Small Distinctive Doily

Here is a little doily measuring about 4.5 inches across. It is the tumbler size doily from the Distinctive Luncheon Set in Tatting Doilies & Edgings, edited by Rita Weiss and published by Dover.

This is tatted with Valdani Hand Dyed Variegated denim blues thread. I finished the tatting on this last night and have now started another small doily to go with it. The pattern is different but the thread is the same.

Spencer Doily

I stated this doily a year or more ago, got tired of working on it and put it aside. When I got it out recently, I realized that by finishing the medallion row which was partially done, I could use it as a finished doily. So I added the rest of the medallions and this is ready to block and frame. It was tatted with YLI thread, varigated beiges. It measures about 8 inches across. I'm thinking it will go well in a set with the small doilies done in the same thread. This doily is the first 8 rows of the Tatted Centerpiece by Mrs. J.C. Spencer. The entire centerpiece has13 rows or rounds. Maybe someday I'll try this again and make the entire centerpiece.

Party Time mini

This is a variation of the tumbler size doily from Party-Time Doilies, pattern found in Traditional Tatting Patterns edited by Rita Weiss and published by Dover. This little doily was also tatted with the YLI beiges thread and completed last week. It measures 3.5 inches across and will go nicely with the Loop-di-Loop doily when they're both framed in matching frames.

Loop-di-loop doily

This little doily, tatted this month, is the Loop-di-Loop doily designed by Harmut Haas publised in Old-Time Crhochet, Summer 2002. I tatted it with YLI cotton thread, varigated beiges. The completed doily finished at 4.5 inches diameter, a nice size to frame and hang to display.

Catching Up

I went through some recent posts and listed pattern source for some tatted items. I'm learning that it's best to record or document the source together with the photo rather than finding the pattern later.

I'm still adding to my blog items that I've completed over the past couple months. One of these items is this baby quilt, made for a cousin's baby. The pattern is a disappearing 4 patch. Once again I used novelty fabrics which I so enjoy doing for baby quilts. This was made from stash and scraps, other than the backing which is fleece. I find that a purchased fleece blanket is less money than buying yardage so I keep several blankets just for this purpose.

Cluny bookmark

I have completed a cluny bookmark designed by Georgia Seitz. I used #20, color 125 LizBeth thread. This thread is larger than I normally use and it felt akward in my hands especially when doing the clunies. I'll give it a try in a smaller thread sometime. I feel that I still have a long way to go before I'm both comfortable making clunies and getting them to look symmetrical, one to another.