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Saturday, June 2, 2012

Lovin' Some HDT

Back in April, I bartered with Jess at Tat-ilicious for some of her HDT.  These are the beautiful threads she sent in exchange for a bag and some radiant pearls paints:


And check out her beautiful Blue Ridge and Aurora colorways - just gorgeous!

I needed a little break from that teeny-tiny sewing thread, so I thought I'd play with some of these pretty colors.  

First, the green.  This was a special HDT dyed by Livi herself -  a somewhat camouflage-ish green.  I started out by tatting Mary Konior's Curds & Whey to make a bookmark.  Even though the pattern is simple, I still missed joins and forgot picots.  Ugh - hate it when I do that!  I decided to be a little creative and add some butterflies with a pretty Lizbeth (#696) that I thought matched well.  I don't typically sway from a pattern, so this was unusual for me to start adding things :)


I thought it actually turned out cute!

Next I used the Peacock HDT - I love the color combination.  This time I used one of my old standby bookmark patterns - "Flowers" by Jill Hanna. 


 And that is all I've done ALL week.  Well, all I've tatted anyway since the machine thread tatting excitement.  I've been on vacation - which meant a little retail therapy, some gardening, some re-landscaping, some tatting,  some sewing, some cleaning out and dropping off of donations, and then some more retail therapy.  I always think I can get about a hundred more things done than are realistic :)  What color should I tat with next?  Actually, I should probably do some boring old housework before I go back to real life and a work schedule on Monday. (See me rushing?)

10 comments:

  1. Very pretty..I especially like the curds and whey bookmark, the added butterflies are a delight!

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  2. I love the green bookmark, very pretty and the added butterflies really look nice.
    your peacock bookmark in pretty too. Jess has some pretty colorways.

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  3. They are beautiful! It is pretty amazing how much Livi's dye job looks like camolicious. I'll have to show Livi, she'll get a kick out of it.

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  4. Such pretty tatting...
    Fox

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  5. Beautiful tatting, I like the idea of putting a butterfly on the bookmark, I look forward to seeing whatever you tat next.
    Margaret

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  6. Very nice additions to Curds and Whey, those butterflies look like they belong there. All those colorways look very enticing to work with. Have fun with them - okay, mixed in with a little of the mundane chores and work if you have to.

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  7. I never would have thought of adding butterflies to Curds & Whey... perfect! The new threads from Jess are beautiful.

    I know what you're saying about thinking you'll achieve more than you have time for. Summer break started Friday, and for the life of me, I don't know where the past two days have gone!

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  8. Wonderful bookmark, and it was so clever to add the butterflies.
    I also love the tassel and twisted chain!

    That thread is lovely - by Livi! Pretty amazing! Jess has some great colorways. I still don't fully comprehend the dyeing process, but at least others do!

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  9. Great bookmarks!! I really love the first one!! :)

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  10. Hi Cindy,
    I'm repeating what everyone else has said but I LOVE your bookmark with added butterflies - really clever and original. I've only had one HDT from Jess so far but I am tempted by some of the colourways she has in her shop at the moment!

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