2012 25 Motif Challenge: Motif #23

I have been working on these for some time now and gave a little glimpse the other day.  Here they are all completed and ready to give my mother-in-law for Christmas this year.  She had seen the flowers I had made quite awhile back and said they would make a great collar edging, so...I decided that would be a great gift for her this year, and her favorite color is blue so I did a blue edging too-which is my challenge #23.

This edging is from Tatting Doilies & Edgings edited by Rita Weiss.  It is from pg. 33 Gift Edgings(the bottom edging in the picture).  It's tatted in size 40 Lizbeth Peacock Blues.

This one is my flower design based on Mary's Butterfly( http://maryshandmade.blogspot.com/ ).
It's tatted in size 40 Lizbeth Island Breeze(funny, in the picture the colors look like swirling pinwheels).
Can't wait to see her face!!!  I might have to remember my camera quicker this year!!!  :)

Oh my Goodness!!!

There was a knock at the door just a few moments ago.  It was a mailman(and I truly think that if he knew what treasures he was delivering...he would have kept them for himself-or a friend, but I am thankful he had no clue!!!).
This is the package he handed to me.

I had won Jon's( http://tatsaway.blogspot.com/ ) give-away a few weeks back and she sent all these beautiful items to me.  Thank you so much Jon!!!  That gorgeous doily will be gracing our television stand where it can receive the most attention.  It is absolutely stunning!!!
And there are notecards with envelopes, a tatted heart dangle, wooden buttons, a postcard from Malaysia, white plastic rings, a beautiful blank card with a Mary Konior tatted motif on it, 4 bags of beautiful beads(which should go well with some of my new threads!!), a small bag from Malaysia, self threading needles, a Mary Konior motif keychain(I collect keychains so this is awesome!!), and a Mary Konior glass mat!  All so beautiful I feel like Christmas is here early!!!  Thank you again so very much Jon!!!  May your day be extra blessed!!!  :)

A glimpse of tatting, new book, other things

I have been doing some tatting and trying to finish up some Christmas presents.  I want to show the finished projects, so today is just a glimpse.  :)

Second glimpse.  :)












My mother-in-law went to Indiana with a friend and found this book for me in a small shop.  She was so excited, but even more so when she found out that I have wanted to get this book since seeing many of the lovely projects on the blogs tatted from it.  :)




This mess in my livingroom is the start of a princess costume for my oldest granddaughter, and there is another costume soon to be in progress for the youngest granddaughter-a fairy.  I will post those on my craft blog when done, but this is just to show that my tatting will be slowing down a bit cuz' time is very limited to get these both done.  :)

"Doodad" Snowflake patterns

I have the patterns typed up(to the best of my ability-please let me know if there are mistakes if you tat these). I posted the patterns in the order the snowflakes are shown here. Happy tatting !!! :)

Tatted "Doodad" Snowflake # 2

*2 shuttles needed

R: ring

Ch: chain

TOR: thrown-off ring

j:join

cl: close ring

rw: reverse work

sw sh: switch shuttles

R 2 p 4 j(to doodad) 4 p 2 cl, rw

**Ch 10 do not rw -sw sh

TOR 2 p(x5) 2 rw -sw sh

R 6 j(to previous ring) 4 p 6 rw

Ch 10 rw

R 2 j(to previous ring) 4 j(to doodad) 4 p 2 rw

~continue at ** to the end.

[will cup when the last join is made, force to lay flat]

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Tatted "Doodad" Snowflake # 1

*2 shuttles needed

R: ring

Ch: chain

TOR: thrown-off ring

j:join

cl: close ring

rw: reverse work

sw sh: switch shuttles

R 4 p 2 j(to doodad) 2 p 4 rw

**Ch 6 do not rw - sw sh

TOR 2 p(x5) 2 rw -sw sh

R 6 j(to previous ring)4 p 6 rw

Ch 6 rw

R 4 j(to previous ring) 2 j(to doodad) 2 p 4

~continue at ** to the end.

[will cup when last join is made, force to lay flat]

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Tatted "Doodad" Snowflake # 3

*2 shuttles needed

R: ring

Ch: chain

TOR: thrown-off ring

j:join

cl: close ring

rw: reverse work

sw sh: switch shuttles

R 2 j(to doodad) 2 rw

Ch 8 do not rw- sw sh

TOR 2 p(X3) 2 rw - sw sh

R 15 rw

Ch 8 rw

~repeat 6 times

2012 25 Motif Challenge: Motif #22

Well, I have come very close to the design I have been trying to mimic. This last snowflake was tatted (in motion-we were on our way to buy a new van). And the tiny snowflake was just emptying the shuttle. All the snowflakes were tatted in size 20 Lizbeth Blue Ice.

I wanted to show them in order, but I messed up and don't feel up to realigning them. The order they are in is #2, #1, #3, and last. :)

I can type out the patterns if anyone wants them. And just a note* they are all 2 shuttle patterns(except the tiny one which can be a shuttle and ball). :)

Help with blogger please...

Can anyone tell me how we "follow" blogs now, and how we "un-follow" blogs now. It seems they have changed it and I don't know how to use mine, as well, I can't tell Cheryl how to use hers cuz' her "dashboard" is different than mine and I don't understand it at all, nor do I understand why I can't follow or un-follow anyone as I did before.

Thanks for any help I can get!!! :)

Cheryl has a blog now!!! :)

For all those interested...Cheryl has her first blog. Worst part is that her set up is different than mine so we are learning it together(frustratedly!!!). Oh well, we will survive!

She has posted 3 pictures and will be posting more since I just saw her first small freestyle doily. :)

She is really doing well, but I need to get her working on patterns more than just "wingin' " it. :)

http://angeleyestatting.blogspot.com/