Woohoo, I have created a mandala entirely of my own
design. I have been toying with the idea
of making a mandala wall-hanging and thought that a sculptural effect would be
great.
So I leaved through a book on classical motifs and
thought I would try one, I made a mess of it as I didn't really understand the
instructions.
However I thought I would go with it and decided to
make the petals stand out.
I used the idea of the African flower and made a short
chain between the spokes I had to do the chain in front of the petal and then
push it through so that the chain was at the back.
That worked so then I used the chain to do 2
rounds of trebles.
At this stage I toyed with turning it into a square
but in the end decided to carry on. So I
did a row of double V's and a cluster in the V. Then I did a scalloped round and gave it the
treatment used for the African flower.
However it was getting very full and I needed to undo
and do less stitches, but being lazy I learnt the lesson of the central flower
and decided to try and tighten the last few rounds by using a chain to pull it
all together.
Yay It worked.
I think I might do a few more rounds and turn it in to
a cushion cover as I have some lovely textured linen. I don’t really want a lot of pink in my wall-hanging. I have a few areas where it needs refining
which I will do for one in the wall hanging.
Maybe I will post my first tutorial!!!
This week I have been playing a lot with circles and
have made heaps of coasters in different cottons.
This one is my favourite so far.
The weather this week has been dry but windy and grey,
but we had a bit of sun and Ambrose took advantage to watch me mow the lawns.
It has been very mild this winter and usually all lawn
mowing has stopped some of the trees still have their leaves, such as this tree
I saw on a walk earlier in the week.
Beautiful!
Well that’s it for now have a wonderful week every
body and thank you for visiting.
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What a great idea Zana, this mandala and your others and doilies all look great! You are so creative!! xx
ReplyDeleteThank you Amy. Have a great week.
DeleteYour Mandala is gorgeous !!!!! And your coasters too !!!! And the cat...and the pictures...
ReplyDeleteHave a creative weekend !
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Anna
Your mandala is very pretty well done on creating it, they are fun to make but I'm not clever enough to design my own. Love the doilies too! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Linda, sometimes great things come out of failures! Have a great week..
DeleteYou did so well to work that out Zana - great results, it's very pretty as are your other mandalas. Ambrose is a very contented happy cat - out of harm's way yet not missing a thing. The leaves on the tree in your last pic - are those the real colours? Magnificent, I love them! Happy Sunday! xoJoy
ReplyDeleteThank you Joy, the leaves were that colour, maybe slightly bluer. In summer they are a blue green and beautiful then as well. Have a great creative week.
DeleteLove the crochet Zana, I am putting my new sewing machine through it,s paces and sewing Granny Squares together in the evenings. I am getting a colour chart together for a blanket ready for the cooler weather. I look forward to the tutorial, I see a cushion cover in there also.
ReplyDeleteI hope to get a new sewing machine later in the year and see some quilting going on then, At the moment I am enjoying crochet so much,
DeleteBeautiful mandala,beautiful coasters!!!
ReplyDeleteHappy week,greeting.:*
Thank you have a great week.
DeleteThis is a beautiful mandala Zana, you are clever. I love the way you were able to rectify the looseness. Lovely pictures too.
ReplyDeleteTracey xxx
Lovely mandala, I love the soft colours Zana. Nice photos and a lovely post!
ReplyDeletePat xx
Wow, what a fantastic doily! ♥ I love that color combination. The coasters are pretty, too, and what a cute kitty pic, great :-). Have a lovely day!
ReplyDeleteNata xxx