Merry Christmas(late) and Happy New Year to you all!!

I am still here and still tatting.  Here are some 

items I had to get done before craft shows and 

Christmas.

This cross ended up at a craft show and was 

purchased very quickly, so next year I will 

have crosses at my craft shows.  ;)

This is My Portion Cross by Elaine P. Gan in 

Lizbeth size 40 Purple Iris Fusion.

My mother-in-law ordered this necklace 

for her apartment manager. Lizbeth size 40 

Arctic Waters.

My mother-in-law also ordered these earrings 

to give to my sister-in-law.  The pattern is 

Yarnplayer's Giddy earrings without the drop 

at the bottom.  My beads were too large a 

size 10mm, but they worked.  I had to stiffen

the lace a bit because it was ruffly. 

Lizbeth size 20 Lilac Dk.

I have a legally blind senior on Sunday 

nights who asked me to make her a bag 

she could wear around her neck to hold 

her lifeline device and her cell phone. 

I did a quick(not so great) job on this, but 

she loves it and is so thankful!!  It has 2 

pockets on each side(1 zippered, and 1 open). 
And I just finished another for another senior 

in a different print.

I am also doing plastic canvas "name tags" 

for seniors now.  I have shown my first, so 

here are the next 2 finished just before Christmas,

and I am already almost finished with another

(picture) to come later.

And, I made coasters for my Bible study group.
All you who sew, cover your eyes.  :)
I found these wonderful fabric squares and 

panels and such for quilting 

here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/JodyHoughtonDesigns

all of the ladies love them!! :)

And, these 3 wall hangings will be delivered 

today.  I have never made a wall hanging 

until now.  These are first attempts and ok, but 

not up to my perfectionistic standard(same 

with the coasters above).

Look closely and you will see Tat-a-Renda's 

dragonflies(pattern 

here: https://tatsaway.blogspot.com/2010/02/dragonfly-and-swan.html).

I added Muskaan's flowers(this one is for our 99yr. old).

Pattern here:  https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2018/07/what-do-you-think.html

This one has hearts, but I don't have all the 

designers right now, I tatted them earlier in 

the year.

So, you see I have been a little busy.  ;)
I hope you all have a very happy and blessed 

New Year, and get lots of tatting and crafting in!! :)

Emptying shuttles and making flowers! And other tatting too!! :)

 A long time ago Muskaan tatting these beautiful
flowers: https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2018/07/what-do-you-think.html
 and I really wanted to try them, and I
finally got around to it.

I didn't follow her examples exactly, and I ended 
up using different sizes of thread, but I really like 
how they are turning out! :)
I am tatting these as part of a Christmas present which 
will be shown when completed.
But....this first set is no longer with me.  I was waiting for 
my father-in-law while he was having cataract surgery and 
the nurse came and got so excited to see tatting and said her 
grandmother tatted and she has her grandmother's shuttle, but 
couldn't learn.  So I gifted her this very unfinished piece and 
she loves it so much and said it was going on her Christmas 
tree with her grandmother's snowflakes.  :)

This next set has a HWT(Hand Wound Thread) flower.  It's 
that dark purple with Lizbeth Tropical Punch.  I like it.

I added a bead for a little embellishment.

And by the Clover shuttle next to these you can see 
how small they are.  ;)
This last set I wanted to use those pearly white beads (so 
that I didn't have to put them away) and I loved how they 
made the flower look!!!

On another Christmas present I will have hearts and 
I wanted this heart from Mary Konior's Tatting with 
Visual Patterns.  In Yarnplayer's Snowflake HDT.

And, on another Christmas present I will have these 

cute dragonflies.  :)
Pattern here:  https://tatsaway.blogspot.com/2010/02/dragonfly-and-swan.html

Below is another memorial for a senior friend. 
She lost her sister and this best friend last year 
both within a week or so near Mother's Day.
She really loves having this one and the one of 
her sister and she keeps them in her Bible and 
shows them to others saying how beautiful they 
are.  Her sister's is here:  https://hiskid66.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-tatting.html

And, I now have more of Yarnplayer's awesome HDT 

to make fabulous tatted items with!!! :)
Thank you, Yarnplayer for creating such awesome 
colorways!!! :)

And, we have had visitors on and off again.  These 

3 surprised me right outside the kitchen window.

And this very dear lady is our 99 yr. old.  She and 
my hubby went fishing and they each caught 4 fish, 

and he caught the largest and she caught the smallest, 

and both had a great time!!!
I was frustrated that the state would actually make a 

99 yr. old pay for a fishing license!!!

Have a great day and hope you getting your 

tatting in!! :)