Recently I have been absolutely blown away by some beautiful pieces of craft work that I have seen on various blogs. There are some genuine master pieces being created by some genuine masters (mistresses?) of their respective crafts and so, I thought that I would share a few of these with you.
First is the Twisted Yarn’s rainbow stained glass window afghan. This is truly beautiful and a real labour of love.
Second is Kate Chiconi’s tree of life quilt… a gift for her brother that she’s travelling half way round the world to deliver.
Third is Nana Cathy’s crochet squares blanket… all her own work, unlike my own blanket.
Fourth is The Grange Range’s baby boots… so detailed!
Fifth is Dani’s Bavarian crochet, which I have to include because I know it is even more lovely in reality than in the photograph.
And, finally, for now Mollybean’s slouchy blanket, which she is very modest about, but I think is beautiful.
I don’t want to infringe anyone’s copyright, so I haven’t posted the pictures here, just the links. You can see them all if you go to my Master Pieces Pinterest board, which I will be adding to from now on. For this page, you’ll just have to make do with my Masterpiece in its current form:
My Masterpiece
The Snail of Happiness 
katechiconi
/ March 30, 2014Thank you for the very kind write up! I love the slouchy blanket too, lovely colours and a very pretty design.
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The Snail of Happiness
/ March 31, 2014Mollybean comments on all the mistakes in her slouchy blanket, but we all see those in our own work! To me it is a beautiful creation.
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The Twisted Yarn
/ March 30, 2014The masterpiece is looking stunning already! Hope you’re weaving in all those ends…
Meanwhile, thank you so much for linking to my afghan. I love the other pieces you’ve mentioned, especially the tree of life quilt – that really is stunning.
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The Snail of Happiness
/ March 31, 2014I’m feeling very smug that most of the ends are woven in… and very grateful that most of my contributors have already done it for the individual squares that they send.
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Nanette
/ March 30, 2014All beautiful masterpieces, I love Nana Cathy’s squares, I really like that scrappy look. One of the talented ladies in the charity knitting group I belong to knitted the stained glass window afghan to raffle and raise money for the group……it was a stunning piece of artwork, as is Twisted Yarn’s. I’ve just held my square up to the screen to see how it’ll look with the others, quite nice I think. I’m about to write my blurb and then head out to the post office….
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The Snail of Happiness
/ March 31, 2014I’m sure your square will fit right in… haven’t had one yet that didn’t!
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daniellajoe
/ March 30, 2014Lovely!!! Every single one 🙂
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The Snail of Happiness
/ March 31, 2014And so many more to add…
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daniellajoe
/ April 3, 2014can’t wait 🙂
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daniellajoe
/ March 30, 2014Reblogged this on DaniellaJoe's Blog.
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gentlestitches
/ March 30, 2014It is looking soooo beautiful. 🙂
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The Snail of Happiness
/ March 31, 2014And I’m still loving working on it.
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Granny Squares of Love
/ March 30, 2014I adore this!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ March 31, 2014Thank you… the work of so many people has gone into it (as you can see if you check out the Masterpiece page).
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katythenightowl
/ March 31, 2014I agree with you – there are some amazing crafters out there – including you 🙂
I’ve now got 2 squares ready for your very own special masterpiece 🙂
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The Snail of Happiness
/ March 31, 2014I’ll pop round one afternoon…
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mtetar
/ March 31, 2014What a lovely idea you are filled with creativity. It’s beautiful. Blessings, Mtetar
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The Snail of Happiness
/ March 31, 2014Thank you….it’s so good to share!
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mtetar
/ April 1, 2014Yes it is and you’re welcome. Blessings, Mtetar
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teddyandtottie
/ March 31, 2014Thank-you so much for including my Bavarian crochet in with these other amazing works of craft. Thanks also for pointing me in the direction of your Pinterest boards. I am now a follower. xoxoxoxoxoxox
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The Snail of Happiness
/ March 31, 2014Your Bavarian crochet is a worthy addition…. so beautiful
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davidprosser
/ March 31, 2014I’m blown away by the talent out there. You ladies are a creative bunch. What a shame there isn’t a man out there with work to show. I know there are males who knit so surely there must be some who crochet too.
Congratulations to you all on such vibrant and varied product.
xxx Massive Hugs xxx
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The Snail of Happiness
/ March 31, 2014There is at least one here on WordPress: http://guywhocrochets.wordpress.com/ but they do seem to be few and far between… I’m not sure why, everyone can enjoy a hat and scarf!
xxxx
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MollyBean
/ March 31, 2014I love your idea for a Pinterest board! Some lovely work on there. Thanks so much for including mine, I’m thrilled 😀 I was wondering whether to make another, you’ve just made up my mind for me. I’ll start it this week.
Don’t forget to add your blanket to the board! I love how the squares are all different but work so well together xx
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The Snail of Happiness
/ March 31, 2014I was sort of holding out until it’s finished, but I guess that it wouldn’t hurt to have a picture of it as a work in progress.
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fallfromgrace349
/ March 31, 2014that is beautiful, a true masterpiece 🙂
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The Snail of Happiness
/ March 31, 2014Thank you… do take a look at the others too… all gathered together (plus a few more as time goes by) on the pinterest board.
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freebutfun
/ March 31, 2014Awww, those baby converse shoes…!!! Anyway, always great to be recommended to blogs with good crafts, thank you!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ March 31, 2014They are great, aren’t they?
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rainbowjunkiecorner
/ March 31, 2014Your Masterpiece is lovely. So many interesting and beautiful squares.
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The Snail of Happiness
/ March 31, 2014About 50% my own work… the credits for the other contributions are on my Masterpiece page: https://thesnailofhappiness.com/masterpiece/
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narf77
/ March 31, 2014Delightful, scrumptious and most deliciously warm all at the same time 🙂 A constant reminder of friends, community and the power of learning to do things yourself. Cheers for all of the delicious shares 🙂
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The Snail of Happiness
/ March 31, 2014You are welcome!
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