mini greenhouse with the E-factor

I love miniatures! In fact in dollrooms I found the perfect “second” hobby and the right set for displaying my tiny tatting! All the plants presented here have been tatted between the last couple of years and June of this year. I already shared some pics here in my blog and on Facebook, so maybe some of them would look familiar to you.
All tatting pieces were made with size 80 cotton thread.

Well, you would not believe that the difficult part was remembering the exact pattern used for tatting each piece, but I am absolutely sure they have the E-factor!

Most of them are slightly modified patterns from the E15 and E28 derivatives from Eleonore Endrucks’ original book, “Die Schiffchen-Spitzen”, included in the collection of the “Endrucks 1920 Project”. I had to consult my precious Partner in Crime, Muskaan, who saw sneak peeks of each part, to correct my list of patterns used in the little scenes. Apart from this little inconvenience, due to the fact that I can officially include myself among senior citizens, the result I think is just lovely!

I invite you to watch a short video:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FHScN27KUUUC8CjxB5wuCfpJR_hsIMMl/view?usp=drive_link

With a few plants already tatted, in March I decided to buy a display case, but when it arrived I changed the position of the shelves. This pic shows it before the changes:

The case measures 30x19cm, depth 5cm.

Pots, tools, watering can, bucket, boots, bird house, they are all handmade by me with paper, glue and acrylic colours. Only the mini basket in the second scene was made by the master artisan Diana Poidimani, who's also well known for her original and creative macramè. For the case cover and interiors, I used the “Stamperia” paper block, double face “Spring Botanic”.

First scene -

The roses were tatted following a modified version of Jeanne Lugert's Rose pattern, actually the first 8 split rings of it. The leaves are clusters of rings, if I remember well they are all rings 6-6. If you were going to ask, this is a species without thorns!

All stems are wire (0.3mm), wrapped up with the end thread used for the leaves.

Second scene -

The Stringing plant was made with chains of tatted “nuts” of treble tatting stitches, alternating with segments of double stitches. For the “nuts”, you can read another post of mine, here: https://ninettacaruso.blogspot.com/2020/06/we-call-them-nuts.html 

The Philodendron’s leaves are a modified version of the versatile E15 Leaf Doodle #1, designed by Muskaan. I started tatting from the tip of the pattern and added another ring 6+6 at the other side, so that the pointed side could be near the stem. 

I love her leaf doodles; there are 3 versions:
●    E15 Leaf Doodle #1 - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NL5KHsLxOHkfILCTTKojfhHy6B9v9EG3/view 
●    E15 Leaf Doodle #2 - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i8XWpjtcrvK8C_cfa8KyGvJiXNn_KPP7/view 
●    E15 Leaf Doodle #3 - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m8chbwS1oD6Xjq4Uwm2R291zdAUL1VJ1/view 

Third scene -

For the leaves of the Mandevilla vine, I selected a motif from the E30 main pattern, and modified it to the shape I wanted. I've written the stitch count somewhere, and when I find it I'll update this post, with a proper pdf. The orange flowers are just 5 rings, I think they are 4-4-4-4, detached like a little daisy, then joined together and tightened in the middle at their very small picots, using a separate thread, so that it creates the effect of a calyx. Sorry that I didn't take pics and that would need a proper pdf too.
While I don't have the modified pattern, here is the pattern for the main E30 edging: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f7g8gIB7S3-ggRbdneLYmxfxPcDBoq7u/view 

In the little vases at the bottom of the scene, there are: on the left a geranium, and on the right a yellow flower. Well I cannot say what the botanical equivalent name could be for this last one, maybe we can call it the “Happyhands Officinalis”, lol!!! Petals are a modified version of the E1 Happy Hands (the main motif pattern without the two rings on the upper side), and leaves are a modified version of the E28 Heart, both patterns reworked/designed by Muskaan. 
Pattern E1 - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IRlJ7bnx-c27PYtgXymx_ps-KL2pen_m/view 
E28 Heart - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-rWqmDAd51VwxOqtt9spD-FIX5zYDAUE/view

Fourth scene -

Geraniums’ leaves are the E28 Heart, designed by Muskaan, reducing the stitch count by half, that is for example the big rings are 6-3-3. I didn’t tat the tip with 3 dot picots, just because geranium has rounded leaves. Petals are 2 or 3 clusters of rings with 3 or 4 rings 8ds, arranged to look like the real geranium, that grows in fluffy clusters made of many tiny little flowers.

Jug, trowel and vases are painted paper, made by me.

Fifth scene -

I already described the Anthurium, here - https://ninettacaruso.blogspot.com/2025/09/botanical-trend.html 
Thanks to Muskaan, the pattern PDF is underway.

Sixth scene -

 

The Marble Pothos’ leaves are a (oh well) faithful version of the E28 Heart pattern by Muskaan, just the stitch count is reduced by half. The hanging net was handmade by me too.

For the Caladium's leaves, I modified the E15 Leaf Doodle #2, making it a little wider and adding a trefoil for a dense centre. Initially I thought to set it with all the leaves standing up, but then I changed my mind, and that created the space in the scene for inserting the hanging plant.

Seventh scene -

 

Succulent plants: that is the best way to use leftovers! I had already used the E28 Heart to mimic a sempervivum plant, so tried with other little leaves that were left from the many prototypes tatted for the other scenes. On the right, I tried to resemble a cactus with a rose, using the Stacked development with Roda Auld's method, that I described here - https://ninettacaruso.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-contemporary-rope-by-rhoda.html 

(I'm particularly proud of the watering can, it's just paper, glue, and paint!)

Eighth scene -

In the last scene I put the violet, tatted in November 2024, already blogged here (again, it's the E28 Heart pattern) - https://ninettacaruso.blogspot.com/2025/09/botanical-trend.html 
And on the left, again the E15 Leaf Doodle #2 (or, was it #1?) slightly modified, for a kind of imaginary foxglove plant, with its tall flower.

That's all, but only for now! I love the #Endrucks1920Project and it is still an ongoing Project, with an ever growing international community!

Note: If you like exploring the vast range of patterns, ideas, models, information related to the Project, and tutorials too (from the perspective of Endrucks' original patterns and derivatives), all the important links are in one document called EPLinks - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w1TZBg-HIzseGEUoJ-rko7tNbtSgZY5A18Oy2Y9Hh0Y/view 

Many thanks to my dear Partner in Crime, Muskaan, for the patience and generosity in starting the Project, and especially in leading it mainly alone during the last year, because of changes in my life.

Ciao, 

Ninetta