{"id":12232,"date":"2020-06-30T09:03:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T08:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=12232"},"modified":"2020-09-18T17:22:45","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T16:22:45","slug":"mending-the-lady-in-the-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2020\/06\/30\/mending-the-lady-in-the-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Mending the Lady in the Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"The<\/a>
The Lady Pyjama Case<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Grandmama worked this pyjama case for my mother when she was a little girl. It’s beautifully worked, but slightly faded now, and the decorative stitching over the edges has all but disintegrated. Mam has asked me to reinstate that stitching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a good thing that my collection of stranded cotton includes some of Grandmama’s threads and that of various great aunts. That gives me a chance of finding something not a million miles removed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Damage<\/a>
Damage To Repair<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

There’s some damage to repair as well. I’m not quite sure how I’m going to do so – there’s nowhere with spare threads to repair to attempt an invisible darn. So for now, I have outlined the area in split stitch, and I am going to concentrate – or try to concentrate – on putting in place a suitable border. The original was purple blanket stitch overlaid with pink herringbone, but we’ve decided that purple overlaid with green will work better in the room it will live in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Multithread<\/a>
Multithread Edging<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

But we’ve already made a discovery. This slightly Art Deco looking border is the internal edging. It’s still undamaged, and I’m leaving well alone, but my Mam says she never remembers registering the detail here when she was a little girl!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are pretty sure that the legendary Miss Hunter<\/a> was involved in the stitching of this, so I’ve got a lot to live up to!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, in other news, Episode Fifteen<\/a> of SlowTVStitchery is available, and concerns ideas for managing details, and the management of Very Long Projects.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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