DOILY

Part two of Nancy Tracy's Tatted Doily. Pattern can be found at www.be-stitched.com. The side ends are a little tricky. One must look at the diagram and read, reread the pattern. Love the challenge and the oblong instead of the traditional circle.

CQ block for October

More stitching on my strip. A mini doily tatted in bright orange brightens up the block. I love these old buttons and finally found a home for them.

The end of October we took a trip to the Louisiana coast for a few days. Stayed in a Motel 6 studio apartment. They have a kitchenette and makes it nice to eat some of your meals with your dogie children!! They were the best kids. The second night we were on the 3rd floor. Thank goodness in was only one night. Taking them out twice in the evening is a lot of work but we took the elevator. Our big dog is a spook but once she rode on it she enjoyed the ride!! We stayed in Sulphur, LA for 3 nights on the second floor. No elevator but easy stairs. Went to the beach every day (3 days) and they had a blast. Cajun food is too hot for DH but we did bring home fresh shrimp. We had purchased shrimp from these people a few years ago and know it is fresh.

Display at Wells Fargo Bank

 The three buildings are canvas needlepoint and have music boxes added. The church lights up with stain glass windows. What a great way to add the latest TIAS by Sherry Pence along side the train station.

Wonderful TIAS with so many different techniques!!! Many thanks Sherry. On the bonus cars I added gold thread with the green on the chain stitches. Love those onions rings and great tut by Jane Eborall.  Below is a close up of the train.

 I have all these snowflakes and wondered how to display them differently than on a tree. I added fish line and taped them to the metal around the light. The wall hanging is made with felt and embellished with critters. The center angel was made 30 years ago for our first Christmas. The angel on the end is a folksy pattern filled with pellets to make her movable.

Crazy Quilt Heart

 

Our Quilt Shop asked for 6 inch hearts to make a quilt for a friend in need. Here is my heart stitched with Love!!

Applique Flowers for LE Coverlet

 

 

 Slowly this beautiful applique quilt is coming to life!!

Have one side of the border pinned and ready to sew.

I used Heather's  (http://happyappliquer.blogspot.com )  method of strip piecing and then cut them out leaving a 1/4 inch seam allowance. I used Elmer's glue to glue all the seams down and then pinned before sewing. Makes it much easier and more accurate.

 

 

Flower Petals!!

Many ways to applique and here is a quick and easy one. Instead of burning fingers on the iron just wrap the fabric and template in tinfoil. I use a little starch on the edges before wrapping the foil to make the shape. Then iron.  The yellow center is a french knot using size 8 embroidery thread.

While out walking I found this  baby Rattler  on the side of road. A car had runed over the middle and I was sure it was dead before picking it up.

Working on the next section of the CQ bottom strip. The fan on the red is a lot of combination stitches using 2 strands of DMC threads. When working on a small design you only need 1 or 2 threads. Bigger threads will distort the design.
There is a tatted beaded butterfly, a beaded dragonfly, and silk ribbon bees.

Glass Mat

The glass mat is a pattern adapted by Kendra Goodnow from Semco Book. I had tatted the same pattern some time ago and used a plain color Lizbeth #132 for the chains. This time I CTM using size 20 Azalea Med Lizbeth #620. It is a quick and easy pattern and can be found in Handy Hands Tatting Newsletter, Winter 2011.