{"id":12023,"date":"2019-10-29T09:05:41","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T09:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=12023"},"modified":"2019-10-04T17:00:34","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T16:00:34","slug":"finishing-the-frolicking-calf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2019\/10\/29\/finishing-the-frolicking-calf\/","title":{"rendered":"Finishing the Frolicking Calf"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/FinishedBackground.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/FinishedBackground.jpg\" alt=\"Finished the Background\" class=\"wp-image-12000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/FinishedBackground.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/FinishedBackground-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/FinishedBackground-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Finished the Background<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I ran the embellisher over the whole thing, to knock back the colours and the stitches a little, and tugged at the fabric to even it out. Then it was on to the calf, cut out separately and given darker patches on his back and legs. I&#8217;ve attached him using single-needle needlefelting, by hand. His ear is sharpened with a twisted chain stitch, his eye is a tiny chain stitch and his hooves are straight stitches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/FinishedFrolic.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"565\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/FinishedFrolic.jpg\" alt=\"Finished Frolic\" class=\"wp-image-11999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/FinishedFrolic.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/FinishedFrolic-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/FinishedFrolic-768x542.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Finished Frolic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I intend to cut an irregular shape and attach it to a padded wool felt background stretched over a frame, as I did with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/tag\/two-amarna-princesses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Two Princesses (opens in a new tab)\">Two Princesses<\/a>. I mustn&#8217;t forget to sign it at that point!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I ran the embellisher over the whole thing, to knock back the colours and the stitches a little, and tugged at the fabric to even it out. Then it was on to the calf, cut out separately and given darker patches on his back and legs. I&#8217;ve attached him using single-needle needlefelting, by hand. 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