{"id":5007,"date":"2023-04-12T11:37:25","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T18:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=5007"},"modified":"2023-04-12T11:37:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T18:37:25","slug":"compass-rose-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2023\/04\/12\/compass-rose-signs\/","title":{"rendered":"Compass Rose signs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Three<\/a><\/p>\n

I use Embrilliance embroidery software, which works beautifully on my Mac; unfortunately, the Bernina software isn’t Mac-friendly — and it’s lots<\/strong> more expensive. A few days ago, Lisa Shaw, who is an expert at digitizing (something I’m definitely not<\/strong>) shared a project<\/a> and instructions on how to personalize it for our own homes. I really liked what she’d done, so I downloaded the instructions and decided to make three — one for us and two for our adult daughters and their families. I carefully figured out what the GPS coordinates for each home were and got to work (=play!). I used a different color for the central portion of each version, as much for variety as as a means to keep straight which one belonged to which family! It was a fun project. \ud83d\ude42 Given the risks of putting personal information on the web, I’ve had to blur most of the GPS coordinates, but I’ve left a little in so you can see a bit. Just click to enlarge the photo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I use Embrilliance embroidery software, which works beautifully on my Mac; unfortunately, the Bernina software isn’t Mac-friendly — and it’s lots more expensive. A few days ago, Lisa Shaw, who is an expert at digitizing (something I’m definitely not) shared a project and instructions on how to personalize it for our own homes. 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