Beautiful stuff! Putzy, but worth the work.
My mother, who was a seamstress, always said " the more detailed the fabric, the simpler the pattern. And the simpler the fabric, you can do a more complicated pattern."
This is a perfect example of that philosophy.

What you have done here is the type of fine work CoCo Chanel did in her time. This is haute couture hand work. Wonderful job!!! Yeah, and the figure to wear it......

iceni....you are either very young or extremely naive....The terminology used in this article has been around forever. You'd best not go to any hardware store looking for fittings of any sort as that is the only terminology used there for a lot of stuff.
Thank you MaryRay for this contribution...this is one of the many reasons I look to Threads as well, and have for many yrs.

Oh wow....isn't it astounding how we, in this day and age, get all excited about new tools and gadgets when "mom" or "grandma" already had something that did the same job....fascinating..

Oh for pittys sake! That is awesome! Gotta try this!