Saturday, 19 April 2025

Vintage Bunny Edging - Happy Easter!

Many years ago I tatted a bunny edging but sadly the link to the pattern doesn't work anymore.  As it's Easter, I looked to see if I could find another bunny edging to share.  This vintage one dates back to 1928 and is by Bessie Barker.  The information was on the BellaOnline website (article by Georgia Seitz) but the images don't come up anymore.

I found those two images but the links to follow to get to their original pages do not function.  I think they were both linking back to the BellaOnline site.

Update (21.04.25):  I was kindly contacted by Tamie of the OnlineTattingClass and she was able to restore the information onto a page of their website and give me a link for you to access.  Thank you Tamie!



Working from the diagram, I tatted the edging and it looks pretty but the elements are not joined which makes it a bit floppy as you can see in the left of the image below, if I don't "arrange" the edging.  So I started attaching the arms of the rabbits to the "cabbages" (right side of edging in photo below).


Oh, and I just realised I misread the pattern and made three picots in the bottom chains instead of just two!  But as can often be the case, tension in samples of old patterns is often not the same as mine (it tends to be looser) so the chains would have been too short with just two picots.  You can see also that the chain that makes the bunny is looser in the original too so that the space between the "tail" in the centre and the body is much bigger than in my version.  Perhaps I should make another sample and add a few stitches to my bunny body?




So there it is, a rather cute bunny edging for Easter.

Happy Easter everyone!

Best wishes,
Frivole

10 comments:

  1. What a fabulous edging! Your modern version is a big improvement on the original. Happy Easter.

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    1. Thanks Jane, very best wishes to you too! :-)

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  2. The Bella Site has gone down permanently. I may have some of the files in The Online Tatting Class files. I will look through them when we return home tonight and see if I can find anything. Maybe we can bring that cute edging back to life.

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    1. Thank you so much Tamie and for the new link provided, I've now updated the blogpost.

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  3. Funny Bunny Edging. Thanks for sharing.

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  4. The bunny edging is adorable! I hope you and your family had a wonderful Easter!

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  5. Lovely sweet bunny edging, hope you had a lovely Easter

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