{"id":3940,"date":"2012-04-17T09:08:56","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T08:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=3940"},"modified":"2012-04-01T21:20:59","modified_gmt":"2012-04-01T20:20:59","slug":"a-little-light-repair-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2012\/04\/17\/a-little-light-repair-work\/","title":{"rendered":"A little light repair work"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3942\" style=\"width: 251px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tablecloth1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3942\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3942\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tablecloth1-300x259.jpg\" alt=\"A Cutwork Tablecloth in need of some loving attention\" width=\"241\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3942\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Cutwork Tablecloth in need of some loving attention<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One of the advantages of a family obsession with textiles is that no-one looks at me strangely when I get excited about a fabric, a thread, or a stitch.<\/p>\n<p>One of the disadvantages is that between us we have a good many pieces stitched (probably) by an aunt, great-aunt or grandmother, which have been in constant use for years. Furthermore, as table-linen, if they get dirty, they just go in the washing machine. Usually this simply results in a cleaner cloth, but sometimes forty years of machine washing will catch up with us.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3943\" style=\"width: 291px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tablecloth2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3943\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3943\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tablecloth2-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"More detail of the Cutwork Tablecloth\" width=\"281\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tablecloth2-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tablecloth2.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More detail of the Cutwork Tablecloth<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We don&#8217;t know who stitched this, or even whether it was bought by some ancestress of mine who wanted to rescue it from a jumble sale!<\/p>\n<p>It seems to be a combination of cutwork and pulled work, with some elements I have yet to identify (fortunately I have a whole bookshelf of books to help!), and sadly, it needs mending.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3941\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/NeedsMending.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3941\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3941\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/NeedsMending-300x291.jpg\" alt=\"Needs Mending!\" width=\"300\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/NeedsMending-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/NeedsMending.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3941\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Needs Mending!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As you see! There are buttonhole bars (or are they overcast bars?) which have actually broken, and in order to repair them I will need to reinstate some of the edgings as well.<\/p>\n<p>Then there are other elements of the embroidery that I will need to identify and and replace. As far as I can tell, everything is worked with a single strand of stranded cotton, and would you believe, in spite of a considerable stash, I had to go out and buy some thread to match the existing one!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the advantages of a family obsession with textiles is that no-one looks at me strangely when I get excited about a fabric, a thread, or a stitch. 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