The heart is one I had already (Susan Fuller's Heart's Desire). The edging is from Yusai Shokoin's "Tatting" book. The butterfly is the Birte butterfly from "Tatted Butterflies" by Adelheid Dangela.
It took me a few tries to get a butterfly the right size, so I had some extras.
This is the Mia butterfly also from "Tatted Butterflies. A friend of mine saw me making this and liked it. So this is the last picture I got before it flew away with her.
I liked the Birte butterfly enough to make it again. The thread is Oren Bayan metallic thread. I'd love a few more of these (I think they'd look great hanging on a mobile), but my hands need to recover first. Does anyone know of a metallic thread that doesn't feel like tatting barbed wire?
What a fabulous tatting embellished card!!! :)
ReplyDeleteAnd wonderful butterflies!! :)
..beautiful tatting of nice card... never have seen such a variegated metal thread...the butterflies are soo cute...
ReplyDeleteThat's a lot if work on that card! The dmc metallic thread on a spool found in most craft stores is decent for tatting (with a looser tension), but it only comes in silver and gold. It's equivalent to size 30. That's a beautiful variegated thread and lovely butterfly!
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