Sometimes the things I do with thread ends while waiting here and there just don't work out. I had a concept for a profile butterfly in...

Jon's Quantiesque snowflake really IS addictive. These two are made with size 12 cotton perlé in pink and purple (for those of you wh...

A colorful rendition of Jon's Quantiesque Snowflake (click here for the pattern). However, I think all this color detracts from the b...

These had to be called "Eleven" together, because they are made on satin-covered plastic ornaments only one-inch in diameter. Bec...

Before making "Gift Ornament Ten" I tested out the Flying Minor Norwegian Dragons by Anne Bruvold . To get the feel of the patte...

Flying Minor Norwegian Dragons by Anne Bruvold : one in red and one in green size 80 DMC tatting cotton. The red one has green seed beads...

Very traditional red and green with gold beads made in size 30 DMC Cebeliá . Another one copied from an ornament made years ago. This one...

This one is made with red and white DMC size 80 with silver seed beads. Once again, this is a copy of one I made many years ago. I have no...

Lots of frilly picots in blue variegated hand quilting thread backed with white cotton thread, gold beads, and gold-headed pins. It's a...

Lock chain ornament in yellow and red DMC size 30 tatting cotton on a yellow satin ornament. The top is the same as the pattern on this blog...