A Personal Challenge for me
Last year we went and visited one of our favorite Christmas stores: Bronners-link here: https://www.bronners.com/ I wanted to get an ornament display for my glass ornaments with tatting. Well, the one...
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Elaine P. Gan's Wave Runner again. I added another tatted strip to make it more square. I like it!! :)I also have another ornament which has a top and a bottom, but I am needing to make sides to hold...
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When finished the completed project will be my next challenge piece. I am not telling what it is! :)Happy tatting everyone!!! :)
View Article2017 25 Motif Challenge # 7
Introducing the Star from 6 Crowns from Schiffchenspitze 1919 Tina Frauberger.Tatted in size 40 Lizbeth Elderberry Jam.I think this is one of my favorites!!!!!Hope you are having a fabulous day with...
View ArticleA (possibly) life long continuing project-the Tablecloth(not doily)
For all those who have wondered about the tablecloth I started in January 2011,the last time I showed this was here:http://hiskid66.blogspot.com/2015/09/shhhhhhhsecret-tatting-happening-d.html .Well,...
View ArticleMy Personal Challenge update
I had the top and bottom of this tatting done all last week, but was trying to figure out what to do for the center all the way around the ornament.Well, I figured it out and today I finished(not...
View ArticleAnother ornament for My Personal Challenge
I had this first part tatted about a month ago.I found the pattern at http://allcrafts.net/tatting.htmpattern link here:...
View ArticleTablecloth update
I now have half the length added to on the left side and just another couple of motifs and the right side will be there also!!! I am so excited at the progress I have made on this-this year already!!!...
View ArticleAnother small update on the slowly progressing tablecloth
Making progress!!This picture is on our loveseat to show the current size, but it really needs to almost double in length. Shhhhh....no one tell me about all those frustrating ends which need hiding...
View ArticleFinally completely finished!!!
Nope, not the tablecloth!!!These necklaces for our granddaughter. I have searched for a sheer ribbon for the pink necklace, but no store in town has what I need, so we found this pretty ribbon and...
View ArticleA motif at a time....................
Almost have both side of the current length done, but I also have to extend this about double it's size YIKES!!! I was asked how many balls of thread I had already used, well.....I actually bought...
View ArticleNeeding a change
Needing to tat something different and having some gems that I could make into Ice Drops, I decided to try, but I used size 40 thread and the tatting was too tight for the gem.Below is the comparison....
View ArticleAlmost a true Ice Drop
I love to see through things especially with tatting!!! :) This one has the "gem" I was trying to work with earlier. I had to drastically change stitch count and ended up with the back rings 8-8-8-8...
View ArticleFound these adorable tatted fairies while searching the internet
http://atsaka.exblog.jp/i21/2/I was trying to figure out how to contact the tatter, but as far as I can tell it's Japanese and I can't find how to contact the tatter. I was just curious to know if...
View ArticleAnother Personal Challenge Ornament, and a little more tablecloth
This next ornament didn't go as planned, but looks pretty sharp-I think! :) It's tatted with DMC Metallic embroidery thread. I don't know what size that is, but I will say I hate how scratchy it is....
View ArticleGreen Snowflake??
This is Robin Perfetti's Late Winter Snowflake-link here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8R5ZNar0YDdZU82TFE1TXJrMjQ/edit , since it's in green and tatted in March I will call it the early spring...
View ArticlePersonal challenge # 5
Still working on filling the ornament display. This is Robin Perfetti's Late Winter Snowflake-link here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8R5ZNar0YDdZU82TFE1TXJrMjQ/editThe top one has the center...
View ArticleFirst Snowfall
No, thankfully it's not snowing here. The title refers to another one of Robin Perfetti's snowflakes called First Snowfall, link...
View ArticlePersonal challenge # 6
Well, Robin's First Snowfall Snowflake makes an elegant ornament decoration(as long as you have the right sized ornament and don't cut the ends so short that they come undone).As stated, the top is the...
View ArticleShowing current tablecloth length
Well, I finally took pictures to show how long the tablecloth is. Our table is about 6 foot long. I am thinking I have about a foot left to tat and then start widening the newer section to match the...
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