Monday, February 22, 2010

Angel of Love Doily

Here is the "Angel of Love" doily in progress. Actually, all I have left is her hair (I always do the hair last, for some reason) and putting some eyes and bills on the little love birds. Poor thing, she looks so pitiful with that pin stuck in her head, doesn't she? (it wouldn't lay flat, it hasn't been blocked yet) But hopefully she will get some hair today. Then I can block her and glue her all together.
Would you believe there was a time when I would never dream of using glue on one of my designs? I sewed everything together, if I couldn't join as I went (what a pain that was, especially writing the patterns!) Then one day I realized just a tiny drop of glue could hold a small item better, and would actually show up less, than sewing it would. And sometimes, things that I sewed on went wonky on me, no matter how hard I tried to keep them straight! So I converted to glue, and have lived happily ever since. Well, as far as assembling doilies goes, anyway.

17 comments:

  1. Oh my!!! I didn't think your work could get any better, this is magnificent. You are amazing.

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  2. Thank you, Sidney!

    I try to challenge myself to make each of the Lovely Lady doilies better than the last, Glor. If I ever get to a point where I can't improve, I think it will be time to stop designing them.

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  3. I love her, Ann! The ladies are progressing nicely! You are definitely an artist!

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  4. You do amazing things with your designs. The Angel of Love is so charming and lovely.

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  5. Ohhh I love her Ann!! So pretty she is :-)

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  6. Thank you, Jona, that means a lot coming from you!

    Thank you, Joanna!

    I had hoped to have her ready by Valentine's Day, unique2wh0, but I just couldn't make it. Thanks so much!

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  7. oh, stunning! Now, this one I really like! well done!

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  8. Thank you, Ana Luisa! I am glad you like it!

    Thank you, Pamela!

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  9. I love this excellent piece of crochet.Delicate as a dream it looks beautiful.Where are you going to place it?

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  10. This is beuatiful too. I love my Lucy and Jack. It was so diffrent crochet than I have never made, but I like it. I like blue color and I said in my blog that the dog name can be Musti. Musta is Finnsh word and mean black color. Thank your for your beautiful and wonderful model.
    I didn't have anyother promblem with model, than Lucy hand was diffult, I didn't understand that 3 dc cluster but I made it my own way.

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  11. hola no se tu idioma,pero me encanto esa hadita por favor me gustaria saber hacerla si tienes patron para mandarmela mi mail es marianainesolmedo@gmail.com y mi blog es http://www.marianaitati.blogspot.com.gracias

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