{"id":1161,"date":"2011-10-09T21:25:48","date_gmt":"2011-10-10T05:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/?p=1161"},"modified":"2023-08-12T17:34:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T01:34:33","slug":"give-and-take","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/?p=1161","title":{"rendered":"Give and Take"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/threadedviews.com\/main\/?page_id=316\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1163\" title=\"Give and Take\" src=\"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/GiveAndTake_700-Copy1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/GiveAndTake_700-Copy1-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/GiveAndTake_700-Copy1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/GiveAndTake_700-Copy1.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This one is very wee at 3 x 3&#8243;. \u00a0It&#8217;s based on a photo I took in my Mam and Dad&#8217;s garden on my trip to the UK this year. \u00a0I was trying to take a picture of just the echinacea, but couldn&#8217;t get one without a bee doing a photobomb! \u00a0So I made a feature of it. \u00a0I like the way both the bee and the flower have a wing.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s hand-sewn except for the seedhead. \u00a0For that, I did a rough background on the machine and then those pesky pointy bits were done by hand.<\/p>\n<p>The bee was great fun to do. \u00a0I stitched him by hand and then used the sharp end of my needle (oh this sounds horrible now) to rough him up a bit. \u00a0Did some trimming with scissors around the edges, so his belly is still fat but the edges of him appear further away. \u00a0There&#8217;s some invisible thread on the wing that catches the light.<\/p>\n<p>As a side note, in the course of this picture I&#8217;ve learned that in parts of China, because the bee population has been pesticided down, whole villages have to pollinate their crops by hand using paintbrushes. \u00a0Art imitating life in a way I hope we don&#8217;t have to get used to.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1176\" title=\"Give and Take in hoop\" src=\"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/GiveAndTakeUncropped_700-300x183.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/GiveAndTakeUncropped_700-300x183.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/GiveAndTakeUncropped_700.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A behind-the-scenes look. \u00a0This is my 7&#8243; diameter hoop.<\/p>\n<p>And I promised myself I wouldn&#8217;t make any bee puns, so I&#8217;ll quit before I give in to temptation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This one is very wee at 3 x 3&#8243;. \u00a0It&#8217;s based on a photo I took in my Mam and Dad&#8217;s garden on my trip to the UK this year. \u00a0I was trying to take a picture of just the echinacea, but couldn&#8217;t get one without a bee doing a photobomb! 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