After the lace class I wanted to have my own traveling roller pillow, and when I asked Elly where she bought hers from she said she made them. She said she didn't have a pattern, she just made it up with bits she had around, so I juggled some ideas around on an envelope, and with much help from David, I made this! (For some reason I
cannot get the photos to stay where I want them today!)
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| This is what it looked like once it had been stuffed with straw. |
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| This is the basic wooden framework. |
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| Another view of the stuffed frame. |
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| And here we are with the beginnings of the fabric cover, and the roller, covered with an old felted sweater. |
I have also been trying the new threads I received via the thread exchange. This square lacks the final round, because I find split chains so difficult! I have decided to cut and tie, after making two really miserable attempts on the first two rounds.
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| Magnolia HDT made into Meadow Square from the book by Sharon Briggs. |
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| This "star" from Mary Konior's Tatting Patterns is made from Pear Glacé sent by Miranda. |
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| Trying to tat with beads. |
Fox very kindly sent some beads and a threader thing, so despite the fact I am not very good at that sort of thing I began this motif by Pascale Provost...it is made in the size 80 Majestic colour Teal from Miranda. I think the beads compliment the colour very well. :) Despite the threader, (which I lost, when we had a thunderstorm and I had to bring my stuff in, in a hurry) I find wriggling the beads onto the picots extremely fiddly, I can't help feeling I must be doing it wrong.
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| Camomile from Tatting Patterns by Mary Konior |
This edging is called Camomile, and is made using some vintage thread I found on a market stall. It is DMC special dentelles size 70, and a pretty pinky colour. I bought several threads, but when I looked at them once I was home I wasn't sure how useful any of them might be for tatting. Still, I will probably try them all in time.
