Love of Beads Tatted Heart

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Okay so it is Valentine's Day and what a perfect time to show you this poor heart that has spent over four years of it's life uncompleted hidden in the bag below.    I dragged it out last week just as I came down with a cold to end or colds.  So after a couple of days to recover, I picked up this ancient piece of tatting again and It is now finished!








The pattern is one of Martha Ess's and it was in her class at Tat Days in 2012 that I started it.   I can remember making a really bad start and from then on became very disinterested and disillusioned with the whole project.  








With the release from their prison, one shuttle has already gone missing, its obviously glad to be set free and both, when I find the other one, are going to be so useful for projects with lots of beads.   The little bag is so cute too.   



I now feel a massive sense of accomplishment!

Comments

  1. God's KidFebruary 14, 2017 at 12:46 PM

    Looks like a pretty heart fan!! :)

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    1. Sally KersonFebruary 14, 2017 at 1:13 PM

      Yes you are right it does look like a fan, a very clever pattern.

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  2. Jane McLellanFebruary 15, 2017 at 4:54 AM

    Always good to get a WIP finished! Especially one that has languished.

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