{"id":7680,"date":"2013-11-19T09:01:49","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T09:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=7680"},"modified":"2013-11-17T15:17:13","modified_gmt":"2013-11-17T15:17:13","slug":"progress-on-the-azorean-cutwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2013\/11\/19\/progress-on-the-azorean-cutwork\/","title":{"rendered":"Progress on the Azorean Cutwork"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Azorean Cutwork Progress<\/p><\/div>\n

You may recall that when we visited the Azores<\/a>, I found an embroidery shop, and bought myself some fabric and thread, and a book of patterns.<\/p>\n

I’ve now finished the outside edge of the piece, which means that I can stop worrying about the potential for the piece to fray. My buttonhole stitch isn’t entirely consistent in width, but now I’ve pinned it out to look at it, I suspect that isn’t going to matter very much when the piece is finished.<\/p>\n

I haven’t damp-stretched it (with apologies to Karen!) because I’m not entirely confident that the drawn line will survive washing, and I really don’t want to have to draw it yet again!<\/p>\n

I’m continuing to work around the perimeter, rather than working each flower individually. I’ve commented before that I don’t much enjoy repetition, so as I go around the perimeter I alternate between curved and straight lines, no buttonhole bars and adding buttonhole bars, which keeps me a bit more interested. Not least of the (underrated!) skills involved in embroidery is managing longer-timescale projects in order to make sure that they do in fact get finished. I’m pleased that – in spite of the fact that this is essentially my embroidery project for when I don’t have good enough light for my big projects! – I’m making slow but steady progress with it.<\/p>\n

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However, my next task is to write my shopping list for my visit to the Harrogate Knitting and Stitching Show. Over the years, I’ve often bought things with a project in mind, and then found the project changing when I come to think about it seriously, so I am trying to be a bit more organised and disciplined this time – while still leaving some leeway for the odd enthusiastic impulse purchase!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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