“But I believe that there are marriages where you can have your pool table and she can have her scrapbooking room or garden or whatever it is. But when everyone has what they want, it’s not funny. There’s no conflict.” Brad Garrett
From my observations, there is no conflict in the Day marriage and now Brad Garrett has suggested one of the reasons.  Brent has his pool table and bass boat, Judy has her sewing and embroidery machines. Most importantly, they have each other, wonderful children AND grandchildren! It appears that they have everything they want.
I doubt there is anything Judy Day cannot or will not embroider. This pool table is just one more example of the beautiful, creative things she makes. Her husband is an avid fisherman so the customization goes beyond the monogram. Wouldn’t this make a great Valentine’s Day gift for your favorite guy?
Judy wrote:
 Since our den is done in a fishing lodge theme, I decided I did not want a basic “store bought” pool table cover.Â
The cover is made from heavy twill fabric. It took awhile to find the right color, in the right fabric that was wide enough to cover the top so there would be no seams as I did not want a seam to detract from the embroidery.Â
The drop is created with a separate piece of fabric with a seam running around the edges of the table. The corners of the table are rounded, so after the cover was finished, I flipped it wrong side out and stitched across the ends much like what you would do in a purse/bag to create a bottom.
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The embroidery was done before the cover was put together. The monogram was created in Designer’s gallery Masterworks II, using the Brandley font. The size recommendation for that font is no more than about 4 inches. Since I sized it to 7 inches, I changed the fill from satin to smooth fill.  It is so smooth, that coming down the stairs, guest have asked if it was applique.Â
 The bass on either side of the monogram is a design that is built in the BabyLock Ellageo and Ellegante.
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I printed out the templates then positioned and marked the fabric before beginning, Â as the design took 3 hoops on my BabyLock BMP6.
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The best part was the smile on my husband’s face when he saw it, as most of the sewing around here is for the grandbabies!
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