giftme roundup 2

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 Continuing from my last post (https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2023/05/giftme-roundup-1.html) this is the final batch of models tatted for the March game - Gift Me (#giftmeEndrucks) in our FB group. Patterns are compiled in the Basket/Bowl/Bag Directory - (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v2hfFk2Nhg3ZpqUSW9vRCV_0AmQYp4qOx7gs3uJEr-g/view) and all patterns are derived from Endrucks' 1920 book 'Die Schiffchen-Spitzen’ which was presented in modern format in the Endrucks 1920 Project - (https://docs.google.com/document/d/17LEVftXweztBIOWh4sL4BB7bX65ssoOsOn4oXIgCepY/view)

11. Daniela Galli -

E44 - Mother’s Day 3D Basket. Pattern shared (new)

E44 - Mother’s Day 3D Bowl. Pattern shared (new)

E17 - 3D Egg Shell. Pattern shared (new)

12. Brookie Heightsmen -

E27 - Fence/Basket with #pickme motifs from E8 - flowers and E32 - butterfly

E44 - Easter Basket (new)

E44+E1 3D Easter Basket with Bunny. Pattern shared 

13. Beata Sumowska -

E31 - Lacy Basket

E17 - 3D Egg Shell.

E44 - Mother’s Day 3D Bowl

E44 - Mother’s Day 3D Bowl filled with iridiscent pearls

E31 - Lacy Bowl upended and ....

In truth, this bowl was tatted in late February directly from the German book and as expected, the doily cupped into a bowl. 

E31 - Lacy Bowl with eggs for the game

14. Antonia Lai -

E17 - 3D Egg Shell.

E17 - 3D Egg Shell.

E17 - 3D Egg Shell.- one half. 

This could well be a mini bowl!

E31 - Lacy Bowl (partial)

This is what she said - "My bowl did not work well as I chose the wrong thread. It is cotton embroidery thread and is so difficult to tatt. I like the colors though.
I did not complete the whole pattern.

It goes well with little chicks. Perhaps I make it as a pin cushion cover.
I enjoyed the pattern and will do it again."

15. Anna Tedesco -

E17 - 3D Egg Shell

As always, Anna tatted more than just one! She is a 'Faster Tatter'!

16. Anna Pagliari -

E17 - 3D Egg Shell - one half.

E17 - 3D Egg Shell displayed as an egg bowl!

17. Anna Bonelli -

E44 - Basket (or Bowl) of Flowers 

E25 - Flowers decoratively inserted

E31 - Lacy Basket "for a little chick" with a slightly modified handle.

E3- Chocolate/Fruit Basket embellished with colourful tatted flowers

E1- Happy Hands butterfly

As you can see in the roundups, most participants tatted more than one beautiful model and also played at creatively displaying their work. Most of them have also participated in several of our games and continue to do so. It is what gives us extra energy to think up new ideas for each game of the month.

We would also like to extend a special thanks to Brookie, Daniela, Krystyna, and Paola Bevilacqua for taking the time and effort to share their derivative patterns in time for the game! 

A huge thanks and hugs from 

Ninetta and muskaan

Many many thanks to all our talented participants and designers!

giftme roundup 1

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Paola Bevilacqua's Pitcher with ladle (E18a+E44)
 for #giftmeEndrucks March2023 

Our Game of the Month for March 2023 was sort of a continuation for the February #PickMeEndrucks game (roundups in April). Having tatted all those motifs, we needed to collect and display them in a basket or bowl, etc., in order to gift. Hence we called it Gift Me Endrucks and the patterns were from the Basket Directory (which contained both 2D and 3D patterns). Of course, tatters were free to create a new derivative which we are happy to note happened as the model above shows. Some designers were requested to create a shareable pattern of their old models, and they enthusiastically complied! 

#GiftMeEndrucks Mar2023 -- Endrucks 1920 Project FB group

All patterns derived from Endrucks' book ‘Die Schiffchen-Spitzen’,1920 and now compiled in ....

Basket, Boxes, Bowls Directory -

 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v2hfFk2Nhg3ZpqUSW9vRCV_0AmQYp4qOx7gs3uJEr-g/view

The images are arranged from Z to A, and while the participants might be few, most of them tatted more than one model from the same or different patterns!
[E3, E1, E42, etc., refers to the original pattern from which each motif was derived or adapted.]

1. Stella Marina - 

E18a+E44 - “Conca Abruzzese” (Pitcher) with ladles. Sewn with beaded flowers on fabric on a hoop. 

E3 - Fruit/Chocolate Bowl embellished with crystals and pearls and tatted flowers.

Both the above pitcher and bowl along with 2 other displays.

2. Silvana Buonvino -

E28 - 3D Bowl with her #pickmeEndrucks motifs strewn around. (new)

3. Paola Emilia Rotuletti - 

E31 - Lacy Bowl with little knick-knacks and a tatted dove. 

4. Paola Bevilacqua -

E18a+E44 - “Conca Abruzzese”. Pitcher with ladles. Pattern shared (new)

E18a+E44 - “Conca Abruzzese” - mounted and framed along with tatted butterflies and flowers/foliage. The background showing a lady with the pitcher n her head is also painted by Paola.

5. Muskaan - 

E37 - Rubik's Cube Box. 

https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2022/07/forgotten.html

My intention was to either stuff it and use as a pin cushion, or line it with transparency sheet for shape and usage. However, besides joining the 'lid' with metal jump rings, I didn't do anything further. Nevertheless it has turned out perfect for my air pods, situated cozily in my bedside drawer. 

E44 - 2D Basket

6. Margaret Davies - (https://margaretsdesignercards.blogspot.com/2023/04/happy-easter-and-endrucks-1920-tatting.html)

E3 - Fruit/Chocolate Bowl 

E3 - Fruit/Chocolate Bowl now laden with a tatted bouquet!

7. Lella Loops -

E17 - 3D Egg Shell and E1 - Happy Hands Butterfly from #pickmeEndrucks; all needle-tatted.

8. Lea Di Palma -

E44 - Mother’s Day 3D Basket/Bowl with a cozy little chick!

9. Krystyna Mura -

E31 - Lacy Bowl (or Basket) and 

E31 - Lacy Bowl (or Basket). Pattern shared. (new)

10. Debra F Cox -

E18a+E44 - Pitcher, displayed with #PickMeEndrucks butterflies and flower.

There is another batch of pics to show! It is such an exciting feeling to be part of such a talented and enthusiastic group!

to be continued ...

Many many thanks to all members displaying your creativity and sharing your pattern.

bowled over

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Can you imagine an edging taking on the shape of a bowl?! Paola Bevilacqua did just that! For the life of me I still cannot imagine how she visualized it in the first place!

free pattern (pdf link below)

This is the prototype she shared in the Endrucks 1920 Project FB group in January. She also uploaded stepwise pics with the pattern and I was immediately tempted to tat it. If you remember, I posted my version here - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2022/01/who-knew.html along with my notes. And now you can see how horrible my bowl is compared to this, since I did not tension my long chains properly. 

 

Paola tatted another version in metallic thread, and has removed the 2 side 'branches'. So we now have a choice to work it either way. 

The bowl can hold anything you wish to make it unique. Fill it with colourful eggs - it will make a good motif for a handmade card?!

It was so gratifying when Paola loved my idea of placing flowers in the bowl and immediately adopted it by adding these freeform sprigs and flower!

And here's the good news - the pattern is now in pdf and available to enjoy. It is a one-page diagram-only presentation. 

Fruit Bowl pattern by Paola Bevilacqua - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OiSq1LijwjST84u_QnSSIpW2jBOLLegW/view  (click on the link to download)

Many many thanks to Paola for continuing to share her creativity with us! Grazie mille, amica.

Find all modernised and adapted pattern,s in the form of individual pdfs, from the Endrucks 1920 Project here - 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/17LEVftXweztBIOWh4sL4BB7bX65ssoOsOn4oXIgCepY/view

who knew

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 ... who knew a fruit stand or fruit bowl would emerge from an edging pattern! Who knows what a designer's imaginative eye can see?!

Endrucks' n.3 edging pattern gave rise to 2 square motifs and now the seed has sprouted a fruit bowl, thanks to Paola Bevilacqua. Recently she shared her prototype, with sketched pattern, in our Endrucks 1920 Project Facebook group and the very next day she tweaked the count and posted a beautiful new version with modified count, in stepwise pics and diagram. It immediately caught my fancy and I quickly tatted it up.

This is fresh off my shuttles, unblocked. And I was trying not to snug the chain stitches too tightly, resulting in uneven lengths on either side. Lesson re-learned: snug tightly; you are no good with loose tension ;-P Or, apply Anita's tip to measure the chain but using a grid paper background to assess the curve as well.

As I worked the motif, so many minor details emerged making me truly appreciate the thought Paola put in!

My Thoughts/Notes -

1. I started at the leftmost single ring.

2. Techniques: 2 shuttle tatting, fs/bs tatting, thrown/floating rings, changing the direction of a chain, inward picot, lock join, mock ring using a lock join.

(refer to pic below)

3. Inward picot - the orange arrows show where I used a folded chain to flip a picot down - set-a (picot, 2fhs) and set-b (2shs, p) because I wanted a bit of space before the thrown ring. At other places I used a paper clip.

4. There are 3 types of paired chains! 

    BT: worked as block tatting - parallel chains where the new chain lies above the previous one and a lock join is made through picot; 

    BBT: worked as block below tatting - parallel chains where the new chain lies below the previous one and is joined normally through an inwards picot;

    regular chains: where the stitches face each other and the chains are joined normally. Now here's an idea for yet another Block Tatting effect !!!

5. Tiny Mock Ring -The yellow star is another important designer detail. This is a 3ds chain lock joined at the base to form a mock ring. Now if it was a SCMR, we would've had a clear point/break/dip in the chain's inner edge. By using a lock join, the picot creates a kind of continuum with barely a break in the inner edge!

I should add small mock ring to my Mock Ring series since the visual effect is different from that of  larger mock rings

6. Pointed Chain - The small green ring is where I tried to make a 1ds SCMR to create a point, and failed miserably, forgetting that the chain turns course at that point. 

Hence I followed Paola's example for the left one, switching shuttles and reversing/turning work to continue. The point is more marked here. 

Other methods to make a pointed chain - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2019/04/happy-tatting-with-old-and-new.html , and more options for changing the curve in chains - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2019/09/changing-chain-curves.html

In Anchor size 20, it measures 10.5cm x >7cm at the extremes. I rummaged and found these 2 daisy picot flowers to add some colour and density. When I tat this again, I'd like to add lots more colour and picots for a bowl of flowers, and/or strategically placed beads to enhance the effect! 

It could well be a trophy, too, right?!

This is very appealing to applique or glue to a card topper. Otherwise it needs stiffening to hold it's shape. Of course the bowl outline can be padded tatting (either BDS or inserting extra core thread). Perhaps some graduated treble tatting, too, especially at the base!

Many many thanks, Paola, for stretching the boundaries!

Please don't go by my sub-par model.... once we have her permission, we can put her model and pattern in our Project doc here -

https://docs.google.com/document/d/17LEVftXweztBIOWh4sL4BB7bX65ssoOsOn4oXIgCepY/view