Over the past few days I've gotten the main vining done on the skirt trim, after a wee hiatus for other projects (and because I was still working out the order of operations for this next bit).
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| It's a sine curve! With a four-inch period, so there's an apex every two inches. I remember math. |
As with the interval marks for the narrow diamond borders, I marked the main vine out in roughly 20-inch segments, starting with the two-inch marks and freehanding the path of the curves to match. I worked down the length of the strip with quadrupled thread in chain stitch, as for the narrow borders, and then I was ready to start the leaves.
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| The first leaf! |
Once the main undulating vine was stitched, I started adding secondary branches and leaves at the beginning. And stabbed my finger with the blunt end of the needle, trying to squeeze it through a heavily embroidered area one more time for the center vein.
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| And halfway through the second. |
Despite my plans to keep the vining fairly simple, I've found myself adding minor branches to fill whatever negative space there is. Ah well. It'll be beautiful when it's finished. I am going to vary the amount of leaf fill, however, from solid to half-fill to outline.
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