Snowflakes, Motifs, Baby Booties and Bonnet, Hearts, Bracelets and Earrings

Laurette got sidetracked last year and didn't get to finish her challenge so she has decided to give it another go. Snowflake 8 from Festive Snowflakes & Ornaments edited by Barbara Foster is done is size 80 white thread. The Tenth Day of December snowflake from 24 Snowflakes in Tatting by Lene Bjorn is done in white size 20. On the Eighth Day of December snowflake from the same book she used white size 20 for the rings and Lizbeth 143, Royal Wave for the chains. The Flowers bookmark by Jill Hanna published in Tatted Bookmarks edited by Barbara Foster was done in Lizbeth 120, Denim Whisper and white in size 20.

Mary has been getting caught up and finally blocked and photographed some tatting like this little Hummingbird motif by Heather Designs tatted in Lizbeth Caribean size 20 and these hearts which she did in DMC red perle 8 thread although she can't remember where the pattern came from. To finish off her left over red thread she did up a couple of little heart earrings adorned with a pearl. Now there's a cute idea for a quick tat.

IsDihara is using Tatskool's Nutmeg HDT on this Christmas camel which is almost done.

Wanda designed a motif for her Design-Tat homework and then she decided to see what several motifs would look like together and it's pretty but even better when she added little corner pieces.

Bev is thrilled learning new techniques especially when they go as well as this one. A bead inside a split ring.

Claudia shared her first original design with the online class and it's called the "Lochness Monster Flower", with rings and chains which include a wide picot, using Dan Rusch technique, and inside it a floating ring using DMC perle cotton # 8 in pink and lilac. Then she kept on playing with the wide picot, with inner picots and this one is called The Lochness Monster Picot.

Fox admits to trying to infect everyone she meets, with tatting that is, and she's not even apologetic about it. This is Petite Snowflake, tatted in lilac #20 Cébélia and Olympus purple from my Tatted Flurries. Then she did my 2009 Christmas snowflake in Krystle's Midsummer Night's Dream HDT size 20 paired with red Cébélia to make one outstanding snowflake.

Gina has been playing with the same vintage motif, tatting it as written and then doing it as we would now with rings thrown off chains and using mock picots to climb out. She shows the original picture and the begining of a motif done in size 70 that she had thought was 40, but it was on the shuttles so she continued for a tiny daisy shape. She did another motif in size 40 DMC and shows it here with the first 3 in size 20. She liked the look of it so she did a small coaster size design in size 40 using Chocolate Sauce HDT by Tatskool and the outside motifs are from some variegated she had dyed herself.

Kathy tatted the Four-Pointed Star designed by Marion T. Leyds from the classic DMC "Tatting for Today" book. It was tatted using size 10 thread stiffened with Alene's fabric stiffener and some added glitter and a long 'crystal' bead, making it a perfect sun catcher.

Lily did several of the Trefoil Collection bracelet and earring sets from Lyn Morton's Tatting Jewelry. She didn't like the "dead space" between the trefoil clusters so she added a bead to fill in the gap, which looked really pretty on the bracelet, but left no place for the ear wire on the earring. So she tatted a short chain around the bead.

Sherry's new little treasure gets to show off the booties and hat done by VicTats.

Vinnie has been obsessed with beading lately, but she still had time for a little tatting fun making this long red edging.

Snowflakes, Motifs, Bookmark, Necklace and Doily

Gwen made some pumpkins using Sherry Matthews pattern in Lizbeth 695 size 20 and Manuela for leaves and stem but never got around to posting them. She has plans to include snowflakes in her Christmas cards next year and she's making an early start with these from Tatting for the Beginner by Nettie Shipp in Cebelia white size 30.

Ancolie has her 21st motif done and used it to create a Happy New Year design.

Diane tatted the Pretty Practical Tatted Bookmark by Linda S Davies to answer a question on InTatters using Lizbeth size 40 that she thinks might be color #116, but she's not sure because she lost the tag.

Lily tatted Marilee Rockley's Duchess pattern in Coats Camila (roughly size 10) in avocado green. She has a limited bead supply so she used a combination of beads and beads polished stone pieces for a very striking effect. A minor error has been repeated to become a design variation. I keep telling people, don't tell anyone it was a mistake and they'll never know.

Wendy tatted another of Jon's Merriment doily. This one is in Lizbeth size 20 in a variegated yellow and it looks totally different from the first one.

Earrings, Edgings, Doilies, Motifs, Necklaces, Heart, Bookmarks and Snowflakes

Magda created these earrings which are a variation on a theme by Koroneczke. She is asking for name suggestions and a draw will take place after which the winner will be awarded the earrings.

Orsi wanted to tat a tablecloth but didn't have the time before Christmas, then she realized she didn't even have a doily in the house and decide to make some. This edging is to be done on napkins and tablecloth and she has drawn out the pattern and shares it with us.

 Kjellaug finished this piece which was designed by a member of the Danish association Orkis and reproduced in a magazine.

Sunshinecraft tatted the Burda Suncatcher in spring colours to make a spring Garden suncatcher. She also did a repeat of Jon's Melati pattern in different colours and she thinks she likes this one best on black ribbon. She finds a length of edging from Tatting Lace by Sumi Fujishige done in DMC Cebelia 30 is an approachable kind of lace since people already know what it is, it's easy to work on, and it engages non tatters to provide suggestions for it's use. Nina Libin's Kaethe necklace is done with DMC metallic embroidery thread and a multitude of sparkly beads.

Barbara joined in the challenge and got side tracked by lots of issues like health, surgeries, deaths in the family, computer problems and just life in general. She finished off the year and her first challenge with Susan Fuller's Hearts Desire tatted in size 20 Lizabeth #117 Country Side and a bookmark designed by grrlshapedthing from InTatters named 'Supermodel Bookmark' tatted in Lizbeth thread size 20 #131 Vineyard Harvest and is ready to jump back in for another 25.

Bev spent her New Year snowed out, on the ridge, but with lots of Christmas gifties to enjoy like threads and charms and a lovely tatted Mary Konier, Windmill doily from Diane and a Christmas teapot from Martha.

Cindy is glad to say goodbye to 2010 and notes that she didn't think she did all that much tatting until she joined tha challenge and she was surprised at all that she did accomplish. She already has 2 motifs done for her second challenge, Snowflake 7 from Festive Snowflakes and Ornaments, in Lizbeth Jelly Bean thread, size 20 and Wheel of Nine Rings from Christmas Angels and Other Tatting Patterns in DMC white perle cotton, size 12.

 Claudia begins her 3rd challenge and starts by showing the card she sent to her friend which uses the motifs she made, mounted into a pop up card. Along with other gifts she sent this snowflake tatted with red and green beads. Her final work is a slave bracelet, a Totus mel pattern , made for her little daughter to wear on New Year´s Eve done in Pilar, cotton in pink , # 10.

Diane's exchange package arrived with some interesting contents including a pattern book, and a piece of tatting.

Fox shares a collage of tatting from 2010. Mary Konior's Wheat and Chaff edging is making a lovely border for socks, but it does want to pucker. Darling Josephine from my Tatted Flurries gave her fits at the first try, but she gave it another chance and then did it again with beads in size 20 Cebelia and they were all cooperative and played together nicely. The quintet of tatted dragons were politely appreciated.

Gina has decided to join the challenge again working with vintage patterns. The first one is from the DMC Library - Tatting - Editions TH. de Dillmont, the most elaboate piece from Plate IV tatted in size 20 DMC Special Cordonnet. She re-worked the pattern to be able to tat 2 together. She tried several modifications in construction and created a diagram for it and she may do it again in other thread sizes to compare how they look.

Ingrid tatted another hanky edging using ordinary crochet cotton on a pattern from her teacher, but she doesn't know the original source of the design.

Katherinne has a new pattern she is working on and wonders if other have doen tatted split rings before. (That would be yes.)

Lily used a modified version on Kersti's Floral bookmark, some czech crystal beads in a very sparkly pale pink color, Lizbeth size 20 Boysenberry dk, and some green glitter to make this headband decoration.

Sue has finished another 25 using the same motif from an antique pattern done in 2 sizes of thread: white size 10 and Lizbeth Fruit Fizz size 40. She has a project to complete but the motifs are finished.

Happy New Year

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