{"id":11089,"date":"2018-10-09T09:04:17","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T08:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=11089"},"modified":"2018-09-30T16:05:34","modified_gmt":"2018-09-30T15:05:34","slug":"finally-finished-eve-in-the-garden-of-eden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2018\/10\/09\/finally-finished-eve-in-the-garden-of-eden\/","title":{"rendered":"Finally Finished Eve In The Garden Of Eden"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Eve<\/a>

Eve In The Garden Of Eden Finished<\/p><\/div>\n

Well, at last!<\/p>\n

My word, it’s taken a long time! I started it in November 2015<\/a>, and it took nearly a year just to finish the tent stitch, and then about eight months to do the gold Elizabethan Ground Stitch.<\/p>\n

Progress wasn’t helped, of course, by the fact that counted work is something I can only do in short spurts. Or by the number of times I got distracted by wonderful new ideas I simply had to bring to life!<\/p>\n

\"Spine<\/a>

Spine Of Box<\/p><\/div>\n

However, once I had got to the end of the stitching, and then the goldwork (isn’t it gorgeous, by the way – do click to zoom in on the photos!), there was a whole new level of puzzling to do, cutting out and assembling the lining for the box and then the box itself.<\/p>\n

What with layers of padding and card, and the lining (silk, of course!) and the (silk) brocade covers for the outside of the box, there was a lot of pre-assembly to do, since the padding and lining, and the padding and external cover all had to be sewn together before the final assembly.<\/p>\n

\"Silk<\/a>

Silk Lined Box<\/p><\/div>\n

That final assembly was fiddly in the extreme, but is now finally complete.<\/p>\n

I’m going to wrap it up and hide it for a few weeks until the pain is merely a memory, and then find somewhere to put it and gloat, because I am very pleased with it. Just a bit sore from wrestling with sharp needles and too many layers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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