I made this flower bookmark for Allie for her July birthday. The pattern is Jane Eborall's Flowery SCMR Bookmark. I used the following threads: Coats & Clark, size 70, color 169 and DMC, size 80, color 701. Even though I've made this before, it still took some attention to the pattern when I started it because it had been awhile since I'd done SCMR's. Once I got the first flower done, it went easily. I liked the way the thread formed yellow and lavender flowers, even though it was all one thread. Sometimes I get lovely surprises that would have been hard to plan for. The next photo shows the anniversary heart made for my friend Pam. She and her husband are celebrating 45 years of marriage this summer. I knew that 40 years was Ruby and 50 is Golden but I didn't know a color for 45. From the internet I found that 45 was Red Sapphire. Now I had a problem as all I could find out about red sapphire was that it was ruby. So what to do? I chose a red (DMC size 8, color 321 and then planned the placement of 45 seed beads (#408B from Bead Republic ). The heart pattern is "Small Tatted Heart" designed by Betsy Evans (1998 copyright). The chain is composed of split rings followed by a cloverleaf.
As you can see, I've been doing quite a lot of tatting recently. This isn't all but I don't have photos of other items. I'll post them soon.
2 comments:
Lovely heart! What pattern did you use? I know I have seen it somewhere before but I don't remember what it is...
Greetings from Germany,
Anke
I'm sure the recipents would be most pleased with your tatted gifts. Love the colours on the floral bookmark especially!
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