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2014 25 Motif Challenge # 13

May 17, 2014, 2:12 pm
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I have wanted to badly to tat this beautiful cross since I first saw it!!!  I wasn't sure I could do it, but it isn't as complicated as I thought(although, I did miss one join so I tied the picots together and sewed in the thread ends).  It's Jane's Bookmark Cross, pattern here:   http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/6207094/janebookmarkcross-gracetan-pdf-170k?da=y  
It's tatted in size 40 Lizbeth Pink Blossoms.  It's for a very sweet lady in our Sunday night group.  

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Crosses

May 23, 2014, 6:05 pm
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 This first cross is Mary Konior's Large Cross in size 10 Celery HDT from Yarnplayer.  I love this green most of all(but, my favorite color is blue).    :)
It's for another lady in our Sunday night group.  It had to be large because she is legally blind.
I have this feeling I may be tatting a cross a week till all have one.  
The first cross, which I didn't get a picture of was from the book Tatted Bookmarks Needle & Shuttle edited by Barbara Foster Handy Hands, Inc. The Heritage Cross is by Dee Powell.
And here are some more.  The one that I didn't get a picture of was the same as the red below, but I added blue with the red when tatting the chains-which made the chains thicker than the rest, but the lady who received it loved it since red and blue are her favorite colors.  :)
These ones are all size 40 Lizbeth threads.  The first two are Rainbow Taffy, and the red is Christmas Red.
One of the Rainbow Taffy crosses is going to a niece of ours who we haven't seen in a very long time and I think she is getting married.  Wow!  I remember her as an 8yr. old.  :)

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More crosses and a neglected Teapot

May 31, 2014, 2:17 pm
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Here are Mary Konior's Small Cross and Large Cross from Tatting with Visual Patterns.
Both are in size 40 Lizbeth threads.  The first is Island Breeze, and the second is Girly Girl.
The first is for our 90 year old in our Sunday night group, and the second is for another lady in the same group(which I just found out went to the hospital last night-don't know if I will get to see her Sunday night).
 Next, I did this quite awhile ago, but was hoping to finish it off and then show you.  Since it has sat so long I figured I should do something with it so I decided to show it in it's totally unblocked and ignored state.  I am hoping to use it in a wedding gift for my mother-in-law and her soon to be hubby(end of August).
This is the Anything Teapot by Martha Ess, pattern here:    
Hers are so beautiful and mine is deformed(until finish and blocking).  :)
Oh, it's tatted in size 40 Lizbeth Navy.
Still working on my spring doily and almost done with round 6, still slowly working on garland, and tablecloth is once again "tabled" for the time being.
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No tatting to show, but I do have tatting time because.....

June 3, 2014, 8:10 am
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the construction workers around our area(a lot of them) just cut into a gas main right on the corner and we are the closest mobile home to it, so they won't let me run my air conditioner, or have any windows open, and I had to close all register vents.  So, what else is there to do other than tat???  Nothing.  So, I am off to tat and endure the constant visitations to check for gas in the house.  :)
Have a great day everyone!!!  :)
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2014 25 Motif Challenge Motifs # 14 & 15

June 5, 2014, 6:08 pm
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First, is the Santa Fe Cross by Pam McCormack from the book Tatted Bookmarks Needle & Shuttle  edited by Barbara Foster.  It's tatted in size 40 Lizbeth Lilac Med. And it's just a little bit bigger than the picture in the book.  I missed 2 joins and tied them and sewed in the threads.
 Next, is the Tatted Cross by Dee Powell from the same book.  Tatted in size 40 Lizbeth Lime Green Med.
I like the "X" design in the center of this cross.
I finished the first cross and tatted most of the second during my "time-out" due to the gas main break.  I survived and ended up with 2 more crosses for the ladies in our Sunday night group.  :)
Have a great day!!!  :)
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2014 25 Motif Challenge Motifs # 16 & 17

June 11, 2014, 4:01 pm
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I have been test tatting for Elaine P. Gan at Test Tatters on Facebook.
First is the Hanging Garden Cross 2 from DMC Tatting Book(Elaine designed the cross).
It's tatted in size 40 Lizbeth Sky Blue Med.(it's unblocked).
Next, we have the Tina Motif Cross also designed by Elaine from Schiffchenspritze by Tina Frauberger 1921.  It's tatted in size 40 Lizbeth Rainbow Splash(ends not sewn in yet, nor blocked yet).  :) 
Both are great patterns.
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I could use some Help with finding a color. :)

June 16, 2014, 10:07 am
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One of the ladies in the group I am making crosses for said her favorite color is Mauve(and she likes Victorian colors).  I looked at the Lizbeth color selection from Handy Hands and there is no mauve.  Do any of you have similar taste in colors??  Any suggestions for her bookmark??
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Tatting is getting done slowly.

June 18, 2014, 2:49 pm
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I have made these before, but this is a first in making some into earrings.  They are based on a pattern from the book Tatting with Rings by Jon Yusoff.  The pattern is Semarak on pg. 25 and I used the bottom part as my example.  I have made plenty of the dangles(the bottom row) before.  These are a request from a lady at a store where our daughter just got a job.  I hope she is happy with them all.  :)
They are all tatted in size 40 Lizbeth and the earrings are Lilac Dk., the dangles are Bright Orange, Lemon Yellow, and Christmas Red.  :)

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2014 25 Motif Challenge # 18

June 24, 2014, 8:10 am
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 This is Traditional Cross  from Tatting Patterns by Lyn Morton.
It's tatted in size 40 Lizbeth Angel's Love.  As you can see I still have to sew in the ends, but I like this cross.  I never tatted it before because I didn't care for the look of it in the book, but I really like the look tatted here!  :)
This is a start on a test tat for Elaine  P. Gan at Test Tatters.  I love these colors together.  They are size 40 Lizbeth Raspberry Pink Med.  and Fruit Fizz.  :)

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2014 25 Motif Challenge # 19

July 5, 2014, 4:37 pm
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This is another test tat for Elaine P. Gan at Test Tatters on Facebook.  It's called Butterfly Carousel.  And let me say that it was a real challenge for me!!!  I thought when looking at the diagram this would be easy, but....it fooled me and I had many, many starts trying to get this done.  Elaine had lots of patience with me and sent me several more diagrams to help and today I did it!!!  But, there is one error I know of.
It's tatted in size 40 Lizbeth Tropical Punch and Tat-ilicious variegated greens.

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For Michelle....tiny feather charms great for small dreamcatchers!!

July 10, 2014, 8:21 am
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These are the tiny feather charms I use for the small dreamcatcher earrings I make.  Hope this helps!!  :)

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2014 25 Motif Challenge # 20 & # 21

July 11, 2014, 7:59 am
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I am still making crosses for each of the seniors in our Sunday night group.
This one is Garden Cross from Tatted Bookmarks Needle & Shuttle Edited by Barbara Foster.
It's tatted in size 40 Lizbeth Purple Iris Fusion.
 This second one is Helene from Tatted Bookmarks - cross-shaped by Lene Bjorn.  
It's tatted in size 40 Lizbeth Niagara Falls.
Both of these crosses were challenges to me.  The first one due to the fact that the center ring is tatted, then the outside, then fill in the the rest, and the tiny rings of 4 ds on each corner 
which wouldn't close properly for me.  I had tatted this cross in red and white first, but missed a ring completely and it wouldn't lay correctly at all when finished so I started over and succeeded this time!!  :)
This second cross has all spiral chains in it which was a problem for me.  I tried to make them, but they kept twisting up badly and I just couldn't get it done right, so... I started over and used 6 first half of ds, and then 6 second half of ds since the stitches were 12 count.  I think it looks similar.  Also, this thread challenged me due to the fact that while closing 2 of the rings the thread broke on me.  
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2014 25 Motif Challenge # 22

July 12, 2014, 3:06 pm
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This is the Maria cross from Tatted Bookmarks  - cross-shaped by Lene Bjorn.
It's tatted in size 40 Lizbeth Antique Violet Med.  
I used this color for Mauve thanks to recommendations for several wonderful tatters!!!  :)
Now hoping that the lady who likes Mauve is happy with it!!  :)

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A second Butterfly Carousel test tat

July 12, 2014, 7:44 pm
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This is a second test tat of the Butterfly Carousel from Elaine P. Gan from Test Tatters on Facebook.
I was hoping to get it fully correct this time, but made the same small mistake!!  I NEED to pay more attention when near or at the end of things!!!!
This is tatted in size 40 Queen Anthias from Tat-ilicious and variegated greens from her too.
I totally love this piece(even with my mistake!!!).
I made one small change in the pattern and made the small single ring next to the outer butterflies an SCMR so that it looks like leaves next to the butterflies.  :)

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2014 25 Motif Challenge # 23

July 17, 2014, 3:57 pm
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Here is the Katrine Cross from Tatted Bookmarks  - cross-shaped by Lene Bjorn.
It's tatted in size 40 Lizbeth Rainbow Splash.  It's for another senior in our Sunday night group.
I think this is the last cross I have to tat for now, but no promises.  
Also, you may notice that I am not big on tatting tassels-it's just me.  :)
Oh, I have been working on the Spring Doily yet.  I have most of round 7 done.  
I have also been working once in awhile on that very long beaded garland too, but not making tons of progress with so many other things to be busy with.  Have a blessed day!!!  :)
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Invasion about to happen.......(no tatting to show)

July 21, 2014, 12:50 pm
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If you don't hear from me for a week, it will be because I have been overtaken by 2 granddaughters who are arriving any time now and staying for a week.  They are 10 and 6 and love full control!!!  :)
Have an awesome week!!!!!   :)
*****Tatting update-I finished round 7 on the Spring Doily, and tatted a cross with errors which looked beautiful and was sturdy, but I forgot to scan it before I took it to the 90yr. old as a surprise.  :)
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Very extremely thankful for Blogger!!!

August 5, 2014, 6:28 pm
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No tatting to show, but I really have been tatting while also trying to catch up on everything left undone while playing with granddaughters for a week.
The reason I am so thankful for blogger is....my computer DIED, seriously!  They can't even get any of my pictures or anything from either of the 2 hard drives(although, they did just tell me that for $270 they can get my pictures if I really want them-like I have more money to spend after getting a whole new computer on a last minute notice>>>NOT!)
Well, I was just sitting here thinking about the loss of so many photos and scans and then realized that Blogger has all my tatting pictures!!!  I am so happy!!!!  At least I still have something!
Well, this new computer is up and running and I am having to learn everything about this modern technology, but I have completed  2 pairs of earrings, and am almost done with 2 suncatchers, and I have worked more on the beaded garland, so hopefully I will have time to share some pictures soon(as soon as I figure out where to plug in my camera and how to use it with this computer).  
Have a truly blessed day and enjoy tatting!!!  :)
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Tatting to show!! :)

August 11, 2014, 5:09 pm
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This top picture is a glimpse of what my livingroom has been looking like.  Lots of tatting work sitting out.
If you can see on the paper towel about in the center I have finished both of those pairs of earrings(Lizbeth Rainbow Splash dreamcatchers, and purple dangles), and I am set up for several suncatchers(which I have 4 finished and a fifth in the works).  :)
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These are my dreamcatcher earring pattern tatted in size 40 Lizbeth Niagara Falls.
 The small "ring" on the top of the picture is a bracelet I tatted for my oldest granddaughter too long ago to remember when, but as you can see it has been well used.  She brought it and asked me to tat another, but since I have no other rainbow thread she asked me to use the size 10 Royale that I was teaching her to tat with.  So, the bottom bracelet is the new one just needing the ends sewn in.  It's kind of adjustable so she can grow into it.  :) 
Here are the 4 suncatchers I have done.  Starting on top left to right.  
All size 40  Lizbeth Sea Island Citrus, Autumn spice, 
Purple Iris Fusion, Juicy Watermelon.  (this is the only picture taken with my new camera so if the others are blurry, I apologize, but my old computer wouldn't accept the new camera, but I tried it on this new computer and it works....so far).  :)
This is a slub or flub or whatever everyone calls the knots in the ball of thread.  I was quite frustrated, but I just skipped past it for not.  I will make the correction later.

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A New Tatting Book available (not from me....I am not that good, but maybe some day>>>yah, right!!) :)

August 14, 2014, 8:02 pm
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Tatting......dangles

August 21, 2014, 10:51 am
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I had a request for 2 small dangles done in black(I think they want them for earrings like the purple ones here:  http://hiskid66.blogspot.com/2014/06/tatting-is-getting-done-slowly.html  ).  I wasn't sure about doing smaller ones, but I found smaller rings and decided to try.  They didn't take very long and they turned out pretty well.  I was also thankful that I had purchased the small crosses on a whim not too long ago, because I realized the rainbow crosses would not work.
I have also added 4 more motifs to the tablecloth(here: http://hiskid66.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-very-slowly-progressing-tatted.html ), and I have worked on the beaded Christmas garland(here:  http://hiskid66.blogspot.com/2014/01/a-little-tatting-and-lot-of-snow.html  ), and I have done another suncatcher, and another test tatted cross(hoping to post both later or tomorrow).  :)
Have an awesome day!!!  :)
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