{"id":10542,"date":"2021-06-06T11:57:14","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T18:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=10542"},"modified":"2021-07-29T13:11:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T20:11:25","slug":"rags-and-scraps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/2021\/06\/rags-and-scraps\/","title":{"rendered":"Rags and scraps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have resurrected this old project started around Valentine’s Day. The concept was heart motifs stitched to rough-cut squares of a eco-printed tea towel. Using mostly scraps and a semi-transparent layer on top of the towel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had the best time assembling these nine squares. I’m not sure where it’s going from here. The edges are raw and I think I should attach the pieces to some larger squares that will allow the edges of each to be stitched together while preserving the proportions of these patches. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As usual, projects hold many dilemmas that then have to be solved. Most of them seem related to a lack of foresight. But that makes it fun. These patches were a joy to stitch and to touch. I found it delightful to run my fingers over the stitch patterns and to feel the small weight of the stitched patch in my hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
Three hearts from a Deb Lacativa <\/a>scrap over a scrim of pink organza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Split stitch border and blanket stitch edging (Deb Lacativa<\/a> thread)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
A very small scrap of eco-printed organza stitched to the bottom of the heart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Heart and gauze square attached with random running stitches (Deb Lacativa<\/a> thread)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
All nine pieces, almost finished, in the cool shade of the afternoon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Stitching outside in the shade on a hot day. A small breeze blows up the edge of the last unattached scrap. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have resurrected this old project started around Valentine’s Day. The concept was heart motifs stitched to rough-cut squares of a eco-printed tea towel. Using mostly scraps and a semi-transparent layer on top of...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[405,150],"tags":[450,461],"class_list":["post-10542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scraps","category-stitching","tag-ninepatch","tag-scrap-valentines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10542"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10559,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10542\/revisions\/10559"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}