Showing posts with label elegant tatting gems. Show all posts
Showing posts with label elegant tatting gems. Show all posts

15 Feb 2014

Firus Transformed

Umi of Umi's Embroidered Gifts in Facebook tatted a bunch of the Firus motif from my book Elegant Tatting Gems and transformed them into a stunning doily.


She then cleverly adapted part of a pattern from Jan Stawasz's book Tatted Treasures into edgings to enclose the motifs, modifying the stitch count to fit around the centre piece.

I think Umi did great with this.

Umi is more well-known for her beautiful ribbon flowers which you can see in her flicker page.

Tetradill - a square motif

 I was travelling in Xi'an, China and saw designs of pavement tiles that I like. This design was inspired by one of the tiles. The photo...

Many liked this from earlier