Friday, July 29, 2011

Beautiful Gift!

I've been saving this post so that I would have time to fit it in my header in a way that showed it off the best.

I got home from work Monday to find an unexpected envelope from Wendy at Umi n Tsuru. Wendy has surprised me before and I'm always amazed at her talent and generosity. I knew she had some giveaways going on but had not participated. When I opened the envelope, I literally gasped at what was inside. If you knew me well, you would know that's very very rare for me. It's extremely difficult to truly surprise me but I certainly was this time!

Wendy remembered I'd said I liked drawn thread embroidery on hankies and she found this beautiful example of it. I have many with a corner embellished with drawn thread work but none where it is in EVERY corner and all the way around! On top of that, she tatted this gorgeous edging from a pattern in Susanne Schwenke's book in what has to be at least size 40 thread and perhaps even finer. The tatting is perfect and it complements the hanky design beautifully! It was for my birthday which was the day before so she couldn't have timed it any better!

You might remember I recently tatted this doily and mentioned wanting to frame it. Well...it fits perfectly in the center of this hanky so I'm going to frame them together. I am absolutely thrilled with this.

Fox and a few others have commented lately on the generosity of the tatting community and I, too, have felt it and noted it time and again. I've received so many lovely things not only in recent weeks but also in all the years I've been tatting and involved in the online community. Thank you everyone!

And a Special Thanks to Wendy for this precious gift!

15 comments:

  1. That is the most gorgeous hankie I have ever seen and you are right, the tatting looks absolutely perfect. What a lucky gal you are and how sweet of Wendy. Belated Happy Birthday wishes from the deep south!

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  2. A beautiful hanky - what a special gift, indeed! I like your idea of framing with the doily in the center - the shape/colors compliment eachother very nicely.

    Do you think that tatters (and maybe handcrafters in general) are so generous because we've finally found others that share our joy in handmade things? I love to share with others that truly appreciate the little things as well as the time and effort taken to make something :)

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  3. Stunning! Absolutely beautiful. That Wendy is something else! I know you will treasure this generous gift from a wonderful tatting friend.
    Fox : ))

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  4. I too am a huge fan of drawn thread embroidery, and that is an incredibly beautiful hanky! one of the best I have seen because of the reasons you mentioned, done in all 4 corners and all around the edge. what a superb birthday gift and surprise :) and a job truly worthy of awe done by Wendy.

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  5. Oh, my oh my. What a wonderful present. In all my years in tat land I don't think I've seen such a perfect hanky. So pleased to see the doily I saw in real life finished too but it's now given me the 'need to' work in a size 50 thread!!!!!!

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  6. I can't imagine where one would find such a beautiful drawn-thread handkerchief! That kind of needlework is a total mystery to me! And what a fabulous edging by Wendy! The combination of the beautiful hanky and the tatting is breathtaking! And your doily (love the pattern and thread) is perfect for the final touch! So glad you're going to frame this!

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  7. Lovely gift for a lovely person!

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  8. That is such a beautiful hanky! And the tatted edging? Gorgeous! Wonderful birthday gift, Gina.

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  9. I am so glad you enjoyed the gift, Gina. It was my pleasure tatting for you. I wanted to surprise you and I nearly forgot to post it on time. Happy Belated Birthday!!

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  10. What a lovely hankie! Would of loved to been able to have us all there for meeting up with Jane. She is such a wonderful person. And it would have been fun to spend more time with you! You are a very sweet and gracious lady yourself! Diane has me talked into the next Lafeytte Lace Days.
    You are right tatters are some of the nicest people. Can that be we have to have the patcience of Job to be able to take knots out?!! lol.
    Once again congratulations on the beautiful hankie.

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  11. absolutely beautiful Gina.....

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  12. There is only one word "Stunning" which is what I put on her blog.
    Margaret

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