{"id":1310,"date":"2020-03-31T13:48:04","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T12:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/?p=1310"},"modified":"2020-03-31T13:48:04","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T12:48:04","slug":"ricks-wonderful-baby-receiving-blanket-and-his-brother-sewing-and-embroidery-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/ricks-wonderful-baby-receiving-blanket-and-his-brother-sewing-and-embroidery-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick&#8217;s wonderful baby receiving blanket &#8211; and his Brother sewing and embroidery machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The joy of learning a new craft<\/h2>\n<p><b><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s wonderful to see more men get into sewing&#8221;<\/em> said\u00a0Rick S. Mondeau when he got in touch with us recently at GUR Sewing Machines. He kindly sent us some photographs of one of his recent projects &#8211; a marvellous baby receiving blanket. In fact, it proved to be such a hit, that he&#8217;s supplying them to a number of other people!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>And all this, despite the fact that he&#8217;s a relative newcomer to the noble art&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1312\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1312\" style=\"width: 847px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1312\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Baby-receiving-blanket-produced-on-Brother-sewing-and-embroidery-machine.jpg\" alt=\"Baby receiving blanket produced on Brother sewing and embroidery machine\" width=\"847\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Baby-receiving-blanket-produced-on-Brother-sewing-and-embroidery-machine.jpg 847w, https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Baby-receiving-blanket-produced-on-Brother-sewing-and-embroidery-machine-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Baby-receiving-blanket-produced-on-Brother-sewing-and-embroidery-machine-768x435.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 847px) 100vw, 847px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1312\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>This baby receiving blanket produced on a Brother sewing and embroidery machine<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>&#8220;I am a 54 year old man new to sewing and have found great joy in learning a new craft&#8221;<\/em> said Rick, who comes from Gavinton in\u00a0Berwickshire.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s something that brings great pleasure and satisfaction to me. I also get an enormous thrill and sense of self worth in seeing my baby blankets in use by those I have gifted them to.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This self binding baby receiving blanket is made with 100 % balloon cotton fabric on the outside and the inside consists of a lovely warm, cosy and cuddly fleece. It was produced with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/sewing-and-embroidery\/brother\">Brother sewing and embroidery machine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s sewn with the good sides facing together, then sewn with a \u00bc inch seam allowance, leaving about a 6 inch opening to turn the blanket inside out.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Once the blanket is turned out, I press the edges and making sure I have nice corner, and crisp edges before using a decorative stitch to close the opening. I then continue with the decorative stitch all the way around blanket to give it a lovely design&#8221; <\/em>said Rick, who added that he\u00a0uses Gutterman threads.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/sewing-and-embroidery\/brother\">See the brother Brother sewing and embroidery machine\u00a0range \u00bb<\/a><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1314\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1314\" style=\"width: 847px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1314\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/This-baby-receiving-blanket-is-made-with-100-balloon-cotton-fabric-on-the-outside.jpg\" alt=\"This baby receiving blanket is made with 100 % balloon cotton fabric on the outside\" width=\"847\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/This-baby-receiving-blanket-is-made-with-100-balloon-cotton-fabric-on-the-outside.jpg 847w, https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/This-baby-receiving-blanket-is-made-with-100-balloon-cotton-fabric-on-the-outside-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/This-baby-receiving-blanket-is-made-with-100-balloon-cotton-fabric-on-the-outside-768x435.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 847px) 100vw, 847px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>This baby receiving blanket is made with 100 % balloon cotton fabric on the outside<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Let us know about your sewing projects!<\/h3>\n<p><strong>We&#8217;d love to hear from you &#8211; get in touch with us on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gur.sewing.machines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook page<\/a> &#8211; and we&#8217;ll post some of our favourites here on the GUR Sewing Machines blog.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>We love sewing!<\/h2>\n<p>We\u2019re still here for you! Choose our amazing selection of sewing machines and get free UK delivery!<\/p>\n<p><em>Top quality manufacturers include:-<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/sewing_machines\/brother\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brother<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/sewing_machines\/elna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elna<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/sewing_machines\/janome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Janome<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/sewing_machines\/jaguar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jaguar<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Telephone\u00a00121 359 5335 or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/top-sewing-tips-that-you-might-just-find-to-be-really-useful\/info@gursewingmachines.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">email<\/a> GUR Sewing Machines now!<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The joy of learning a new craft &#8220;It&#8217;s wonderful to see more men get into sewing&#8221; said\u00a0Rick S. 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