{"id":10907,"date":"2018-01-16T09:02:56","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T09:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=10907"},"modified":"2018-01-05T22:09:05","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T22:09:05","slug":"cover-for-my-new-magnifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2018\/01\/16\/cover-for-my-new-magnifier\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover for my new magnifier"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Desktop<\/a>

Desktop Magnifier<\/p><\/div>\n

Meet Maggie the Magnifier, so called to distinguish her from Jenny the Jensen Magnifier Light. Maggie was a Christmas present from my cousin. She’s wonderfully sturdy, with a nice heavy base, and notwithstanding the base mentions 1815, we think that was the foundation of the company, and Maggie herself is probably from the 1920s. She will be very useful for details and work at the table, rather than at my embroidery frame, but she needs a cover, both to keep the dust off, and to stop her setting fire to things on those rare occasions when the sun comes out.<\/p>\n

Making the cover seemed a good way to pass the time over the period when I had Akhenaten hidden away, so I used a piece of brushed boucl\u00e9 fabric and some rather lovely wool thread I got from somewhere-but-I-can’t-remember-where.<\/p>\n

\"Inspiration<\/a>

Inspiration And Progress<\/p><\/div>\n

Since I did the Great Lady’s Magazine Stitch Off<\/a>, I’ve become very conscious of what I learnt that I didn’t anticipate – becoming aware of how much more often an embroiderer of that period would have reckoned that Close Enough Is Good Enough, how often a pattern would have been sketched on by eye, rather than prick-&-pounced for precision, how much effect and speed would have trumped detail. I’m trying to apply that myself – when I don’t need exactitude, I don’t intend to strive for it. I hope it will make fun new projects more fun, and more “free”. This is a perfect candidate for that approach.<\/p>\n

The basis of the design is a floral pattern from a rather gorgeous book called “Pattern and Ornament in the Arts of India”, with curlicues in the corners of the square of fabric. I practiced a couple of times in a notebook, and then simply drew the design in chalk on the fabric and started stitching.<\/p>\n

This is going to be one of my New projects for this year…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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