Monday, January 25, 2016

Jan Stawasz Monster Doily, Accomplished! Hooray:)



A year and a month to make! 

Two mistakes that were repaired last night

The skipped picot was repaired with smaller thread slightly darker color.

Oh yea this blunder too, excuse the dog hair :)

This was cut and rings were undone to give me thread to work with! did this so many times I made a movie about it!

Tatting over thread makes a thicker chain, not bad repair!

this was size 40 thread lizbeth # 698 from Handy Hands
measures in at 26 and 1/2 inches or 67.31cm
Had many distractions along the way, that helped, and started and completed Ben Fikkert's "Corona" I enjoyed this more because of color change and separate motifs helped broke tasks up and way less chains, this is even size 80 and dark pink is 100, had is been a 40 size thread it would be same size, probably!

It's a great day:)

52 comments:

  1. yes,hooray, it's beautiful! An year, wow!

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  2. Yahoo!!! It looks so pretty - worth every moment spent on it :-) Off to watch your video now ....

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  3. che lavori stupendi bellissimi
    ciao
    silvana

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  4. Congratulations! It is wonderful! Beautiful tatting. Both art superb! : ))

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  5. Who-oo, congratulations, it's absolutely stunning!

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  6. So much patience, it's beautiful, where is it going to go/
    Briony
    x

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    1. For now I will roll it up with the others, my daughter wants me to frame it.

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  7. Hallo was für eine arbeit einfach Traumhaft schön. Herzlichst Marlies

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  8. Gorgeous doilies!!! Stunning tatted art pieces!!! :)

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  9. Congrats on completing, not one but TWO very large pieces! They are both stunning!

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    1. Oh thank You Robin, I appricatre everyone that really helps with a big project!

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  10. Both doilies are gorgeous. Congratulations! I hope you have many more achievements like this.

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  11. Absolutely gorgeous- both of them!

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    1. Oh thanks I needed everyone's help to make it :)

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  12. Cudna serwetka. Projekty J. Stawasza są urocze choć bardzo pracochłonne.

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  13. What will you do to celebrate? Bravo!

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  14. I know what you mean I think the Happy Dance or find that umbrella skeleton and make the umbrella out of it! ha ha ha

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    1. Sounds wonderful, I'll keep an eye out for you too.

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  15. Both doilys are beautiful Carollyn. Congratulations!

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  16. Thanks Jeff, I know you will also cross this finish line too :)

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  17. Much compliments for these works! You are very good tatting artist!
    have a good day1
    sabrina

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  18. Me encanta cómo te va quedado. Está precioso!!!

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  19. Congratulations and well done, beautiful master piece of tatting, so what's next.
    Margaret

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  20. really, I think small things for a while :) that was the largest task I ever did with tatting!

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  21. Both doilies are absolutely stunning! Congratulations for the hard work! :-)

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  22. Thank You Claire it is so nice to hear from all of you, this really helped me finish it knowing every one was viewing and supporting me!

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  23. Congratulations! That's quite an accomplishment!

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  24. Late Jan Stawasz is very fameous in our country for "tatting people", good to know thet on the other countries too :-D

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  25. Wow! I love both your doilies. I'm currently on Round XI of the Jan Stawasz Big Doily. You say that the Ben Fikkert Corona Doily is easier? That gives me courage - it's also on my list!

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    1. Yes, Ben not bad at all, but have to understand his directions, and think on them before working them. That is the hardest part really :)

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    2. Okay, thanks. I WILL get to that doily sometime!

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  26. So beautiful!! Do you remember how many balls of thread you used to complete the Jan Stawasz doily?

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    1. Wow good question i ordered like 12 and made lots of mistakes and cut them out too. I am thinking i actually used 9 i think cause i had some left over, sorry i wish i could remember better.

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  27. Gorgeous doiley.....curious, did you frame it, love to see a photo if you did....beautiful job!!

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  28. Your monster doily is super. May I know how to get the instructions please? Any source or links please

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  29. This doily is published in Moje Robotki 8/2007 (I think). But it’s sll but impossible to order anything from their website if you’re overseas. So, try inquiring with MaryankaShop on Etsy.com. Maryanka is located in Poland, where Moje Robotki is published. Last I looked, she didn’t have the pattern for this particular doily. But she does have lots of Jan Stawasz patterns published in other issues of Moje Robotki.

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  30. I also think craft tree my have it if you join there sight

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    1. I started a thread in Craftree in case anyone who had finished the Big Doily wanted to sell their copy of the Moje Robotki magazine with the pattern. Unfortunately, despite many inquiries, only one person has so far been willing to do that. :-/

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