#24 Motif Challenge
I was preparing to tat a motif in the DMC Festive Tatting book, but it did not quite look like the motif in my head, so I closed the book and took the IDEA of it and tatted what I imagined I wanted the design to look like. The centre looks basically the same as the motif, though the stitch count is different and so is the direction of the chain. I re-worked the design of the outer row.
It still needs tweaking, but I am so pleased at this unexpected experiment. I used Yarnplayer's fantastic Soft Pansy, #20, even though it is a first draft. Couldn't help myself; the shuttles were wound in preparation for the book version.
There are split rings in 12 places . Tee hee!
Congratulations, you are a designer! That is awsome, especially in the colors you have used.
ReplyDeleteIt's great! And you start designing more and more yourself! I'll predict that once day you are going to publish your own patternbook!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful thread too!
Well Fox you have gone and done it again and made something wonderful and I truly love the colour of the thread!
ReplyDeleteI love the colours and its looks a lovely design well done
ReplyDeleteMargaret
So pretty:)
ReplyDeleteThis is a perfect spring motif! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWOW!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou are brilliant!
Suneeti
That is pretty!!
ReplyDeleteLovely! I took a few minutes to browse through that book on Sunday afternoon... so many pretty designs!
ReplyDeleteMy fingers are itching to tat, but I must keep knitting!
it's lovely!
ReplyDeleteYou're too good, Fox!
Holy Moly! I feel like Sally Fields at the Academy Awards. You oldsters might recognize the allusion to her rather pathetic response!
ReplyDeleteThank you all for your very generous words. I just posted a photo of the motif after the Criminal Code did the heavy number... it looks so much better than the scanner.
♥ Fox : )
Love your motif! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderful! Well done!
ReplyDeleteIt looks great, Fox! I like it, I really like it! Well done!
ReplyDeleteYou did a really great job on the snowflake! See what our imagination can do when we but it to work. Keep those new designs coming.
ReplyDeleteLovely thread but an awesome design.
ReplyDeleteKeep them coming, please.
This is certainly a beauty! I'm amazed you were able to get the solid color in the center. Is that a separate thread, or is it part of the HDT?
ReplyDeleteYou're definitely working overtime with all your experiments!
Kathy, The centre is done with lilac and leftover bamboo ecru. I wondered what I could pair it with and then remembered Marilee's fabulous HDT. Bingo!
ReplyDeleteLovely!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful combination of thread color and design!
ReplyDeleteThat's lovely! So when will we be able to get the pattern????
ReplyDeletetrh, I am taking Sharon's Design course for a two reasons: to learn how to design tatting and to become knowledgeable about design software. Soon I hope to be able to write my own designs - all two of them - properly!
ReplyDeleteFox : )
I find you very creative. I like your drawing and the colors you've chosen
ReplyDeletehave a nice day
ancolie
Very nice design Fox, I am also playing - making use of what I learned early last year in Sharon's design class - very, very useful! (although I was naughty and run out of time at about the software stage and have not joined in again as I promised myself I would :()
ReplyDeleteBTW thanks for visiting my blog...I used to admire stained glass, but love the bead making