A Bit of This, A Bit of That and One Great Cake

Heather shows us a bird that she designed for her upcoming book and its one for the designs in her new book which isn't quite finished Ornament Tatting 2 with bells.

Ellen's tatting group got together and they had a good time. They tatted Ellen's' Christmas Tree and then had a special treat a cake decorated with tatting.

Aileen was at the gathering with Ellen and shows the tree that she tatted. She also tatted a pair of YarnPlayers Elegance earrings for a gift.

Bonnie tatted two bookmarks and is counting them as #16 of the 25 motif challenge.

Anne is taking part in the online class and expanded on the theme of the
of the classic tatted wheel by making other shapes.



Bj has received her beautiful Chinton 2008 " Hedgehog Merry Christmas" Shuttle.
Joy continues her snowstorm with snowflake #47

Diane is adding to her snow flake collection.
Gina got together with her guild and made a pretty candy cane. She is also expecting visitor 150,000 to her blog next week.
Marty has been busy tatting Christmas gifts and shows two decorations she made.
Pamela has tatted Milky Way Snowflake in Rainbow Bright HDT and different combinations.

Fern, Ivy, Butterfly and Thread Winders

TattingChic has been exchanging gifts with Laura and she shows us the lovely thread winders that Laura sent her. Here's a sample of them.
Aileen has set herself a new challenge to tat patterns she hasn't tried before because they were "scary" Motif #1 is Jane Eborall's 2005 Butterfly with overlapping wings done in variegated red size 20 Omega with 11/0 seed beads.
Barbara is working from Rosemarie Peel's book, 20 Tatted Motifs to make a picture the Fern was tatted in Olympus size 40. The Ivy way made with the same thread.
Mrs John has been working outside on the ranch looking forward to the laid back winter pace where she could sit cozily inside and tat. Except if she wants to finish before the end of the year she'll need to do 15 motifs in 44 days, so here is the first piece being worked on while herding cattle in a pickup truck. Shall we let her tat fast and furious to make the deadline, or tell her now that she's the only one keeping track?
Diane is tatting herself a blizzard of snowflakes using A Veritable Tatted Blizzard by Samantha Melnychuk and an assortment of HDT form Marilee and Sherry.
Gina's been having fun doing Ellen's Tree bookmark.
Laura is displaying the lovely snowflakes sent to her by TattingChic. She has also posted Ruth Perry's Celtic snowflake done in size 20 Flora. She had to give it a try after Clyde sent her one done in HDT.
Mark has posted a picture of the floral tatting spray for his niece's wedding gown. If you haven't seen it yet, go look. It's amazing.
Marty has tatted some ornaments all in white for a friend's birthday. The friend loves them but Marty thinks they need some colour. Me too!
I posted a tutorial on how to add in new thread.
Sherry has some new shuttles in her Etsy shop.

New things for the Season

Heather's going through a tough time - no thread to dye! Our thoughts are with you...

Joy's seeing lotsa snow - 2 to 4 inches in expected! Inspired, she shows us a flake the Snowgoose website done in size 20 Hakelgarn thread.

Diane's done up snowflake #4 for her tree. It's a rocking snowflake (pun intended) done in 20 Jimi Hendrix. It's "Kaleidoscope" from A Veritable Tatted Blizzard by Samantha Melnychuk.

Marilee's done up a new batch of tigerseye for anyone who would like to get some. She also shows off the very impressive work done by her tatting student. She also shows us her new pattern entitled "toccata".

Sherry's done up a new batch of Tuscancy. Her new pattern, Royal Diadem is also available at her etsy store. Congratulations!

New Hand Dyed Threads, Snowflakes, Bookmarks, and Paperweights

Heather has new hand dyed thread in her shop. The names are Blue Raspberry, Berry Punch, Camoflauge and Faded Jeans. She has tatted a snowflake that is very pretty. Also, happy birthday to Heather. She has pictures of some of her presents including chocolate and flowers! Heather has made another posting since I started this one. She is asking for help with her thread dyeing addiction. Forget it honey! It's hopeless!















Kathy is making the prettiest paperweights. She found the actual paperweights at Dollar Tree and is placing tatted motifs inside. She gives good directions for this and you can see here the lovely pictures. She is also purchasing their ornaments and embellishing with tatting.

















Shirley has tatted a lovely snowflake, a green motif, a doily from a Japanese book and an angel from one of Martha Ess' books. Beautiful work.











Tattingchic is tatting from Denise Munoz' book with Lady Shuttle Maker's thread "Helm's Deep" in silk and it really shines. She has also won another award. Way to go!







Mrs. John let her deadline for finishing the challenge slip up on her. She's got to get moving really fast now!

Claudia shows us the bookmark she is making in Georgia's on-line class. She is learning lots of new techniques. She also has motifs 8 and 9 which are very pretty.











BJ has tatted a sweet bookmark in Pamela's "Rainbow Bright" hand dyed thread and a mini cross in purple that is precious.





Joy has tatted a Santa ornament from the April 1990 Workbasket by changing things up a little. She may make more if the mood strikes. This is her 45th motif!



Wanda is tatting snowflakes while visiting with her new grandson. She has limited thread choices as they left home in a hurry, but the snowflakes are very pretty. Congratulations Wanda.





Carol has tatted some beautiful black cuffs for herself. She says they weren't difficult at all. They look it! Very pretty.
Diane has posted pictures of snowflakes #2 and 3. I can't wait to see her tree!
Jon has added the pattern to the mat/runner to her pattern pages. Thank you for sharing Jon.
Laura has four new snowflakes from Tattingchic. They made a trade but we haven't seen what Tattingchic received yet. She also has finished a third Spinning Wheel Glass Mat in size 80 thread.
Pamela has finally has time to show us pictures of her beautiful new grandson. He's a doll!
Sharon has a wonderful tutorial to show us how to add in new thread. Thank you Sharon!
Sherry is so proud of her students, and with good reason. They are already doing things it took me ages to learn. Way to go Sherry!

Snowflakes and Gifts

Nita has tatted a Celtic snowflake designed by Ruth Perry as her 24th motif. Only one more to go.
Ellen tatted 22 bookmarks and 10 paperclips for her daughter to sell at school to raise money for needy families. Way to go Ellen.
Wanda has become a Grandma for the first time. Her youngest daughter has had a baby boy.
BJ is tatting musical notes to decorate a bag for the organist at her church.
Diane has begun a personal snowflake challenge. Her first one is "Harmony of Hearts" from A Veritable Tatted Blizzard by Samantha Melnychuk in size 20 Seaweed, HDT by Sherry Pence aka LadyShuttleMaker.
Gina shows some motifs that she has tatted for a friend to sew on a project she is working on.
Laura has posted some gifts she got from a friend and a design named "Carousel" from Jon's book which is perfect for Pamela's "Rainbow Bright" hand dyed thread.
Sherry has posted a teaser picture of her up coming book Royal Diadem that she will be selling soon.
Moni shows her progress with cluny leaves and then designs a beautiful pendant. I would really recommend that you take a look.