{"id":12179,"date":"2019-11-26T09:07:57","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T09:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=12179"},"modified":"2019-11-11T16:09:53","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T16:09:53","slug":"a-backing-for-the-robin-in-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2019\/11\/26\/a-backing-for-the-robin-in-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"A backing for the Robin (in progress!)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"The<\/a>
The Robin Completed<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

You may vaguely recall the little robin<\/a> with stumpwork holly that I worked a couple of years ago. I mounted him on a circle of card and then didn’t make any more progress..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Starting<\/a>
Starting Backing Panel<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

But I have now!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m using leftover fragments of silk from various Thistle Threads courses to do a rather tame crazy patchwork circle to cover the padding for the back, and then he can hang or be propped in a corner somewhere, looking cheery. I’ve settled on a simple quadrant arrangement, so I have four seams to deal with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Seam<\/a>
Seam Treatment 1<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I said, when I found “Floral Feather Stitch” that I’d be using it again, and here it is, tweaked and embellished with a Fly stitch and a French Knot to emphasize the “floral” element. I really like this stitch – a simple, but extremely effective variation. Or maybe a stitcher’s “mash-up”!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Seam<\/a>
Seam Treatment 2<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The second uses Interlaced Herringbone Stitch, with the second pass interwoven with the first and then tied down with short straight stitches. This one is maybe a little monolithic, but the first one is so simple, I didn’t want to unbalance the appearance with anything broader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Seam<\/a>
Seam Treatment 3<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The third is Chevron Stitch, embellished with alternating Fly Stitches and Detached Chain Stitches on the “top” edge. This one went a little ragged, but I still think it works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Seam<\/a>
Seam Treatment 4<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The final one has alternating Half Buttonhole Wheels with Straight Stitches filling the gaps. Again, this could have been expanded and extended, but I thought there was quite enough for the purpose!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You may vaguely recall the little robin with stumpwork holly that I worked a couple of years ago. I mounted him on a circle of card and then didn’t make any more progress.. But I have now! I’m using leftover fragments of silk from various Thistle Threads courses to do a rather tame crazy patchwork… Continue Reading A backing for the Robin (in progress!)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[218,22,199],"class_list":["post-12179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crazy-patchwork","tag-stitches","tag-the-robin","radius"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12179"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12187,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12179\/revisions\/12187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}