{"id":5001,"date":"2009-12-20T01:44:59","date_gmt":"2009-12-20T06:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=5001"},"modified":"2011-05-14T21:22:10","modified_gmt":"2011-05-15T01:22:10","slug":"joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/20\/joy\/","title":{"rendered":"JOY"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Tick tock, tick tock……Christmas is coming. As I work to finish up some small gifts for extended family, including several in-laws of in-laws, I am so glad that I have an embroidery machine.<\/p>\n

In my opinion, these fingertip towels and the other\u00c2\u00a0presents I am making are nice enough to show that some effort was extended on their behalf, yet small enough to prevent the recipients from feeling obliged. And if they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t\u00c2\u00a0care for\u00c2\u00a0my gifts, they can still be used to dry hands or\u00c2\u00a0to dust.Actually, \u00c2\u00a0they are all such nice people that I do hope they are pleased.<\/p>\n

Hung over a towel rack, these little towels add holiday decoration to a room often left with its everyday, pre-holiday decor. Searching my design library, I came up with designs to spell out JOY. Some thought was given to using a hanging ornament for the O, which would have worked just as well, but I liked the look of this particular wreath.<\/p>\n

Designs used were:<\/p>\n

J–Anita Goodesign Jolly Holiday<\/em><\/p>\n

O–Bernina Happy Holidays 782<\/em><\/p>\n

Y–Amazing Designs Holly Leaves and Berries<\/em> (design was edited considerably to make the Y)<\/p>\n

I do have a few tips for\u00c2\u00a0creating some unity and\u00c2\u00a0cohesiveness when\u00c2\u00a0combining a set of unrelated designs.<\/p>\n

1.\u00c2\u00a0 It is best to choose designs of similar mood, be that elegant, country, whimsical, heirloom or whatever.<\/p>\n

2. It helps if all the designs are of similar size and uniformly outlined or not.<\/p>\n

3. It is beneficial to have a common component, such as the holly in each of these designs.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

4.\u00c2\u00a0 It works best to use the same colors, i.e. the same red, the same greens, etc. \u00c2\u00a0throughout the design.\u00c2\u00a0 This\u00c2\u00a0makes them appear to be related.<\/p>\n

I was\u00c2\u00a0very annoyed when I finished this set and realized that I had not outlined the holly Y in metallic gold as I had intended. \u00c2\u00a0It would have looked so much nicer.\u00c2\u00a0 I hadn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t taken the time to change the color in the design thinking that\u00c2\u00a0I would just remember to do it. But the phone rang, one of\u00c2\u00a0the dogs was begging for a\u00c2\u00a0treat and as wonderful as my Brother Duetta is, it told me only the color\u00c2\u00a0in the actual design, not the color I\u00c2\u00a0had planned to use.\u00c2\u00a0 I doubt\u00c2\u00a0even Brother has an upgrade that will read your mind.\u00c2\u00a0 So the holly is outlined in green and is the only letter with no gold metallic.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

Still, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s unlikely that the in-laws of my in-laws will notice or be\u00c2\u00a0very concerned about this oversight. I just hope\u00c2\u00a0my gift will give them a little joy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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