© JEC/Carol-Anne Conway
Each section of string is padded with twisted padding cotton which is couched with closely spaced stitches. The padding is then covered with short diagonal stitches (arg!) in flat silk. On this short, gently curved section of string, I did not find it too difficult to maintain the angle of the stitches.
© JEC/Carol-Anne Conway
On this longer section, which turns nearly 360°, I found it far more difficult. At my first attempt, I turned too much and lost the angle completely.
© JEC/Carol-Anne Conway
My second attempt was much better; at least the angle of the stitches is better, the edges could be a little more controlled!
© JEC/Carol-Anne Conway
Happy Stitching!
4 comments:
People tend to disagree about what's difficult, but keeping the slant even around a turn like that is something I think we can all agree on!
Wow, that's a really difficult one! I cheated on a similar design element in my advanced goldwork piece for the RSN. We covered the yellow soft string padding with purple silk satin stitch and then added evenly spaced cut work on top. It was just impossible to space the cutwork in such a way that the yellow soft string wasn't showing too much :).
I'm still working on the cords on my bouquet and I can attest to how hard it it >.< Especially that bit that's on top of the wrapping paper.
The advice I've found most useful for cords is to aim to keep the stitches the same length. It worked well for me with Bouquet from the Heart of Japan but I suspect it's harder when the cord is narrower.
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