Vintage Oeillet Edging

I've been working on a one-shuttle edging by Mlle. Riego de la Branchardière.  I even made a video about it. Although it's absolutely fine and lovely in its original version, there were a couple of little things that I felt could be improved on so I decided to make tiny adjustments.  Really minimal!

If you look on the left, the two rings at the bottom of the edging end up being a bit on top of each other even when I try to make the joining picot a bit longer.  So I decided to add a picot to join them on the side instead of at the top.  I also added two stitches to the ring shown by an arrow to space things out a bit as I felt the edging was little bit "congested".

So here's what it looks like with those small mods:

So then I decided I needed to figure out a corner for it as I thought it would make a lovely handkerchief edging.

I tried different options, joining and chopping on my little sample.

Yes, this one seems to work out well!

Here's the handkerchief I'll use.

It will be a gift for mother-in-law.

I'm struggling to find nice ladies' handkerchieves nowadays.

This one was in my stash but I can't find any shops that stock them.

Maybe nobody buys them anymore...

I'll make another video with the modifications and how to make the corner.  I like vintage edgings and enjoy one-shuttle ones and I think this one is really pretty.  I hope some of you might enjoy this pattern too.

Best wishes,

Frivole

First Commission!

I wrote this blogpost back in February but seemingly forgot to post it!  So here it is, more than 6 months later...

Last week I delivered my first commission for a lace lamp.  Very exciting.  It's not installed in place yet so I can only show it to you balanced on top of a floor lamp in my father's living room but it will eventually be installed in my customer's dining room.  She said she'll send me photos when it's done so I look forward to seeing it "in situ".  I had explored different patterns and colours for her lamp but in the end, she decided she liked the same colour and design as the large lamp I had made for a gallery a little while ago, only just a bit smaller.  I used a large 3D-printed tatting shuttle to work with much larger "string/rope" than what is normally used for tatting.

It is based on a square from a 100 year old collar which was given to Ninetta by a family member and the pattern of which she kindly shared. I've always had a soft spot for squares in tatting so when I was looking for a design for my large lace, I found this one hit the spot.  I modified it a bit so that the holes were not quite so big when working at a large scale.

I really like seeing the light shine through the lace and at certain angles, you can also see the lace reflected on the walls around it.  I'm happy with how it turned out!

Best wishes,

Frivole