{"id":1967,"date":"2013-10-20T21:33:20","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T05:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/?p=1967"},"modified":"2023-08-13T10:37:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T18:37:33","slug":"up-and-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/?p=1967","title":{"rendered":"Up and Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2470-thumbnail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1981\" alt=\"IMG_2470 - thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2470-thumbnail.jpg\" width=\"454\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2470-thumbnail.jpg 454w, http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2470-thumbnail-286x300.jpg 286w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br \/>\nThis one measures 5.5 x 6 inches. \u00a0I painted the background by pouring two different shades of green on the silk while it was stretched in a hoop (yes, I end up with a green hoop). \u00a0I tipped the silk one way and then the other so I had drips running in both colors, and it ended up happening to look vaguely grassy, which I was happy with.<\/p>\n<p>The stems are the usual hand-painted ribbon, glued into a gentle bend.<\/p>\n<p>For the brown parts of the seeds, I used very narrow strips of hand-painted ribbon. \u00a0I used to use thread but I think the ribbon looks more solid. \u00a0The ribbon ends are snipped short and glued into place behind the silk, so that you don&#8217;t see the leftover ribbon sticking out (this silk at 12 momme is still quite see-through). \u00a0I also used a stitch or two in the same color thread to hold it down, otherwise they spring out from the fabric a bit too much.<\/p>\n<p>Before sewing or gluing anything, I split some white Gutermann thread into two strands. The strands look crimped, like hair that&#8217;s been in a braid. \u00a0But then I iron them nice and straight and save them to use for the long part of the &#8220;umbrella&#8221; of the seeds.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the seeds are done in the same way I outlined <a href=\"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/?p=1322\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know what I&#8217;m doing next but I hope it&#8217;s quicker!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This one measures 5.5 x 6 inches. \u00a0I painted the background by pouring two different shades of green on the silk while it was stretched in a hoop (yes, I end up with a green hoop). \u00a0I tipped the silk one way and then the other so I had drips running in both colors, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1967"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1982,"href":"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967\/revisions\/1982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}