{"id":7214,"date":"2010-05-12T23:15:31","date_gmt":"2010-05-13T03:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=7214"},"modified":"2013-01-17T02:20:17","modified_gmt":"2013-01-17T07:20:17","slug":"bargain-sea-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/12\/bargain-sea-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Bargain Sea Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"

“To sell something, tell a woman it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a bargain: tell a man it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s deductibl<\/em>e.”<\/strong> Earl Wilson<\/p>\n

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Everyone loves a bargain and I am no exception. When I saw these\u00c2\u00a0 pants on the department store clearance rack for $4, I snatched them up for Laurel. It was a more than pleasant surprise to find the matching shirt for $3.50.<\/p>\n

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The white polka dots easily pass for bubbles, so the\u00c2\u00a0outfit certainly lent itself to\u00c2\u00a0a bottom-of-the-sea setting. The designs are all from Dakota Collectibles<\/em>. The underwater scene\u00c2\u00a0 is from the Seashells<\/em> collection while the angelfish are from Aquarium Scenes<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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One angelfish was extracted from the pair and embroidered\u00c2\u00a0 just above the vent at the calf. Since the single angelfish lacked bubbles, I went back to my old reliable collection, Fil Tire\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and Fancywork Elements<\/em>, and inserted, copied and pasted\u00c2\u00a0a\u00c2\u00a0simple dot that Suzanne Sawko had digitized. These were just the right size to mimic the dots in the shirt fabric and inside the pants hem.<\/p>\n

I love adding detail and often must restrain myself from futzing too much with a project. While I liked the way the sleeve was pulled up with a piece of lavender twill tape, I thought it needed some accent at the top. A small yellow shell button was sewn to each sleeve, adding a little more color and interest to the outfit.<\/p>\n

Speaking of detail, I just noticed the mark on Laurel’s arm that shows in the photo.\u00c2\u00a0 Let me tell you about it.\u00c2\u00a0 She has always been quite the drama queen.\u00c2\u00a0 When she came to Nana School this morning she hurried to\u00c2\u00a0 tell\u00c2\u00a0her grandfather and me\u00c2\u00a0all about the\u00c2\u00a0“really bad bug bite”\u00c2\u00a0 that she got yesterday.<\/p>\n

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After\u00c2\u00a0garnering all the sympathy that was likely to come, she\u00c2\u00a0exclaimed\u00c2\u00a0with wide eyes that when she woke up today she could see the teeth marks around the bite!\u00c2\u00a0 When I suggested that we call 9-1-1 she declared, in so many words, that \u00c2\u00a0the\u00c2\u00a0vicious bite\u00c2\u00a0was\u00c2\u00a0now healed enough that medical treatment was probably unnecessary.<\/p>\n

Lately, it seems I just want to do quick and easy projects. Maybe it was overload from the major Easter projects\u00c2\u00a0 that put me into this lazy mode. At any rate, I have two other simple outfits stacked up in the sewing room waiting to be embroidered next.<\/p>\n

What are you all sewing now?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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