I recently came across an older blog post of mine with a meme asking what types of crafts you were or were not interested in. I was amused to see “lace making, jewelry making, and tatting” listed under “I’ve got absolutely no interest”. Funny since those are exactly what I’ve used in these necklace pieces for my Bellydance recital.
I love love our dance this year. We did a steampunk/burlesque inspired piece to the song Tempest by Voltaire. I also love Voltaire, I got to see him do that song live so it was extra cool to perform to it.
We made our entire costumes, with my very talented teacher (also a blogging knitter!) making the bulk of everything- for all of us. I’ll post more on the full costume later as I’m really proud of my first ever “real” sewn garment using an actual pattern (a Turkish vest).
Of course since I love costuming and this genre so much I immediately decided I wanted to take on making necklaces for everyone incorporating some tatting. The fantastic octopus pieces my teacher put together and supplied the beads and keys. I found the other findings and modified a simple medallion pattern for the tatted motif. These are what I made from the tea-stained thread I posted on earlier (a perfect match for the charms!). I then stiffened them with fabric spray stiffener.
We preformed Saturday and it was a blast; I can’t wait to get the video! Also now that it’s all finished, all my other projects can be taken off hold. There was rather a lot of last minute crafting- isn’t there always?
Very cool stuff!
I know what you mean about never thinking you will do something and then doing it later – both in real life and in crafting. Lately I’ve been wanting to crochet afghans.