Last night I made a little progress with this. I tacked the two pieces together, secured the cloth with running stitch and then began to embellish the seam with loops of wrapped thread. They look a little tight and twisted in this picture but bear in mind that this hasn't been damp stretched since I started work on joining the sections. Once that has happened the twists should pull out. There was a time when I wouldn't put anything on here that hadn't been damp stretched...it looks tatty to me like this...damp stretching is like a wonder drug, honest.
When I was piecing this last night it struck me how easily this could be a wrapping cloth...a couple of pockets, a backing, titivated edges and that would be all it would need. That got me thinking about my next wrapping cloth....should I put a little colour in it? I would be interested to know what you think.