tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68158188455401573612024-02-20T09:35:14.406+10:00Frances makes laceFranceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06711430886929513113noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815818845540157361.post-9551481671359155442013-04-14T07:01:00.001+10:002013-04-14T07:01:25.547+10:00Gifts across the counter (Motifs #1, #2 and #3)Working as I do in a retail food outlet in our small country town, I often talk to my customers about my tatting. Before christmas when I was wearing my snowflake earings, one of my older couples, told me how his mother used to tat. Yesterday when I went to work there, waiting for me was an old tatting book that belonged to his mother. So I am now the proud owner of this little gem.<br />
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I believe the book is likely from the 1930's or 1940's going by the style of pattern in the book. They are very similar to the pattern of the Lace Mat that <a href="http://tatsaway.blogspot.com.au/">Jon</a> rewrote.<br />
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I also recieved from Jon her Elegant Tatting Gems for my Lace mat being placed in the top 5 when she held her poll. I have tatted 3 of the motifs, Galuh (in which I miscounted the outer rings), Baiduri and Kencana. I have used a HDT from Jess at <a href="http://jess-tats.blogspot.com.au/">Tat-ilicious </a>called Just Jonquil which she dyed last year when she asked for colour palattes.<br />
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I am still teaching Alison to tat and will have a post to show her progress soon.<br />
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<br />Franceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06711430886929513113noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815818845540157361.post-77507467332708820262013-04-02T17:34:00.000+10:002013-04-02T21:05:04.104+10:0012 Hearts (motifs #21 to #25)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
During the last 12 months I have been tatting all 12 hearts from Tatting Hearts by Teri Dusenbury for a special project. I have finally finished them, and will count them as the final five in my second 25 motifs challenge.</div>
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While tatting the hearts I found an easier method for doing the half daisy's on several of the patterns. Instead of adding the third shuttle thread I used a SSSR (single shuttle split ring) to carry the thread to the otherside, then tatted the petals of the flowers. This makes the patterns so much easier to do.</div>
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I found the hearts challenging but satisfying to do and am proud that I have completed all of them.</div>
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12 Hearts from Tatting Hearts by Teri Dusenbury<br />
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<br />Franceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06711430886929513113noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815818845540157361.post-24268834950577127612013-03-03T15:24:00.000+10:002013-03-03T15:24:44.280+10:0040 TulipsHello everyone,<br />
for a Christmas exchange I received the following supplies and book.<br />
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I then tatted the pattern 40 tulips from the book, with the rainbow HDT perle 5 cotton. I had to add a contrasting green for some chains at the outside, and yellow for the tulip centres, so that I had enough thread to finish it.<br />
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This was a lovely pattern to tat and apart from the thread issue I could of tatted it in one pass, as I was doing with the centre.<br />
This will be a present from my cousins daughter, I hope she likes it.<br />
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Franceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06711430886929513113noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815818845540157361.post-45065943681095796862013-01-28T12:08:00.000+10:002013-01-28T12:10:03.598+10:00A New Begining and Motif #20Sorry for being absent for so long. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.<br />
Over Christmas while wearing my snowflake earings at the shop, one of our regular customers asked where I got them, when I told Him that I made them and that I tat, he asked if I would teach him. So this year I have started teaching Alex, Alison, Amanda and Isabel how to tat. 3 weeks ago we had our first Tatting Tuesday. By reading other peoples blogs when they are teaching new tatters, we started with two colour chains. After an hour and a half of concentration, mistakes and success, they all left having mastered the flip and putting picots on their chains. I was really proud of their success. Next week onto rings and butterflys.<br />
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Since November I have been tatting more snowflakes, christmas ornaments as presents and using the supplies I got in a christmas exchange.<br />
Here are some of the christmas ormaments that I gave as presents to DH's family.<br />
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I also remade the Minor flying Norwiegen Dragon as a present for a girl for her 21st. I beaded it and stiffen and placed jump rings on it and threaded a ribbon to make a necklace for her.<br />
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Hopefully it wont be so long between posts. Franceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06711430886929513113noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815818845540157361.post-53025124915322124962012-11-08T15:51:00.000+10:002012-11-08T16:56:33.561+10:00My Heart (motif #19)Since April I have been playing around with a little heart medalion. This heart has eight rings in the centre and chain around the outside. By changing the ring and chain sizes I have shaped the heart.<br />
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This is a versatile little heart that can be embelished, left plain or decorated. It is great for emptying shuttles. Below is the plain pattern as I developed it. Add picots where required. The pattern is also on my pattern tab.<br />
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This counts as Motif #19Franceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06711430886929513113noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815818845540157361.post-71916747451334848962012-10-02T13:46:00.002+10:002012-10-02T13:54:13.717+10:00The Lace Mat (#18)Like so many others I joined the tat-a-long that Jon Yusoff started of the Norma Benporath Lace mat. Here is my mat.<br />
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I like how the rewriting of these patterns encourages us to look again at the old patterns and to try them. Thank you Jon. Now I think I will go back and make some more snowflakes from Tina's books.Franceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06711430886929513113noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815818845540157361.post-82895521716294106082012-10-02T13:46:00.001+10:002012-10-02T13:46:32.203+10:00Serindipitious Edging (motif #17)At Damien's School as the final year is such a small class, the students invite their parents to come to formal as well. For this night I purchased a 3/4 sleeve royal purple dress to wear. It was a bit plain so I edged the neckline in tatting. I used Jess's Serindipity HDT size 40 to create a colour splash with the same pattern as motif #9. <br />
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Franceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06711430886929513113noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815818845540157361.post-81702121871261652942012-09-24T11:59:00.000+10:002012-09-24T11:59:18.679+10:00Elegant Corsage (#16)One week before Formal (Prom) my son asks if he is getting a corsage for his date, as all the boys at school were talking about them. As they are wearing black (her) and White (him) I thought I would make a corsage for her. So out with my size 40 thread in black and white, silver beads and Mary Konior's Rosa Frivola from Tatting with Visual Patterns.<br />
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Then I gathered some white and silver organza ribbon as a backing and attached a silver and black finding to the front.<br />
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Voila!! one Black and White Corsage, that will last forever and I think that it is a timeless design.<br />
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And a picture of my lovely model<br />
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And Damien and his date Courtney (when did he grow up, the years have flown by, he has just 7 weeks till he finishes school)<br />
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<br />Franceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06711430886929513113noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815818845540157361.post-44051876841501132512012-09-16T10:01:00.000+10:002012-09-16T10:01:55.998+10:00Taming Tina (motifs #14 and #15)I down loaded copies of the Tina Frauberger books when they became available, and have added two patterns to my snowflake collection. This has been a lesson to learn as I don't read or speak German, but by going over the first section of the book and matching her notations to the pictures I was able to get the stich count and movement of the patterns. Now I have tamed Tina and have even more pretty patterns to tat.<br />
The first is fig73 on page 71 of the 1919 book. I modified the pattern by putting a six ring centre in the middle and I used Josephine Knots on the outside. <br />
The second is fig52 on page 54 of the 1921 book. To this one I added beads on all the joins and picots, then I added a ring to the centre chain, (which I didn't think through very well and use the wrong stitch count). I will do this one again to perfect the centre, before modifing it again. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fig 73 p71 1919 Fig52 p54 1921 <br />
Tina Frauberger</td></tr>
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</div>Franceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06711430886929513113noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815818845540157361.post-25116295953075270702012-07-29T13:31:00.000+10:002012-07-29T13:31:46.345+10:00Interlocked Snowflakes #12 and #13I have been practicing the interlocking rings as centres for my snowflakes. With a little more practice I may get them to form correctly. The first flake also has interlocking trifolds on the end which adds little flair. Now to keep practicing.<br />
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</tbody></table>Franceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06711430886929513113noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815818845540157361.post-45050280993994967222012-07-26T19:22:00.002+10:002012-07-29T13:23:29.507+10:00New Motifs #9, #10 and #11.Well time has passed quickly and we are now at the end of July. I have done some tatting since I was last here, in between 2 weeks training and end of year paperwork. First I purchased some threads from Jess at Tatilious <a href="http://jess-tats.blogspot.com/">http://jess-tats.blogspot.com/</a> among them was her western red ( I think, sorry Jess I lost the packet) which I tatted into a length of edging (Tatted Doilies and Edgings, Rita Weiss.) then joined into a circle and when I find a centre that it fits, it will be completed.<br />
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</tbody></table>I am also tatting snowflakes for a project which I will hopefully post about next when I collect some photos. Here are a few that I have already done.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Redid the photos with a better background.</span><br />
More on the snowflakes later.Franceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06711430886929513113noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815818845540157361.post-74751936779683316122012-06-14T17:47:00.000+10:002012-06-14T17:47:02.131+10:00Empress Flower GardenWell here is the finished suncatcher I made with the Empress edging and I am very pleased with how it has turned out. Thanks to my son for getting me to switch the wire from the outer flowers to the outside beads, it now sits better. This will go to a friend of mine who had a birthday this last week, she should love it.<br />
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size 40 thread Lizbeth Ocean Sunset and dark Green</td></tr>
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We all saw Frivole's post on Thursday about her very pretty edging. <a href="http://www.leblogdefrivole.blogspot.ca/">http://www.leblogdefrivole.blogspot.ca/</a><br />
Well I had to try it. So found the pattern in The Tatters Treasure Chest, Empress. Got out my Ocean Sunset and the only green I had, and tatted a small sample about 5cm long. Then I started fiddling. Would it form a medalion if I joined it, Yes, So I then added a little centre to pull it in and finally another row aroud the outside. What I like about how this turned out is the dark green makes it look a little like a lead light Rose Window and I love looking at stained glass windows. So I will add another few rounds as I would like it to be bigger. Sometimes playing with our tatting is very rewarding.<br />
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Empress edging as a medalion<br />
The Tatters Treasure Chest</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Franceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06711430886929513113noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815818845540157361.post-84365076379205338232012-05-30T13:49:00.000+10:002012-05-30T13:49:30.080+10:00Tropical wonders : Motif #7While perusing Jane's pattern page and her doodles, I spied the Turtle doodle and immediately thought of my cousin Peter. Now Peter likes to tease the rest of us cousins with photos of his home and job. He is a caretaker on a private tropical island in Nth Queensland. We get photos of the most beautiful sunrises and sunsets , as well as snakes, scorpions, turtles and all the fish he catches . So I have tatted the following doodles for him and his 10year old son. I added the sea horse for fun. Thanks Jane for the doodles.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jane Eborall's Doodles.<br />
Scorpion, Seahorse, Fish, Turtle and Snake</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Franceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06711430886929513113noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815818845540157361.post-82323392743596862882012-05-27T20:18:00.000+10:002012-05-27T20:18:21.154+10:00Motifs #5 and #6 and on being inspired by other tatters.In the last two weeks, while avoiding housework and paperwork, I have been blog surfing and reading on facebook about the stuff other tatters want to know and how to do them. The next two motifs are from a facebook group that I follow. The May challenge was to do Anika's doily from her blog Tattingitup. I did mine in Lizbeth #155 Ocean sunset size 40 and I love how it turned out. I gave this to my sister for her birthday this week.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#5 Anika's Easy and Acient Doily</td></tr>
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Then on another day two tatter were talking about a pattern for Flowers of Life and posted the pattern which I couldn't resist. So I completed it this weekend using size 10 white thread and it measures about 9cm, a nice coaster size. I did learn that the centres need to be tighter and the edge looser, to stop it from cupping. Otherwise I like it and I think that I see it in the Ocean Sunset as well after I finish the last of the birthday presents I have started.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#6 Shannon's Flowers of Life </td></tr>
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Till next time keep tatting.Franceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06711430886929513113noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815818845540157361.post-65837664886329966542012-05-16T15:16:00.000+10:002012-05-16T15:16:11.971+10:00FOUNDBack in August I was working on split rings and had WIP of a Daisy chain, which I was doing on several plane flights to Melbourne and back that we did last year. In September when I began the 25 motif challenge I went looking for that piece of lace and it had disappeared. So I have been looking for it for the last six months as I knew that I had not left it on the plane or in Melbourne. Today I found it in the back of my desk draw from when I moved my desk to another room. This is such a relief as it contained two of my original shuttles which I now have back.<br />
YEAH!!!<br />
I really like these two shuttles, an original clover and my second milward shuttle from my set of two.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now I can add more thread and continue the chain. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Today is a great day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>Franceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06711430886929513113noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815818845540157361.post-20192958760419024142012-05-14T14:09:00.000+10:002012-05-14T14:09:12.650+10:00Where Did April go???? Motif #2, #3 and #4Well here we are in May and I need to update my blog again (I really should do this more often). After tatting the ring a ring a rosies from my last post I picked up Tatting Hearts by Teri Dusenbury and started tatting. I have completed 8 of the 12 hearts from that ball of thread and have enough for maybe two or three more (will post their pictures when I have finished them all).<br />
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I also completed the Tardis Pattern by Ann Brovold for my nephews hand towel set, he is a massive Doctor Who fan, he will receive his set in early June for his birthday.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#2 Tardis by Ann Brovold</td></tr>
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His sister is getting this butterfly edging from Tatting doilies and edgings, Rita Weiss p38 #6, both sets done in Milford Satin 2ply, which works well for towels and edgings.<br />
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I made another dragon for my SIL for her birthday, they like dragons in their home. Her son got the other one from the previous post.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#4 Flying Minor Norweigen Dragon in Lizbeth Ocean Sunset #40</td></tr>
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Now three more sets of towels before the end of May, as well as the rest of the hearts now that I have another ball of thread. I am also waiting for my Birthday present ordered from Jane, I hope it gets here soon as I can't wait to try it out.Franceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06711430886929513113noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815818845540157361.post-17817824526011347722012-04-02T15:34:00.000+10:002012-04-02T15:34:39.723+10:00Happy International Tatting Day and motif #1 2nd roundYesterday on internation Tatting Day, I did all things tatting.<br />
First I updated my blog, ate chocolate, and then I finished the hand towels<br />
I am doing for presents for my nieces and nephews .<br />
Then I tatted a piece just for me, and finished it today.<br />
This is Ring of Rosies from Mary Konior's Tatting with Visual Patterns<br />
in Milford Satin 2ply Red. I even challenged myself to learn catherine <br />
wheel joins and joined all the chains in the rings by this method. After <br />
the first flower I had learned it and didn't have to think too hard, so it was<br />
relaxing to tat as I sat under the tree in our backyard on a beautiful autumn day.<br />
The chains in the centre could have been a bit tighter and the centre<br />
picot a bit bigger. Otherwise I really like it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ring of Rosies by Mary Konior</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Franceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06711430886929513113noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815818845540157361.post-27993803336101076982012-04-01T09:36:00.002+10:002012-04-01T09:45:24.292+10:00Motifs #24 and #25, challenge completedWell here they are my final two motifs.<br />
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Motif#24 is an edging pratice piece for a hand towel. I modified edging no3 p21 from 'Tatting Edgings and Doilys by Rita Weiss', by removing a ring as I didn't want the edging to be too deep. It was too crowded, so made it into two hearts, and used another for the towel.<br />
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Motif #25 is this guitar pattern which I constructed from other edgings and insertions.<br />
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Construction instructions:<br />
1: 2x twelve ring medalions joined at two chains. Join/sew the inner ring of one medalion together to make the bottom bar. (could also use the 12ring medalion for the base and a 8 ring medation for the top, make the centre ring large enough the guitar hole, as I think the proportions would be better.)<br />
2: 8 split ring insertion from 'Tatting with Ann Orr' p27 no33 (4picots on sides not 5 and one on each end) with 2 more split rings joined at top, at right angles using a split ring to climb up just change the location of the join (Join to medalions at two chains when tatting first ring)<br />
3: Then chain around the outside to bring it into shape (I used 3 dbs with the occasional 4dbs where needed) place 6 josephine picots at the top for tuning pins.<br />
4: Add strings securing where necessary.<br />
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Ta Da One Guitar<br />
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This is now attached to a hand towel for my guitar mad nephew who plays beautifully.<br />
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So 25 motifs took me 6 months. What have I learned.<br />
I have renewed my love of tatting, met some lovely people through their blogs. Played TAIS and learned lots of new techniques. Played with designing elements and love the challenge of it. Found more patterns than I could ever tat, and want to buy all the pattern books I read about (one day).<br />
thank you for the challenge, and I will be back with more soon.Franceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06711430886929513113noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815818845540157361.post-18573971478313608822012-04-01T08:44:00.002+10:002012-04-01T08:46:43.061+10:00Motifs #21, #22 and #23Have been busy tatting if not posting. I have completed edgings for hand towels for my nieces as presents which will have to wait till after their birthdays.<br />
Motif #21 is Daisy Picot Snowflake by Jon Yousoff. This was a nice pattern to learn daisy picots by and turn out quite well.<br />
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</tbody></table> Motif #22 in my first Flying Minor Norwegian Dragon by Ann Brovold. Still need practice for the wings other wise I am happy how it turned out. Will use this one on a hand towel for my nephew who loves dragons.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flying Minor Norwegian Dragon by Ann Brovold</td></tr>
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Motif #23 is a small mat that I free tatted. Started with a centre ring and used a split ring to climb out, tatted a row of rings and chains, split ring to start 3rd row then clovers and chains.<br />
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</tbody></table>It was nice to just tat and not think too much about it, apart from how many dbs to use. I was going to join the outter chains but after I did the first one I realised that it should have had more dbs so left them unjoined. This was tatted with one bobbin wound CTM in Milford satin 2ply Lipstick in one pass as an experiment on how may rows I could tat with only one bobbin. I tatted this piece in 2 hours in the car on the way to Brisbane for lunch at a friends place. While at lunch I tatted 3 little flower motifs for hair clips for her daughters and another friends daughters. I still need to do one more flower and post it.Franceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06711430886929513113noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815818845540157361.post-12180383347192955022012-01-24T18:34:00.002+10:002012-01-25T05:01:10.593+10:00My First tatting projects circa 1988 -1991I first learned to tat after seeing a cross bookmark and I wanted to make one for myself. After much searching I found Dover Publications and from the limited directions in the back taught myself to tat. I still have my first Milward shuttle and the little hook it came with. Shown here with a hanky edging #6622 from Traditional Tatting Patterns in Coats size 100.<br />
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</tbody></table><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After making the cross bookmark from Traditional Tatting Patterns. I then decided that I would like to make an edging for a Christening robe for the future. So in 1989, everymorning and evening on the 40 min train ride to and from home I tatted the edging No52 on page 22 in 'Tatting Patterns' in size 100 Coats. The lower edging is approximately 1.4m long. The other insertions were tatted during my sisters pregancy so that we could have the dress ready for the christening in 1991. </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When I now think back to this time it was very ambitious of me to tackle this project as a beginner. I learnt to untat and that was hard on size 100 thread. The pattern was very simple and I am very proud of this piece of work. The sewing of the dress was done by my talented mother who does wonderful sewing, She was the one who hand sewed all the tatting on.</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Franceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06711430886929513113noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815818845540157361.post-72084931219516216072012-01-24T15:30:00.000+10:002012-01-24T15:30:35.236+10:00Motif #19 and #20I have now completed motif #19 which is Merriment by Jon Yousoff and her foldover bookmark #20.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#19 Merriment by Jon Yousoff</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#20 Foldover Bookmarkby Jon Yousoff</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Franceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06711430886929513113noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815818845540157361.post-44717137186889278292012-01-10T11:52:00.000+10:002012-01-10T11:52:53.632+10:00Bell Flowers #17 and Leaf #18For #17 I again tackled Mary Konior's "Bell Flowers" as a set for my friend who showed me a little of Perth when I visited in May 2011. I made them in red so that she could use them for decoration on her 'Red Hat' outfits.<br />
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</div>Franceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06711430886929513113noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815818845540157361.post-36779405738780047922012-01-09T19:20:00.000+10:002012-01-09T19:20:57.598+10:00UFOs and #16While cleaning out and organizing my tatting stuff, I found two UFOs. The yellow book mark is pattern which I have tatted in various forms over the last 20 years (will show you the original in another post). Then I found Snow Crystals from 'The Tatters Treasure Chest' which I know I started at least 6 years ago and ran out of shuttle thread with two repeats on the outer chain to go. So I added thread and finished it but realised that my style of tatting since starting the challenge has changed and you can see where I took it up again. So I retatted it in varigated purple, using split rings and chains so I only had two threads to hide at the end. The tension difference and new techniques give a piece which needs very little blocking.<br />
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</tbody></table>Franceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06711430886929513113noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815818845540157361.post-15528735270434857752012-01-09T19:10:00.000+10:002012-01-09T19:10:33.233+10:00Happy New Year 2012 (Motif #15)Back again. Running a shop in a food court in a shopping centre is exhausting at Christmas and New Year. I have been tatting in my down time as well as preparing for Christmas, and have several small projects to show over the next few days<br />
.First I tackled Festiva, from Judith Connors 'Creative Tatting'. one in silver (whoops joined when I shouldn't have, now has 9 rings,) makes a great christmas ornament. Then the earings in white with rings instead of beads (so I could wear them at the shop). I also liked how the silver one turned out so I made one in green with red beads as a christmas wreath.<br />
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