{"id":9969,"date":"2016-06-28T09:02:50","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T08:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=9969"},"modified":"2016-06-21T15:17:16","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T14:17:16","slug":"eucalyptus-leaf-napkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2016\/06\/28\/eucalyptus-leaf-napkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Eucalyptus Leaf Napkins"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Finished<\/a>

Finished Chairs<\/p><\/div>\n

Some of you may remember the dining room chairs<\/a> that I finally finished about four years ago. The Eucalyptus pattern – which is similar to a frieze I stencilled above the picture rail – is a nod to my husband The Australian, and I have been intending for some time to work some napkins echoing the pattern.<\/p>\n

In fact, I found some yellow cotton napkins and bought them some time ago, but didn’t get around to doing the embroidery until now.<\/p>\n

I only got around to it now, because my back went into spasm a couple of weeks ago and I’ve been alternating stretches with sitting still in hopes that it would recover. The blanket <\/a>is too heavy, and I can’t sit upright at a frame, so I’ve been casting around for embroidery to do in the hand….<\/p>\n

\"Double<\/a>

Double Branch Motif<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Single<\/a>

Single Branch Motif<\/p><\/div>\n

Since there were four napkins, I’ve done two in a double branch motif, and two in a single branch motif, which I sketched out freehand, and then traced and transferred with prick and pounce.<\/p>\n

The singles took an evening each, and I think the doubles took two – instagrammers will have seen them in progress.<\/p>\n

\"Eucalyptus<\/a>

Eucalyptus Napkins<\/p><\/div>\n

What hasn’t worked at all is the photography. The napkins are a lovely bright, warm, golden-yellow, and I’ve not managed to get a true colour from either my smart phone or my camera.<\/p>\n

But I assure you, they look delightful, and very appropriate in the dining room, echoing the golden yellow of the walls below the frieze, as they echo the pattern above it…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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