Can't believe its been six years since we worked the Design Round Robin (DRR) doilies in Craftree and I find that I have posted round-wise pics of only one doily! Time to rectify the situation. However, I will have to limit myself to pics, 'coz it is too much work to hunt down my notes for each round I either designed or tatted. Good for you, huh, less to read ... but plenty of pics! ;-D
Dancing Peacocks
Design Round Robin 2018 (DRR 2018), Craftree
Muskaan, Coretta, Kathleen, Tim, Coretta.
Round 1 - Muskaan. I designed the center for this doily.
The green/blue one was made first but not being happy with my tatting, I started over with the bottom one. This pattern is originally from my enclosed space medallion phase with only minor tweaks to add picots for joining subsequent rounds. It has triple onion rings where the innermost Josephine ring is made using the floating beads method so that it stands a bit apart.Dancing Peacocks Medallion design process - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2018/01/mad-or-maddening.html
Dancing Peacock Earrings derived from the medallion -https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2018/01/floating-with-tatting.html Later that year Anita Barry taught this pattern at the Palmetto Tat Days.
Round 2 - CORETTA L.
Round 3 - KATHLEEN M.
So much to learn in this round. However it started with me having to snip off quite a length and restart because of some mistakes - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2018/06/rotten-core.htmlShe used her tweak on the Captured onion ring technique, which I have been using since.
He used Split SCMR and also shared a video on how to make it in his blog - http://timtatstoo.blogspot.com/p/the-split-self-closing-mock-ring.html
However I remember discovering that the split scmr was not really needed in this case and explaining how to go about it.
This completed our round robin of four designers. Started in Feb 2018 and finished within the same year. Design round robin entails we each tat all the rounds of each doily sequentially designing and tatting by turns. No need to mail off the doily ....
I felt we could do with another round or two, but was not sure how to go about it. In March 2023, Coretta worked out a 5th round and shared it!!! I tatted it early this month.
Round 5 - CORETTA L.
After mulling over the colour scheme since I wanted the round to reflect the earlier colours, yet not be too overwhelming or bright, I came up with the following solution...
The onion rings are tatted in three peacock colours but as separate motifs. Carrying 3 extra threads encapsulated within the chains would add too much bulk and skew the arches.
The tails are hidden or sewn, but left untrimmed. Couldn't risk any tail being pulled out when the outer chain round was tatted and joined!
Green for border would make the entire composition too greenish which is why I chose to repeat the inner round blue; it also carries forward the peacock impression.
Green for border would make the entire composition too greenish which is why I chose to repeat the inner round blue; it also carries forward the peacock impression.
All trimmed and done. However, I used 4 strands of blue after realising that 3 might not allow the doily to lie flat since my chains are usually tight.
Anchor embroidery 3 strands equivalent to Lizbeth size 20.
Orange - 0333 ; Yellow - 0306 ; Green - 0258 ; Purple - 097 ; Blue - 0170 (4 strands in last round).
Final diameter - 17 cms or just under 7 inches.
This additional round has really brought the entire design together and I love how it looks. What do you think? Too many colours or ....
This additional round has really brought the entire design together and I love how it looks. What do you think? Too many colours or ....
You can find the Dancing Peacocks doily pattern here - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LBml-8Q0WYbCQyBrSLVKg713T9D3HE9YAPlKmg3wxTo/view
Many many thanks to Coretta, Kathleen, and Tim and a very special thanks to Grace Tan for her forethought in creating the Google docs for each doily!
I am also entering this doily for both the 2024 games ....
Small Decorations hosted by splocik - This doily is my submission for September.
The August gallery of submissions is posted here - https://splocik2.blogspot.com/2024/09/male-dekoracje-2024-galeria-sierpniowa.html with such a diverse range of projects!And this doily also crosses off several blocks in Natalie's PICOT Bingo!
- Tat a Doily
- Josephine Ring
- Onion Ring
which means I have a 2nd BINGO - the 4th column is done!!! My first bingo was posted here - https://www.patreon.com/posts/picot-tatting-we-110762797
Actually I've finished tatting some more but blogging is taking a backseat ....
Thanks for the fun Natalie and splocik!
It’s absolutely gorgeous! So clever of the four of you to work in harmony like that.
ReplyDeleteGlad you like it, Jane 😍 It was a great experience and a personal challenge .... and different from solo designing coz we had to incorporate the essence of the beginning round.
DeleteIT s beautyfull , very,very nice.
ReplyDeleteThank you so very much, Urszula 💖
DeleteSo much fun to design together!
ReplyDeleteIt certainly is, Mel 💜
DeleteWspólne projektowanie stwarza więcej możliwości.
ReplyDeleteSerwetka jest cudna i pięknie ułożone są kolory. :)
Twój link i fotka znajdą się w podsumowaniu września.
Miło mi, że bawisz się u mnie. :)
Pozdrawiam ciepło.
You are so right, splocik! It is both fun, educative, and challenging to collaborate on a design. 💙
DeleteBeautiful doily and experience!
ReplyDeleteYes, absolutely, Ninetta 🧡
DeleteWow!! Looks great!! :)
ReplyDeleteI love the centers!!! :)
Thanks, Sue! 💗
DeleteBardzo optymistyczna kolorystyka serwetki.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Barbara, they do make me happy 😍
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