Now for the beads....
Lover’s Brooch
© 2016 Marie McCurry
Beads and Terms:
Experienced tatters can add the beads as
you tat the brooch. Beginners may want
to sew them in, after your done tatting the brooch. Feel free to substitute beads.
Step #4:
Brooches tatted with DMC floss, the bead
sizes are in parenthesis “( )”. The black lines show the direction to sew the
beads in.
1.) Attach thread between the 4th and 5th
ds of the 8ds section of one of the hearts.
Thread 2 – seed beads SB (3 SB) and sew across on the adjacent heart,
attaching in the same location (see diagram).
Use the BOP technique. Sew this
twice.
2.) Add 5 – 4 mm (4 mm) beads from the
bottom of the hearts “dimple” to the rings from step #2 (attach the thread half
way down the ring and attach to the adjacent rings in the same location) (see
diagram). Use the BOP technique. Sew this twice.
3.) Add 5 – seed beads (3 mm) beads to
the rings from step #2. Use the BOP or
BOT (whichever fits) and the TTA technique.
Sew this twice.
4.) Add 1 – 4 mm (6mm) bead to one of the
rings and attach to the opposite directions (see diagram). Use the BOT and TTA technique. Sew this twice.
Step #5:
Sew on the pin bar. Use the holes and ends to attach the pin bar
to the brooch. Make sure you place the
pin bar above the “horizontal axis” (see diagram). Doing so, will prevent the brooch from
“flopping” forward.
Add a drop of acid-free glue on the
tatting, where the “flap” hits the tatting (see diagram). This will prevent the tatting from wearing. This brooch may need to be blocked and
stiffened on the large chains and hearts.
The little chains may be blocked.
For a “frillier” effect, do not block the little chains.
Oh thankyou again for pattern this is fabulous and the color🌹
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