Leaf Vine Towel Trim

The Leaf Vine Towel Trim is a filet crochet piece.  It measures 26 3/4" x 3 1/8".  It is a crochet pattern featured in the Fall 2023 Helping Hands Newsletter put out by hhtatting.com. or Handy Hands.  The newletters come out 4 times a year and you can subscribe on their website.  

This trim is attached to a towel they sell which is about 27" square.  It is fun to make the trim for one edge but I also had an idea to put it around all 4 sides and make it into a little tablecloth or centerpiece depending on the size of the table.  It is easy to adjust the size by the number of repeats on the chart.  

I also got the bright idea to sew this on to the towel with invisible thread....... I don't know if I'll do that again!!  But it did make for a nice finish with no color showing through to the back side.  

I like how this looks on the white towel.  

It would be pretty across the bottom of a curtain, too.  

You can purchase back orders of the issues on the hhtatting.com website.  If you decide to subscribe, you get free shipping and also discounts on purchases.  Plus free patterns in the issue!!  It's a win win!!  

 

Lacy Doily Edging

 

I'm a little slow posting lately, it's been quite the year so far as some of you may know, but the Spring/Summer 2024 Helping Hands Newsletter came out a few months ago and I am so happy to share the crochet doily edging I made for it.  

Handy Hands or hhtatting.com, sells these beautiful hanky centers.  They have spaced holes around the edges ready to work into.  So it makes it very easy to put edgings on the fabric doily center. 

They even come in some pastel colors or with a little embroidery added onto them in the same color as the center.  You can see that a little bit in the picture below.  

 

It's kind of an old timey thing to make a hanky but they can also be used as a doily or even framed.  There are many uses for hanky's these days.  

This one I got the idea for out of an old Workbasket magazine.  They used pansies but I used my own edging and flower which is the same edging used in this hanky and the flowers are from the Pretty Posey Doily Edging from the Winter 2023 newsletter.  I trimmed and hemmed the one corner and pressed it into position then stitched the flowers on. 

These are all worked in Lizbeth size 40 threads. So many beautiful colors to choose from for this pattern!!  

Lacy Stars Runner

The Summer 2024 issue of Crochet World is out on news stands and also in the mail and I'm so happy to share my latest runner pattern that is included in it.  

It is the Lacy Stars Runner

It is a filet crochet piece worked from a chart.  The first several rows are written out to get you going then it's pretty easy to follow the chart.  

In the issue it's traditional Red, White and Blue but it would be pretty in more primitive colors of Navy, Ecru and Burgundy, too.  

The idea for this design came from a quilted runner I saw online.  Britt, the editor, wanted to change it up a little so it wasn't quite as similar to the quilted version.  She made a couple suggestions and I'm very happy with the final result!!  

This runner is worked in Lizbeth size 10 thread in the colors Poppy Red, Royal Blue and Snow White with a size 7/1.65mm hook. The finished size is 42 1/2" x 17 1/4"  It was so fun to make!!  I hope you will give it a try!!