{"id":3438,"date":"2009-10-30T23:25:47","date_gmt":"2009-10-31T03:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=3438"},"modified":"2015-06-12T21:31:43","modified_gmt":"2015-06-13T01:31:43","slug":"go-gators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/30\/go-gators\/","title":{"rendered":"Go Gators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/zGogatorsjasmine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3509\" title=\"zGogatorsjasmine\" src=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/zGogatorsjasmine-1024x728.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/zGogatorsjasmine-1024x728.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/zGogatorsjasmine-300x213.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/zGogatorsjasmine.jpg 1211w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Four year old Robert has outgrown all of his Gator shirts. With a home-based tailgate party scheduled\u00c2\u00a0at his house tomorrow for the big Florida\/Georgia game, he needed some new team gear.<\/p>\n<p>Just before I pulled out a shirt from my size 4 stash, his mother, Shelly, told me that she had a shirt for him that just needed embroidery.\u00c2\u00a0Their five-year old neighbor had outgrown this shirt and it was passed on, as children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s clothing and good will often are in their closely knit neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/gogatorsR1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3465\" title=\"gogatorsR\" src=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/gogatorsR1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"558\" height=\"560\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The shirt, aptly branded &#8220;Best Friends,&#8221; is a made from a small seersucker plaid. The pocket was removed, embroidered with the Fighting Gator. Before it was reattached to the shirt, the Go Gators text was stitched. As a final touch, the buttons were removed and sewn back on with orange thread. That gives a nice pop of color.<\/p>\n<p>So often I am surprised at how easily a garment can be converted to team gear.\u00c2\u00a0 All that is needed is an item\u00c2\u00a0with one of the team colors, an embroidery machine and a few designs.\u00c2\u00a0 Even an alphabet can get the job done.\u00c2\u00a0 I love being able to keep my family decked out in Gator gear at a very reasonable price.<\/p>\n<p>Robert spent the night with us last night and was very pleased with his new shirt.\u00c2\u00a0However, \u00c2\u00a0modeling it for a picture was not in his game plan, so this hanger shot is all I have to show. But I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sure he will look handsome at kickoff.\u00c2\u00a0 Which reminds me, I&#8217;d better turn off all the back bedroom lights and\u00c2\u00a0put my dishwasher settings back to normal.\u00c2\u00a0 He&#8217;d like to alter the settings on every\u00c2\u00a0 button in his zip code.\u00c2\u00a0 Today, he just did mine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Four year old Robert has outgrown all of his Gator shirts. With a home-based tailgate party scheduled\u00c2\u00a0at his house tomorrow for the big Florida\/Georgia game, he needed some new team gear. 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