Ninth Motif

I didn't run out of thread on the shuttles this time - but stayed up last night ... er ... early this morning until 3:00 to finish this. It's the same varigated thread wound with white, but this time I used Design 39 from Tatting 60 Original Lace Treasures for the main body of the bookmark. The top was created by turning the first and last repeats backward and closing the end with another repeat. The tail is four threads encapsulated in two threads with two split chains at the end. I rather like this blue denim look.

Eighth Motif

Teresa in the Tatting forum at eCraftWorld mentioned using two different threads wound on the shuttle to make bookmarks. That sounded like an interesting idea, so I gave it a try. This little bit was the result. It's made of one strand of white DMC Size 80 tatting cotton and one strand of Coats hand quilting thread in varigated blues. I think the color combindation makes it look just a bit like denim. It stopped being a bookmark when I ran out of thread on one of the shuttles. Now it is going to be a bit of decoration for my niece's dark-blue t-shirt so it won't look so "boy". ;) The pattern is "Design 43" from Christel Wiedmann's Tatting, 60 Original Lace Treasures.

Seventh Motif

About time I had something new to post! I did something werid to my shoulder, but the therapist has given me the okay to tat again. Another Iris Niebach design from "Tatted Doilies" -- this one is Graciella. Unlike the others I've done, this one is worked in 4 rounds, instead of one continuous round. The thread is Coats machine quilting thread in varigated greens. Hmmm...don't think I'll use this thread for anything but leaves in the future. It just looks too busy and detracts from the design. I'm giving it to my sister. Her favorite color is green. She's going to put it under one or more of the little dragons on her collection shelf.

Sixth Motif

Inspired by Eleonora, I borrowed the center motif to create this bookmark in shades of purple. Again, in Coats hand quilting thread. My niece is delighted, because I've promised it to her.

Fifth Motif

Again, dipping into Iris Niebach's "Tatted Doilies" -- this one is Eleonora. It is made with Coats hand quilting thread. The colors are muted pastels and prettier than the scan shows. It looks especially washed out and pale next to the machine quilting "rainbow" varigated thread. I'm not really satisfied with it, as I stressed it too much when I blocked it. I'll have to try this one again!

Fourth Motif

Spent a lot of the weekend breaking threads. This is one that didn't break. It's Cornelia from Iris Neibach's "Tatted Doilies" (yes! I really like that book). This one is also in Coats machine quilting thread -- Rainbow colors. It might be a bit too bright. ;)

Third Motif

From Iris Niebach's "Tatted Doilies" this one is Beatrice. It's done in Coats Machine Quilting thread in a varigated red -- about size 100. The nice thing about this one is that it's worked all in one row. BUT -- what am I going to do with something this small? It only measures 3 3/4 inches in diameter. I'll have to look around and see who I know with a knick-knack shelf. :)

Second Motif

It's a bookmark. I actually made it for the etatters bookmark challenge. Wow -- dual duty! It's made with DMC size 80 thread, shuttle only. I need a lot more practice doing thread gaps instead of chains. No matter how I attempt to measure them they don't come out the same. Hmmmm...maybe this would look better if I blocked it. Everything looks better with blocking, eh?Oh, yes -- it does look better blocked (except for that one picot that I somehow folded over!).

First Motif

Okay -- I've been planning to do this for a while, so I'm counting the tattings I did while I was trying to figure out how to do this blog thing. That means my first one is a Christmas ornament cover I designed. I made a couple of different versions, and some with beads. It starts out looking like an edging, but joined and pinned on the styrofoam ball with a matching bottom, it looks quite different.

25 Motif Challenge

25 Tatted Motifs...I guess I can do that. What I'm not to certain about is this Blog thing! I'm going to give them both a try.

Of course, I can't add any motifs until I do some and take pictures. Guess this is a test run. :)