Butterfly Doily Extravaganza

Over the course of this blog about thread crochet projects, I have completed several doilies that have butterflies in them.  These butterfly doilies seem to be popular pages, so I thought I would re-cap them into one post for those butterfly lovers out there.

Three of these doilies were created for my lovely mother, Leona, for various gift opportunities.  A few of her favorite things are butterflies, hummingbirds, flowers, crochet, and red.  So these crochet thread projects were perfect choices for her!

I will post the pictures in the order in which the gifts were given.  For more information on the projects, feel free to check out the links to my prior blog posts.

http://exquisitecrochetdainties.blogspot.com/2010/04/beautiful-butterflies.html

http://exquisitecrochetdainties.blogspot.com/2010/10/beautiful-birthday-butterfly-is.html
http://exquisitecrochetdainties.blogspot.com/2010/09/beautiful-birthday-butterfly-wip.html

http://exquisitecrochetdainties.blogspot.com/2010/12/mystery-project-revealed.html
http://exquisitecrochetdainties.blogspot.com/2010/12/mystery-project-reveal-coming-soon.html


The final doily with butterflies also has flowers.  But this one was for ME!!!  I thought it would be such a cheery feast for the eyes on dreary winter or rainy days.  I love my flower garden, and I love my Thread Crochet!  So this is the perfect doily for me.

If you haven't seen my other 2 posts about this project and would like to, here are the links:
http://exquisitecrochetdainties.blogspot.com/2011/08/vintage-floral-doily-ta-daa.html
http://exquisitecrochetdainties.blogspot.com/2011/04/springtime-floral-doily.html


Every doily except the small stand alone butterfly are the designs of Elizabeth Ann White.

Vintage Floral Doily Ta-Daa!

The Springtime Floral Doily replete with rose, posey, daffodil, and butterfly motifs is finally done!  (Check out the link for the crochet motif pieces and parts separately.) 

It was a great project to use up some of my crochet thread stash.  I used some green and white variegated crochet thread for the base that I, personally, wouldn't have chosen for a bootie or bonnet project.  So this doily was a great way to use it up.  I also used some dark pink, light pink, creamy yellow, as well as the remainder of a lavender spool.

All I had left to do was the ironing and 

the sewing of pieces onto the main doily base.

AND IT HAS TAKEN ME MONTHS TO 

GET MOTIVATED TO FINISH!!!

4 to be exact.

But it was well worth the wait.

I truly do think this will be a fine keepsake.

I sewed the flowers on instead of the recommended glueing.  I know I can wash it and iron it if it is held together solely by crochet thread.  Whereas, I was not sure what would happen if I washed it with the glue.

Once again, kudos to Bella Crochet designer Elizabeth Ann White.  I so enjoy her work.

Springtime Floral Doily

While waiting on a fresh baby to arrive so I can size 1 project and waiting on smaller hooks for the sweater, I have finally been working on my floral 3-D motif doily.  I have all the motifs done now.

(When these pics were taken, I didn't have quite

enough daffodils made.  But they're done now.)

So now all I have to do is iron/block the doily

Then sew on the roses

And the daffodils

And the flowerets

And the butterflies (which also need their bodies and antennas)

And I will be done!

It will look a like this except for a couple

more daffodils and butterflies with

some black bodies and antennae.

This doily pattern is from my book,

Vintage Floral Doilies

by Elizabeth Ann White

Frog-It Friday

 Well, remember this?

Let's see if I'm making progress.

The PK doily is complete.  Check.

The beige sweater is complete.  Check.

Only 2 left, right?

WRONG!

See this little girl?

Well, I'm unsatisfied with the color combo.

So, instead of suffering through something

I'm not thrilled with, I decided to

FROG IT!

I mean, after all, there are SO many projects

that ARE thrilling.  And a hobby is supposed

to be FUN, not a drudgery.

So...you've got to know when to rip them, right?

I may just do that to the last one too.  ;)

However, my project list isn't any smaller.

Currently, I'm working on 2 baby gifts, 1 burgundy sweater, 

AND

which I REALLY do want to finish.

But I wasn't doing so well on the rose

motif sizing and quit in frustration.

I'm not over it yet.

So...

Bella Crochet

Dear Readers:

Elizabeth Ann White

designer of 

the book 

I've been 

RAVING about:

Vintage Floral Doilies

is starting her

own website

to sell PDF

downloads of 

her lovely 

patterns.

If you would like to

take a look-see

go to:

http://bellacrochet.com

The Vintage Floral Doilies

patterns will not appear

until 2011 but 

you can look

at what else

she has to offer,

including some 

FREE items.

Spring has Sprung!!!

All spring, since flowers have been popping up

I've been sharing pictures of them over at

Grace Colored Glasses

And I loved this spring floral doily pattern

when I started it back in December.

I tucked it away when other

projects had priority and

forgot about it.  :(

BUT...

now I have REMEMBERED!!!

And I still LOVE it!

As I work on blue sweateriness, I will probably

need a break now and again.

The little sweet flower motifs for this

Springtime Floral Doily

out of my Vintage Floral Doilies 

by Elizabeth Ann White

will be just the thing to

rejuvenate me!

If you haven't seen the other two patterns

I've made from this book, you should

take time to pop over to these blog entries:

Beautiful Butterflies

and

Dainty Lady in Sage

I've linked to the Annie's Attic site on both of those

pages if you want to take a look at the book cover

which just happens to show this Springtime doily

in its exquisite completeness!!!

Maybe you will fall in love with it too!

What a beautiful way to do some stash busting!!!

Beautiful Butterflies

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.

Dainty Lady in Sage

This was my sister's birthday present:

Love, love, love the flower basket!!!


I used Aunt Lydia's size 10 thread:
frosty green trimmed with black.

  The rest is stash busting gleans.

I used a size 7 (1.65mm) steel crochet hook.

The Sweet Southern Belle Doily pattern
is from the Annie's Attic book:
Vintage Floral Doilies
by Elizabeth Ann White

It is one of 7 designs with raised motif elements.

VERY COOL!!!