Hearts for Valentine's Day

 We tatted hearts in tatting class on Wednesday. I am not a very good needle tatter but helped a gal and she tatted 2 hearts. Very happy to accomplish it. I showed her how to tat a dimpled heart using the last half of ds 6x and the first half 6x for the dimple.
The above hearts are shuttle tatted. The first row of "Three Little Hearts" is a free pattern from Grace Tan all tatted with Lizbeth size 20.
 Heart 1 is Fruity Frizz #139, heart 2 is Sherbert Delight #108 and the 3rd heart is SCMR Tropical Punch #132.
The bottom 2 hearts are from Nancy Tracy, Be-stitched (www.be-stitched.com) The Tatted Josephine Heart is Lizbeth Honey Drizzle #180 and Tatted Butterfly Heart is Lizbeth Country Grape Swirl # 140.

Little Bear is modeling a knitted hat for my niece's first child.

Tatted Ladies

The Ladies Bodice is filled with silk ribbon flowers or small tatted flowers. They can be embellished with beads, silk ribbon or lace.

Wind Storm

 We had a giant wind storm around midnight for about an hour. Thought we were going to land in OZ!!!!  All these tumbleweeds flew in over the 6 foot fencing. All winter has been very dry in New Mexico and just a dusting of snow in the Eastern Plains.

 

Our beloved pet, Cinder.

Christmas Wallhanging

Last years Christmas Party, at the local quilt shop, we were all given material to make a 12" block. I won 3 blocks and had the chance to pick my own, the center block.  Just finished machine quilting and added the binding.  Some is free motion and some straight stitched. I recently purchased a Janome 6300 and I like most of the features. The one I am having a hard time is the tension. Seems like every time I sew I have to adjust the foot control and tension.  Hope to have this under control soon as it is a real pain.

Merry Christmas

A Special THANKS to ALL who leave comments.  See you all next year!!

"Dumpling Pouch" and Scissor Holders

 

Some gifts.... Easy scissor holder with a tatted medallion. The scissors have a bead fob with picot gages.    Tatted earrings is found in the Handy Hands 2011 Newsletter  by Kendra Goodnow.

An easy little "Dumpling Pouch"  to sew up and fill with goodies!!

Pattern is by Keyka Lou 

Rug Mug and Snowflakes

Rug Mug for your coffee or tea cup. The tatted cupcake is a pattern from Nancy Tracy and the tea pot is from the book "Tea is for Tatting" by   Martha Ess.

Here is a  Tatted Wreath added to the back of this medalion.

(Pattern .. Christmas Berry Wreath by LaRae Mikulecky)

 I added a few more stitches to each Chain Stitch to make it work.  The snow flake is tatted with 2 different threads of Lizbeth 20 white and Sulky metalic gold.