{"id":12645,"date":"2020-09-15T09:03:39","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T08:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=12645"},"modified":"2020-10-24T11:41:59","modified_gmt":"2020-10-24T10:41:59","slug":"variations-on-a-theme-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2020\/09\/15\/variations-on-a-theme-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Variations on a theme, 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Leaf<\/a>
Leaf outline<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

There’s plenty of variety in the stitching on the bedcover, although the choice is limited to those that can control a fabric much inclined to fray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can see here some close blanket stitch, nested feather stitch, and chain stitch used to add details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The interesting thing that my mother has found as she’s worked on this one is that the spashy, “watercoloury” feel of the original print is becoming something slightly blockier, and more like an oil painting or a pastel. Since as a painter, oils are her first love, I suppose we shouldn’t be surprised…!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Birds<\/a>
Birds in progress<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The birds, here, are a case in point. The slanted satin stitch seems to me an effective cross between feathers and brush strokes, and make for an emphatic motif. We looked hard at this photo, and then went rummaging in both of our stashes for more pinkish reds. It’s safe to suggest that there’s some unpicking ahead…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And while that is in progress, I can report that Episode 26 <\/a>of SlowTVStitchery is now live! It concerns the distinction between bugs and features, and the siren call of shiny new projects – something we all know about, I think!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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