Beelieve - A Sewing Set

 Hello everyone,

Sorry for the delay in getting back to my blog but we've experienced some crazy weather in my neck of the woods -- Middletown, Delaware -- A TORNADO!  Three weeks ago, on Tuesday, we had a tornado touch down and travel a full 29 miles on the ground from South of Dover, Delaware to Glasgow, Delaware.  Some parts of Wilmington, Delaware had damage as well.  My neighborhood suffered a lot of downed trees and tree damage, as well as damage to some structures.  The telephone poles were snapped and power lines scattered.  We were without electricity (no WiFi, etc.) for almost 5 days.  It was very scary but, thankfully, we are all fine and we only lost one tree, had some torn and fallen branches, but my house was spared.

Being without power really set me back in my work schedule, but I'm up and running and trying to get caught up.   I had a few other things I needed to take care of before I could post all the information regarding the updates to "Beelieve - A Sewing Set".  When I originally designed the piece I just wanted it to be a small chart to give away in an effort to cheer my fellow needleworkers up during the Covid-19 quarantine of 2020.  After I stitched my piece, I thought that it would really make a pretty sewing set and then it was off to the designing and stitching races!  I love the way the set turned out and am offering the complete chart to everyone as a gift.  We still need some cheering up, don't we?

My computer skills are a little above average, but for some reason I could no longer make my PDF files posted on my blog printable from Dropbox.  I finally figured out a way you can download the chart but you will have to follow my instructions below to be able to print it.  

Notice in the upper right hand corner of the blog there is a link to the Beelieve chart.  Just click on it and you will be taken to a screen that looks like the one below:

Move your cursor over to the side bar on the far right then down to the icon at the bottom that looks like three dots (see below).  

Click on it and move the cursor to the Download option in the menu.  Click and download the file to your computer.  You can then print the file out.  Note:  if you try to print from the main menu, you will only print blank pages.  You have to download it to your computer.  If anyone reading this knows a better way of doing this or how to override the glitch in printing from the main menu, please email me at Heartseaseew@gmail.com with the instructions.  Thanks in advance.

NOTE:  This email came from someone with another option for downloading the file if you have a MAC.  See below:

I didn’t have any trouble downloading the pattern, but maybe these notes will help you help others. My computer is an Apple Mac, and I noticed from your picture that yours is Windows. But I expect Windows users will see a page similar to what I see on my Mac.

When you go to the Dropbox page in your browser, I believe yours looks different because you are signed in to your Dropbox account. When I click the link on your blog page, I get a different view, that has a download button near the top right. When I move the pointer to the bottom of the window, I get some controls to page through the PDF that also include a print icon. For me, clicking the print icon opened the PDF in a new browser tab, where I can then print using the browser print command (on a Mac, choose File > Print).

Rather than just printing the pattern from the dropbox page, I think it is better for people to download the file so it is saved on their computer, and then print it. That way they always have it to go back to, especially if they need to print it again or print an enlarged section of a page.

Yippee!  Now the entire chart is available to you without having to go through me directly.  If you have any questions or find any errors, again, email me at the above email address.  I will be posting pictures and explanations of my finishing of the pieces over the next few days.  I just wanted to make the complete chart available to everyone first.

Take care, stay well and have a great week ahead.

Yours in friendship & stitches,

Theresa

Below is picture of the back of the set: