{"id":5180,"date":"2017-05-22T11:09:10","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T18:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=5180"},"modified":"2017-05-22T11:09:10","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T18:09:10","slug":"courtyard-wallpieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=5180","title":{"rendered":"Courtyard Wallpieces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the weekend I made two wallpieces for my courtyard garden. The wallpieces will break up the wall while acting as trellises for vines.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/CourtyardWallpieceLeft_IMG_2136.jpg\" alt=\"Courtyard Wallpiece\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/CourtyardWallpieceRight_IMG_2137.jpg\" alt=\"Courtyard Wallpiece\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The wall has a step design that makes it difficult for spacing. I tried equal spacing between and around the wallpieces, but the edge of the right wallpiece hit a step in the wall that visually wasn\u2019t working. <\/p>\n<p>I moved the pieces to 3 feet from the corners. Still didn\u2019t feel right.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/CourtyardWallpieces3_IMG_2134.jpg\" alt=\"Courtyard Wallpiece\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I am leaning toward placing the wallpieces centered with the wall steps. In the center of the wall is a Cordia boissieri (Texas Wild Olive).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Cordia_boissieri_IMG_2151.jpeg\" alt=\"Cordia boissieri\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is small now, but should eventually fill the space.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/CourtyardWallpieces_IMG_2143.jpeg\" alt=\"Courtyard Wallpiece\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The wallieces were made using simple Bargello embroidery stitches. Materials List\u20131 inch fence (41&#8243; x 31&#8243;), coconut fiber rope, and sisal rope.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Rope_IMG_2150.jpeg\" alt=\"Courtyard Wallpiece Rope\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Safety when working with fiber\u2013wear a respirator, gloves, and a long sleeve shirt.<\/p>\n<p>Coconut fiber is beautiful, but it is extremely prickly, dusty, and dirty. This is part of what I swept up. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/CourtyardWallpieces_IMG_2146.jpg\" alt=\"Courtyard Wallpiece Dust\" \/><\/p>\n<hr class=\"hrVisible\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the weekend I made two wallpieces for my courtyard garden. The wallpieces will break up the wall while acting as trellises for vines. The wall has a step design that makes it difficult for spacing. I tried equal spacing between and around the wallpieces, but the edge of the right wallpiece hit a step &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=5180\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Courtyard Wallpieces<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30,15,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fiber","category-gardens","category-materials","category-needlework"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5180"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5192,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5180\/revisions\/5192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}