{"id":4076,"date":"2011-08-30T09:01:42","date_gmt":"2011-08-30T08:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=4076"},"modified":"2014-02-11T15:38:16","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T15:38:16","slug":"the-elephant-doorstop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2011\/08\/30\/the-elephant-doorstop\/","title":{"rendered":"The Elephant Doorstop"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An Elephant Of No Distinction But Infinite Charm<\/p><\/div>\n

Do you remember the Elephant of No Distinction But Infinite Charm, who inspired the canvaswork footstool<\/a> I made for my mother? She’s now commissioned me to work a doorstop with the same inspiration. Naturally she didn’t want me to work it in the same technique. For one thing, the furniture in the living room has been reupholstered since I did it, and the jungle-inspired green background (although the footstool still looks quite happy) would no longer be as suitable as it was.<\/p>\n

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First Stage - stencil prepared and paint chosen<\/p><\/div>\n

So we’ve picked a fairly loosely-woven linen, in a sort of pinkish beige (actually, “natural” unbleached linen run through the washing machine on Hot!), and rather than leaving the background completely plain, decided to stencil it with an all-over pattern taken from the lamps. The design is inspired by crystanthemums, as is the design on the curtains (a Designers Guild design which is older than me, and is proof that good design doesn’t date – it hasn’t looked dated or old-fashioned in more than forty years!).<\/p>\n

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Stencilled fabric<\/p><\/div>\n

After consulting my clients (!) I’ve decided to use a gold fabric paint for the background pattern. When I tested the stencil on paper the paint ran under it a little, so I chose to use a sponge instead. That seems to help in ensuring that the fabric paint isn’t laid on so thickly as to be unembroiderable, as well.<\/p>\n

I didn’t create a proper, regimented repeating pattern, because I felt that it would make the stencil design too obvious. Instead I have twisted and turned the stencil and added extra leaves to fill in any really obvious gaps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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