#9 HDT is Fancy Fields #40 by Tat-ilicious
This pattern reminds me of Gina - I think she would have loved it. Remember her heart pattern, with mignonette tatting? It was my first attempt at a pattern with so many bare threads.
Here is her motif that I tatted in 2010:
(Good grief! I have been blogging long
enough to refer to ‘early’ works! Scary!)
(Good grief! I have been blogging long
enough to refer to ‘early’ works! Scary!)
That piece taught me to really appreciate some of the old books and vintage patterns that I had overlooked before.
I forget about them and then every so often am reminded of how pretty they can be.
Anne with an E - and you call yourself a Canadian! But you're still a kindred spirit! Suneeti
ReplyDeleteWhoops! Thank you, eh!
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hehe! I missed the typo, but loved the reference!
DeleteLovely work, Fox. I am not keen on bare thread, but I do appreciate the mandala like qualities of some tatted motifs. Very cool.
What a different result, when you tat something in colors. In these vintage pattern books everything is white - I love them actually . But when the tatted pieces come out in colors, they look like made after an other pattern. It's amazing. I love your colorful Mandala!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it amazing how color can transform some of those vintage patterns? You've taken a design that I never looked twice at in the book and turned it into something really stunning.
ReplyDeleteI was just thinking that about colors and patterns too. There are patterns that I look at and then look past and then someone tats them in some beautiful color combination and it makes it look so completely different! You did a great job Fox!
ReplyDeleteI've been looking at some of these old patterns myself....Ann Orr in fact, how funny!
ReplyDeleteYour "early" work is FAB!
This is gorgeous - the colors make the pattern pop!
ReplyDeleteYour marvellous May mandala makes my May-mind happy and makes me (s)miling :) at 1st of May! Many May-thanks via mail, my friend!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great looking motif!!! :)
ReplyDeleteI love how the Fancy Fields looks with the yellow. Like a little ray of sunshine.. :o)
ReplyDeleteI like both your Mandala and your heart. very pretty indeed. I do very little bare thread work, don't know why, just never seems to appeal to me, but I do like these 2.
ReplyDeletemust be the colors.
Wow, holy cow, those are both totally gorgeous!!! I love the open work & the colors!! Note to self: find that booklet for future tatting! :-)
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ReplyDeleteYou are very right both are beautiful, and the heart is a lovely reminder, as you remember I did this pattern on my blog as a tribute to her, yours has beautiful colours.
The old patterns do need to come out of the cupboard from time to time
Margaret
I have some Anne Orr books but you have made her tatting come to life, love the colours.
ReplyDeleteI love Anne Orr patterns but do not seem to have any if her books! So lovely!! I adore your heart too. I have been thinking of Gina, too!
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