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Electronic Grandmother's Tooth Fairy Pillow Stitched and designed by my grandson age 6 ©2001 Marian Stamler
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Download free tooth designs Directions for constructing the pillow. Directions for using the alphabet letters in the P-C Designer software program to do the lettering. Return to Designs page 2
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Click on Free Tooth designs to download Tooth1.PCS * size 17/8" x 3 1/2"	Sidney's design Tooth2.PCS * Size 2" x 3"
Electronic Grandmother's Tooth Fairy Pillow ©2001 Marian Stamler Electronic Grandmother Custom Designs at: http://mrstamler.home.att.net/ Marian Stamler, e-mail > m.stamler@att.net When my six-year-old grandson came to visit me for a few days, his bottom tooth was wiggling. My daughter thought he needed a pillow for the Tooth Fairy. She suggested I embroider one for him. So I put him to work. First thing, he asked for a mirror so he could see what his teeth looked like. He beamed while he drew the pictures. Then he sorted through my stash for the perfect fabric. I digitized the designs to be simple so he could help with the embroidery. This was a perfect project for my little guy. When it came time to sew, he picked out the thread, put on a pair of safety glasses and listened intently when I explained what he would do. Then he pushed the buttons to bring up the design, position it, pressed the sew slow key, the pedal and O.K. He was amazed the machine could stitch by itself. I sat in front of the machine to be sure his fingers were not tempted. We were a proud pair when it was done. That evening, his first tooth fell out. Talk about perfect timing! To make the pillow: Cut out 2 pieces of fabric to fit in the embroidery hoop so you can cut the sections when done to 6" x 5". Also cut one piece of fabric, not embroidered, to 6" x 5" for the piece under the pocket.

Embroider piece A and C. Add Name and year if desired. Trim piece to 6" x 5". For the hem at the top of piece C, fold over to the wrong side 1/2" and press. Turn over again and press. Unfold place Velcro at top fold, stitch in place. Fold down. Top-stitch the hem in place - Velcro side up. Place pocket on piece B - mark Velcro placement and stitch Velcro in place. Place embroidered piece A wrong side up. Place piece B right side up on top of A. Line-up the edges. Place pocket piece C right side up on top of B. Match bottom and sides.

Serge the two sides and top. Stuff pillow, then push stuffing up out of the way and serge the bottom. Even out stuffing Enjoy.
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To add Lettering in the Pc-Designer™ Software program. Open Tooth file then immediately ® Change the name so you can work on it and not ruin the original. Select the following: FILE ® SAVE AS ® Type in Toothnam.Pcs The design should still be selected. TOOLS ® MOVE (Optional - if you need to move the tooth to add lettering.) Press END Key (to unselect the tooth.) TOOLS ® SET STITCH ® Bring the "needle" to the lower left side in the empty space and left click once. (This stitch will be used to position the lettering at the end.) MACHINE ® ALPHABETS ® Select the 6.5mm one. Type first letter of the name ® (Letter is selected when you first type it) TOOLS ® MOVE. Place cross on letter and Move letter to the bottom of the screen to line it up straight. Press END Key Type next letter ® TOOLS ® MOVE ® Press END Key. Repeat for all other letters. When finished, to move the name into position - Press on END key. Hold down SHIFT key, Click on the stitch you added Press RIGHT ARROW ONCE ® to move to the first stitch in the lettering. TOOLS ® MOVE ® Move into position. FILE ® SAVE file If you need to move the tooth again: Press the HOME key, Hold down the SHIFT key, press the LEFT arrow ONE time. TOOLS ® MOVE ® Move into position. Press END key. Click on stitch you added. Press DELETE key once. TOOLS ® FILE ® SAVE To Send to Machine ® Press F2 If you notice when you select Tools ® MOVE - the MOVE tool lights up on the menu tool bar. You may click on this ICON instead of opening the TOOL Menu. If you want to put the letters on a curve, use the same process. If you don't have a CURVE BMP to use select stitch #201 and use the outer edge as a placement guide then delete the scallop. Do this in a new file. MACHINE ® OPEN STITCH PROGRAM ® type in 201 ® OK This comes up in the MAXI MODE. Click on the large frame. TOOLS ® NEW PATTERN SIZE ® Length Type in 100 OK (Can go up to 120 in length and 115 in width) If you want more curve TOOLS ® Width Type in 40 Play with the numbers until you get the curve you like. Press the end key ® TOOLS ® SET STITCH ® Bring needle to the left side of the screen. Type first letter ® TOOLS ® MOVE ® Move into position. If you want to tilt the letter TOOLS ® ROTATE ® Turn letter. Change color of the letter so you can see it better - Click on RED in the color bar. Press the END key. Type the next letter, TOOLS ® MOVE ® Move into position. TOOLS ® ROTATE ® Turn letter. Change the color to red. Press the END key. Continue. If you need to move one letter it is unselected - DOUBLE click on letter to select then move or rotate it. When you are finished, press the HOME key hold down SHIFT key. Click on the stitch you added, press the delete key one time. Save the file. FILE ® SAVE To put the two files together, you PRESS the END Key then TOOLS ® SET STITCH ® Place a stitch on left side of screeen. Press END Key. FILE INSERT ® Select the Toothnam.pcs Then move either the tooth or the lettering as instructed above. I like to add the anchor stitch to make it easier to select a section. The lettering will stitch out first then the tooth. If you want to stitch the tooth first, open tooth file, press end key, add
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