I’ve kept working on the green doily from several weeks ago. I am particularly delighted with this doily. I think I’m done but I may yet do another round. Right now, it is six inches across. I am, slowly, working on the pattern for this. I’ve named it “Shae”, meaning good, favorable. An Irish name, as I made it in March, and one I can pronounce!
I’ve been thinking about how to use tatting in different ways. In October, I put a tatted sunflower on a bottle by hanging it on a thread around the bottleneck. Not bad, but more could be done. I took this idea a bit further, putting a few more decorations with the tatting.
This was something of a fortuitous accident, as I had added the leaves to the sunflower and held it up to the bottle for placement – and I got it too close. At that point, the sunflower was where it was going to be. Good thing I like it there. I also added lights to the bottle.
The pictures don’t do the bottle justice. I took it as a prize to a bingo game on St. Patrick’s day. It was very well received. I see more decorated bottles in my future, probably with more tatting on them.
Now I need to work a bit on Easter tatting, or maybe things for spring.
“A book is simply the container of an idea like a bottle; what is inside the book is what matters.” Angela Carter
The doily is fabulous! I’m not so sure about the bottle, but I do think it’s a good idea to find different uses for tatting.
Thanks, Jane. Some people like the bottle, some don’t. But I have fun with them.
Your doily is lovely and lovely pattern,
I like your bottle but i think it would look better without the piece of material behind it, and just hang the sunflower like a snowflake, actually a christmas bottle would look look with snowflakes hanging. just a thought
Thank you, Margaret. I’m playing with ideas now on the bottle,not sure where it’s headed yet.
I love your doily!!! 🙂
And your sunflower embellishment is very pretty!! 🙂
Thank you, Sue!