Tablecloth update

The skinny "tail" is gaining body!!  It's slow, but 

it's progress.  Ice Drops have filled in  for color 

needed in my life.

Besides this I have several other projects, and 

I need to work on my 25 Motif Challenge, and 

my personal challenge of filling the ornament 

stand.  It all seems overwhelming when you think 

about it all at once, so I have be avoiding that 

practice.

Happy tatting!!!  :)

Pattern for Purple Bingo Chip Ice Drop

The pictures are in the order that it's tatted.

Purple Razzle Dazzle Ice Drop

*****I used size 80 thread  & bingo type chips or laser disks(large sequins)

Abbreviations:
sm. p: small picot
Lp: large picot
RW: reverse work

~Back
First Ring:  8,  sm. p,   6,   Lp,   6,  sm. p,  8 RW
All chains in this round: 10

Following Rings:  8 join to previous ring, 6 join to large picot of previous ring, 6, sm. p, 8 RW
Last Ring: 8 join to previous ring, 6 join to large picot of previous ring, 6, join to first ring, 8.
DO NOT CUT THREAD

~Front
First Ring: 5 p 5 p 5,
Second ring: 5 join to previous ring, 5, p, 5 RW
All chains in this round: 6, p, 3, p(I put 3 beads on chain thread and 1 on shuttle thread),
                                             3, p, 6, join to round 1 at base of ring,  RW
Continue tatting rings following the Second Ring directions.
Last Ring:  5 join to previous ring, 5, join to First Ring.

Please let me know how it works!  :)

Purple "Bingo" Chip Ice Drop

 I tatted the one with the Pink laser disk in the center 

and Diane requested the pattern, so today I got busy 

and re-tatted it to make corrections and then typed 

out the pattern and shared it.

It's tatted in size 80 Lizabeth Razzle Dazzle.

Hope you are having a wonderful and tatting filled day!!  :)

Another Ice Drop wann-be

This one is tatted with a tiny mirror in the center!!

 It's tatted in size 40 HDT which I purchased years 

ago.  I had special requested a color and this is 

what the person came up with, but it's not what 

I envisioned so I call it Hippie Summer.

 Here is a slightly closer view.

Have a fabulous day, and happy tatting!!!  :)

Heart of Te Fiti Ice Drop

When our granddaughters were invading the last 

time, we watched the new Disney movie Moana.  

It's is now a favorite and I think we have seen it 

5 times and our daughter owns it!  

Well, the younger granddaughter took my original 

Ice Drop and ran around calling it the Heart of Te Fiti 

and when she got home she lost it.  So.....

Grandma feeling like she needed a Heart of Te Fiti, 

tatted one.  The one she had was blue so it wasn't  

true to the movie, but she loved it.  I can't wait to 

see her face when she receives this green one(which 

is the color of the one in the movie).  I plan on 

putting it on a lanyard hoping it won't be easily lost!

This first picture shows the true color: Yarnplayer's 

HDT Celery(my favorite green).

This next picture shows how I tried to make the 

spiral on the front. 

 The last picture shows the flower on the back.

This is a one of a kind.  I just tatted hoping to make 

it work.  It's a little large so the glass gem slides around 

inside the tatting a bit, but I am ok with that seeing how 

it will be in the hands of an 8 yr. old.

Happy tatting and have an awesome week!!!!  :)

Since my computer doesn't get turned on when it's Sunday.....

I decided to post this since I finished it!!

Another wanna-be Ice Drop.  

My own design.

Tatted in size 40 Lizbeth Tropical Punch.

With a yellow disk like a bingo chip and 

sequins.

Have a wonderful night and tomorrow!!

Happy tatting!!  :)

Another sparkly laser disk Ice Drop

 I love these sparkly laser disks!!!  :)  I can't wait to 

see what more I can do!!

This one is tatted with size 80 Lizbeth Razzle Dazzle 

and small purple beads.

I started with the back, but I tatted the long chains, 

then when I tatted the front I tatted the small chains. 

I think next time I will try to tat the small chains 

as in Diane's original pattern and then the long ones 

hoping for a smoother look, but I still like it!!  :)

Have a wonderful weekend and happy tatting!!  :)

Not an Ice Drop Addict(yet!)

 Well, I tried again to make the beautiful blue flower 

"gem" into an Ice Drop.  I decided to try my own 

idea.....I have an ankars flower to use for something 

else.

 So....after that didn't work, and the others in the 

house were busy repairing a gas tank strap that 

broke on the vehicle, I tatted.

I had to re-think and go with my first thought of 

what I was hoping to achieve and that was to show 

as much of the "gem" as possible so keep the tatting 

around the sides.  And this is what happened!

The "gem" was a gift from a tatting friend, and the 

thread is the same HDT I used on that last cross, 

and laser disk Ice Drop.  Again, it's size 40 

Blue Ridge HDT from Tat-ilicious.

Have a wonderful night and happy tatting!!!  :)

Laser disk Ice Drop

I received some neat items to tat with from a sweet 

tatting friend, and I so badly wanted to tat something. 

Well...this isn't what I planned, but at least I didn't 

waste the HDT!!!

This is Diane's Ice Drop pattern with what I call 

a laser disk-it's about the size of a bingo chip, 

and it's kind of like a large sequin.

I love the laser sparkle!!!
This is the front side.

This is the backside.

I am going to work on the original thought, hopefully 

tomorrow.

Happy tatting everyone!!!  :)

Another cross for another senior

Well, we gained some new seniors as well as 

some have moved on from our Sunday night 

group, so I continue blessing each person 

who joins us with a tatted cross!  

This lady is 92-awesome! 

This one is Elaine P. Gan's My Portion Cross 

which is one of my most favorite designs! 

I have tatted it 3 times before and now 

for the first time in blues and I love it!!!

You can purchase the pattern in a book of 

cross patterns here:  https://www.craftsy.com/profile/tatting-box 

That link has all her patterns and books, but 

I will let you know this is from book # 4.

It's tatted in size 40 Blue Ridge HDT from 

Tat-ilicious(I wish she was still tatting 

and dying threads!).  :)

I hope everyone had a very blessed Easter!!!

Ours was blessed with our 2 Sunday groups 

getting together and spending time in the presence 

of our risen Lord!!  :)

Happy Tatting everyone!!  :)

Fairly productive weekend

Well, besides working hard to get the Sunday 

morning ministry supplies ready and stocked, 

and working on some housework, I tatted!!!

I now have the tablecloth to the length of the 

table(of course it must hang about a foot over 

sides all the way around, but that will come in 

time(lots and lots most likely!).

 Picture as best as I could from above.

 And, I also got 2 rainbow crosses done, and today 

this pink cross.

These are the Big Crosses from Tatting Patterns & Designs 

from Gun Blomqvist and Elwy Persson. 

Tatted in size 10 threads.

And the pink is Resurrection Cross from Elaine P. Gan 

tatted in size 40 Lizbeth Pink Blossoms.

Well, maybe more tatting time today besides more 

housework.  

Have a wonderful day and hopefully tatting time too!!  :)

A Snowflake in April

We were expecting snow 2 days ago, but it missed 

us and that is ok with most everyone here. 

I have gotten some tatting done, this snowflake 

is another Robin Perfetti design-the Design Tutorial Snowflake, link here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8R5ZNar0YDdLWpON1FINUNBTk0/view  

It's tatted in size 40 Lizbeth Snow White.  

I failed to make it as beautiful as it should be due 

to my not so good Josephine Knots.  I just can't get 

them nice.  It was going to be another ornament 

cover, but the center is a little snug.  So, it will 

just stay a snowflake.  :)

I have also added about 6 more motifs to the tablecloth.

Hope you are having a wonderful weekend, and I hope 

your Palm Sunday is blessed!!!  :)

Showing current tablecloth length

Well, I finally took pictures to show how long the 

tablecloth is.

 Our table is about 6 foot long.

 I am thinking I have about a foot left to tat and then 

start widening the newer section to match the rest.

Then I will work on making it wider to fit the table, 

and then beyond.  Yes, I have dreaded ends to work 

on sewing in, but if I barely get to work on this so 

ends will wait, and yes, I will get to them sometime.

It's granddaughter invasion time so no tatting 

happening, although, the one real Ice Drop I tatted 

has just been claimed this morning, and 2 pairs of 

tatted earrings also.

Have a great week, and happy tatting!!!  :)

Personal challenge # 6

Well, Robin's First Snowfall Snowflake makes an 

elegant ornament decoration(as long as you have 

the right sized ornament and don't cut the ends so 

short that they come undone).

As stated, the top is the same snowflake as the 

bottom with the center rings omitted.

 It's very loose on the ornament and I have to re-adjust 

it each time I pick it up, but I think it's great otherwise!

Below is a picture of the bottom which is the whole 

snowflake.

 Here is the stand with 6 ornaments now(all for me since 

I have many errors in several).  I am a quarter through 

this challenge!!

 And, for anyone wondering size, this stand 

is as tall as our loveseat, and the Snowman 

suncatcher I am creating is half the size of 

this stand(more tatting will be added to 

the snowman in time).  :)

Have a tatfully wonderful weekend!!!  :)