For those looking for these centers

Jolimama wants to know where to find these, and for those who haven't seen them in Hobby Lobby, I just found them on their website-they call them Assorted Dream Catchers.

Here is the link:

http://shop.hobbylobby.com/products/assorted-dream-catchers-547943/

Hope this helps! :) Have a great day!!!

2012 25 Motif Challenge: Motif #21

Well, I didn't think I would start another today, but sometimes life surprises me. This is the same pattern, but the stitch count has been revised a bit. I still think it needs a bit more and I already have some thoughts in mind to make it a bit closer to the design I was trying to mimic. :)

2012 25 Motif Challenge: Motif #20

Last night I gave into the temptation to tat on a doodad (as many have called them). I bought these at Hobby Lobby. They have no real name, but they are in 4 metal like colors(gold, brass, copper, and silver), and they are strung together like a charm bracelet. I think they are plastic even though they look like metal. And they are about the size of a dime.

Well, I wanted to try one of Diane: http://lacelovinlibrarian.blogspot.com/2012/09/snowflake-3-without-doodad-pattern.html doodad snowflake designs(this one #3), but her doodads must be smaller cuz' I didn't even get half way around with the first 3 rings and I realized this wouldn't work. But I think I was doing pretty good. I even tatted the Josephine rings which were new to me! :)

So, hesitantly I decided to find some inspiration to tat my own. So, I looked for snowflake designs(since there is a snowflake design in the center of these doodads) through Google images. And I found one (which I would post-but I don't want to cause copy write problems). It was a drawn snowflake which had a male and female deer drawn where the point rings are, but I like the rest of the design. My snowflake doesn't really resemble the drawn one well, but I do like the result. And I may try again with this one, or another inspired one(later!). :)

Thank you to all those out there doing the doodad challenge-you have all inspired me greatly!!! :)

Oh, this is tatted in size 20 Lizbeth Blue Ice.

Have a great day!!! :)

Teaching doily

So....if you saw my friend, Cheryl's tatted heart:

http://hiskid66.blogspot.com/2012/09/cheryls-first-tatted-heart.html

It was formed from the center of this doily which I was tatting and having her tat the same thing, but her picots were too large and it stayed in a straight line as if it were an edging and she formed it into the heart. Well, I just kept mine going till it formed a circle to show her what could be done. Then, she wanted to see if and how you could add more to make a doily so I did a second round(no pattern used on this whole project-didn't think I could do that). She really likes it and then asked if I could do more, and I said there were several options and I would do something and show her later. Well, you get to see it first. It's all tatted in size 10. And I am going to write it up for any beginner who wants to tat it. And I think she is going to want to see if I can do more(which I am wondering already)-good thing I have so many awesome tatters to watch for inspiration and ideas!!! Thank you all for sharing your projects with us beginners!!! :)

Have an awesome evening!!! :)

Cheryl's first pattern project!! :)

Cheryl just tatted this today. It's the Small Rosette from Easy Tatting by Rozella F. Linden. Tatted in size 10 Lizbeth Navy Blue thread. She did an awesome job for her first pattern tatting!!! :) I am so proud of her!

Cheryl's first tatted "heart"

My friend, Cheryl, has been learning to tat and last night I got to teach her how to make chains. She tatted a "chain" of rings and chains and wanted to do something special with it, so she made her husband a card and formed the "chain" into a heart and glued it to the card. She is proud of it, and I am too!!! :) Great job Cheryl!!!! I gave her her first tatting book today. It's Easy Tatting by Rozella Linden. I showed her several projects that I feel she could tat without too many problems, and I can't wait to see what she does!! :)

Mary Konior Small Crosses

These 2 are tatted with size 10 Navy thread. The are from Tatting with Visual Patterns by Mary Konior. I have tatted this pattern before so I am not counting it in the challenge.

Everyone that I tatted crosses for seemed to like them, and the ladies loved their bracelets!! :)