Leaves, Ornaments, Christmas Trees, Snowflakes, Heart, Motifs, Edgings, Bookmarks, Doily, Angel, Earrings, Flowers and Butterflies

Jess tatted Tammy Rodger's Maple Leaf in size 80 Pink Cocoa. She created her own leaf that she calls the Livi Leaf in honour of her daughter Olivia using Lizbeth size 20 Seagreen.

Ginny has created lots of ornaments for her new book and here are a few of them.

Heather says in tatting she leaves in the stitches and takes out the mistakes, except when they're too knotty and then she calls them a new design - or a cat toy. Good choice.

Mary fell in love with Maus' Christmas Tree and she had to tat one of her own. The new Blue Ice thread in size 40 from Lizbeth just called out to be made into snowflakes like Kira's Star and Eileen Stafford's Snowflake.

IsDihara has perfected her Cross Your Heart motif. It's a combination of Hearts Afire Cross by Crazy Mom and Hearts edging by Dee Powell tatted in Lizbeth size 20 Victorian Red #670 and measures 4 inches by 4 inches.

Linda made a needlebook for her Christmas Exchange partner with tatted embellishments including initials tatted in green.

Brigitte tatted Terry McGuffin's windmill snowflake in what she thinks is DMC Cebelia Size 20.

Diane is working on Mary Konior's Spinning Wheel glass mat in size 20 HDT but she's not sure what it is because she's lost the tag.

Fox started tatting Tina Frauberger's Crown edging in Finca 16 but it really needed a crisper thread so she switched to DMC 80. Fox used Altin Basak size 50 to tat this beautiful snowflake from Martha's new book Playing with Picots and she's thrilled that she did the entire motif on her first try. Then she did a bit more on the crown edging. Julie Patterson's snowflake pattern uses lots of different techniques all in a very small space and it wasn't a fun tat, but she did manage it.

Gina is continuing her travels through DMC Library - Tatting with Plate V, Figure 28 tatted in DMC Special cordonnet in size 20. She has also included the picture with stitch counts. She did it again in blue with joining picots and several of them made a very pretty bookmark. Martha's Mirror Mirror bookmark was tatted in ecru J & P Coates 6 cord Mercerized in size 30 because Gina has plans to dye it later. Marilee's Layered Ring Christmas Tree Pattern had a short rest break in the middle and as a result the tension is different on the second side. In Aida size 20 thread it's perfect for earrings or pendant.

Isa finished the first part of her tatting project and the second part is begun. She has another project in process, which turns out to be a very special tatted angel. The pattern is by Ros-Marié Andersson, which she tatted with cotton thread size 20 with crystal beads and the angel she bought in Denmark.

Kelly has been laid up due to surgery on her ankle, but the good news is that lots of stationary time is good for tatting. She has been working on the Yes U Can doily and making great progress.

Lily found a glass topped box perfect for holding a motif tatted in size 20 Hakelgarn. The perfectly white motif has an ecru border because the thread snapped and when she picked up another shuttle to finish the pattern she didn't realize it was filled with ecru thread. The box makes a good home for all of her tatted pieces. The mail brought her a lovely package of goodies from Fox's giveaway which included thread samples beads and of course Teri Dusenbury's Tatting Hearts book as well as a stunning collection of motifs that Fox has done. Lily has chosen to tat the Regal Heart from the book first using pink Altin Basak size is 50 and is posting real time results of her progress.

Martha made a pair of Nina's Winter Solstice earrings from the Palmetto conference CD. She noticed the Mary Knior's reference to the early 19th century handkerchief is the same hanky pattern as the one she won off ebay. Not the exact hanky, but certainly close enough to date Martha's find.

Orsi has almost finished her lace pattern basic motif. She decided to create a multi flower motif that will be perfect for repetition to make a lace fabric.

Sherry has some new batches of Icicle and Helm's Deep HDT done. The butterfly from her first butterfly book is tatted in her Wildflowers HDT.

Sue was asked what she would do with her tatted butterfly motifs and as you can see she put several of them on headbands for the younger crowd.

Wanda shares this handkerchief that her mother gave gave her done in hen and chicks edging. She's thinking of how best to display it.

Jessica likes the technique Krystledawne uses to cover a strand of rhinestones and she used the same process on a string of beaded garland. She likes the way the tatting twists around the beads when both sides are done but she may not get both sides done this year.

IsDihara is inspired by Crazy Mom's Hearts Afire Cross and wants to expand it into a heart. An edging by Dee Powell called Hearts has been added around the outside to create hearts within hearts.

Fox tatted Cintamani another of Jon's Elegant Tatting Gems pattern in Lizbeth size 40 and Milford size 50 using green and turquoise beads.

Motifs, Shawl, Necklace, Christmas Trees, Leaves, Snowflakes and Hearts

Heather is continuing her beginner How-To series showing how to sew in ends.

Garyo tatted this motif in Lizbeth #40 in Linen Md using a pattern from Nina Libin's book Tatted Lace with Beads which called for 2 shuttles. She did the first one on the right with a shuttle and ball using SCMR. The one on the left was done with 2 shuttles and looks better.

Jessica hasn't worked on her shawl for a while mostly because she lost the sample pieces she had been working with. She has finished the second of 3 borders she was working on and she'll leave all of the joining pieces unconnected until she's sure it's going to work and then connect them in the appropriate places on the final piece.

Marta has been inspired by all of the colour in the changing leaves to tat in sunny yellow and the thought of palm trees and coconuts resulted in this piece.

IsDihara was all set up to start her tatting class at her LYS when her sweetie stopped by to deliver a package received in the mail, her copy of Marilee's new book, Tatted Jewelry.

Linda tatted The Snowflake Tree and the Christmas Present Bookmark from Karey's Tatting Times. She used variegated Lizbeth Red size 20 for the bookmark and opted for Josephine knots instead of beads and a modified tail.

Anne hasn't had time for blogging but she has been tatting. Hearts of hope, Netty the Newt and some snowflakes patterns by Jon Yusoff are displayed on a Catherine wheel made using Trapilho yarn.

Diane hasn't had a lot of tatting time but she did tat the Simple Bookmark by Dianna Stevens in size 20 Lizbeth, color #130 which will be a gift for her friend Nancy.

Fox is done with Almas in DMC size 80 and it's right this time, although the thread broke on the last repeat. Last year she took a lot of her earlier tatting that had just been sitting around, to a shelter for women to use in decorating Christmas cards or in some arts and crafts and they were well received, so she's doing the same thing this year. She did quite a few of Jon's designs. There were some that were first or second attempts. She has also finished the tatted edging on the sleeves of her jacket.

Gina is continuing to work through DMC Library - Tatting - Editions Th. de Dillmont with Plate 5, Figure 27. She has noted a mistake in her first trial tatted in DMC Special Cordonnet in size 20, probably caused by the less than clear instructions in the vintage publication. She has also included the stitch count for anyone wanting to tat the motif. She did it again in 2 colours of Omega size 30 and then did a four some so that she could see what it would look like. One of the motifs uses JKs instead of rings.

Leaves, Pumpkins, Snowflakes, Doily, Edging, Hummingbird, Christmas trees and Bracelet

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Stacy has been tatting Marilee Rockley's small maple leaf pattern in all of the fall colors of Lizbeth size 20 so that she can scatter them over her Thanksgiving table.

Michelle tatted some celtic pumpkin earrings. Then she thought she might do a pumpkin bracelet, until she got distracted by Elizabeth Zipay's snowflakes done in Lizbeth size 20. This little cutie was done in some vintage Aunt Rose-E thread, size 80 or 70.

Barbara and her lace group are working on a tatting round robin. She was given a motif and had to add a round she designed and although she was nervous about it it turned out quite nice. The next one of course was larger and she added her row to it. That makes her 25th motif and finished her second round of 25 motifs.

Diane is in the mood for snowflakes so she tatted Adiratna from Jon's Elegant Tatting Gems in size 20 Lizbeth, color #130 which is not a traditional snowflake colour, but it's not boring.

Fox finally decided that she liked the edging she was doing and when the first side was tatted and attached upside down it looked perfect. Now she's suffering second sock syndrome, where the first one is lovely and enchanting and the second one is hours of boring sameness that makes you forget why you loved it in the first place. The problem with Almas has been discovered as a problem at the beginning which is happily correctable now that she knows what to look for.

Gina tatted the first pattern in the recent Tatting Times which is a Christmas Present Bookmark in fall colours its a pretty leaf, but in green with beads, it's easily a Christmas tree. She made some little gift bags out of some holiday fabric and decided to dress a few up with some tatted trim.

Isa finished the hummingbird by Karen Lindsay in silk thread and cotton thread size 20, and white crystal beads with two black beads to the eyes. What a gorgeous little hummer.

Stephanie is working on the pattern called "Rosebud Refreshment Set" from The Tatter's Treasure Chest Edited by Mary Carolyn Waldrep in Caron Simply Soft yarn in Soft Blue and Grey Heather. She has plans to tat 35 9 motif blocks to make a blanket. Three little crosses and one little flower are patterns from Tatting Jewellery by Lyn Morton which are done in LizBeth Size 20 in Ecru, Boysenberry Dark, and Victorian Red adorned with shiny little pearl beads. The flower is also in LizBeth 20, in Dust Rose Lt. She did the ecru cross with a huge picot so that it could be hung as an ornament. Then she tatted the Christmas tree using the pattern she's done before again with a huge picot for hanging. The bracelet is "Design 14" from Tatting by Christel Weidmann in LizBeth, size 20, Boysenberry Dk.

Wanda has been enjoying the colour of the fall leaves and was inspired to tat the Maple Leaf Motif from the February 1975 Workbasket magazine, with changes by Tammy Rodgers. One is made with Lizbeth #169 Autumn Apple Pie and #670 Victorian Red, both in size 40; the other is in Victorian Red only, again size 40.