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UIM BLOSSOMS

Herc is another Irce design which incorporatcs n pica fahric. It consisrs of a varicty of threads, includinu ^l,łN

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and softer cottons which arc good fur frayed picots. \ individual pieccs arc discrctc rings. Ali rhc dem. stitchcd orno the backing fabric, but they could h. treated as a collage and glucd on. A liraf-like insertion o, bcen added bclow the floral arrangenicnt.

Cum blossoms

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Angel Fish, another frec design, but a little morę controlled, appears on page 10. It consists of rings, chains, mignonette (sec panem V^rictoriana, page 65), scquins and lots of beads. There is one larger, round, flar bead as an cyc. This design was hand-stitchcd to a silk background before bcing framed.

PADDJrl) TATTING TKCI1NIQUH This technique is also known as pearl tatting. You will necd 2 balls of thread the same thickncss, one shunlc (prcferably a large or Tatsy shunlc), a length of narrow cord, or scvcra! equal lengths of cotton which together will be treated as a cord.

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_t|ic cord onto tne snumc. u you arc using sevcral i« of cotton, wind rhcm on simultancously as one cord.

Blue and blach flcur-de-lis of padded tatting

Join the ends of the 2 ba lis of thread to the end of the cord. Then place the balls on opposite sides of the cord. Tnr as if you were making a chain, but altcrnatc between the balls of thread after cach double stitch. This will produce ridges of lark’s head knots on opposite sides of the cord. Needle tatters will have to tat directly onto the cord to avoid the bulk at the eye of the needle.

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Tat for as long as rcquired. Picots can be added whercvcr you wish them. Two balls of different colours produce a striped effect. If you substitute shuttles of thread for the balls, you could add smali Josephine rings (refer to Victoriana, row 7, on page 64) on the outside of the cord as you go along.