Friday, February 22, 2008

Motif Eighteen

With 3" of snow on the ground I'm ready for spring already. That must be why I'm doing so many butterflies and flowers lately - I just can't seem to stay away from them! I haven't posted them all here, but I did one yesterday that's a little unusual so I thought I'd post it.

This one is an aqua flower - yes, my own pattern but a very simple one - with soft chartreuse butterflies on it.

Here is more of a close up so you can see the detail better. The chain is beads over thread with tatted rings in between - I like the look but it is a bit time consuming and requires planning ahead of time.


I had a lot of fun designing and executing this one - and this is one of my all time favorite color combinations as well, so I'm a happy camper. I really need to get some tatting done today, though, so ciao!

7 comments:

Etha said...

Wow i LOVE IT!! the colors, the beads, the leaves, just super!!

Lace-lovin' Librarian ~ Diane said...

All of your pieces are beautiful, but this one is exceptional! I love the colors!

Marilee Rockley said...

This is really beautiful, and I bet "Belle Armoire" magazine would publish this one!

Tattycat said...

This is beautiful and one of my favorite colors! You always amaze me with your designs and tatting.

Jullie Teo said...

Gosh!! So beautifully made... You have motivated me to tat again...:)

Cheers, Jul

Unknown said...

That is just gorgeous. the colors, the design, beads, everything.

Margarets designer cards said...

Beautiful very different and lovely design
Margaret