Monday, November 7, 2016

The Final Stretch

Last week I really persevered with those Palestrina knots. I was diligently doing my two curls a night, and then Thursday and Friday I managed to get 4 done each night so that now they're all finished :)


And now I'm at the last step, the blanket stitch border. Which means I have to go around the entire piece one last time. If you've been keeping count, that means by the time I am done I will have stitched around the border 7 times!

For this last border, a channel had to be created to ensure that the blanket stitches are all level. You do that by withdrawing a single fabric thread.


In the original design, there are picots stitched in every 20 blanket stitch. I've obviously replaced that with beads. So there is still more threading/unthreading going on, but it's almost over. The pins standing like little soldiers are where the beads will be going. This way I can make sure I won't forget one :P


I started Friday night and worked on it Saturday evening and all day Sunday. Progress went so well that I now only have one side left to stitch. It's the one on top. It won't be done in one night, as I have to go to work during the day :| But here's hoping that by the end of the week it will be finished.


6 comments:

  1. You are SO close! this is such a striking design I can't wait until you do the "TA-DA" post.

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  2. Well done! Those curlicues were well worth the effort, weren't they!

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  3. wow you are motoring along on this! How exciting that it's nearly finished!

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  4. Well done on powering through with those curls and beads.
    Good idea to use the pins for the border too.

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