This is a pattern I've made so many times! Sometimes I leave the centre open and sometimes I add a flat back pearl in the middle like in these ones. I have several pairs myself, I make them for my shop and I like to give them as gifts. This time it was a gift for a young lady.
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Sunday, 15 May 2022
Layered Flower Earrings
Monday, 2 May 2022
Beaded Bell Earrings
It's my daughter's birthday in a couple of days and I often make her a new pair of earrings for her birthday... sometimes tatted, sometimes beaded. This year, it's beaded. I found this cute design by Sonysree Creations on YouTube and here they are:
I always enjoy a bit of beading! These earrings were a quick project and will make nice gifts.
Tuesday, 19 April 2022
Medallion Collar Finished! ...And Antique Pattern Library
It's done! I'm so pleased to have finally made this collar. I modified the first round of the neckline to avoid having to make all those separate diamond-shaped pieces between medallions (as I had discussed in a previous blogpost) and also because I couldn't make them fit right for me. I used a SCMR with a smaller ring thrown off it to fill the gap instead and incorporated it into the first round of the neck edge which simplifies things a lot.
Now I need to find a way to wear it! I'm thinking I'd like to make a shirt or a dress from it so that the collar is not just added on top of something but is part of the garment. I need to give it some thought.
And as we're on the topic of vintage patterns, I wondered if any of you had seen the Antique Pattern Library website? They have several vintage tatting publications available online. I need to explore it more. Here is the link should anyone be interested: Antique Pattern Library
If anyone would like to make the collar, I have a filmed a series of videos that show how to tat it from start to finish.Saturday, 9 April 2022
More Medallion Collar
After the final round of the bottom edge of the collar, I had to figure out the neck edge and firstly the two pieces added on at the ends of the collar. I debated whether to find a way to incorporate those two pieces into the subsequent rounds rather than having to do them separately and cut and tie for each but in the end, I kept them, again because I want to respect the original as much as possible.
However, I didn't like the way it felt a bit "unfinished" to me. So I added an extra ring and an extra chain to fill what looked like a gap on my collar.
Please ignore all the messiness around the neck edge where I've been testing different options but if you look just at the two ends: on the left is exactly as per the pattern and on the right is my modified version where I've added an extra ring and an extra chain. I could have maybe added two extra chains... but that's what I went with for now. Probably if I was making this again I would do the double chain to keep more consistent with the rest of the design where all the chains are doubled on the bottom edge of the collar. But I suppose I was trying to add the minimum possible!
Just three more rounds and the collar will be done!
Saturday, 2 April 2022
Think I found it!
Yes, I think I found the way I'm going to make that final round on the bottom edge of the collar. I wanted to stay as close as possible to the original so I kept the arrangement of three small rings in the space between the scallops but I joined them differently, especially as I had removed the small ring that would have been there from the previous round. So we're now making three new small rings to fill the space between the scallops.
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Photo of original collar from Priscilla Tatting Book No. 2 |
That third round is now making the collar curve and I think it's going to look great!
Right! I now need to figure out how to make the neck edge of the collar.
More testing!
Wednesday, 30 March 2022
Medallion Collar Continued
It's taken me quite a lot of time and testing so far and I'm still not sure I've found a solution I'm completely happy with! That corner area between the medallions is proving tricky! The other complication is that you're working with just one shuttle on the last round where you are making all the rings which means you can only move from one place to the next by carrying the thread over (can't make chains). I'm looking for a solution that looks as close as possible to the original, which looks good of course, and executable with one shuttle only!
A bit more testing for the next round required but hopefully I'll come to a solution soon.
Friday, 25 March 2022
In the Meantime... Victorian Trellis Collar Ta-da!
I'm continuing to work on the "Medallion Collar" - shall I call it that? - anyone with a better name for the lovely collar from the previous post? It's just called "collar" in the book but as there are several collars in the Priscilla Tatting Book No. 2, it would be nice to have names for the different collars so we know which one we're talking about.
Which brings me to the topic of this post, as it is about another collar from the same book. Well, it's actually not a collar but if you remember a while back I decided to tat the Victorian Trellis Doily as a collar and I've finally finished it! It's been finished for a while in fact but for some reason I'd never got around to sewing the last ends in and taking a photo.
But here it is...
I'm not too sure yet with what and how to wear it but here is a photo just to give an idea of what it might look like when worn as a collar. Are lace collars too old-fashioned? Is there a modern way to wear them nowadays? I hope so because I really like everything about this design, the victorian sets, the shape, the combination of elements, the balance of positive and negative spaces, etc. You could just see it as an elaborate necklace, no? In fact it's all in the name isn't it, showing what was valued before as jewellery... "neck-lace".