings WELL prays twice.&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 So that&#8217;s what I embroidered for Fred, because he guaranteed that our choir sang well.\u00c2\u00a0 The informational article was included with my card of thanks.<\/p>\n<p>Laying out the design was a bit of a challenge as the frame I had on hand could only accommodate a 4 x 6&#8243; insert.\u00c2\u00a0 So it took some fiddling with font size and rearranging the elements to fit.\u00c2\u00a0 It was stitched on my Brother Quattro in the 5 x 7 hoop.\u00c2\u00a0 The finished design is 3&#8243; x 5.75&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The text was digitized in PE-Design, then snippets of music were added.\u00c2\u00a0 Finally, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.embroiderydesigns.com\/designsearchresults.aspx?SearchText=praying%20hands%20with%20rose\">praying hands<\/a> from <em>Embroidery Designs.com<\/em> were added.<\/p>\n<p>I love being able to custom make something absolutely unique. Fred received many gifts at his retirement celebration, but I am certain this gift was one-of-a-kind&#8211;just like Fred.<\/p>\n<p>This would make a nice gift for music teachers and choir directors.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like this design, TEXT ONLY, leave your request as a comment.\u00c2\u00a0 I have put in\u00c2\u00a0 three color stops for ease in positioning the text to fit whatever additional designs you may want to import.<\/p>\n<p>For the celebration of Fred&#8217;s retirment, I brought this lemon pound cake.\u00c2\u00a0 This is a great recipe and it was very well\u00c2\u00a0 received.\u00c2\u00a0 I used my square angel food cake pan with the Fostoria square pedestal cake stand.\u00c2\u00a0 It really did look nice and tasted great.<\/p>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<w:WordDocument>\n<w:View>Normal<\/w:View>\n<w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>\n<w:PunctuationKerning\/>\n<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas\/>\n<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>\n<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent>\n<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>\n<w:Compatibility>\n<w:BreakWrappedTables\/>\n<w:SnapToGridInCell\/>\n<w:WrapTextWithPunct\/>\n<w:UseAsianBreakRules\/>\n<w:DontGrowAutofit\/>\n<\/w:Compatibility>\n<w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel>\n<\/w:WordDocument>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"156\">\n<\/w:LatentStyles>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 10]>\n\n\n\n<style>\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\n table.MsoNormalTable\n\t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";\n\tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;\n\tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0;\n\tmso-style-noshow:yes;\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;\n\tmso-para-margin:0in;\n\tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n\tfont-size:10.0pt;\n\tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-ansi-language:#0400;\n\tmso-fareast-language:#0400;\n\tmso-bidi-language:#0400;}\n<\/style>\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN;\">Lemon Pound Cake<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN;\">Preheat oven to 325 degrees. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>3 cups flour<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN;\">1\/2 teaspoon baking soda<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN;\">1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN;\">1 cup unsalted butter at room temp (2 sticks) <em>I just used regular butter.<\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN;\">3 cups sugar<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN;\">6 eggs at room temp<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN;\">1\/3 cup fresh lemon juice<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN;\">1 1\/4 tablespoons grated lemon peel<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN;\">1 cup sour cream<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Grease tube or bundt pan.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Dust pan with flour; tap out excess.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Sift flour, baking soda and salt into medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl at medium speed until fluffy.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Gradually add sugar and beat 5 minutes.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Add eggs 1 at a time, beating just until combined after each egg is added.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Beat in lemon juice and peel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Using rubber spatula, mix in dry ingredients.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Mix in sour cream.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Pour batter to prepared pan &#8211; batter will be thick.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Bake cake until tester inserted near center comes out clean, about 1 hour 20 minutes.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Let cake cool in pan on rack 15 minutes. Cut around cake in pan. Turn out cake.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>Carefully turn cake right side up on rack and cool completely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>For an extra touch &#8211; drizzle glaze made of 1 cup confectioners sugar and 2-3 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice over cake.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN;\">NOTE:<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>I punched holes in the cake with an old 4 prong potato baker and poured the glaze over the cake and into the holes.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Also, I added 1 tablespoon of grated lemon peel to the glaze. Then the cake was garnished with twisted lemon slices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a recent church supper, Bob and I were seated at a table with Fred, our beloved Minister of Music, along with vibrant Rabelle and Harold, a\u00c2\u00a0 couple who has been involved in nearly every community musical event in the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/12\/free-design-for-music-lovers\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":28568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[74,18,144],"tags":[500,499,498,381],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28538"}],"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=28538"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32697,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28538\/revisions\/32697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}