{"id":12563,"date":"2020-06-16T09:03:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T08:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=12563"},"modified":"2020-08-22T15:39:31","modified_gmt":"2020-08-22T14:39:31","slug":"more-progress-on-the-tablecloth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2020\/06\/16\/more-progress-on-the-tablecloth\/","title":{"rendered":"More progress on the tablecloth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Raised
Raised Fishbone Stitch<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Each time I decide how to do a particular element, I do all four appearances. I decided on this very early on, because I knew that working a whole side and then copying it three times would drive me absolutely mad!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raised fishbone stitch creates a nicely embossed effect, providing a good contrast with all the open stitches I’ve used. It requires a bit of concentration – this is a little raggier than I’d like – but at this point, I want the wretched tablecloth done, so I’m likely to just move on..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Grouped<\/a>
Grouped Blanket Stitch<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I’ve been looking at other embroidery styles of late – one can’t be wallowing in gold all the time, and one of these days I will be able to think of doing something else – and I’ve been reminded of just how effective groupings of blanket stitch or buttonhole stitch can be. This is the simplest variant I could think of, but I must remember that simple stitches like blanket stitch offer endless possibilities for variation..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Feathered<\/a>
Feathered Zig Zag Chain Stitch<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

One of the attractions of surface embroidery is the possibility for stitches to evolve themselves into being. I’m calling this one “Feathered Zig Zag Chain Stitch”. I can’t believe I’ve invented it, but neither can I remember having seen it before, and I think it works rather well. It certainly flowed familiarly off the needle, like an old friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The photograph has reminded me, however, that I need to finish whipping my chain stitch stems!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And new in SlowTVStitchery, Episode Thirteen<\/a> is now up. In which, at long last, a Decision is made….<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Each time I decide how to do a particular element, I do all four appearances. I decided on this very early on, because I knew that working a whole side and then copying it three times would drive me absolutely mad! Raised fishbone stitch creates a nicely embossed effect, providing a good contrast with all… Continue Reading More progress on the tablecloth<\/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":[22,214,38],"class_list":["post-12563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-stitches","tag-tablecloth","tag-transfers","radius"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12563","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=12563"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12727,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12563\/revisions\/12727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}