{"id":8156,"date":"2014-07-15T09:05:18","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T08:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=8156"},"modified":"2014-07-14T16:39:46","modified_gmt":"2014-07-14T15:39:46","slug":"assembling-the-glittering-gentlemans-nightcap-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2014\/07\/15\/assembling-the-glittering-gentlemans-nightcap-part-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Assembling the Glittering Gentleman’s Nightcap – Part One"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Materials<\/a>

Materials To Finish The Nightcap<\/p><\/div>\n

So now, having finished the embroidery, I need to assemble the Nightcap. In addition, Tricia has designed a stand for it, which is in the form of an \u00e9tui. Consequently I have a rather distracting heap of brocaded silk, doctors flannel, ultrasuede, ribbon and gold lace. Not to mention batting and buckram…!<\/p>\n

As I’ve said before, I am never entirely at ease finishing a piece into three dimensional form.\u00a0 So there was a slight hiatus while I gathered my courage to begin.<\/p>\n

\"In<\/a>

In Three Dimensions<\/p><\/div>\n

I decided to finish the Nightcap itself first, as – not least – I was rather keen to see it!<\/p>\n

The first stage was to add the lace to the top of the brim, and then create the shape by sewing up the seams on the crown. The lace was easy enough to apply, once the folds were in place, but sewing up the seams on the crown was surprisingly fiddly!<\/p>\n

I had wondered, in looking at the instructions, why the seams were embellished with reverse chain stitch, and I think you can see why in this photo of the Nightcap finished (externally) apart from that detail.<\/p>\n

\"Aerial<\/a>

Aerial View With Gold<\/p><\/div>\n

As this picture shows! Admittedly the orange background also helps to bring the Nightcap to life, but the reverse chain stitch in gold is another detail – like the pearl centres on the Floral Glove<\/a> – that adds sparkle and polish to the piece.<\/p>\n

The next stage was to line the Nightcap – using a lovely pale gold silk brocade. Again, simple enough to state, but slightly tricky in execution!<\/p>\n

Lining completed, another deep breath and pause prepared me for the next stage…<\/p>\n

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So now, having finished the embroidery, I need to assemble the Nightcap. In addition, Tricia has designed a stand for it, which is in the form of an \u00e9tui. Consequently I have a rather distracting heap of brocaded silk, doctors flannel, ultrasuede, ribbon and gold lace. Not to mention batting and buckram…! As I’ve said… Continue Reading Assembling the Glittering Gentleman’s Nightcap – Part 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":[10],"tags":[88,158,15,16],"class_list":["post-8156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-goldwork","tag-glittering-nightcap","tag-goldwork","tag-online-university","tag-thistle-threads","radius"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8156","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=8156"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8304,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8156\/revisions\/8304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}