a bunch of gifts

It's a long way by train, from where I live to the place the Italian Tatting meeting was held. Time was just what I needed to finally finish this gift for a dear friend:

 The beautiful scene is not completely my own work, I've been helped by Dali L'artista, the same lady that decorates the lovely shuttles that lately are in my pictures.

At the meeting, we also had gifts' exchange, which was not planned and was a nice surprise! Tatters are all very generous people!

Here it is a bunch made with Italian sugared almonds, a gift made by Paola Bevilacqua, she posted other pics in Facebook:

 (Can you spot the little tatted butterfly? 🥰)

Then, Stefania Di Cesare gave me a couple of her handmade paper roses, they are so realistic-looking that I dully kept on touching them to assure myself that it was paper!
She has handmade all bunches of roses gave to the tatting context winners.

All participants were given samples of Edda Guastalla's thread, but I couldn't resist and bought many other spools for little presents for my bobbin lace's friends, and of course also a bunch of self-gifts for filling my own stash:

The first two spools are already on the shuttles, I started a bracelet, anyway what else I could tat? 😂

But I've heard you wondering "Where are the doilies that you'd started before the meeting?" Well, that's my question, too. Did they get lost long the way to Rimini, or on the way back? Are they playing hide and seek here at home? Hmmm...

Ciao,
Ninetta