I have done some tatting.

I have tatted this many times before.  I had a friend who saw one of these crosses I had tatted before and she asked for one, so...here it is done.  I have also been working on tatting on a beaded garland which I will post as soon as I get it done, or at the half-way point.  :)

Fire Mountian Gems $1 Sale

A friend of mine posted this on her Facebook tonight.
  I thought since Diane(Lace Lovin' Librarian) had told us about this place, it would be nice to share this.  :)
http://www.firemountaingems.com/Shopping/KW19HT450PVBB2G?T=T1B&WT.mc_id=FBZ121003-05

Meeting the Tollway Tatters

Meeting the Tollway Tatters was awesome!!!  :)

Above, Marilee(Yarnplayer), Cheryl(Cheryl's Tatting), Diane(Lace-lovin' Librarian), Carol(Lelia), 

Denise, Barbara, and Sue Anna.

This picture above is Marilee's(Yarnplayer) HDT, tatted pendants(absolutely exquisite!!), and heart.   Click to view larger.

 This is Cheryl and her tatting.

This is Denise, Eva, Allison, and Cheryl.

This is Carol, Diane, and Sue Anna.

Above, a view of our workspace.  :)

Denise's angel with 1 wing.

And her angel with both wings!!  :)
















We had a really great time and were glad to meet some tatters and learn some new things!!!  :)
Thanks so much to the Tollway Tatters for allowing us to join you for such a wonderful day!! :)

2012 25 Motif Challenge: Motifs # 24 & 25

I was having a rough week this past week and really couldn't handle much, so I sat down and tatted....an angel.  :)  She is from the book Christmas Angels and Other Tatting Patterns by Monica Hahn, page 8 Angel #2, and she is tatted in Lizbeth size 40 Tropical Punch-she is #24.
And then I got a wonderful chance to go join an awesome group of ladies Saturday.  They are the Tollway Tatters!!  Cheryl and I were blessed to meet such wonderful ladies and enjoy a day of tatting, chatting, and learning.  And we got goodies too!!!  :)  Hope we get to go again!!
While there I was able to learn from Marilee Rockley some techniques I can use(hopefully soon!!!).  And I did get some tatting done.  This little motif called Masquerade from Tatting with Visual Patterns by Mary Konior.  Every time I have looked at this pattern all I could see was flowers and leaves, so...I tatted flowers with leaves.  :)  It's tatted in size 40 Lizbeth Fruit Fizz, and size 40 Yarnplayer's HDT Celery(which I love!!).

I will have to upload the pictures from Saturday tomorrow hopefully!!

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.  :)