Trellis Couching Complete

I am going to have to develop more careful and crafty ways to keep my trellis couching even. I’ve enhanced the contrast in the picture at left so you can see that there’s a section where I had to insert extra couching lines, which ended up radiating from the inner corner of the border.

It will barely show by the time the embellishment motifs have been added in, and it at least makes certain that the lower layer – the “colouring in” layer – is kept well under control.

All that being said, if you look at the bottom left corner, I where I started the trellis, it’s much more even, although still wonky in places!

Never mind, it’s a background for something else – a Something Else I have yet to design, alas! – and as such I am happy that it produces that engaging “quilted” texture and allows me to move on to the next stage. You will see below the completed trellis couching.

Now I have to turn the tangle of roses, bees, skeps, barrels, crosses and numismatic motifs whirling in my head into something that looks pleasing within the border. Wish me luck!