Motifs, Hearts,Butterflies and Baby Bonnet

Tattips made Mary Konior's Patchwork motif in Lizbeth Sherbet Delight, size 20. Her next piece is her version of a motif she saw on the internet. The design is from the Design-Tat class and was created by Pat Tinney. Tattips worked it in Lizbeth Tutti Fruti and Hakelgarn white size 20.

The new Design-Tat class will start the first week of March. Email me if you are interested in joining.
Agasunset has posted the same motif tatted both by shuttle and by needle and it shows that the end results are the same no matter how they are made. Unfortunately she has been verbally assaulted by someone who is ignorant enough to consider needle tatting inferior. I thought we had outgrown that attitude, but apparently someone didn't get the memo. Needle or shuttle, it doesn't make any difference, we all make lace and enjoy what we make. Liyarra tatted the Catherine Wheel Split Ring Motif designed by Julie Patterson from the Australian Tatters Guild newsletter and created in Altin Basak green 50.
NancyD attended the Tuesday tatting group and their guest instructor was Gina Butler who taught a class on SSSR the single shuttle split ring. They worked on a pattern by Gina called "Heart Strings"

Steph injured her already ailing right elbow and hasn't been able to tat for weeks. After a pain free week she was finally able to tackle one of the lovely flutterbys from Sherry's new book. This little treasure is called "Lilly" and was tatted in Marilee's "Vibrato" in size 80. Gorgeous pattern, gorgeous thread. Isn't it just precious? Fox is getting to the outer edges of the bonnet where there's a lot of tatting without a lot of apparent growth and she's beginning to wonder if the finished piece is going to look like a jam jar cover on the baby. I think the baby will look super cute in it.

M has tatted "Heart's Desire" by Susan K Fuller in Lizbeth 20, col 140, Country Grape Swirl. The colour is a lot like Purple Splendor but she likes Purple Splendor better.

Marty bought a bunch of Christmas ornaments with the intention of tatting 25 ball covers. So far she has done - 1 - this one which is an adaptation of Iris Niebach's "Beatrice" from "Tatted Doilies". Tatted in a very dark green Häkelgarn, size 20.
Sherry finally shows us what she has been working on. It's a special butterfly called "Hope" tatted in cotton and silk. She is working on the pattern to share with us later.
Shirl has just completed Gertie, a porcelain doll encased in her tatted lace shrine.

Earrings, Bracelets, and Sneak Peeks

Agasunset started with a bracelet and made earrings to match, but they needed something to weight them down so that the dangled and Jet black Swarowski's crystals was a perfect choice. More crystals adorned the choker giving her a complete set. Two designs laying on top of one another inspired this lovely slave bracelet.

Heather didn't get much tatting done except for this design, the same as the earlier pattern, but in black.
Sherry is showing another sneak peek.

Hearts, Windmills and Treble Clef

Fox finishes her 25 with Sherry's Musical Note and Martha Ess's Tiny Forsythia Heart from "Tat's Amoré". Wanda celebrated Tatting Tea Tuesday with a lovely story about pancakes and races to go with her tatting. Check out the heart shaped tea cup on the tatted doily.
Jeff was finally able to procure the Konior book he has been looking for through Abebooks and recommends it as a source for hard to find tatting books. He has progressed on the Windmills doily and is pleased that the slope and roll join has allowed him to use the variegated thread without the dreaded colour spot problem. A side effect of this join is that it has created a wonderful textured effect on the back of the motif that highlights the windmill design. Cool!
Marty is showing us the hearts she did for the Valentine's exchange. The Butterfly Heart bookmark is from Dianna Stevens' Animal Bookmarks: A Tatted Zoo. The ornament is an adaptation of Iris Niebach's Cornelia from Tatted Doilies. The last heart is the one Marty created for the Design-Tat course which she did again because this one has a pair of mismatched rings. Just a reminder, there will be a new course starting in March.

Bookmarks, Hearts, Doily, Pendant, and Motifs

Agasunset shows us how she used some vintage patterns and modified them to make new creations. The end of an oval doily became the basis for a beaded necklace and a curtain pull became a pendant. IsDihara has modified Lyn Morton's Margaret motif from "Tatting Patterns" into a nine-sided motif worked in Tatskool's ChocoRaspberry HDT and so far it's working. Kelly has tatted this doily called "Saturn Ring" in size 20 Royal thread and it measures about 10.5".
Sherry is giving us a sneak peek without any hints. By the way you might want to check her blog for the new giveaway rules.
Shirley has been tatting without blogging so we get to see all the eye candy at once. The butterfly bookmark by Jane Eborall done in Lizbeth size 20, color #119. The four-ring snowflake by Wendy Durell used red thread Clark's O.N.T. size 30, color #126 with white Cebelia DMC. The same threads were used for the bookmark from "Tat Marks the Spot" by Karey Solomon called Circle of Friends. The hearts are from "Tat's Amore" by Martha Ess. The white heart is Antique Rose Heart and is done with Cebelia DMC size 30. The pink one is "Scallop Shell Heart" and uses Cebelia DMC size 30 in color #818.

Hearts, Art Deco, Bookmarks, Coaster and Doily

Agasunset was asked to make an art deco necklace in black and the client liked it so much she bought the earrings and bracelet as well. And here's the set done again in white.NancyD tatted Spring 'Rose Cross' Bookmark in Lizbeth size 20 in Rose #124 Spring Garden bordered by Light and Dark Raspberry 623 and 624.

Cindy tatted the 'Hearts' bookmark by Dee Powell from the book Tatted Bookmarks from Handy Hands in Gram's Variegated, Cebelia size 30 HDT.
Sunshinecraft struggled with Mimi Dillman's tatted coaster in DMC Cebelia 20 in strips and blocks but noticed a mistake in the finished motif and had to re-do it.
Fox found Mary Konior's cross a joy to tat worked in Lizbeth #20. My Simple Heart seems to have taken an imaginative turn in Fox's hands. I keep telling people designing isn't hard, it's mostly just working an existing pattern in a different direction.

Pam re-tatted the segment of Jane's pattern in DMC Perle 12 color 931 with light blue purple lined fringe beads, planning to make six repeats for an open snowflake but she thinks the beads are too heavy for it. The beads may be too heavy on this thread as a snowflake, but it works as an earring so now she has to decide whether to start over with smaller beads or cut the thread and make 2.
Wanda recycled a cast off edging in red and green, attaching it to a heart shaped pin. She added a broken shuttle and a small heart charm to make a distinctive name tag that she uses when doing demonstrations. Aileen tatted Dream earrings in red size 40 Milford thread, an auspicious colour for the Chinese New Year. She has added her lip balm holder to her Etsy store. Check Aileen's blog for the winners of her giveaway.
Diane finished Round 4 and things weren't looking quite right and she's found the mistake but she's not going back to fix it. She doesn't think she has enough thread for the centerpiece but she probably has enough for the placemat which is only 7 rounds.

Ellen has another colleague leaving so she tatted Wei Sun's name as a gift, and she also did Isabel's name on a paperclip. Check Ellen's blog for the winners of her giveaway.
Heather has finally had success with the design she was working on.
Kathy shows an assortment of hearts. Lyn Mortons “Hearts and Flowers” are tatted in DMC perle cotton, size 8, #498. The Gold Heart is displayed in a Paper Weight. The designer is Kim Goetz from Victorian Hearts & Flowers magazine done in size 12 DMC perle cotton. “Strawberries” from the Workbasket magazine designed by Cindy Polfer and made into pins she wears on her costumes was tatted in perle cotton, size 8, one in coral and one in burgundy.‘Large Heart’ designed by Kim Goetz from Victorian Hearts and Flowers magazine. Possibly tatted in size 30 thread. The ‘Quilt Show’ Heart was tatted in size 50 thread.
Martha received a heart from Marty that she designed herself and tatted with some HDT done by her sister.