The latest things I made.......

I was wandering in Joanne's one day and thought Id buy some crochet thread to work on. I spotted this stuff..........its an organic bamboo thread. The colors were so soft and muted and old fashioned looking, I just had to have some! I looked thru my books for a pattern when I got home and saw this one, ironically done in soft colored threads too. This was an old book tho from the 70s so I dont know where they got those colors from but I thought it would be perfect for me.

So I made that doily up there for my bedroom nite tables. I was sorry once I did cuz you have to make many pieces. And it wouldn't have been so bad but this bamboo thread with a small needle splits at times and can be hard to rip out when you make a mistake. I finished one and now I knew I HAD TO  make the other to match.....sigh. So I plodded thru. They look awesome tho. And I will say this.........not only are the colors they sell this in.....stunning.............but the feel of this is so soft. It would make amazing clothing I think.

 So then I needed another one, a bigger one for my dresser. I was NOT going to make those stupid motifs again. And so I found this pattern and decided to use the same colors so it looked like a set. It starts with 5 motifs but that's it. OMG I adore...........this piece. Its soft, girly, old fashioned and if it was bigger would make a stunning shawl. Much easier to work with too when you use this kind of pattern.

This is the close up of that piece. I love, love, love it. But I bought blue thread too. And right now my bedroom has blue and white pillows on it for the summer. So I think Ill make some with the blue and cream and white next.