{"id":12112,"date":"2019-10-22T09:03:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T08:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=12112"},"modified":"2019-10-19T22:23:07","modified_gmt":"2019-10-19T21:23:07","slug":"state-of-the-tablecloth-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2019\/10\/22\/state-of-the-tablecloth-1\/","title":{"rendered":"State of the Tablecloth – 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Corner<\/a>
Corner Section<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

That transfer I’ve been working on wants to be finished, and I’m pretty much at the stage of thinking about the leaves, so just so we all know where it’s up to, I’m doing a State of the Tablecloth post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the petals of the purple flower are in nested fly stitches, the centre is a sort of looping interlace, and the little buds are spider’s wheels. I packed the spider’s wheels quite tightly, to raise them up and increase the texture – I know that raised elements on a tablecloth can be a problem, but it’s no problem on the falling part!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Buttonhole<\/a>
Buttonhole Fans<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The small starflower is the only element that I’ve done as the instructions that came with the tablecloth suggested – satin stitch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ruffly flower – do you think it might be a crysanthemum? – seemed a perfect opportunity for buttonhole stitch fans. I might decide to whip the edges to pull out the colour progression a bit more, but we’ll see what the flower wants when the leaves are on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Double<\/a>
Double Chain Stitch<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Double chain stitch is easily confused with closed feather stitch, and in this case I complicated my life considerably because I changed the breadth of the stitch to match the petals of the flower. I rather like the effect, and although I said it was a complication, the actual stitching flowed quite nicely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And rather than give you a Long Read, look out for episode 2…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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