Porcelin Boxes and Thread Catchers

Here are a few Porcelin Boxes with flowers. I tatted around the edges and inside with Lizebeth and Sulky gold thread. They will make nice gifts.

Triangular Thread Catchers are a niffty way  to toss bits of thread, neat waste basket by your side at all times.  Hubby says one can find me at any time because of the "trail of threads"!!  There are two standing up and one is folded for travel. Very easy tutorial from Edna,  http://needlingthings.blogspot.com

Heart Name Tag

The tatted letters are from Lisa Trumble at  http://www.thisntat.com/motifs . Lots of bits of tatting. The edging is  Sabina Madden, http://www.paradisetreasures.com
It is a single shuttle rings and Josephine rings.

Tatting pouch

This is an easy pattern to sew up and holds lots of "stuff"!! It will be used for my tatting when traveling.  The tatting edging is an old pattern from the 1900's that I redesigned for easy tatting with only a shuttle. No chains just rings only.

A few pony beads makes a nice zipper pull.

Handbag

 Handbag is completed.  This is my favorite handbag pattern by McCall's M5691. Quick, easy and attractive.   The tatting patterns are from.....In the left corner is Kendra Goodnow earring with beads, Nancy Tracey's Eagle, Jane Eborall's seahorse, Karey Solomon's hummingbird, Suzann's blue fan, Mariyas's wavy braid, and Randy Houtz's butterfly. Along with the tatting are crazy quilting stitches, charms and buttons.

 In another post I have acknowledged the designers of the tatting patterns.

Dragon Fly made with Angelina Fibers.

Inside is lined with three pockets in  blue.

The bottom of the handbag I have attached feet. It gives the bag a professional finish.

Tatted Necklace

Marilee Rockley (http://yarnplayertats.blogspot.com) has a free  tatted necklace called "Ripple". Here is my necklace with beads attached at the time of tatting.  One of my prizes on winning first place on the Heavenly Orb wall hanging was a  Resin Fairy Charm and a package of  Flat Spirals from Jenny Friske-Baer from www.DivineSparkDesigns.com. When I added the Charm it was too heavy and sagged so I added Flat Spirals at the end of the tatting and it helped.  Was not sure how to attached them. I have seen many pictures and they have taken a piece of jewelery wire  to make a hanging out of it then attached it to a ring.  Perhaps it might hang better if I attached the chain around the center and back to the ring. The blue teardrop is a bead I had purchased a long time ago and has found a home!
Marilee, Thank you for this easy pattern. I encourage beginners to give this pattern a try.

Pocket Book side one

One side of the pocket book is completed with lots of tatting and crazy quilt stitches.  When tatting motifs one needs to find a way to mark the pattern who the designer is.  I am now cataloging and have a tag on all my tatting then put it into a plastic bag or jar. Note that some of these designs are not finished because of mistakes but still make a nice motif.
The butterfly rings and chains and the blue shuttle are from Roger aka Freedman; SCMR Butterfly by Randy Houtz is in the book, "Tatting the Self-Closing Mock Ring for GR-8 Design"  by Shuttle Brothers; Iris edging by Joelle Paulson; some tatting from Mary Konior's book, "Tatting with Visual Pattern".

Gina Brummett

Today we remember our friend and tatter, Gina Brummett.

Here is a pattern, Rosette in Tatting, Gina had reworked for modern tatting.
Gina had several patterns she designed and shared with the Tatting Community. Nancy Tracy published an Owl pattern in Dec 2011. Gina and I both worked on it with emails regarding a problem with the pattern. Friends helping Friends, she is already missed by many!!

Valentine Greetings

Wishing everyone a wonderful Valentine's Day!!

  Sewhappy.me has posted the instructions the last 3 weeks for this beautiful wall hanging.  I only did the two parts and there is a third.

The hearts have tatted edgings and a few tatted hearts attached to the wall hanging. One heart has silk ribbon flowers with beads and the other is done with satin stitch and silk ribbon leaves. 

Teapot Embroidery and Tatted Hearts

The teapot embroidery is a block of the month from DMC. The top tatted hearts are patterns from Patti Duff.  On the bottom the pink heart is a pattern from Mark Myers and the red/purple from Victats. All the hearts are tatted with Lizbeth size 40. Hens and Chicks make a nice doily for the teapot and it was tatted with DMC size 10.  Karey Solomon needed blocks to make a lap quilt for a fellow tatter Kathy who had a stroke. The teapot block is my donation. 

Flag Block

The International Crazy Quilting Group are putting together flag blocks from countries around the world. I have chosen the United States and there are over 22 more flag blocks. It will be put together as one big quilt and sent to our  CQ Sister, Hideko. Hideko will enter them in Japan Quilt Shows and will be sold. The funds will help the victims of the Sendai Earthquake. I have lots of crazy quilt stitches, silk ribbon and a tatted eagle. Pattern from Nancy Tracy.

Merry Christmas

Tatted Christmas Tree and Bookmark

Tatting Times has arrived this week. Here are 2 of the patterns I tatted and very easy. The Snowflake Tree has a square trunk but  is a little wonky when the picture was taken.  Christmas Present Bookmark was tatted with variegated Lizbeth Red size 20. I like this one and works up quickly. Karey added beads to the tips however, I decided to make Josephine Knots. Karey also included a hemalyke donut for the present on the end.



Halloween Owl

Nancy Tracy, http://www.be-stitched.com/, has a new pattern the tatted owl. Fun project and works up quickly.

Hobby Lobby has nice glass balls to decorate with. I added some paints and swirl it around. It takes time because the paint moves slowly. Then tat a crown for the top. The pattern comes from an old Handy Hands Newsletter. Works up quickly and fits very nice.



Glass Mat and Sun Catcher

The name of this small doily is Glass Mat adapted by Kendra Goodnow from Semco Book. The pattern can be found in Helping Hands Newsletter Winter 2011. Although it is an easy pattern one must mark where you are as it can become confusing at times. It won a blue ribbon at the County Fair. I used Lizbeth 20 Juicy Watermelon (156) and Azalea Medium (620.

My dear friend Ruby mailed me some 3" brass rings. I could not find them at Hobby Lobby in TX.

Summer Daisy Tatted Sun Catcher by Nancy Tracy, http://www.be-stitched.com/, fits right into the brass rings. The blue is #30 Omega and the unframed is worked up using Tropical Punch (132) size 40.

This is an easy pattern!  Thanks Ruby (:



Tatting Motifs



Maple Leaf pattern by Tammy Rogers. Tatted with Lizbeth 100-Falling leaves in size 20. 
 Humming bird pattern by Heather Johnson. One of them got into a fight and has a wonky beak!!
Tatted with Lizbeth 137 Berry Burst in size 20.

Snowflake 2 pattern by Roger aka Freedman. It is a very easy pattern worked up in two rounds. The outside are chains with a small ring at the tip. The tread is  Lizbeth snow white size 20. The pink heart is by Patti Duff, tatted with Lizbeth 145- Pink Parade size 40. The humming bird is a pattern by Karey Solomon worked up in a SCMR. It is one of my favorite bird pattern to tat up along with the Lizbeth 20 - 156 Watermelon. Jon's dragonfly also works up very quickly and nice to add in lots of projects.

These are for gifts and exchanges.

Sun Catcher

Here is a sun catcher tatted up with Lizbeth 156 Watermelon. The pattern is by Nancy Tracy and very easy to work up. I added a few glass beads in the center but did not read the pattern and there is an odd number of picots. So the last two picots have no beads and decided to put them at the top to balance it out. A designer touch!  Nancy used a 3 inch ring and I used a 4 inch ring. In order for the tatting to be attached I tatted another row of chains with about 8 picots per chain section and that worked out. The tatting was attached with invisible thread and a bell at the bottom. It is very pretty in a window.

Tatting Exchange

Rose Anne Burdeny from Winnipeg, Canada tatted the bell and Christmas wreath. Rose Anne was my tatting exchange person in the Needles and Shuttles Yahoo Tatting Group.  The bell is the perfect size as I like small motifs and the wreath is just stunning with all the beads.  Very nice tatting and THANK YOU Rose Anne!!!!!

Here is the card Rose Anne sent along with the tatting.  When I opened the envelope I said ...WOW!!!  The Crazy Quilting group has a new round robin and it is all about sewing... Just think of the possibilities one could do with this card!!!

Christmas in July Tatting Exchange

Needles and Shuttle Yahoo Tatting Group has a Christmas in July Tatting Exchange this month. Here is what I mailed to my dear lady in Canada.

Christmas Bell tatted with Lizbeth Snow White #20. The pattern is from Pam Palmer. I altered the pattern to work it in one continuous item by using a split ring. Also added beads on the bottom and one Iridescent for the clapper.

Sewed up a lacy tatting bag. The ribbon can also hang from the wrist while tatting.

Ten yards of Lizbeth Red Burst size 20, small wood shuttle with a little Lizbeth thread, some is tatted up using Hens and Chickens and a Magnet card using the Red Burst and pattern Hens and Chicken. Made a nice little hat for the dogie.

Crinoline Ladies

Twelve Crinoline Ladies ready for a new home to be embroidered.
The pattern is from Pam Palmer, "Tatting Treats Two".

The ladies have been washed with Purex and Lavender, blocked and sprayed with Mary Ellen's Best Press Lavender spray starch.



This Tatted embroidered lady I added to a round robin block for Ruby.



Post Card

CQ and Tatted Post Card

Cell Phone pocket



A quick and easy cell phone pocket for my sister' Birthday. My sister and hubby visited us a few weeks ago from Cape Cod. She mentioned that most of her slacks did not have pockets and was looking for something to put her phone in.  A little tatting, a few CQ stitches, sew another fabric on top and tuck it inside for a lining. Take some necklace  string and braid it for the length, sew to side of pocket. I need to make one for myself now....