{"id":4871,"date":"2012-02-21T09:01:05","date_gmt":"2012-02-21T09:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=4871"},"modified":"2012-02-20T19:38:25","modified_gmt":"2012-02-20T19:38:25","slug":"goldwork-on-the-petite-pincushion-stage-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2012\/02\/21\/goldwork-on-the-petite-pincushion-stage-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Goldwork on the Petite Pincushion – Stage One"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Petite Pincushion Detached Buttonhole<\/p><\/div>\n

The diagram\u00a0 in the instructions listed the goldwork stitches from the centre outwards, so that is the order in which I decided to work them.<\/p>\n

The detached buttonhole stitch at the centre was worked in a very fine silver thread. It was terrifyingly lively and had a will of its own, which made it hard to be sure of what I was doing. Yes, I had the magnifier, but looking at the closeup, the stitches are not especially consistent in size or shape.<\/p>\n

I also caught down the detached fabric in the middle of the long side – not a step listed in the instructions, but one which seemed sensible at the time.<\/p>\n

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Petite Pincushion Figure Eight Interlacing<\/p><\/div>\n

The Figure Eight Interlacing stitch filled in the strapwork in the middle of each side of the panel. I really enjoyed working this stitch, and this element of the Petite Pincushion seemed to be finished in no time at all! And believe me, I’m very glad I worked the detached buttonhole stitch first. I shudder to think how that whippy silver thread would have caught around edges of these panels, which stand proud of the surface to a considerable degree!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The diagram\u00a0 in the instructions listed the goldwork stitches from the centre outwards, so that is the order in which I decided to work them. The detached buttonhole stitch at the centre was worked in a very fine silver thread. It was terrifyingly lively and had a will of its own, which made it hard… Continue Reading Goldwork on the Petite Pincushion – Stage One<\/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":[158,15,79,16,46],"class_list":["post-4871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tudor-and-stuart-gold-masterclass","tag-goldwork","tag-online-university","tag-petite-pincushion","tag-thistle-threads","tag-tudor-and-stuart-goldwork-masterclass","radius"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4871","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=4871"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5061,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4871\/revisions\/5061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}