Vacation Vibes

I’m writing this blog post from the lawn chair outside the little cottage rental we have on Block Island.  It’s breeze but still glorious.  It is the same place we stayed last year and it is just as lovely.  We’ve been here since Saturday and we’ve already done lots of fun things including looking at sea creatures on a creature walk at the beach, checking out the aquarium tanks at BI marine institute, kayaking on the Great Salt Pond, picnicking, beaching and of course, biking all over the place.  Did I mention my bike trailer upgrade is still going strong?

The kids have been so cute as usual.  We’ve been talking about their birthdays recently because I need about this much time to plan 2 birthdays in the same week in November.  Today Julius asked me, “how old is Patricia?”  To which I asked Patricia, “Patricia, how old do you think you are?”  Patricia’s eyes got big and she put on her mischievous grin and said very matter-of-factly, “forty-six!”  When asked how old she thought Julius was she said “six” which was far closer.

Speaking of birthdays, I should show you one of the presents I made for Will’s recent birthday.  I have a list of board game themed polos I want to make him, but it takes me a while to get the embroidery pattern right.  The latest is a d20.  You are welcome to make your own from my pattern, but as always, it is for personal use only!  If you instead want me to make you a shirt, send me a message and we can negotiate.

Subtle d20

D20 Embroidery Pattern

What you’ll need:

• polo shirt
• 1 color embroidery thread
• embroidery stabilizer (I used the “no show mesh” stabilizer, but I know everyone has their favorite)
• embroidery machine and embroidery hoop (my pattern is set up for a 2cmx2cm hoop)
• my d20 embroidery pattern here
• tiny scissors for trimming threads

1. First, download and unzip the embroidery pattern.  It is .pes which is the format brother uses and that I have tested/produced it with.  If you desire another format, just email me and I can hopefully help you out!
2. Thread your machine, hoop your shirt and stabilizer then have at it!
3. There are 2 threads you will have to trim I believe, they are very obvious!
4. That’s it!  Wear your shirt with pride!