another bookmark

I finished not one to but two more bookmarks today.. only picture of the 1st one so far, the 2nd one I am blocking out yet.. I made this one for my sister. It is tatted in Lizbeth Turquoise Twist thread.

Inflicting the Tatting Bug on yet another Victim :)

This past Monday I met up with two ladies for lunch and a little tatting lesson. One of the ladies I have taught to tat a couple of years ago but she was interested in learning the split ring. The other lady is a newbie.. I have to admit I think she might have been the fastest lady I had pick up on the flip. We sat at a diner for an hour and a half - tatting over coffee and o.j. for me. By the time we left, my veteran tatter had the split ring figured out and since our lesson has made a bookmark using split rings. My newbie on the other hand, had made 4 rings and chains... also having the rings joined together.. I was impressed.. We are meeting again on Monday. Also Monday, we are planning a road trip to the Country Closet in Reinbeck, Iowa is search of some new supplies!!! Lizbeth thread... sew mate shuttles... books... the possibilities are endless...
The photo I added is of a bookmark I made for my daughter's teacher. It is tatted in Lizbeth 20 thread - red burst I believe the name was... The pattern is out of Tatting Miscellany. The Ric Ric Bookmark, instead of the ribbon I tatted a short end and attached it with a chain...
Until next time... Happy Tatting...

25 Challenge Complete..

After I posted my blog earlier this evening I then realized I have completed my 25 motif challenge.. I had no idea I was that close and also I have tatted items and given them away before getting a picture taken of it.. Also there was a couple of other events that happened today I wanted to share. First while at the Heritage Days, there are two other tatters - 1 needle and 1 shuttle. Well every year we make each other a little something.. I made more of Heather's awareness ribbons and handed them out in honor of my sister - a 6 year breast cancer survivor this month... Well the shuttle tatted gave a me a cute little butterfly and the needle tatter.... her husband is a wood carver... she gave me a SHUTTLE!!! It is very nice, I will get a picture taken and posted... Also today while I was tattin and chattin, my husband and daughter were helping his folks move.. He brought me home Grandma Pearl's treadle sewing machine!!! I about cried... My mom-in-law don't always see eye to eye and I never expected to have that given to me.. I will cherish both presents of the day forever!!!

It's Been a Long Time.... Motifs 19 thru 26..

So where has the time gone... I am finally posted after SIX MONTHS!! What a busy spring and summer I have had.. I have quite a few pictures to download of items I have tatted and mostly have given away.. The first two pictures in this post is the tatted bag I made for our County's Conservation Heritage Days that was today. I demonstrate there and they ask us to donate an item of our skill for their fund raising auction. I started this bag last thursday and finished it up Wednesday night. I made it with size 50 HH thread. The pattern is out of "It's in the Bag" by Dianna Stevens. I didn't realize I was to tat out there until just last Thursday - they usually give me at least a month notice.. At first I thought maybe I picked a pattern I wouldn't be able to complete in time.. Ok the next picture. I tatted this bookmark for my neighbor lady that helped me out a lot for my Relay for Life team.. It is tatted in Manuela size 20, the pattern is out of Christmas Angels and Other Tatting Patterns book. The pattern is Filigree Bookmark. Next picture.. The same bookmark again, tatted in Lizbeth thread and a bead in honor of my niece serving in Iraq in the Army. I actually kept this one for myself and at the present it is keeping my page marked in the 3rd book of the Twilight series.. :) The other are just a couple of snowflakes.. the larger one of the two is out of Dillies Delights Twinkling Stars and small tatted gifts book. The smaller one, I honestly cannot remember.. And last but not least, 2 tatted cat and mouse bookmarks. Both are tatted in Lizbeth thread. Markeia received some hand me downs, in return she asked me to make the two girls something - so this is what she picked out for me to make the little 8 and 10 year old girls... Well I think that all for now.. Happy Tatting to Everyone!!

Motifs 19 and 20

Hello Everyone!
Here are two more 'motifs' for my 25 Motif Challenge. First, is my International Tatting Day present for my dear friend, Yvonne (who was also a student of mine). This year she remembered me for Int'l Tatting Day - what a wonderful surprise! I need to take a picture of what she made for me. It is a beautiful Christmas ball. She made them for her sister's for Christmas and I asked her where mine was! So to my surprise I received one on Int'l Tatting Day. It is a blue tatted cover with beads on a silver ball - BEAUTIFUL! It was really nice and brightened my day, as on Int'l Tatting Day I had influenza A! I was MISERABLE! I felt so bad that she had my gift all packaged up for me at work, and I didn't have anything to give her in return. It was all I could do to get myself ready and to work! So I decided I really need to make it up to her. So I decided to put something together in hopes it would work. I had size 80 on a shuttle yet from my egg cover. I found these cute little heart ornaments - like the glass ball ones - at Hobby Lobby on clearance after Valentine's Day. So I noticed that the heart of desire pattern I found on the internet was the same shape as them... I tatted two of those, blocked them out, and then tied them onto the heart. It turned out really nice. I asked my husband what he thought of it, he thought that it would be a nice post-Valentine present for him as it matched his Easter Egg!!! So it was late but I gave it to her on Monday, she loved it. So for the next motif, yet another cross. If you can't tell by now it is one of my favorites to tat. This time it was yet another one out of Mary Konior's "Tatting with Visual Patterns" book, the small cross. Although, I really am not to impressed with the way it turned out. I used Lizbeth Zebra thread for the first round and then just plain black thread for the outer round. Not sure what exactly I don't like about it but it just isn't one of my favorites. So I guess that is all for now. I will take a picture of my Int'l tatting day gift and post it at a later date. Happy Tatting to All!

Motifs 16, 17 and 18

Hello again! Here is the next 3 motifs in my 25 motif challenge. Motif # 16 is yet another cross. This is the Large Cross out of Mary Konior's book Tatting with Visual Patterns. It is shuttle tatted in the new Lizbeth thread Marble. I LOVE this thread!! I was so excited to find a wide variety of Lizbeth thread at Hobby Lobby!!! I was totally tooken by surprise when I came across it there! Every trip to Hobby Lobby I go and check to see if there is anything new in the tatting supply area - which the answer is usually "no". This time was different, I was so excited. At first I couldn't decide which colors I wanted to buy.. My daughter Markcia asked me if I was going to buy them all... :o) I told her I wished to but no... ;o) Another thing about this thread, when looking to order some off the internet - it really doesn't do the colors justice. In person it is alot more impressive.
Anyway, back to my motifs.. the motif #17 is a bookmark I tatted with Jelly Bean Lizbeth thread. It is kind of loud but I love it!! What a fun combination of colors... The pattern I used is out of the "Big Book of Tatting". Instead of gluing a ribbon to it, I included a tail and tassel. I think my tassel should have had more strands of thread, might change that. Then the final motif for this post, the glass egg cover. This is a pattern I found on the internet, a few years back. This is tatted in size 80 DMC thread. Wow - I always forget how touchy that thread is to tat with - so tiny!
Until next time!!

Motifs 13, 14 & 15

Wow I can't believe it has been about a month since my last post... So I have some catching up to do. I have been tatting but not enough time to post. So I have 3 more motifs I will post today. The first I am counting as one but actually it is a dozen awareness ribbons from the Tarnished Tatter's blog. I made these to hand out at our Relay for Life's committee meeting. After taking the picture - I noticed that I really need to work on hiding my ends... Then motif #14 is a cross I tatted for my friend's sister... she was expecting in August and had loss the baby. My heart goes out to her, the feeling of emptiness is horrible.. I have experianced the same, sad situation... The cross is from "Tatted Bookmarks needle and shuttles" by Barbara Foster. The pattern is the Santa Fe Cross, I used HH Flora thread in size 50. And finally motif #15 is the Spinning Wheel mat from Mary Konior book, "Tatting with Visual Patterns". On this one I use HH Flora size 20.
Until Next time...