Monday, January 10, 2011

I Am Not A Designer!

I learned something, I am not a designer.

I wanted to tat something special for my 2 little nieces. They are to young to understand what tatting is, but not to young to know they enjoy bling. :-)

I wanted to make them something for them to wear in their hair. My first idea failed miserably, I don't even have it to show you. But I realized that I couldn't do hair bands, so I went to barrettes instead.

I had a hard time finding something that work with their thin hair and would showcase the tatting more than the barrette.

The one in the far top left is my first try. I felt the hole in the middle was to big. Then I decided, I could tat it a bit differently and cover the hole with something cute in the middle, which is on the top right. At that point I talked to my sister, and she'd had special Christmas shirts made for them in red and green, so I decided to go with those colors, which is lower left. However I didn't feel like it was very blingy. I took it to work and ask my friends, they agreed, so back to the original with the ribbon and rosette. So I had to figure out how to connect them to the barrette, so I made another one, the lower right, in blue so I could test how to put it on. It didn't turn out to good, because I didn't take into account how it closes as you can see in the next photo.

I finally got the hang of it, and was able to finish them in time for Christmas day.


According to my sister, most days they are what The Little Girls pick to wear in their hair. Hummm I wonder if I still have my final chicken scratch notes in order to make a couple more sets.

I started this post by saying, I am not a designer, however they did turn out pretty cute, so maybe what I should have said is ......... I am not a pattern writer.

To all Tatting Pattern Designers/Writers : Thank you for the work you do.

Tat On!

Bonnie

6 comments:

Martha said...

Yes, you are a designer. It is quite normal to take several tries to get it right, I should know. Writing them down takes a little patience and discipline, but that gets easier with practice. I'm glad the girls love their gifts; they did turn out cute.

Typstatting said...

I think you did a wonderful job and they are so pretty!

God's Kid said...

For someone who isn't a designer, you sure can design! Those are so adorable!!! :)

Kathy Niklewicz said...

These are very sweet! I often have had to figure out how to enhance my tatted bells and other items. So I have boxes full of flowers, ribbons, and other things that I find in craft stores. Sometimes putting the finishing touches on takes longer than the tatting!

I'm so glad the little ones are actually wearing their barrettes! I don't doubt that you will be getting orders for them from their little friends! Better stock up on all colors of ribbons and roses!

laura_rose said...

I think they are very cute Bonnie, and at the end of the day, it is only the end result that we see...my designing is 1 step forward and 3 back some days, but I only show the end results at the moment - the good and the bad!!

Unknown said...

That is such a pretty little barrette. I love the design.