Butterflies, Earrings and Bookmarks

The Guidelines

1. Permission to copy. When a participant joins they are authorizing us to copy their pictures to be shown on the challenge blog.
2. There is no need to advise the Challenge Team to let let us know when you've added things to your blog. We check all of the blogs when we do an update.
3. We can't keep track of how many motifs each person does. You may post articles of tatting that you don't plan on including in your 25, or you may post a pair of earrings and count each earring as a separate motif. We don't read minds, so it's up to each participant to tell us when they have reached their goal of 25.
4. We know from past experience that the challenge is addictive. If you finish and plan on doing it again let us know so that we continue to check your blog on a regular basis.
5. Whenever you get a chance don't just view the pictures here, take the time to click on the links to people's blogs and read all about what they are doing, instead of just getting the snippets of it here. People like it when you take the time to visit their blog and comment on their work. A lot of the fun of the challenge is that we get to know each other and encourage one another to try new things.

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Brigitte is making earrings, the yellow pair is from the split ring bookmark that Jane Eborall's friend sent to her. The blue ones are a pattern by Marilee. Both pairs are tatted in Flora Size 20.


Shirl made this bookmark which measures 4.5 inches in length for her friend Jennifer. The thread used is HH Lizbeth size 20 color 691. Linda started this bookmark design in Lisbeth thread and liked it so much she's going to make an edging for a denim jacket to spice it up.

Krystle tatted the rosette in size 50 but thinks she'll stick to working this type of chain design in size 20. I agree, the shuttle joins can be hard on the hands when you use finer threads.
Wanda tatted the Southwest Butterfly by Tatting Goddess with Lizbeth size 20 thread, Dark Purple #633, Caribbean #122 & Black #604. And received "Green Butterfly" designed by Martha Ess, found in the Intatters patterns which was made with Lizbeth thread size 20 in "Jewels" and DMC Cebelia size 20 white. Nita discovered a lovely bookmark on the internet but couldn't find the pattern so this is her version of it worked in pink and white. Aileen has been tatting but not posting as her laces were intended for various exchanges. First there were the butterflies; Marty's Donna butterfly done in yellow 30 DMC Cebelia, then Sherry's Adonis was done in purple and pink size 20 DMC Cebelia. The frog from Tatting Treats 2 was tatted in size 20 Omega thread. For the tatting charms exchange Aillen did 3 motifs from Patty Duff's Mini Tats. The first 2 minitats were done in 80 DMC thread with 15/0beads and the green one was done in 80 Anchor thread.

Joy would love to be tatting, but falling off the back of a motorcycle has her sidelined for a while.
TattingChic tatted "Star in Clovers" by Jon Yusoff in red and blue for Independence Day.

Wally picked up her hairpin lace loom and mixed the lace with tatting for this headband. The quarter inch buttons she bought have been tatted into some charming bracelets using Karey Solomon's pattern and size 10 ecru. Then she did one in some green Petra and Lisbeth Countryside. The mini hairpin lace and tatting doily by Leonore English was made in #10 in ecru and pink.

Necklaces, Butterflies, Hearts and Doilies

Mica's Il Chiacchierino doily is finally finished and it looks lovely. Linda has been using the Shuttle Brother's book "Tatting the Self-Closing Mock Ring for GR-8 Design" and making great progress until the thread broke. The thread is Lizbeth #110 Desert Bloom size 20.

Charlotte tatted snowflake number 4 from Lene Bjorn's 24 Snowflakes in Tatting made with Flora thread.
Kelly converted a bookmark into a bracelet by using DMC nylon thread and adding hook and eyes for closure.

Steph discovered these tatting look clocks on Etsy.

Wanda is working on coaster's for her daughter's birthday.

Kathy added the star which is a smaller version of the “star-from-edging” pattern featured on her February 27 post, based on Edging No. 12, Ann Orr’s Classic Tatting Patterns and a flag pin for a very patriotic candle.
Jeanne has completed the tatted letters for the wedding party along with the beaded flowers for the ends of the bouquet ribbons and some experimental flowers to be used in the bouquets.

Nita has just finished this spectacular doily with 3 dimensional roses tatted around the perimeter. It's made in size 80 DMC Cordonet.

Ellen has another adorable paperclip bookmark tatted with wire.

Anne has knitted a lovely lace scarf with an exquisite tatted edging.Bev has been on holidays and managed to sustain an injury that kept her in bed a good part of the time. Here is "Butterfly Kisses" with pearls. Tatted with a softer Valdani thread for the body in green and Lavender Orchid HDT for the wings, designed by Inga Maden.
Heather received a surprise package in the mail, some lovely snowflakes sent from Jon. She has some earrings ready to go into her shop. After 7 hours she completed "pink for link" in tatting. Her latest UFO became this beaded necklace.

Jeff tatted a bright red maple leaf for Canada Day. O Canada, our home and native land...

Joy is working on another butterfly for her quilt.

Sherry is finally back in her own home awaiting her furniture and doing some remodeling but she found time to do a tutorial on adding beads to your tatting.

TattingChic received a lovely package from Pamela,a beautiful pink beaded heart made
of her beautiful hand tatted lace. Susanne of Dantatter's Nook sent her this adorable bookmark.

Wally has been tatting "Duchess" from Marilee's book "Boutique Tatting" but she had to modify the design slightly because she didn't have enough beads.

Angels, Doilys and Bugs

Kelly has tatted a trio of angels. The large pink one is made using Southmaid size 10 thread and the smaller cream ones are made with DMC size 30. The pattern is by Teri Dusenbury.

Wanda shows us a cool little doily she came up with, using DMC size 30 thread in ecru. Hope she writes out the pattern. She also took Debbie Arnold's (of DS9Design fame) seahorse pattern and modified it into a standard horse head. She used Lizbeth size 20 thread in Caribbean.

Ellen has created another paperclip bookmark using wire and star sequins. Very patriot, and with Canada Day and Independence day coming up this week, these would make great gifts. The pattern is available at Georgia's site (link is for the 2009 index).

Alan has crocheted a bonnet and bootie set for his Serta Counting Sheep and added some bling in the form of a tatted tiara with a Swarovski crystal. Tatting makes everything look better.

Martha was experimenting with Single Shuttle Split Rings (SSSR) and came up with a tatted lanyard using butterfly beads. Who wouldn't want a buggy lanyard?

Tattingchic shows us the pretty tatted heart that Pamela sent her. Pamela also sent her a card and some HDT. You can see pictures at Tattingchic's blog.

Wally took a purchased canvas tote and decorated it with markers, stamps, and buttons with tatting added to them to make flowers and butterflies. Very cool.

Charms, Dragons and Teapots

Linda tatted this teapot from "Tea is for Tatting" by Martha Ess in Lizbeth size 20 and it's just the right size for a fridge magnet.

Krystle shows us the original Spinning Wheel glass mat and her own smaller version made into a pendant.

Vinnie shows us what she did with Sherry's Chatelaine edging.
Jeanne has been testing methods of tatting SSSRs and doing joins.

Ellen has been playing with paper cuttings and decorated this flowerpot with a bouquet of tiny tatted flowers.

Heather is surrounding herself with dragons of all sizes.

Joy is working on a hen & chicks edging with Flora size 50 thread.

Maria created this bracelet for a charm exchange. The butterfly was designed by Iris Niebach and tatted in Cebelia and Babylo threads, size 20. The pin and the necklace were also for the exchange.

Angels, Earrings, Bookmarks and Dragons

Administration Note

This blog is a lot of fun for the tatting world, getting to see regular postings with tatting content, but it's a lot of work for those of us who provide you with the condensed version of these tatting delights. Some people join in and then have other things like work and family that take their time. In order to make things easier for the team that does the work I am going to be ruthless and delete all of the names in the links list of people who haven't posted any tatting content in months. If your name got deleted and you are still participating, email me and I will add you back to the links list. I have had some people volunteer to help out, but we could use more. The more people we have to help, the less any one person has to do.

Mica has been trying out onion rings and makes the observation that when they are done in rings they seem to stack, but when they are done in chains they lay flatter.

Wanda designed an angel some years ago and recently she has added a modification to it. Here are both versions done in DMC 30. She participated in the inTatters bookmark exchange and did several variations until she settled on a design similar to this. She just had to do an extra so now she has a little gift for whenever she needs it.

Heather is on a roll making lots of tatted earrings and dragons using leaf shaped sequins.

Sherry has completed Iris' TIAS made with some of her lovely HDT "Rose Petals" and she notes that it took her 2 skeins of HDT and about 40 yards of the contrasting black thread. Sherry made the same design but it only took her one skein of HDT. One of the problems with HDT is that dyelots can vary drastically so if you are working on a larger project the sensible thing is to buy more than you think you need and then buy one extra in case you make an irreversible boo-boo and have to cut something out.

TattingChic posts a lovely celtic tatted bookmark she received from Ruth Perry.

Snowflakes, Leaves, Butterflies and Earrings

Mica was cleaning when she found this grouping she did from Mini Tats all done in DMC ecru size 80.

Krystle is excited that she has samples of 3 generations of tatting and it's soon to be 4. Here are the samples from her grandmother and great grandmother. She's waiting on a piece from her mother. After making a lot of earrings for friends and the shop, she finally made some to keep in a lovely Tencel hand dyed thread.

Kelly made a lovely necklace and earring set for herself. She needed a treat after several trips to the hospital and gall bladder surgery.

Jeanne turned Anne's Ringtrim dragon into earrings in size 20 Hakelgarn hand dyed by Sherry Pence, aka LadyShuttleMaker. The darker variegated is her Swamp Flower and the lighter is her Pear Glace'

Aileen has tatted Jane Eborall's elephant and named him Ello. Ello was done in size 20 thread in grey that she got from Hongkong and some 20 white Haklegarn for his tusks. Anne has tatted Linda Davies's doily in blue and white and it's just stunning!

Heather survived her daughter's surgery and has some new tatted earrings to show for it.

Joy is working on a remembrance quilt and has some more blocks done with tatted butterflies.

Martha is working on the "Exercise Your Stash Challenge", and tatted the Peaceable Heart from Make Many Merrily by Karey Solomon in a variegated rayon thread. Then she found this lovely leafy YLI variegated thread about size 60 which she used to tat a maple leaf a variation on a Workbasket pattern. Camouflage anyone? This next leaf was tatted in Clark's O.N.T. Brilliant which seems to be a perle cotton.

TattingChic won these 2 tatted snowflakes from a giveaway.

Bookmark, Earrings and Doily

Brigitte tatted these lovely earrings with white Lizbeth thread Size 20 and gold metallic beads. The pattern is from Marilee Rockley, aka Yarnplayer. The bookmark was tatted before she joined the 25 motif challenge. The thread is Altin Basak 50 and the pattern is by Sherry Pence.
Sherry decided to tat Iris's TIAS, in the new HDT (hand dyed thread) "ROSE PETALS". She'll keep track of how much HDT is required.