{"id":18565,"date":"2011-10-02T05:55:10","date_gmt":"2011-10-02T09:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=18565"},"modified":"2022-08-29T22:49:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T02:49:21","slug":"iris-tea-linens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/02\/iris-tea-linens\/","title":{"rendered":"Iris Tea Linens"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Earl<\/a>

Earl Grey tea and banana bread served in the potting shed<\/p><\/div>\n

This set of\u00a0 six linen napkins and placemats is so beautiful that using them, either to pamper myself or entertain special friends, always makes me appreciative of the needleworker’s skill.\u00a0 They were purchased from an estate sale and were estimated to be vintage 1940.<\/p>\n

By virtue of my friend Suzanne Sawko’s definition\u00a0 of “antique” as something that is older than she is, I declare these linens to be the real deal.\u00a0 But using Suzanne’s standard has made it harder and harder for me to find genuine antiques!<\/p>\n

\"Iris<\/a>

placemat corner<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

The Madeira applique’ is so well executed that the iris almost appears to be painted in place.\u00a0 The holes in the point de Paris\/pinstitch that secure the linen pieces to the foundation are so much smaller than those made by machine with a 100 or 120 wing needle!<\/p>\n

\"Iris<\/a>

beautiful surface embroidery<\/p><\/div>\n

I do love machine made pinstitch.\u00a0 But studying these tiny stitches reminds me that while machine stitches may exactly duplicate the point de paris stitch sequence, the result differs greatly from the handstitched version.\u00a0 Another noteworthy feature of these linens is the crisp, clean cutwork edges. Not a single whisker escapes!<\/p>\n

\"Iris<\/a>

napkin corner<\/p><\/div>\n

The surface embroidery is beautifully raised and dimensional.\u00a0 The orange iris stamens and the lily of the valley flowers are smooth as satin.\u00a0 I especially like the French knots that give welcome texture to the irises.<\/p>\n

\"Iris<\/a>

placemat back<\/p><\/div>\n

The backs are as neat and perfect as the front.<\/p>\n

I’m looking forward to entertaining houseguests next month.\u00a0 After teaching in Orlando, Terri Click<\/a> will visit and a week later\u00a0 Carole,\u00a0 an old friend from high school, will come by.\u00a0 Those occasions are special enough that we may have tea in the potting shed and use these pretty linens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This set of\u00a0 six linen napkins and placemats is so beautiful that using them, either to pamper myself or entertain special friends, always makes me appreciative of the needleworker’s skill.\u00a0 They were purchased from an estate sale and were estimated … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39,63,25,19,26],"tags":[478,1064,479,480,481,482],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18565"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18565"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39552,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18565\/revisions\/39552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}