Damaged Crochet Leads to Beautiful Bouquet - Rhonda Dort - Basket of Flowers

Rhonda Dort has collected beautiful pieces of damaged floral crochet for years. When she puts them together into this stunning Basket of Flowers, you can almost smell the aroma. She then tops it off by using a vintage table cloth and embellished borders to create a vintage masterpiece.

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#37 Gloria 2018-10-04 23:56

Rhonda’s trunk show of her beautiful quilts made with recycled Vintage Linens is fabulous. I can only image some Heavenly figures smiling down on Rhonda’s gorgeous talent. She’s an excellent speaker and instructor as well.

#36 Carolyn 2018-10-04 19:51

So very beautiful! A real pleasure to see how creatively you've recycled what would otherwise have been lost treasures.

#35 Penny M 2018-10-04 09:19

Beautiful! What a clever way to save vintage crochet and end with a quilted treasure.

#34 Rhonda Dort 2018-10-03 17:39

Thank you to everyone for your kind words! I’m listing my website below, there’s a full blog post about how this piece was made.
Some have asked how the flowers and leaves did not unravel... when executed, the crochet is tied off and/or knotted after each piece was crocheted. In other words, they were each crocheted as a stand alone piece. In a vintage doily they were held together with white crochet, allowing the flowers (and sometimes leaves) to be part of a vintage Doily.
www.RhondaDort.com

#33 EditorAnne 2018-10-02 16:42

I love how she's used beads to embellish it.

#32 Candie 2018-10-02 10:27

I absolutely love it. What a wonderful way to preserve grandma's crocheting. You have created a treasure.
It has a sense of delicacy that could be achieved in no other method.

#31 Eva 2018-10-02 10:10

I love using old crochet and handkerchiefs for quilts. This is beautiful!

#30 Sarah21 2018-10-02 04:09

Rhonda, Another real beauty! Wonderful work that I've come to know and love.

#29 Charlotte 2018-10-02 03:02

Wow, that is just beautiful! What a lovely way to salvage work into which so much time and effort was poured. It's wonderful!

#28 LJ 2018-10-01 20:09

Rhonda's work is totally out-of-this-wor ld. This is another great sample of the fabulous work that she does. What an artist!

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