Friday 27 October 2017

Irish Flower Bookmarks

Hello Blogger friends and visitors,

Due to continuous television coverage of the political crisis here in Spain at the moment and a couple of doctors appointments, I have managed to do quite a lot of sewing this week and I hope that Heather at Stitching Lotus won´t mind my checking in for the October Smalls SAL with some crochet work instead of embroidery.



I found these Irish Flower Bookmarks by Annie Potter on the Internet and just had to buy the pattern.  It is an easy one which includes five different designs although I made my three bookmarks the same.



As my bus would get me to a hospital appointment much too early, I took along my hook and threads to while away the wait and crochet the tiny flowers, only to discover that clever sticks here had forgotten her glasses and therefore had to struggle, inclusively with a nonchalant aire, to complete the task.



 The little flowers were done with DMC embroidery floss and I added a little bead for each centre.


I´m going to keep one for myself and save the other two for gifts. Now to see what everyone else has been doing for their Smalls.  Happy stitching.

 Until next week.

This week I´m figured as Blogger of the Week on Jo´s blog.  Thank you Jo.

Sheryl

36 comments:

  1. Wow Sheryl these are gorgeous,beautiful finishes my friend xx

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  2. Unbelievably gorgeous are your crochet bookmarks, Sheryl. They are oozing in gorgeousness! The sweet flowers are so pretty and the white crochet and tassels......well..... quite simply divine!! I hope you are ok.

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  3. Oh Sheryl, this bookmarks looks so beautiful, so romantic. Great job.
    Best wishes to you, Martina

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  4. Hello Sheryl,
    the bookmarks looks great.
    Happy Weekend. Manuela

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  5. Oh my,your book marks are gorgeous,so delicate.I like the addition of the beads.
    Lesley :)

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  6. Exquisite! Thanks for making me smile - your nonchalant aire sounds rather familiar! xx

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  7. OMG...these are so delicate and lovely! Just BEAUTIFUL!

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  8. Those bookmarks are so beautiful Sheryl. Hope they helped to take your mind off everything that happened in your busy week.

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  9. They are very sweet flowers. Hoped the crochet helped pass away the wait..

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  10. So beautiful !!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Anna

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  11. I thought about you this week while watching the coverage on BBC about Catalonia, seems quite the mess! I hope the issues can be resolved peacefully. Your bookmarks are simply stunning! I need to find that pattern. I love how you embellished yours with flowers and beads.

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  12. Delightful! And a good use of all that waiting time!

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  13. How wonderful , so pretty I love your book marks .
    Have a lovely weekend.

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  15. Wow those are exquisite. Beautiful work

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  16. Oh, these are just lovely! And those teeny flowers! Fine crochet is so wonderful even when your fingers feel like they're about to fall off. Or become smooshed with the hook haha. I look forward to trying Irish crochet at some point.

    Hopefully the political upheaval settles itself peacefully.

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  17. Was wondering where you'd found such lovely colors for the flowers - clever you, using DMC! Your bookmarks are lovely.

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  18. Gosh, Sheryl! These are so lovely! Is that stranded floss?
    Thinking of you, and worrying about the political situation out there. Take care my friend!
    Barbara x

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    1. Yes Barbara, I used 3 strands of DMC floss for the flowers and perle thread for the leaves..

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  19. Beautiful crochet pieces. Your fingers were busy this month! I hope your political crisis settles peacefully.

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  20. So very pretty. I really like the addition of the flowers.

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  21. The prefect gift for a bookworm, so pretty and delicate looking.

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  22. Beautiful bookmarks , so delicate too. The thread and hook picture reminded me of my maternal grandma who was pro in thread crochet.

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  23. They are so beautiful ! :) I can now understand the importance of glasses now that I have reading glasses and I cannot manage anything without it.

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  24. These are lovely!I am thinking of all of you in Spain.AriadnefromGreece!

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  25. Sheryl, these bookmarks are just gorgeous. What beautiful and delicate work you have done. What beautiful gifts they would make. I love bringing needlework to any appointment I might have too. It makes the time go by so much quicker. So happy the followers button is now working so I could sign up tonight. Have a lovely week. RJ@stitchingfriendsforever

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  26. Your little bookmarks are fantastic, Sheryl. And the little flowers add such nice colour to them. Wonderful.

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  27. they are beautiful! I thought they were tatted at first

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  28. These bookmarks are beautiful, a very productive way to use your time.
    Glad that you enjoyed being our featured Blogger too.

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  29. Wow, those are awesome, great work! I had to hunt down and safe the pattern and maybe someday I'll make some as well.

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  30. How pretty! I love the idea of the white bookmark with the brightly colored DMC flowers as accents, Sheryl! And I'm off to read your featured Blogger interview right now :) Enjoy your day!

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