Since the craft show, I’ve continued making sunflowers, because they are fun to make. I have also wanted to tat in oranges and browns — you know, fall colors. These aren’t usually colors I tat in except for around Halloween, but I’ve been inspired by the (finally) cooler weather and the sunflowers. Not that I have anything particular to tat in these colors…
I finally just loaded a shuttle with Lizbeth #694 Harvest Orange Med and tatted around a button. I even added beads! This made a lovely earring, so I made another one for pair of earrings. This color works with one shirt that I have, so I wore the shirt and earrings to church this last Sunday. I did grab the wrong size button for the second earring so I had to make a third medallion to get the set.
I usually tat while watching TV, which I did Sunday afternoon watching the football game. I have several things I need to work on but they need my full attention, so I started – something – with Lizbeth #136, Autumn Spice. I like where this is going, but with the button center, it’s not really a good doily. But it could be hung up as a decoration.
The finished piece is more true to the actual thread color. It came out nice, don’t you think?
Do you ever wonder what to do with the pieces you finish? I do sometimes. While decorating the house for the season I had this idea for a sunflower.
This is a beer bottle with a string of lights in it. The sunflower is on a string around the bottleneck so it can be removed if I want. The green bottle makes a nice back drop for the sunflower.
The sunflower looks good on the bottle even with the lights on. The light string is pretty cool, the battery is in the cork. I’m thinking of doing a few more bottles like this. It will give the house quite a lovely ambiance, don’t you think?
“Now Autumn’s fire burns slowly along the woods and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt.” William Allingham
Love your sunflower bottle! So clever. Yes, the more the merrier. I like your earrings and autumn medallion too. I especially like the shape of the points on the medallion.
Thank you, Jane. I am happy how those points changed the look of the medallion.
Your bottle stopper needs a sunflower 🌻 on it to hide it. Ok, my first thought was paper since that’s my current craft. I need to find my tatting shuttle! Love your creations!
Thanks, Jamie! At the craft show, I had small lampshades on the bottles, each with some tatting on them.
I love your sunflowers, and on the bottle it looks even better, I do like your Autumn decoration, the colours are gorgeous and the pattern is lovely
Thank you, Margaret.