Saturday, August 29, 2015

C'est Fini!


"Buttercups" by Ben Fikkert. 
Thread: Lizbeth #80

Here it is!
All set to post to my friend as a surprise.

I am pleased; it turned out better than I had anticipated. This time, the Lizbeth gave me - dare I say it- no problems!

Actually, that is not quite true. I attempted to tat the little three-ring inserts in dark blue (which did not look good anyway) and the thread was MISERABLE! It ended up in the garbage can.

But the good news is that I preferred the original thread anyway, as it looked way better. : )

Those little 6ds rings took hours and hours to tat. This is the area where the dyslexic brain goes a tad haywire, the spatial reasoning skills being severely challenged . So frustrating! But look how wonderfully  they turned out!
Thanks, Ben Fikkert!

17 comments:

  1. Oh the finished work is exquisite, I could tell by your excitement before you started, about doing this doily you could in-vision this! I was not as excited about this pattern as you and Wow! I'm speechless sorta :)

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  2. Okay I found some more words :) I love the twinkle of blue between the circle motifs really is perfect!

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  3. What lovely tatting and the colours are - well, perfect.

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  4. French, English... I dare a comment in Italian ;) "è una meraviglia!"

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  5. I Love the doily against the white background !!! It looks and feels so wooly, so cottony .... actually quite ephemeral . Exquisite tatting & colours . Another drum roll ;-)

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  6. Wow, that's fantastic! I just love the way you've used the colours. And how dainty it is.

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  7. I think this may be the prettiest piece you've ever tatted!

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  8. Wonderful! The difference the background makes is amazing. Both make it look good but the dark shows off all the details so much better. Great Job!

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  9. It is so beautiful! I love the colors.

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  10. Ah,beautiful! Love the color placement. Glad to hear your Lizbeth troubles were few - I may fuss about it here and there, but I still love the Lizbeth.

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  11. Beautiful, one of your best pieces of tatting, usually I don't get problems with lizbeth thread but last week I found a flaw they had tried two ends together, right in the middle of me trying to fill a shuttle not best pleased.
    Love to Mr G
    Margaret

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  12. An absolute gorgeous treasure!!! :) I knew it would look awesome!!! :)

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  13. I LOVE the color choices you made for this! So beautiful.

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    1. Thanks, tatterjil. I am really pleased with it and the recipient loves it! : ))

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