{"id":3927,"date":"2011-11-11T09:01:21","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T09:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=3927"},"modified":"2011-11-09T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-09T20:00:00","slug":"tudor-pincushion-finished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2011\/11\/11\/tudor-pincushion-finished\/","title":{"rendered":"Tudor Pincushion Finished"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tudor Pincushion Final Stitch In Place<\/p><\/div>\n

The final stitch in the Tudor Pincushion was the central boss in Four Sided Interlacing Stitch<\/strong>, which slotted nicely into place after I received the instructions for Month 16.<\/p>\n

I decided – after staring at it intermittently while I’ve waited for the stitch to turn up – that I was happy enough with the border and did not need to unpick it. So the next phase was to attach the silk backing and stuff the pincushion.<\/p>\n

\"Finished<\/a>

Finished Tudor Pincushion<\/p><\/div>\n

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I’ve tried not to over-stuff it, since I intend to use it as a decoration and not as a pincushion, but I still found myself pushing more stuffing in than I expected. Unlike the Tulip Slip Pincushion<\/a>, where the velvet was so tough that I used a sewing machine, this one is finished entirely by hand, and stuffed enough to look plump and fat, but not so much that the fabric is strained.<\/p>\n

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Close Up Of Pincushion<\/p><\/div>\n

I’m finding with Tricia’s various pieces that photographing them from an angle sometimes produces a much clearer view of the stitching. There is certainly less likelihood of “glare” from the metal threads. Besides, after all that effort, I’m more than happy to show off a little…!<\/p>\n

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The final stitch in the Tudor Pincushion was the central boss in Four Sided Interlacing Stitch, which slotted nicely into place after I received the instructions for Month 16. I decided – after staring at it intermittently while I’ve waited for the stitch to turn up – that I was happy enough with the border… Continue Reading Tudor Pincushion Finished<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[158,15,16,46,78],"class_list":["post-3927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tudor-and-stuart-gold-masterclass","tag-goldwork","tag-online-university","tag-thistle-threads","tag-tudor-and-stuart-goldwork-masterclass","tag-tudor-pincushion","radius"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3927","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=3927"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4502,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3927\/revisions\/4502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}