I'm designing an Irish Crochet piece (finally!!!)with cherry blossoms all over it, and I couldn't find just the right flower motif to make it look right. Let me be clear that were plenty of beautiful ones on Ravelry, they just weren't what I was looking for: flatish, detailed and thread friendly. So I spent the afternoon designing my own! As usual, I'm sharing the pattern (at bottom of page)
So here is a picture of real cherry blossoms for comparison (with source and permission of course!):
 |
| "Spring in Somerville, NJ - 2012 File 3" by Siddharth Mallya - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons. |
Here is my first attempt with size 10 white thread (unknown brand) and DMC Tatting Cotton in plum for the center:
And my final pattern piece with DMC Cordonnet No 30 blanc and the same tatting thread in the center.
And because I love thread size comparisons, here's one of those!
And finally, a picture of a rough concept for the final design. I plan to create stems just overloaded with the little version of the flowers, just like real cherry trees! I'm also planning to design a separate motif for the buds so I can have a few of those as well. Please excuse the wrinkled fabric I pinned it to.
Pattern has moved to http://whatimadelastweekend.com/2024/01/07/cherry-blossom-motif/ for current review and support. Thank you!
