Finishing the Golden Accessories
Since I made the mistake of losing the fabric and then picking a fabric of the wrong count, and what’s more, when I looked at the finished pieces they were none of them even the same proportion, I decided to abandon all thought of turning them into accessories for a workbox I don’t have, and just made little pads, backed with silk and edged with pretty braids from Thistle Threads. The two outer ones are Russian Braid, and the inner one – the last and largest – is in Silk Serpentine Gimp.
The pads are made using two heavy pieces of pelmet vilene, or something similar. I tacked the silk on as if it were English paper piecing, but the linen I sewed in place on the inside. Then caught back and front together with overstitching, and then went round again, attaching the braids. Someone on better terms with glue might have risked using it, but I am not that person!
They are now propped up inside the parlour dome with the other Online University pieces, and sit on a coffee table in the living room. I am slightly astonished that no one who’s visited us since I set it up has ever commented on the dazzling intricacies on display, but then, maybe they’re enjoying the conversation too much?
Very nicely finished, I particularly like the serpentine braid effect.
Congratulations on your fine work.
You are very creative and can finish a project in a different way than was first planned.
I like the technique you used, EPP, overstitching and a fancy braid over the edge.
You have finished them off really nicely and in the last pic the two outer ones are not obviously different. Hardly anyone who visits here comments on my quilts etc. As you say, could be the sparkling conversation, one hopes!
What are the finished sizes? If they are small you could use them as pendants or even brooches, then you would get comments.