My thread finally made it!!!

I ordered this thread 3 days before I ordered the 4 

that came in earlier this week, but now they are all 

finally here.  This one is called Fancy Fruit and it's 

by AlenAleaDesign on Etsy.

Thank you so very, very much to all who prayed me 

through yesterday!!!!!  It turned out that the teen I 

did the funeral for was only 15, and they had an open 

casket service which I did the Bible and service for,

and then also a last minute notice at the funeral home 

I was told that they needed me to do a graveside service, 

and then join them at the meal afterward.  Wow!  It was 

a day that God and tons of prayer carried me through!!!

I was so wiped out that I did nothing last night when I 

got home, but have caught up some today.

Have a wonderfully blessed day everyone!!! :)

HDT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Lord brightened my day by allowing my 2nd 

order(first order is still lost in mail space) of HDT 

to arrive today!!!

These are from AlenAleaDesign on Etsy.

Colors are Magic, Joy, Classic Rainbow, and Bloom.

For anyone who prays, I could use prayers.  I  teach 

the Bible on Sunday mornings outdoors in a poor town 

and this Wednesday afternoon I have to do a funeral
service for one of our teens.  It's been a hard day and 

I am thankful for the cheerful threads!!  Thanks to 

all those who pray for me!!

Have a wonderful day!!! :)

No more Kaleidoscope HDT left

I love this colorway and am so sad to say that I cannot get anymore!!!

I had so much fun tatting with it and there is none left.

I just had to make another tiny "beaded flower"-although I call it the beaded starflower, so now I have a pair which can be made into earrings for someone.  :)

I tatted those beaded flowers and had a little bit left so....I tatted this bookmark using Mary Konior's Chain Reaction edging pattern from Tatting with Visual Patterns(book), and call it my Chain Reaction bookmark.  I had to guess at how to make the end, and I think it turned out well.  It has a slight curve, but what you see here is just thrown on the scanner. 

As you can see with most of my tatting...sewing in ends gets put off till I feel like it(which isn't often).  

I hope your start to this new year has been tatfully wonderful!!! :)

Tatting!!!! :)

This is the Twirly 6 Sided Hexagon by Jane Eborall

link here: http://janeeborall.freeservers.com/MotifTwirly6sides.pdf

I saw this pattern when Jane was tatting & posting it and loved hers!!!  I have wanted to tat it for a long time, but just now had the chance.  I will tell you that mine isn't as good as hers, and that I didn't follow the instructions completely-oh, and I do need to say that my split chains seriously need help!!, but I got it done!  :)

It's tatted in size 20(Lizbeth) HDT from Custom Cotton Etc. on Etsy-  link here:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/CustomCottonEtc?ref=shopsection_shophome_leftnav

The colorway name is *Over the Rainbow*.  

The colors are so beautiful and I can't wait to see what other beautiful thing I will tat with it!!!  :)

I am still working on my Spring Doily, but......I followed Diane-Lace Lovin' Librarian's tat "steps" and made some mistakes.  The first time I took everything out and fixed the mistake.  This time I repeated that same mistake again, but 3 times....so I cut off the round and am going to start it over again.  So don't feel bad Diane!!!  :)

Happy tatting everyone!!!  :)

Tatting something of my own design. Dreamcatcher Earrings.

 My daughter loves the look of Indian dreamcatchers and wanted some earrings that were like them.

I set about to make her a pair for Christmas thinking it would be easy enough.  Well, I got the first one done and thought it was awesome, but when I started the second one I realized I made a big mistake...Notice the one on the right(the first one done) looks ok, but it's really not.  When I covered the ring on the second(the one on the left) I realized that on the first I used size 40 Rainbow-licious from Jess, and mistakenly used size 100 Rainbow Bright from Tatskool in the center, which I used on the outside of the second.  So....I put it aside and left it quite frustrated by such a mistake.

Well, this week I decided to start over since my daughter found out about the project after the holiday and said she would like them bigger.  So, here are the finished ones(sorry the picture isn't very clear).  They are both done in size 100 Rainbow Bright HDT from Tatskool.  I think she will like them.  

Green project finished and revealed!! :)

This is my green project-a large green suncatcher.  It is 8 inches across.  The center is the first 5 rounds from a pattern called Exquisite Luncheon Set in the book Tatting Doilies & Edgings edited by Rita Weiss.  

It's tatted in Yarnplayer's HDT Celery size 10 and 4mm Peridot Bicone beads.  

This will be gifted to a friend at the end of June.  I can't wait to see her response!!!  :)

Still tatting along.....

This is Sue Hanson's Val's Suncatcher:  http://freespace.virgin.net/bo.hanson/Tatting/CrystalRing/CrystalsRing.html

I made these 2 suncatchers quite some time back, but didn't get them on the rings.  The first is size 40 Lizbeth Blue Ice with cheap beads and a snowflake doodad in the center.  The second is size 60 Tatskool's HDT Flame Lantana with crystallized Swarovski Elements bicone beads.  These 2 are for me!!!

 Next....I have finished round 5 on my green project and even sewed in the ends(a major first for me!!!).  I am now ready to add the final touch and prayerfully this will be awesome when done!!!  :)

**Don't expect it done this weekend though**  

Green project continues to grow.

Still working on my green gift!!  And my smaller secret projects too!  :)

Had this outer round finished last night and almost cried when I actual calmed down from the excitement of getting this round done, and found out that I had missed a join.  I cut out the section up to the missed picot and had to tie all the threads together and hide 4 ends and try and finish it again.  Let me just say, that I was too upset last night after cutting, that it sat all night and I worked on it today and finished that round again.  :)

2011: 25 Motif Challenge- Motif #18

Well...I have gotten some tatting done worth showing. I really love this Cross Bookmark from Traditional Tatting Patterns Edited by Rita Weiss. It's tatted in size 40 Celery HDT from YarnPlayer, and size 50 Fushia from LadyShuttlemaker. These colors are so gorgeous together and I love this cross so much I am keeping it for me. :)

Here it is with a black background to show off the colors a bit more. *Oh, the only thing I didn't do was the tassel and cord in the pattern.

2011: 25 Motif Challenge- Motif #11

Happy International Tatting Day!!! I have been busy tatting this edging from Tatting with Visual Patterns by Mary Konior. It's called Chain Reaction and is tatted in Lizbeth size 20 Royal Wave. The first edging I did was all rings, and this one is all chains. :) I love how it's turning out! I ordered some more threads recently and they are all here now. The top is from Crochet4U2Dye4 cotton embroidery thread in Spring, Summer, and Winter collections. I don't know if I will order again though cuz' this second order came totally smoke scented and I am airing them out hoping to be able to use them without feeling sick. The middle is Lizbeth Juicy Watermelon, Rainbow Taffy, and Peacock Blues. And the bottom is Yarnplayer's HDT's Celery and Snowflake. Ooooooh, what neat things these should make!!! :)

Have an awesome weekend everyone!!!

Can't wait to announce the recipient of the bracelet tomorrow! :)

Thank You Jane!

Jane suggested that I scan my tatting and I tried it and now you can see how beautiful these motifs came out. Thank you Jane so much for the advice! Have a great day everyone! :)

Motif #9

I love this Corsage color so much and wanted something more substantial to display it so I found this pattern called Snow Crystals Round Motif in The Tatter's Treasure Chest edited by Mary Carolyn Waldrep. Of course, again the camera won't focus well enough to show you just how beautiful it truly is, but I did my best.

And a couple of my butterflies in this beautiful color. But I haven't finished the antennas so they look kinda messy. :)

Just Tatting.....

I have been trying to get a few things done for Mother's Day and have been making slow progress(mostly due to errors). I have made this cross before and my mother-in-law loved it and had requested I make one for her, so I thought this would be a good Mother's Day gift, but I messed up bad on 2 starts(I am sure it was the tv distraction again), but the 3rd time it got done(no tv, but plenty of music and silence). This is the Big Cross from Tatting Patterns & Designs by Gun Blomqvist and Elwy Persson. I have made a slight change in the top, I left off a ring at the top of the cross and didn't do chains to the clovers, just threads(my preference). The threads are size 10. Now I have at least 5 more to make, but only 1 needed by Sunday. :)

Next...the exciting news is I now have more HDT! This time it's LadyShuttleMaker's Peach Pandorea, and Tulips. The most interesting part is that I have worked mostly with size 10 thread and with the other HDT from Yarnplayer I have size 30 and 40, and now from LadyShuttleMaker I have size 20 and most concerning size 80. But they are BEAUTIFUL! Thanks to both HDT artists! :)

I got Awesome HDT and awesome colors! :)

My husband let me purchase some HDT this past weekend and today I got an awesome surprise in the mail! It's Yarnplayer's Nectarine and Corsage. I am so excited and can't wait to figure out what to tat with them!!! Most of all, I just like looking at the colors right now while I finish the doily(which is almost done!). Have a great day all! :)