Lovely Tatting Motifs and CQ CD Pincushion

After trying to learn tatting on a couple of occasions and failing miserably I decided to search the Internet etsy shops to see if anyone was selling their tatting motifs. I think tatted lace is a truly beautiful old world art form and I knew I just needed to have some tatting motif on "The Crazy Quilt Of My Dreams". I found several sites but "Wendy's Umi & Tsuru Blog" from Singapore caught my attention. Wendy creates truly beautiful tatted motif. I email Wendy asking her if she took special orders for tatting. She sent me a message back saying yes which I was so happy to read. I ask if she could create two hearts, two roses, two butterflies and two dragonflies tatted motif and ask her how much this would cost. Wendy sent me a message saying that she would love for me to create something for her. I was very humbled to see this request. I wrote Wendy back saying I would love to create something for her in exchange for the tatting. Wendy told me that some of her favorite colors and so our creating started. Above are the beautiful tatted motifs I received from Wendy. You can see I received many more than two each of the motifs. I "LOVE" them all and I think they will truly look beautiful on my crazy quilt.

Above are several photos of the Crazy Quilt CD Pincushion I created for Wendy. Wendy told me one of her favorite color combination was purple, red and green. I have never put these colors together before so it was a bit of a challenge but I found I really enjoyed working with them. I had a fairy silkie that had Wendy's favorite colors in it so I based the whole embroidery theme around the fairy. My favorite flower is the rose so I added roses. I also love butterflies so I created a butterfly with metallic threads so it would sparkle. Because it was made for Wendy I decided to add her initial "W" on it too. I used a Victorian Leaf Pattern. I used silk ribbon embroidery to add extra roses and flowers. Of course I needed to add some beads to add some dimension to the pincushion. I put ric rack around the edge and stitched it on with purple and green tatting threads. I always add my initials "JG" and the date on everything I create which I put on the bottom of the pincushion.

I received a message from Wendy today saying her CQ CD Pincushion had arrived and that she love it. Having someone Love what you created for them is the absolutely the best feeling for me. It warms my heart and makes me smile that others appreciate my art. I will treasure Wendy's tatted lace motifs she create for me forever by seeing it everyday on my Crazy Quilt. Thank you Wendy very much from the bottom of my Heart.

Hugs,