Saturday, January 17, 2009

I know from delivery confirmation that Trina got her package and I hope she's actually had time to open it as I don't really want to spoil the surprise, but I have no other tatting to show for now!

Here's the tatting included in Trina's package: This heart is from Butterflies Migrating offered by Palmetto's Tatting Guild. This is "Beautiful in Blue" on page 8. It's one of my favorites. Of course you can see that this one isn't blue! It's tatted in Olympus size 40. I also frayed the ends of the antennae for an added touch.


Using the same thread, I tatted this heart pattern by Helen Bailey. I didn't use the beads called for in the design, but I thought it turned out very pretty in this thread. The following triangle did not go to Trina and I had hoped to have a corrected triangle tatted before I showed it but I haven't YET.

The original instructions I had printed out showed a triangle made from the same pattern by repeating the same all around instead of dipping in for the heart center. No instructions were given- just the photo and a suggestion so I was trying to figure it out as I went and I used 2 colors of threads in the hopes of making the center stand out more. Each corner needed a longer chain, like the bottom center of the heart, which I remembered at first, but forgot as I got near the end. I was so frazzled at that point that I decided to wait for another day before trying it again. Tatted properly, it is an eyecatcher.


Trina got a little pouch too. Each one is unique and I just love making these! I forget what all I put in there now but it did have some chocolate!

10 comments:

  1. Gosh those are awfully pretty! I just love that variegated thread! And the little pouch is adorable!

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  2. They are all adorable! With the variegated thread, the heart reminds me of a pansy.

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  3. Lovely thread that you tatted motifs in. I love when you add a little bit of tatting to your pouches.

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  4. i love the butterfly and the heart motifs. very pretty in red and white.

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  5. These are all lovely! The butterfly is so sweet. I also like your triangle experiment with the white and variegated thread - it reminds me of a coleus leaf. And nice colors in that pouch fabric!

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  6. I agree with everything that has already been said. Lucky Trina!

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  7. Each piece is adorable, love the thread colors and the pouch with the little blue tatting. Add's a special touch to an already special piece.

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  8. Hi Gina, thank you for entering in the blog giveaway fun! Good luck to you, bloggy friend! Thanks for all you help because I had to use the HTML code to get that badge into the post that links back to the host blog for the OWOH giveaway event!
    Your comment made me chuckle. I don't think it's a RULE that some person made up on the multicolor vs. variegated thread thing... it's how manufacturers label their threads. That is what Peter from Snowgoose told me at the Lace Day vendor event in L.A. last November. I called a multicolored thread "variegated" and I got a twenty minute lecture on how the manufacturers....blah blah blah. It was informative, though!

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  9. You're all so nice!!!!

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  10. These are amazing! I can only wish for the day...LOL

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