Suncatchers!!!

I am needing some suncatchers for some very special 

ladies who will receive them in August.

I received some Ice Drop "gems" and "bingo chips" 

(or tiddly winks to some) from a wonderful tatting 

friend.  As you can see, I can't help but "play" with 

them and tatting.  :)

Unlike muskaan, I am a glutton for punishment and 

work with all these paperclips hanging around.  

 I tatted with Lizbeth size 40 Butterfly Breeze, 

cheap plastic kids beads, and small glass beads, and 

a bangle bracelet.

***pattern added to side list patterns***

 Here is the first one I did in yellow a week or so 

ago, along side the new blue one.

Both are tatted in the same color thread and have 

a yellow bingo chip in the center, but the beads 

and bracelets are different colors.

Amazing how different they look.

 I started by trying a heart in the center, and next 

a butterfly.  The picture below shows how neat 

they look in a window and how you can see all 

the way through.

 Next, the yellow was my first attempt and it's a little 

loose, but ok.  And, I noticed today that I missed 

tatting 1 ring(I'm not telling where if no one sees it 

cuz' when I posted it before no one said anything), 

and I also missed 1 picot on the center chain 

surrounding the bingo chip, so it should have 1 more 

chain and large bead in the "middle ring" of the 

suncatcher(oh, too late and it looks ok).  :)

So, for the blue one, I changed the design a little 

and I came out better, but still a tiny bit loose, so...

another suncatcher will have to be made to do 

better yet!!!  :)

But......I also am really needing to get back to my 

personal challenge of tatting on glass ornaments 

and filling my ornament stand before Christmas!!

Happy, happy tatting everyone!!!!!!!!  :)

Oh, and Happy Mother's Day to all who celebrate it!