Finished! Well, almost – I still have to deal with the thread ends, but I’ll need to decide what I’m going to do with it first. Why sew in the ends if I end up sewing it onto something like a shirt or a bag? I can use the thread ends for as far as they’ll go!I like the muted colors – maybe this is a female parrot! I used Lizbeth Wildflower Garden and DMC in lilac – the ball isn’t close at hand, and I don’t know the number offhand – and both threads are size 20.
Doesn’t Jane do the neatest animal patterns?! I started the parrot on Monday and only tatted during my lunch break, and finished today – so that’s probably about 100 minutes, which isn’t too bad.
I think I’ll tat one of her seahorses next! From the air to the sea – after that, I’ll have to pick an animal that is land-based. Any suggestions?
Ha ha! Your title made me laugh! Love the bird, and I totally understand not hiding the ends so that it can be sewn on to something. Next creature... hedgehog?
ReplyDeleteWell, Jane's got a pattern for that - in fact, a whole family of hedgehogs! I'll have to see if I have beads and thread that would work for one of them - somehow, I don't think Wildflower Garden or even plain lilac would do the trick!
ReplyDeleteVery tweet! Love the colour of the bird - perfect for a female parrot, I'd agree. Lovely tatting.
ReplyDeleteFox : )
Really sweet bird!!! :)
ReplyDeleteToo cute - I love Jane's patterns too...
ReplyDeleteThis is one of the patterns I meant to do before Jane went public with it.
ReplyDeleteBut sadly I never did. Yours looks great.