Doilies, Edging, Fish, Snowflake, Pin, Angel, Flower, Bugs and Bracelet

Sue managed to get a little more done on her doily and took it out for a photo shoot.

Claire has finished her Norma Benporath doily and she chose to make the outer clovers for the last round (5) first, and then join them as she did the 4th round, which seemed to work out nicely.

Diane finished round 12 of her Jan Stawasz doily which measures 26 inches across.  Round 13 is started. Progress is slow because she has other projects on the go like warping the loom and making baby quilts.

Fox is working on Olympia in size 80 HDT from Yarnplayer, another Ben Fikkert design which is smaller than Buttercups. She's also rounding the corner on the hankie edging.

Marie has been busy with the new house but she still managed to tat this fish by Nami. This First Snow is a pattern from Robin. The pin was found at a yard sale and she kept the tatting simple in lines with the simple design of the pin.

Martha taught one of the angels from her new book, A Flight of Angels, at Palmetto Tat Days and it's one which uses graduated picots which are easier to tat evenly with a picot gauge. For the class she used a "sliding gauge" which she has instructions for on her blog.

Muskaan has posted a tutorial on unlocking a locked join.

Phyllis has posted pictures of the projects from Tat Day, flowers and bugs and bracelets she taught as well as test tatting she did and raffle prizes won.

Cat, Pendants, Earrings, Alligators, Doilies, Leaf, Motifs, Edgings, Dress, Heart, Bracelet, Angels and Lanyard

The Guidelines

1. Permission to copy. When a participant joins they are authorizing me to copy their pictures to be shown on the challenge blog.
2. The blogs are ALL checked whenever there is an update using the links list in the sidebar on the right, there is no need to advise me that you have added new content. If your new items haven't shown up, it's because I haven't had time to do an update yet.
3. I 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. I don't read minds, so it's up to each participant to tell me when they have reached their goal of 25.
4. From past experience I know the challenge is addictive. If you finish and plan on doing it again let me know so that I continue to check your blog on a regular basis. Also let me know if once was enough so that I can move your blog to the list of past participants.
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.
6. Tatting 25 motifs in a year typically means tatting 2 motifs per month. Tatters who do not post any tatting content for 5 or 6 months will be removed from the list of participants.

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Mary Lena tatted the Cat from Inga Madsen's Tatted Animals for a friend.

Julie learned how to make daisy picots so that she could tat this daisy picot Key pendant by Marilee Rockley using Lizbeth size 20 black and #142 with Miyuki 11/0 beads. Her next project is also a design by Marilee, a Maltese ring pendant done two different ways called Echo, done in size 20 Lizbeth colour 165 and Miyuki beads.

Sue has tatted this earring design so often she has it memorized. Her doily is growing but it's raining and she doesn't want to spread it out on a wet tent floor. She finished up a pair of diamond earrings.

Linda needed some 'gators for her Crazy Quilt Pond and both of these are stitched in size 20 Lizbeth 138, Leafy Greens. The top Crocodile is by Jane Ebroall, while the bottom alligator is from Dianna Stevens in her book of Animal Bookmarks. She finished Round 6 on Renulek's 2015 Doily which has been washed and pinned out.

Claire's friend recently became a Canadian citizen and she wanted to make something special, so she tatted a maple leaf pattern from Tammy Rodgers in Penny 30 thread and mounted it on a hand made card.

Diane is making progress on the Jan Stawasz doily and round 12 is almost done. She recently acquired a large bobbin shuttle and tried it out on some size 10 Aunt Lydia's thread and used it to tat Mary Konior's Masquerade.

Fox finished Buttercups by Ben Fikkert using size 80 Lizbeth thread and was surprised that the thread didn't give her the usual trouble. She found a pattern on Sally Kerson's blog and she had to give it a try in size 80 Yarnplayer HDT. She started Robin Perfetti's pattern but found the Catherine Wheel joins cumbersome so she tried out another edging. She does like the look of Robin's design so she might use it for another project.

Margaret and Suzanne have challenged themselves to find things that interest them on Pinterest and tat them. She fell in love with these tiny tatted dresses from Tiny Flowers, but there was no pattern so she worked it out from the picture and tatted it in size 20 thread which was too small so she switched to size 10.

Marie made these earrings to go with the Garden necklace. Tis is a pendant to go with the Garden set. Here's another pair of earrings to go with the Garden Collection. She hasn't had much time for tatting but did manage to tat a Mary Konior heart.

Martha can't read Japanese, but in studying the pictures in Tatting Lace Accessories by Kou Nanami, she has come to the conclusion that there are no flipped stitches used in any of the patterns. Martha's book A Flight of Angels will be available shortly and she's now taking orders for it.

Muskaan shares a bracelet pattern called Bonds of Love. She had some motifs lying around and this was a good way to use them up. Blossoming Bonds is another design she shares which combines a layered flower with a leafy braid.

HisKid shows step by step how she is tatting the lanyard. Tatted in size 20 Lizbeth Rainbow Splash and some large beads, this is the finished lanyard.

Wanda got tired of losing patterns, especially the ones she designed herself, so she decided to compile them into a booklet so they'll be harder to lose.

Pendants, Earrings, Doodles, Lamb, Motifs, Fair Entries, Doilies, Needlebook, Heart, Coaster, Hairclip, Bracelet, Necklaces, Pincushion, Lanyard, Cross, Snood, and Edging

Julie enjoyed the online course she took and was delighted t with the techniques she learned making the Shell Pendant by Marilee Rockley. the design called for size 10 thread and she used the nearest size she had which was Deco 8. For her final version she used Lizbeth size 20, #165 and a 4 mm pearl and Miyuki seed beads.

Sue tatted these cupcake earrings in strawberry chocolate!

Lelia empties her shuttles making doodles for Lafayette Lacemakers for    business cards which are handed out at community events. Her Leaping Lambie attempt from Karey Solomon's Tatting Times wasn't quite right the first time, so she plans to tat it again. This small motif was made by her friend from Peikko's book on Tatting Small Accessories, as were these motifs which were attached to a note.

Linda won several ribbons at the county fair including one for a tatted doily designed by Nancy Tracy and one for a cross stitch needle book with a tatted edging and tatted motifs.

Claire has been tatting a heart a month for her mum and the most recent is Mary Konior's Queen of Hearts pattern in Lizbeth size 20,  Ocean Sunset #155.

Diane has finished rounds 10 and 11 of her monstrously large masterpiece doily. Here's the beginning of round 12. She only had an hour for this bit. In the international mail she received this beautiful coaster made by Wendy at Umi & Tsuru. Just a wee bit more done. Her Mom wanted a picture with a yardstick for reference, so she obliged and you'll notice one more repeat completed. Putting her work in a plastic bag while she worked on it was a great tip for keeping things clean. The 4th repeat is almost done. Five repeats and half way through the round.

Fox has all the little motifs done and tatted around and Buttercups is coming out much smaller than she imagined. From Karey's recent Newsletter she tatted this sweet design. in size 80 Lizbeth. She tatted it again being mindful of her picot size and eliminating the split rings which she finds sometimes distorts the shape of the work a little. Tatting the same piece again she notes that the Lizbeth Wildflower thread looks very different depending upon which colour it is tatted with. Working with another pattern from Karey's Tatting Times she found that she had to add a vibrant red to keep the pale yellow from being so anemic as to look white. She is more than half way through the Ben Fikkert doily although she is really having to concentrate to maintain the bare threads to the right size to keep the motifs from cupping. Here it is at the halfway mark.

Kristen has done a book review of Tatting for Pleasure and Tatting: Basic Patterns, both by Rosemarie Peel, showing some of the pieces she has tatted from both books. She was thrilled that her tatting received not only a first ribbon but also Best of Show. Her other pieces were also well received.

Margaret won a beautiful tatted coaster from Wendy's blog.

Marie has created more bridal bling with this pendant created from a recycled earring. Tatting turned an ordinary hairclip into something lovely for a bride. This tatted bracelet is part of her garden collection. This is the necklace of her garden collection.

Martha shares a bigger picture of her tatted pincushion which is totally awesome. Her Wiosna doily is coming along and she should have it done in time for the state fair.

Muskaan is experimenting with hanging clunies, rolling cluny braid, curled cluny leaf and freestyle leaves and tallies with beads.

Phyllis tatted this necklace in her own HDT with sparkle beads using a pattern called Collana by silfoxestating from facebook. The blue doily is something quick that she made to enter in the fair from Tatted Fashion by Teiko Fujito.

HisKid found this Elaine P. Gan doily design quite the directional challenge tatted in size 40 Lizbeth Tropical Punch and size 40 Yarnplayer's HDT Celery. She's working on this Beaded Lanyard from Patti Duff tatted in size 20 Lizbeth Rainbow Splash and some larger orange beads which a friend wants to hang a cross on as a necklace. She completed another Hope Cross by Elaine P. Gan tatted in size 40  Yarnplayer's HDT Red, White, and Blue. The goodie package she received from Carollyn was full of lots of little treasures.

Wanda found this Spider Web Snood from Twinkling Stars and Small Tatted Gifts that she made years ago in size 30 DMC Cebellia thread and it's sized for a doll. She is working on another runner edging in Lizbeth size 10 #603 Ecru and #698 Fudge Medium using her Hanging Basket Edging that she designed in size 20, but in size 10 it isn't laying as nicely.