My mommy LOVES hummingbirds and butterflies.
So imagine my delight when I found this pretty doily pattern:
Doesn't it just scream "SPRING!!!"?
She loved it, flaws and all.
I was using up some stash colors I was given
and I had to make them stretch a bit so
I tweaked the edging of the butterflies a bit.
I also messed up the center and ended up
with less stitches around the edge than I needed
to use the number of butterflies in the pattern.
I will pay better attention next time.
It was just as well since I was short
on thread anyway.
The Butterfly Garden Doily pattern is from
the Annie's Attic book: Vintage Floral Doilies
by Elizabeth Ann White
I also made the Sweet Southern Belle Doily from that book.
All the patterns in the book call for using a size 7 (1.65mm) hook.
There are 7 floral doilies with raised motif aspects.
She loved it, flaws and all.
I was using up some stash colors I was given
and I had to make them stretch a bit so
I tweaked the edging of the butterflies a bit.
I also messed up the center and ended up
with less stitches around the edge than I needed
to use the number of butterflies in the pattern.
I will pay better attention next time.
It was just as well since I was short
on thread anyway.
The Butterfly Garden Doily pattern is from
the Annie's Attic book: Vintage Floral Doilies
by Elizabeth Ann White
I also made the Sweet Southern Belle Doily from that book.
All the patterns in the book call for using a size 7 (1.65mm) hook.
There are 7 floral doilies with raised motif aspects.
That is gorgeous! Where did you find the pattern? I'd love to make one myself...
ReplyDeleteThe pattern book is called "Vintage Floral Doilies". I got it from Annie's Attic. They are all doilies using color and most have motif aspects.
ReplyDeleteThis is really pretty. Like playing with crochet like little children, I think. It is worth being put on the wall like a painting.
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