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Saturday, February 21, 2015

La Frivolite Bonnet Special Gift



This is the best way to display a tatted bonnet!
Just add a cute baby girl and your done!

This is a friends baby and they used this outfit for a very special family religious event, called a "sealing". 


To me the lightness of the cap lets them keep it on longer than other caps.
Bonnet is from Julia E. Sanders book 'Tatting Patterns"
One hundred year old pattern this year :)

I am not crazy about individual motifs but they are necessary at times, You may already know this tip but I make the 3 petals then add to doily tats quicker this way.
This went very fast and using a tiny close pin helps when tying final knot.
This is the follow along doily from Renulek Click on her name
for more information.

22 comments:

  1. Lovely bonnet and great tip for tying, cute baby too.

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  2. That baby is adorable in that bonnet. What a great heirloom! Thanks for the tip on the motifs. I was not planning on doing it this way, but will try it out.

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  3. Gorgeous baby, oh yes and of course the bonnet, such a lot of work and lovely to see it displayed as it should be. Really think the colours on your doily are great too, they go so well together.

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    1. Thank You I know such a cute baby doesn't really matter what she is wearing :)

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  4. What a beautiful tatted bonnet, and very precious baby!! :)
    And your doily is awesome!!! :)

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  5. You can't foist a doll on us & say she's a baby, LOL ;-P And isn't that a doll's chair she's sitting on ?!!
    She is just adorable ! And she does like to dress up & face the camera, doesn't she :-))

    Wondering whether you could've used Single Shuttle Split Ring to close the last ring of each motif - would save on all that hiding ends business.

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    1. I see what you mean but still would have to tie it off when attaching it to the doily?

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    2. That baby is very cute and the day I gave it to her I tried to take pictures she moves very fast I did get a picture of the more of the back that I should post too :)

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  6. Gorgeous baby's bonnet, lovely pattern she looks beautiful with it.
    I am still on the last round hope to get that finished and this new round done by the time she prints the next round. That how I was planning to do the flower pieces in between.
    Margaret

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    1. You will be able to get caught up the flowers go by fast :)

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  7. She's so sweet! Lovely tatting, as usual!

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  8. Baby looks as though she's enjoying her photo session in her beautiful bonnet! Could you join petals 3 and 4 and then hide ends in the 5th SSSR?

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    1. I will need you to explain more and How do we know we don't need the picot on 5 ?

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    2. A picot on 5 wouldn't be a problem, but I don't think you could make a SSSR where there's a join? I think it would probably be easier to do it your way and hide the ends.

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  9. She's absolutely adorable, and the bonnet is so delicate, and pretty! Nice!

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  10. Ma che meraviglia questa principessina...con questa cuffietta a chiacchierino ha un sapore d'altri tempi..deliziosa. brava Carollyn

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  11. Thank You, Dalmazia :) she was sealed to her parents.

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  12. Wow, what a lovely bonnet! it's so beautiful and delicate! Good job!!
    And she is so cute!!
    Hugs
    erba

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  13. I love the bonnet <3 <3 , just wonderful. the doily is lovely, colors are nice.

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