TIAS, Motifs, Doily, Dragon, Bookmarks, Snowflakes and Hearts

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1. Permission to copy. When a participant joins they are authorizing us to copy their pictures to be shown on the challenge blog.
2. There is no need to advise the Challenge Team to let let us know when you've added things to your blog. We check all of the blogs when we do an update.
3. We 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. We don't read minds, so it's up to each participant to tell us when they have reached their goal of 25.
4. We know from past experience that the challenge is addictive. If you finish and plan on doing it again let us know so that we continue to check your blog on a regular basis.
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.

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JB has TIAS day 9 done.

Mariya tried another thread for her Hibiscus pattern. She went on to tat a number of polygons using 3, 4, 5 and 6 rings. Day 9 of TIAS is looking decidedly caprine.

Ginny spotlights the embroidered and tatted quilt that is being auctioned off at Hector this year. The other special item is a cookbook containing favorite recipes, including the meals they've enjoyed in previous years.

Heather is showing how to block a large object and filming it gets very tedious so she's wondering if she should show all 33 minutes of sticking pins in.

Marta in honour of the Chinese year of the dragon tatted 2 versions of Anne Bruvold's dragon.

Bonnie's UIU challenge required buying a charm for the end of this bookmark, but it did use up size 30 Roses HDT from Yarnplayer.

Bree tatted a variation of another snowflake she has seen before (looks like one of Jon's designs) in Lizbeth size 20, Cottoncandy colour.

Cindy is emptying shuttles and tatting hearts. This one is Hearts on a Paperclip by Ellen Lai. Then she was tatting the Clover Drop Heart by Nancy Tracy on Be-Stitched and accidentally attached in the wrong place resulting in a trashed piece of lace.

Diane was determined to get Christina from Tatted Bookmarks - cross-shaped by Lene Bjorn done correctly. She used size 40 Lizbeth, color #164, Blue River Glades. In spite of tatting a lot of Mary Konior's Spinning Wheel Glass Mat, she had to cut off the last ring and chain and re-tat because she joined the last chain the the wrong ring.

Fox is tatting in red and white as requested, but she wishes this was all red because it's a gorgeous shade in #40 Lizbeth to which she added beads. Then there is Day 9 of TIAS. Mary Konior's cross is completed and looks gorgeous except for one recalcitrant bead.

Mica made Whirlaway Snowflake from Tatted Snowflakes by Vida Sunderman  with Kreinik braid #4.

Sherry thinks the eye on her TIAS is a little wonky. Maybe it's just a little droopy.

Easter egg, Leaf, Hearts, TIAS, Butterflies, Necklace, Motifs, Bookmarks and Doilies

 JB tatted Egg #7 from TATTED EASTER EGGS by Kirsten Wind Hansen. Tatted in Lizbeth #115 Springtime and #680 Spring Green with size 6 spring colored glass beads. 

Laurette tatted an oak leaf and acorn from Tatting Turns Over a New Leaf by Karey Solomon and added seed beads to give the illusion of dew drops on the leaf. The extra long stem used to attach an acorn means she can use it for a bookmark.

Lyn has Peace and Tolerance Tiny Heart by Monica Mancenido and the larger one is My Heart by Eileen Stafford which are her first 2 motifs for the challenge. She's up to Day 8 on the TIAS. 

Heather shows us the tatting from the InTatters exchange from nctatter and from Piney Woods Tatter.

Axa is looking for spring with this lovely butterfly based on a vintage pattern adapted by Wally Sosa and tatted in size 80 Anchor Artiste. 

Garyo shared a necklace from Tatting Lace No Necklace by FUJITO Teiko in Koma-jirushi Silk Button Hole Thread in Black with TOHO small seed beads No. 204 that she did in 2009. 

Jessica started on the 4th round of the tea cloth, but wanted to see what the motif that it is made up of would look like on its own and it's too large to use as earrings or pendant in size 10 but it might work in size 80. She started the fourth round with yellow centres but she's not sure about the stitch count.

Linda shows us many lovely uses for crazy quilts and lots of tatted embellishments like a Denim jacked with CQ and a tatted edging around the collar, a CQ purse with tatted bunny, butterflies and kokopeli, a small pouch with a bit of edging and butterflies and a block for "Hearts and Hands for Sendai" with tatted hearts. A flag block of the USA has a tatted eagle on it. The seams and motifs on the block for The Crazy Quilt Squares for Tat Days Scholarship 2010 are all tatted. An assortment of CQ blocks with lots of tatting like hearts, motifs and butterflies. 

Diane tried to tat "Christina" from Tatted Bookmarks - cross-shaped by Lene Bjorn but after 2 failed attempts she switched to "Maria". "Adiratna" from Elegant Tatting Gems by Jon Yusoff also gave her problems. Some days tatting just doesn't work the way you want it to.

Fox was working on Frivole's "Stellar" but it got too messed up for our perfectionist, Fox so she scrapped it and started again. This one seems to be cooperating. She's up to Day 8 on TIAS and is enjoying it. Stellar is finished in all it's glory.

Michelle tatted Susan Fuller's Heart's Desire which Frivole diagrammed in size 20 Lizbeth. She thinks the colour is burgundy. And Birgit's peacock heart ended up as a bookmark. The colour change in this EdMar Brazilian thread didn't do that pattern justice. Her husband didn't like the bottom of the original of Mary Konior's Convoluvus pattern from Tatting in Lace. She changed it as per his specifications and now he likes it so she added a tassel. She's caught up to Day 7 of TIAS.

Sherry has Day 8 of TIAS done and if does turn out to be a goat, she'll add it to the Farm Animal scene she is working on.

Sue tatted Sue Hanson's Val's Suncatcher in size 40 Pink/Purple/Blue variegated HDT from Jess and put it in a bangle bracelet.