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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Tuesday Tats May 24/11

Hope you had a nice weekend.
 I'd recently received my copy of Mary Konior's "Tatting with Visual Patterns" and I fell in love with 'Black Magic'
So, I began with Yarnplayer's 'tourmaline' thread. I began several times.
I was more than half- finished when I spotted what I thought was an error, and, ahem, corrected it.
It was only when I was near the end that I discovered my 'correction' was the error. So, not having enough thread left to cut and correct, I made do and created a variation of the pattern.    cough.                          
                                                                                                 
 








            I think it might make a nice pendant, if it wasn't a little wonky.
I do like the way the glass beads pick up the pink/burgundy color.

This tat may find itself sewn onto a future CQ.





I guess I really shouldn't tat a new-to-me pattern while watching TV!


Hope you're having a good tatting day!


                                                                                                   
                                                                                                 
Thanks for visiting.
Hugs from Suz                  

10 comments:

  1. I love tatting in front of the television or while visiting with friends, but I find I wind up with lots of untatting to do unless the pattern was familiar or had simple repeats. I feel your pain! That said, you did a great job of working with your 'design change.' Congratulations on your creativity.

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  2. Thanks Tatknot! I had tried part of the design out in white before using the colored thread. I guess I should have practiced all of it first. Lesson learned. Hugs

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  3. I can't see the error, anyway. I like to be able to craft whilst watching TV - stops me from falling asleep!

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  4. It's very pretty, Suz. It looks like the decoration around buttons on old gardigans.

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  5. Looks pretty good to me Suz..this would indeed look really good on CQ'ing!

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  6. This looks great to me, tatting is always classy on crazy quilting. I love those colours Sue

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  7. It's there, Janet, but hidden behind the beads! Sneaky, I am!
    Annet, you're right! I hadn't noticed before, but turned sideways they do look like fancy closures on some vintage jackets.
    Thanks, Judy! I like to save my errors and experiments to use on CQ's to add a bit of color or texture.
    The thread is Yarnplayers 'tourmaline', and I've run out. Waaaa!
    Thanks, all. Hugs

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  8. I love the beads incorporated into it Suz, and the thread you have used is very pretty too.

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  9. Oh this is so beautiful Suz, one day I will learn to make something like that. Have a nice day dear.
    Hugs Anni

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  10. Thanks Dianne! The beads are a little large for the piece, but they hide my errors. The thread is Yarnplayer's 'tourmaline' and I love the colors, too. I sure hope she has more in stock. Have a nice day.

    Thank you Anni! I do like it, mistakes and all. I hope your day has lots of sunshine in it.
    Hugs

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