2015 Motif Challenge # 3

This I am definitely including as a challenge piece!!!

It's another of Jane's fabulous designs(this one not for the faint of heart)!!!

Pattern link here:  http://janeeborall.freeservers.com/RoundaboutMotif.pdf

I would not recommend this for beginners.

This took complete attention!!!  It has mistakes in it-I am sure I didn't change shuttles in the correct spot somewhere, and there is a missed join, and I made a huge mistake without realizing it until the second to the last repeat(when it kept bugging me that the inner round laid so nicely and the outer round seemed so compact and crunched)

......I used 2 different sizes of thread(I thought I read the label!!!).

It's tatted in size 40 HDT from Snapdragon Lace  color: Wisteria, 

and size 20 Lizbeth Lilac Dk.

I love the design and even the colors.  Maybe some day with more time and attention I will attempt it again, because it truly is wonderful!!!!  :)

Hope you had a wonderful day with some tatting!!  :)

2015 25 Motif Challenge #2

Since I tatted this one according to directions I am including it as one of my challenge pieces.

This is Jane Eborall's Ferris Wheel Motif 

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

It's tatted in size 20(Lizbeth) HDT from Custom Cotton Etc. 

The colorway name is *Over the Rainbow*, and size 20 Lizbeth Lilac Dk.

This is another beautiful motif designed by Jane!!!  I decided right away to pay very close attention, and I did and I didn't have to take any mistakes out!!  I think it's much prettier in person!

Have a happy tatting day!!!  :)

2014 25 Motif Challenge # 3

Well, I finally finished them!!  These bracelets were requested from a friend way back last July.  She wants us to have matching friendship bracelets(she has Cerebral Palsy), and asked me to make them for us.  I wanted a sturdy bracelet for her so this seemed like a good one.  It's Jane Eborall's Celtic or Overlapping Friendship Bracelet, pattern here: http://www.janeeborall.freeservers.com/CelticFriendBracelet.pdf . 

I really love the colors in Jane's!!!!  :)

 My friend, Krissy, loves purple and I love blue so this is what I came up with.

They are tatted in Lizbeth size 40 Lilac Dk., Caribbean, and Royal Blue.  

I usually use lobster claw clasps, but she has trouble with one arm so I thought these Heart Toggle Clasps from Hobby Lobby would be a better choice.  I can't wait to get it to her(but it will have to wait a little bit cuz' she lives an hour away).  The top one is Krissy's with a purple center, and the bottom one is mine with a blue center.  Oh, don't look to closely at mine please.  I hurried and got it done(with plenty of errors, but I still like it and at least the mistakes are in mine and not hers!).   :)

Oh, and I need to say...I already hate working with 2 shuttles!  Now, I hate working with 4 shuttles!!  And I have a 6 shuttle pattern waiting for me to take that step and make it some day, and I have seen a 12 shuttle which interested me, but I am thinking I would be completely out of my mind to consider that one!!!  :)

2013 25 Motif Challenge # 1

I just had to tat this cute little Sea Turtle!!!  He is so adorable!!!  

From Jane Eborall's pattern here:  http://janeeborall.freeservers.com/SwanTurtle.pdf 

And he is tatted in size 40 Coral Reef HDT from Tatskool.

He is so small he is about the size of my fingerprint.  :)

2011: 25 Motif Challenge- Motif 12

This is a headband for my granddaughters made from a stretchy headband and Jane Eborall's Fandango Edging-pattern here: http://www.janeeborall.freeservers.com/Edging2011.pdf I thought up many different ways to do the ends, but I ended up with just tatting a chain of 10 stitches and kept them a little loose to complete the ends.

It's tatted in Lizbeth size 20 Lilac Dk. and size 20 Iris Bouquet from Crochet4U2Dye4, and tiny purple beads.