Snowflakes, Necklaces, Easter Eggs, Doilies, Hearts, Peacock, Bookmarks, Motifs and Edging

Carol decided as she finished the last point of this snowflake that she had done it all wrong and that now would be a good time to set it aside.

Marie used two strands of Coats & Clarks bright gold sewing thread to surround these agates.

Frivole shows us the eggs she did for Easter from 2 different angles. Here is the progess she is making on the doily from the book Tatting from Burda done in Lizbeth 20, Mocha Light.

Jess shows us her Josephine chain before and after reviewing a tutorial. Isn't it wonderful how much information is available on the internet and how much it helps us improve our skills. She loves The Heart Within pattern by Frivole that she tatted here in some of her Peacock HDT. She had to do another of the same pattern, this time in size 40 Peacock HDT.

Ginny got the Occhi book with the peacock on the front and this was what she tatted the first day. Now she has the first tail feather done.

Cindy decided she should tat a doily rather than more motifs so that she has something to enter in the fair this summer besides the edging she' working on. She's working from Iris Niebach patterns.

Diane has tatted Stumpy in Sulky blendables Baby Soft which she thinks would be really pretty tatted up as trim for a baby bonnet or Christening gown. She has lost track of some of the work she did, so she decided to use this dish from Grizzly Mountain Arts to hold them. Here's another set ready to be sent off to Chris. The HDT is some of the thread from Jess and Livi, nicely packaged with a tatted heart. More Stumpy, this time in Sulky blendables, Danube Blues and finally in Alaska Twilight.

Fox found 25 motifs too sedate, so she decided to tat 100. TA DA! Here's 100, a motif from the Occhi book tatted in magenta Lizbeth #40 thread which looks very purpl-ish on screen. The first of her next 100 is a pattern by Mark Myers done in size 40 Lizbeth. Then another pattern from her new Occhi book was tatted in Lizbeth size 40 that she did again in reverse colours.

Sherry has reached 72 tried and true colourways for her HDT and in addition she is now making custom silver bobbin style shuttles shown here with motifs done in some of her HDT.

Tattabugg is tatting with sewing thread to make a one and a half inch edging for a friend at church. Hands up all those who have tatted with sewing thread. I use it all the time when I can't find a tatting thread in the colour I want.

Snowflakes, Necklaces, Doily, Bookmarks, Butterflies, Heart, Shamrock, Letter, Edging and Easter Egg

Carol is halfway done one of Jon Yusoff's snowflakes from Elegant Tatted Gems.

Marie made an attempt at scroll work using two strands of silver sewing thread around a Chinese Writing Stone cabochon. The round stone is a carnelian agate and the tear drop is a banded agate again using two strands of silver sewing thread. The doily from The Tatted Artistry of Teiko Fujito is made with Lizabeth size 20 in tropical punch.

Lyn shares more motifs that she tatted starting with a test piece and lots of butterflies to clear her shuttles. Followed by Sweet Heart Tattered Bookmark Pattern by Kersti Anear. The Cross Bookmark with a Story to Tell by AJ Sutton and Stumpy Tatted Bookmark Pattern by Kersti Anear in bright pink. Finishing with the Flower with overlapping Chains and SR's at the centre, pattern by Jennifer Williams.

Anita had some tatting amongst her stitching and I missed it earlier. She shows us a sample of teneriffe lace in this tatted motif and the similar effect in the whipped wheel embroidery stitch. The tatting for this month’s block is a Celtic Shamrock using a pattern by Yarnplayer.

Jess tatted Jon's Ring of Crowns Sulky Blendables, Olive Tree that Diane her. Then she has a little ATC card with some of her One Shuttle Hearts, the top tiny one is size 80 of LadyShuttlemaker's Confetti Sprinkles. Then the others are RJU 001, Lizbeth's Azalea Md, and finally her Pinkaholic. The colourway she is testing out is potentially named "Iris" because it looks like the Iris growing by her house. The heart is "Unfolding Heart" by Marilee Rockley aka Yarnplayer and the egg is Sally Kerson's.

In Heather's Citizen Schools Tatting Class VI one of the girls who has been struggling managed her first shuttle tatted ring this week. Another one of the students brought in some beautiful variegated nylon thread and experimented with Josephine rings.

Linda made a heart name tag with tatted letters from Lisa Trumble and edging from Sabina Madden. The tatting pouch uses an old edging pattern from the 1900's that she redesigned for easy tatting with only a shuttle.

Diane tatted more of Kersti's Stumpy again in Sulky blendables. This one is Milk Chocolate.

Fox finished this motif design by Georgia Seitz in Jess’s HDT, but she found it a bit difficult to get it to lie flat. The egg is a design by Sally Kerson done in #40 HDT by Tatilicious.

Marty used size 10 Lizbeth "Wildflower" thread to tat the first "Sternenhimmel" pattern from Susanne Schwenke's book SpitzenKreationen.

Sherry finished off her medallion by mounting it on a beaded chain. Then she made it again in size 50 Icicle HDT.

StephanieGrace tatted one motif of Wild Rose Luncheon Set from The Tatter's Treasure Chest Edited by Mary Carolyn Waldrep in Lizbeth size 20 Red and Victorian Red.

Sue has wanted to tat this bookmark for a while but it took some time to get the colours she wanted. It's the Rainbow Heart Bookmark by Betsy Evans done in Lizbeth size 40 Christmas Red, Bright Orange, Lemon Yellow, Christmas Green, Royal Blue, and Lilac Dk.

Wanda finished tatting the very lovely Hanging Basket Edging she was working on, but it's not yet attached to anything. It's made in Lizbeth #115 'Springtime' size 20 and she shares the pattern on her blog.