{"id":29858,"date":"2014-03-23T23:45:37","date_gmt":"2014-03-24T03:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=29858"},"modified":"2014-07-22T22:34:21","modified_gmt":"2014-07-23T02:34:21","slug":"fundraiser-pre-school-cot-sheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/23\/fundraiser-pre-school-cot-sheet\/","title":{"rendered":"Fundraiser Pre-School Cot Sheet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Each of us who sews is asked occasionally to make something for a fundraiser.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 It feels good to use our skills for a worthy cause and reminds us that we have the power to make this world a better (if only slightly) place because we can sew.<\/p>\n

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I have really enjoyed participating in these events, especially those requested by\u00c2\u00a0 my grandchildren.<\/p>\n

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Don’t you just love this Michael Miller camping fabric?<\/p><\/div>\n

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Five year old Alastair needed a contribution for his school’s recent fundraising auction.\u00c2\u00a0 These sheets were made<\/a>, displayed and now, after the auction, have been personalized with a child’s name.<\/p>\n

I highly recommend cot sheets for a fundraising project.\u00c2\u00a0 The materials can come from your stash, as the finished measurement can be pieced combinations of fabric or a single length.\u00c2\u00a0 So the cost is just the reduction of yardage in your “resource center.”\u00c2\u00a0 Additionally, they seem to be a popular item at these events.\u00c2\u00a0 Personalization for a school accessory which gets daily use seems to have had great appeal to parents and friends who placed their bids.<\/p>\n

Though I had every intention of adding nothing more than a simple block letter name to each sheet, when it came right down to it, I decided to add a motif to each.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The cherries embellishing Logan’s name were originally from Embroidery Library<\/a>‘s Button Buddies.<\/p>\n

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Using my ever useful BuzzEdit3, I removed the satin stitch surrounding the cherry, the veins in the leaves and the 4-hole button dots because they were too large to replicate the dots on the cherries in the fabric.\u00c2\u00a0 Next, smaller dots were added, dots which were simply punctuation periods from a font in Brother’s PE-Design, which I use for all lettering.<\/p>\n

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Next, smaller dots were added, dots which were simply punctuation periods from a font in Brother’s PE-Design, which I use for all lettering.\u00c2\u00a0 Finally, I used the draw tool in BuzzEdit to mimic the lime green centers of each leaf.<\/p>\n

On the camping sheet, I spent more time looking at and trying to decide which design to choose— a canoe, a tent, a bonfire or the fishing pole.\u00c2\u00a0 There was neither a tent nor a canoe that I liked and that would fit with the name.\u00c2\u00a0 The camp fire might give a drifting-to-sleep child nightmares. \u00c2\u00a0 So that left fishing which seemed like an interesting and harmless motif to insert into the design.<\/p>\n

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I found this great fishing pole, but the hooked fish looked like a giant shark to me.\u00c2\u00a0 So this cute little guy was extracted from an old Viking collection called Summer fun.<\/p>\n

Cot sheets are fun projects for your own special little ones or for a fundraiser.\u00c2\u00a0 Directions for making the sheet itself are located at the end of this earlier post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Could she be sewing a cot sheet?<\/p><\/div>\n

I just returned from spending a fun and creatively stimulating day at the Lakeland Quilt and Sewing Expo.\u00c2\u00a0 What great ideas I got!\u00c2\u00a0 Read about it my the next post.<\/p>\n

For now, I am back to Easter sewing.\u00c2\u00a0 I am hoping to post many of your Easter outfits here.\u00c2\u00a0 You will love the precious little CC Johnny the Julie has made.\u00c2\u00a0 Please share your project photos with me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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