T.I.A. FROM ENGLAND.

Well back from holiday ,where I meet the one in a million Jane Eborall. Well here's my day 's
1,2,3,4,5 and 6. Looking on the special blog I have ither gone wrong or I tat tight. Hope there is more tomorrow.  

JOHAR

JOHAR by Jon Yusof lovely pattern to tat, have not done it justice as have a stinking cold and made a couple of mistakes. I have used Lizbeth Vineyard harvest 40.

Needed to tat some thing over Christmas, New year ,so made these for a couple of friends. Have made them many times, pattern so easy to follow.

Well Christmas is over, still working, going to finish the edge of this mat as have found an edge that will fit with a bit of jiggling. The one that it come's with I just can't get it to fit(old pattern). My daughter Francesca has bought me OCCHI Schiffchenspitze Frivolite for Christmas but I must finish a couple of U.F.O'S first.

Well at last have finished my Tat-a-long that Tat-a-Renda has been running. Christmas got in the way . I have changed the edge slightly as have run out of time. The clovers on edge are meant to be added to two rings bt missed them out and went straight into the clovers.See Jon's blog to see how it should look.

Tyto Alba

This is me showing off my Brothers and s-i-laws Christmas present I made.They have just bought a narrow boat and are going to call it Tyto Alba (Barn Owl) in latin. My s-i-law Margaret is mad about Owls. I thought this was a good present for them both to use on the boat. Apron and oven mitts.

Had fun over the last year starting in January making 30 of Jane's Christmas tree,s. I have given them to family and friends, they always like what I make at this time of year. I even made a Christmas card of this picture and sent it to her. Think I'll try doing the button snow flakes for next year.

Oh what a Christmas exchange I had from Trayna, Look at all the things beads, thread, fudge, books, rings,shuttle ,doodads. Going to keep me busy in the new year. Some Fab patterns in the books. Love the book mark she had made. Big thank you Trayna.

Cat

Not done any more to Gingerbread Boy , why not ,well I have been asked for a door stop draft excluder.
Many years ago my mum and her friend made over 900 of these Cat's and raised funds for the church. We kids sat for hours cutting up foam to stuff them. Collected stone's from every where(especially building sites). Ate lots of birds custard to get the tins, to put the stones in.
I Half remembered what the pattern looked like and have come up with something very near. I'm very pleased with how it's turned out.

Mistake big time

WELL spot the mistake. I was tatting this last night while watching tv. The light was not good and I used the wrong colour thread never mind will mix and match the rest of him.

Tat a long

Well here's the body of my Gingerbread boy. I have joined Ambitterous'es Tat-along. I have alway's wanted to tat this pattern by Gina the tatting goddess. I had started this last week before I knew about the tat-along but I found a fault and the scissors came out. Well here goes again better luck this time I hope.

I used this as my tatting for the Charnwood project  Diamond jubilee. I used Lizbeth thread with a thin glitter thread. The picture does not show how the crystals shine. The pattern I slightly changed is Charity from Tatting Patterns and Design.

Well heaven has another great left handed tatters. This is my very good friend Karen Sutton who lost her fight  with lots of Illnesses on October 11th aged just 53 . Going to miss the made tatting challenges we set each other.
At Charnwood tatting day we had a memorial table with the two set pieces she had tatted.

Charnwood Tatters were very sad that one of there members had died just a week before there open day. We but a table with a couple of bits that Karen had tatted for the day out and people but a cross of remembrance if they wished.

 The competition was a cross ,we asked for extra crosses that will be donated to a church, oh what beautiful crosses we had as you can see below..

 Our summer project was the Queens diamond jubilee what lovely tatting.

We had a wonderful day with Tatting and design in attendance for us to get our supply's. Lot's of yummy cakes with our tea's and coffee.

Have just finished this wonderful pattern by Laura Bobay, have never used woolly cotton thread before. I'm very pleased with how it's turned out.

Found these in a second hand shop yesterday. Only payed 25p for all of them. What a find.

Hobby horse

This pattern is no-longer in print. It is by Pam Palmer and taken from Tatting Treats Two.

I was looking though my patterns and came across this, as I had some HDT just waiting to be used I just had to do tat. I cannot remember where I got this thread but it's size 80 and the pattern called for 40.Love the colour.  It was just right to sit watching TV and tatting last night.

DooDads

Lace-lovin Librarian held a give away of DooDads, well I just had to join in.

 Diane sent two Doodads. I started with this pencil drawing and turned it into the try out below.

 From this I got these ear rings, I used Altin basak in this colour to go with my new dress,go's well I think. Have done picture below so you can see the tatting easyer.

OH what a joy to tat

 This is Jane Eboralls Friendship Braclet. OH how EASY this is to tat. Four shuttles and all beads on shuttles.

This little chap I made yesterday for my s-i-laws Birthday. Bought the bits from NEC craft weekend back in March. Lovely and she loved him aspecialy as I made him.