September Tollway Tatters gathering

What an awesome day with the Tollway Tatters again!!!

We got to meet other tatters(I want to say new, but I am 

sure they have tatted for awhile).  We met Gail, and Kathy, 

and Glenda, and got to see Elaine after not seeing her for 

awhile.

Below is (left to right) Gail, Denise, Kathy, Elaine,

Diane, and Glenda(I was taking the picture).

 Diane brought her very beautiful Pop Top Drops.

 Believe it or not, we again succeeded to get plenty 

of tatting in amongst all the chatting.

 And then, Carrie came and joined us and brought 

her daughter Elizabeth who does Quilling(a special 

curled paper art-beautiful!).

 I am working on a "rainbow" suncatcher for the Craft 

Show next month.  I got the blue rounds done while 

at Tollway Tatters.  Everyone loved these colors together.

 And, of course, we love to share things with each other.

Denise had these cute storage boxes with fun items to 

use with or in tatting.  Diane tempted(me) us with 

wonderful Pop-Tops to add tatting too(the choices were 

so hard to make!!). And, I have my official Tollway 

Tatters Shuttle.  Diane explained that the Violets and 

Cardinal represent the Illinois state flower and bird, 

and the back it tie-dye to go along with the shirts we 

usually wear to recognize each other.  ;)

 Close-up of the front of the shuttle.

 Close-up of the back.

What a blast!!!!  Love meeting with all these 

wonderful ladies!!!!  Can't wait for the next time 

I can join them!!! :)

Have a wonderful day-hopefully filled with tatting!!!

So busy....

I have 9 angels ready for the craft show in Oct.
I have 2 of each color, and 1 white(so far).

 I tatted around a couple more of the small confetti 

circles.  I added some little Christmas buttons a 

friend gave me.  The green candy button will be 

nice to hook the ornament hook through.

I need a $20 item for the raffle at the craft show so 

I am planning a rainbow suncatcher, and hoping to 

start it Saturday(just procrastinating on stringing 

tons of beads).  ;)

Tatting here and there, on and off, and still loving it!!

Have a wonderful day everyone!!! :)

Red, white, & green wreath done!

Here is a picture of the complete wreath.

 Next is a close-up of the left side.

 Then a close-up of the right side.

 Now a close-up of the bottom.

 Last, a close-up of the bow(I am all covered in 

sparkly glitter-oh, the floor also).

Well, I have over 70 items tatted, or with tatting(the 

wreaths) for the Craft Show, and 50 some charm  

earrings.  I am still working on angels because I would 

like to have at least 10(I have 7). And I am hoping to 

have time to tat some of my dreamcatcher earrings-

we shall see.

Hope your day is blessed with tatting!!! :)

Pattern for Princess Flower Ice Drop Suncatcher

Princess Flower Ice Drop Suncatcher by Sue(God's Kid)

I used size 40 Lizbeth thread for this.
Basic Ice Drop in size 40- Back Rings 6-6--6-6  rw
                                           Back Chains 8-8  rw
                                           Front Rings 8-8-8  rw
                                           Front Chains 12  rw (do not cut when done)

First Round for Princess Ice Drop: (12 beads on chain thread)

Chains 6-2  rw

Rings 4 j(to picots on Basic Ice Drop chains) 4  rw

Chains 3 ( bead ) 2-1  rw

Rings 3 j(to same picot as the last join) 3  rw

Chains 1-2 (bead) 3  rw

Rings 4 j(to the same picot as the last 2 joins) 4  rw

Chains 2-6 

(repeat all this to the finish, cut, tie, hide ends)

                                                                                                               
Round 2 for Fancy Princess Ice Drop: (36 beads on shuttle thread, 90 on chain thread)

Rings 2b 2b 2b 2 j to left picot in center of "petal" shapes, 2b2 j to right picot in center of "petal" shapes.

Chains 5 (3 beads) 5-5 (3 beads) 5 j(to left picot on top of "crown" of "petal" shapes), j(to right picot on top of "crown" of "petal" shapes), (3 beads over top of those joins), 5 (3 beads) 5-5 (3 beads) 5.

Cut, tie, hide ends.

   

For Princess Ice Drop Suncatcher-I used a bangle bracelet almost 3 inches across.

I had plenty of thread on my shuttle yet, so I unwound about 2 feet and used a crochet hook to pull the thread through the picots on the outer chains and then wrapped the thread once around the bracelet, and then pulled it through the next picot until I had them all "laced".  Then I snugged up the thread and then tied the tails and then tatted a zig-zag chain 3 first half stitch, then 3 second half stitch until I got it as long as I wanted it, and then I tatted a ring with the shuttle thread 15 stitches and hid the end.

                            

Still working on the angels, but....

Lizbeth Scottish Thistle thread was calling me 

to make it into an Ice Drop Suncatcher.  I finally 

got more shuttles and wound the beads and thread 

and got busy.  I wasn't sure how it would look when 

finished, but I ended up with this Ice Drop which 

I am calling the Princess Flower Ice Drop(the colors 

and the "crowns" gave it that name).

 Below is the back in progress on the outer round.

 Below is the front in progress on the outer rounds.

 The outer round finished it's a fancy Ice Drop.

 Then strung into a bangle bracelet.

Below is the front in a window.

 And...the back in a window.

It's all ready for the craft show!
Have a wonderful day tatting!!! :)

A large disc completed

Tons of ideas to fancy these up, but 2 angels are 

begging to be completed, so...it's angel making 

time again.

Have a wonderful day, and I hope you get some 

tatting in!!

Up since 4am and some tatting done..

These are the Confetti discs that I am tatting around 

for the wreath.  I am currently working on a large one 

for an ornament.

 Below are the two I have for the wreath.  These are 

the small discs.  I love the reflection feature!!

 I am currently deciding on how I want the items 

on the wreath, and then when I figure it out I will 

wire them to the wreath.  The ribbon in the center 

will be made into a bow.

 I had test tatted Robin's Wave Bookmark and showed 

it to my friends on facebook and it was promptly 

claimed, and then another friend also claimed it, so 

I had to tat a second.  It has a longer tassel than the 

first.  I also think it's tatted better-practice makes 

perfect.  ;)

Well, on to other things if my brain will let me.

Have a wonderful day!!! :)