I saw the idea in a Japanese book of tatting. The corner in contrasting color at least, but the one in the photo had some tatting over the corner. I didn't really like the design and made up one of my own and continued with an edging. I ran out of thread on the shuttles before the edging was done and I still couldn't decide what to do with it. At the moment, I can't find it. One of my kitties was having a seizure and I was pushing and shoving things out of the way as she was caught between a box and my chair. She's fine but I have no clue where that piece ended up.
I had already changed gears yesterday and threaded a bunch of shuttle endings in the corner. I was actually going to do a needlelace buttonhole lace on the outside edge and quickly decided I didn't like that. I've got thread wound to tat an edging but after kitty katastrophe, I decided to knit instead.
Anyway, this was an experiment, a spur of the moment whim. On the print, there is a basket of something which now looks upside down because of the corner that I put the red in. Should have thought more about placement. Also, by the time I threaded in all the little ring-blossoms, that corner tended to flatten out. I need to do whatever embellishment I'm doing before I stitch and stuff.
But I still like the idea and I even like this little pincushion and will probably keep it just the way it is!
DMC’s Free Vase of Flowers Embroidery Pattern
27 minutes ago
LOVE the pillow!!!
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about kittie. Do you know what is wrong with her?
It's a nice idea, Gina, and I like that you've captured the colours of the pin cushion in your tatting.
ReplyDeleteI think it'as gorgeous just as it is too.
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