Blue Butterfly Tatted Collage by Dagmar Pezzuto
Recently the Online Tatting Class has been studying picots and during a search for examples to use in class, a lovely collage of crocheted flower was spotted. Of course, a challenge was issued to create a collage using tatted motifs. And this lovely piece is the result.
Blue Butterfly Tatted Collage by Dagmar Pezzuto ©2016
This butterfly is a collage of tatting which each tatter may create, arrange and sew down in their own designs. It was inspired by a challenge in the Online Tatting Class.
ABBREVIATIONS
DS = double stitch
R = ring
CH = chain
CL = cluny
+ = join
- = picot
-- = long picot
Clr = close ring
MP = Mock picot
CTM = continuous thread method (2 shuttles)
Threads = several colors
Beads and buttons for accents
HOW TO ASSEMBLE THE BUTTERFLY
1 - Make a butterfly outline using felt or other fabric.
2 - Make enough flowers to outline the wings, leaving the center of the wings open.
3 - Glue or sew all the flowers, overlapping some to the contours of the wings.
4 - Fill in the empty space with flowers. Use a bead or button to the center of the flower.
Suggested tatted flowers. Only #5 needs more than one tatting shuttle or needle.
FLOWER 1
R1 = 4DS – 12DS – 4DS. Clr
R2 = 4DS + ( R1) 12DS – 4DS. Clr.
Repeat 5x. Place a button or bead in the center of the flower.
FLOWER 2
R1 = 5DS – 4DS – 1DS -– 1DS – 4DS – 5DS. Clr.
R2 = 5DS +(R1) 4DS – 1DS ---1DS – 4DS – 5DS. Clr.
Repeat 5x. Place a button or bead in the center of the flower.
FLOWER 3
ROUND 1
R1 = 4DS – 4DS – 4DS – 4DS. Clr.
R2 = 4DS +(R1) 4DS – 4DS – 4DS. Clr.
R3 = 4DS +(R2) 4DS – 4DS – 4DS. Clr.
R4 = 4DS +(R3) 4DS – 4DS +(R1) 4DS. Clr.
ROUND 2
R1 = 12DS – 12DS. Clr.
R2 = 12DS – 12DS. Clr.
R3 = 12DS – 12DS. Clr.
R4 = 12DS – 12DS. Clr.
R5 = 12DS – 12DS. Clr.
ROUND 3
Repeat round 2. Place a button or bead in the center of the flower.
FLOWER 4
R1 = 6DS – 2DS - 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 2DS – 6DS. Clr.
R2 = 6DS +(R1) 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 2DS - 6DS .Clr.
R3 = 6DS +(R2) 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 2DS - 6DS .Clr.
R4 = 6DS +(R3) 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 2DS - 6DS .Clr.
R5 = 6DS +(R4) 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS - 2DS +(R1) 6DS. Clr.
Place a button or bead in the center of the flower.
FLOWER 5
2 Shuttles or one shuttle/needle and thread ball are required
Wind shuttles CTM
R1 = 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS. Clr. MP.
CH1 = 1 (- 1) x10, 1 (Makes 10 picots) Tat a cluny petal.
CL 1 = 16 passes + ( 1º picot)
Repeat 7x
R2 = 20 DS. Clr. Overlap on R1 and join with a button or bead.
FLOWER 6
ROUND 1
R1 = 4DS – 8DS – 4DS. Clr
R2 = 5DS – 10DS – 5DS. Clr
R3 = 6DS – 12DS – 6DS. Clr
R4 = 7DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 7DS. Clr
ROUND 2
R1 = 4DS +( R1 1º ROUND) 8DS – 4DS. Clr
R2 = 5DS +( R2 1º ROUND) 10DS – 5DS. Clr
R3 = 6DS +( R3 1º ROUND) 12DS – 6DS. Clr
R4 = 7DS +(R4 1º ROUND) 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 7DS. Clr
Repeat to form 5 petals, or as you like.
Place a button or bead in the center of the flower
Arrange the flowers on the background, filling in the gaps.
Update May 26, 2016, Anita reports3 more books found:
Damernas Bok (Ladies Book) from 1879
Beyers Enkla Frivolitetsspetsar (Simple Tatted Lace Edgings) from 1925
And one that I have been looking for a long time: Beyers Schiffchen-Arbeiten Heft II in Swedish translation from approx 1925.
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Blue Butterfly Tatted Collage by Dagmar Pezzuto ©2016
This butterfly is a collage of tatting which each tatter may create, arrange and sew down in their own designs. It was inspired by a challenge in the Online Tatting Class.
ABBREVIATIONS
DS = double stitch
R = ring
CH = chain
CL = cluny
+ = join
- = picot
-- = long picot
Clr = close ring
MP = Mock picot
CTM = continuous thread method (2 shuttles)
Threads = several colors
Beads and buttons for accents
HOW TO ASSEMBLE THE BUTTERFLY
1 - Make a butterfly outline using felt or other fabric.
2 - Make enough flowers to outline the wings, leaving the center of the wings open.
3 - Glue or sew all the flowers, overlapping some to the contours of the wings.
4 - Fill in the empty space with flowers. Use a bead or button to the center of the flower.
Suggested tatted flowers. Only #5 needs more than one tatting shuttle or needle.
FLOWER 1
R1 = 4DS – 12DS – 4DS. Clr
R2 = 4DS + ( R1) 12DS – 4DS. Clr.
Repeat 5x. Place a button or bead in the center of the flower.
FLOWER 2
R1 = 5DS – 4DS – 1DS -– 1DS – 4DS – 5DS. Clr.
R2 = 5DS +(R1) 4DS – 1DS ---1DS – 4DS – 5DS. Clr.
Repeat 5x. Place a button or bead in the center of the flower.
FLOWER 3
ROUND 1
R1 = 4DS – 4DS – 4DS – 4DS. Clr.
R2 = 4DS +(R1) 4DS – 4DS – 4DS. Clr.
R3 = 4DS +(R2) 4DS – 4DS – 4DS. Clr.
R4 = 4DS +(R3) 4DS – 4DS +(R1) 4DS. Clr.
ROUND 2
R1 = 12DS – 12DS. Clr.
R2 = 12DS – 12DS. Clr.
R3 = 12DS – 12DS. Clr.
R4 = 12DS – 12DS. Clr.
R5 = 12DS – 12DS. Clr.
ROUND 3
Repeat round 2. Place a button or bead in the center of the flower.
FLOWER 4
R1 = 6DS – 2DS - 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 2DS – 6DS. Clr.
R2 = 6DS +(R1) 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 2DS - 6DS .Clr.
R3 = 6DS +(R2) 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 2DS - 6DS .Clr.
R4 = 6DS +(R3) 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 2DS - 6DS .Clr.
R5 = 6DS +(R4) 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS - 2DS +(R1) 6DS. Clr.
Place a button or bead in the center of the flower.
FLOWER 5
2 Shuttles or one shuttle/needle and thread ball are required
Wind shuttles CTM
R1 = 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS. Clr. MP.
CH1 = 1 (- 1) x10, 1 (Makes 10 picots) Tat a cluny petal.
CL 1 = 16 passes + ( 1º picot)
Repeat 7x
R2 = 20 DS. Clr. Overlap on R1 and join with a button or bead.
FLOWER 6
ROUND 1
R1 = 4DS – 8DS – 4DS. Clr
R2 = 5DS – 10DS – 5DS. Clr
R3 = 6DS – 12DS – 6DS. Clr
R4 = 7DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 7DS. Clr
ROUND 2
R1 = 4DS +( R1 1º ROUND) 8DS – 4DS. Clr
R2 = 5DS +( R2 1º ROUND) 10DS – 5DS. Clr
R3 = 6DS +( R3 1º ROUND) 12DS – 6DS. Clr
R4 = 7DS +(R4 1º ROUND) 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 1DS – 7DS. Clr
Repeat to form 5 petals, or as you like.
Place a button or bead in the center of the flower
Arrange the flowers on the background, filling in the gaps.
Update May 26, 2016, Anita reports3 more books found:
Damernas Bok (Ladies Book) from 1879
Beyers Enkla Frivolitetsspetsar (Simple Tatted Lace Edgings) from 1925
And one that I have been looking for a long time: Beyers Schiffchen-Arbeiten Heft II in Swedish translation from approx 1925.
Here's the latest article from the Tatting site at BellaOnline.com.
To Copy or Not to Copy? Tatting patterns, photos and book reviews and copyright. This article is saved from the May 19,2016 tatting newsletter for BellaOnline.com
https://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art302889.asp/zzz
Please visit tatting.bellaonline.com for even more great content about Tatting. To participate in free, fun online discussions, this site has a community forum all about Tatting located here -
https://forums.bellaonline.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=39
I hope to hear from you sometime soon, either in the forum or in response to this email message. I thrive on your feedback! Have fun passing this message along to family and friends, because we all love free knowledge!
Georgia Seitz, Tatting Editor https://tatting.bellaonline.com One of hundreds of sites at BellaOnline.com
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