{"id":9731,"date":"2016-04-12T09:05:34","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T08:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=9731"},"modified":"2016-04-11T21:38:36","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T20:38:36","slug":"inspired-by-spring-flowers-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2016\/04\/12\/inspired-by-spring-flowers-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspired By Spring Flowers – 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Texture\"<\/a>

Texture<\/p><\/div>\n

Once I’d finished the little needlebook<\/a>, using the little pack from Rowandean, I thought I might have a bit more of a play, and make a scissors case and a pincushion.<\/p>\n

So I fished out a piece of dyed silk left over from a book box my mother made for her fine binding of The Wind In The Willows, and a whole hank of fantastical, textured threads, and spent an afternoon tacking them in place and then playing with my embellisher, in order to create a mossy, textural piece of fabric to line the scissor case and back the pincushion.<\/p>\n

\"Inside<\/a>

Inside Scissors Case<\/p><\/div>\n

Bear with me, I know the textures would snag the scissor blades! I used some of the pieces of gauze from the kit – also run gently through the embellisher – to smooth down the lining. The texture is still there, but it has been muted and slightly smoothed over. And now the scissors will be beautifully padded and protected!<\/p>\n

The edges are simply whipstitched – a considerable effort, through two layers of felt and two layers of the embellished fabric, but I’m glad to say I didn’t break any needles doing it!<\/p>\n

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\"Scissor<\/a>

Scissor Case – Front<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Scissor<\/a>

Scissor Case – Back<\/p><\/div>\n

For the front and back, again I used simple stitchery, in undivided stranded cotton. A vaguely wisteria-like (not really Spring any more…!) fall of lazy daisy flowers with French Knot centres enliven the front.<\/p>\n

And three wheatear stitch stems (seedheads left over from winter, perhaps…?) decorate the back.<\/p>\n

The variegated thread makes all the colour changes happen by magic, and since my other main project at the moment is the 40-count tent stitch of Eve In the Garden Of Eden<\/a>, six strands of stranded cotton is a blessed relief..!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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