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?)
