{"id":11298,"date":"2018-08-21T09:04:40","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T08:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=11298"},"modified":"2018-09-21T12:54:37","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T11:54:37","slug":"assembling-the-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2018\/08\/21\/assembling-the-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Assembling the Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Gathering<\/a>

Gathering Backing Fabric<\/p><\/div>\n

The assembly involved a lot of stages. I cut the backing fabric into a circle and gathered it up behind the design to provide an extra layer of protection against the hurly-burly of the stuffing.<\/p>\n

\"Title<\/a>

Title Label<\/p><\/div>\n

Then I had to make a stitched title label (it also has my Guild membership number, but I forgot to take that photo!) to attach to the back.\u00a0 I’m really not keen on lettering in stitch…<\/p>\n

\"Morse<\/a>

Morse Code Label<\/p><\/div>\n

At this point, though, I thought, I simply cannot fail to have my Morse Code signature on the back too. Morse Code was a staple of communications until well after the Second World War, so it was very much in use during the First World War..<\/p>\n

\"Dedication<\/a>

Dedication Stitched In<\/p><\/div>\n

Having attached my title and signature labels to the back piece, I printed a photo of the finished roundel, the title and the dedication onto a piece of fine cotton, within a circle, to echo the circular shape of the roundel on the front. Then I attached the cotton circle to the inside of the back piece. When the piece is finished, a circle of backstitches on the back will be all that shows that this is there, but I will know.<\/p>\n

And so will you!<\/p>\n

\"Antwerp<\/a>

Antwerp Stitch Edging<\/p><\/div>\n

I made assurance doubly sure of the assembly by first using running stitch to assemble the two sides of the Heart, and to close it after stuffing it. Then once the Heart was stuffed and closed, I reinforced the edge by stitching around it using Antwerp Edging Stitch, which is a knotted variation of blanket stitch.<\/p>\n

Final reveal next week…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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