I'm here, I'm here!!!!

Hello Everyone!!! Yes I'm still here. Been very busy with projects and helping with a friend who ended up in hospital will kidney stones. Ouch!!!

First I must say that I.... (I mean my son) received an A+ on the plant cell project. Yay!!!!!


Last night I was talking to a tatting friend and she was thanking me for a card I sent to her for Spring. It had a garden fence with flowers and a Celtic butterfly on it. And it got me thinking that I did not have anything for St. Patty's Day. So I took the link chain rings from the center of the butterfly and added dimples to them and came up with these Celtic clover leafs. This was the first time I have done dimples. They are made in DMC size 30 and make a nice pair of earrings.





You may think your seeing this again but it is only the center you seeing again. It is from my motif #8. I have taken this and added to it. I added 16 of the mini motifs and added an outer edge to finish is off. I'm very happy how it turned out. Here's hoping my sister-in-law likes it. It's going to be one of her birthday gifts.

What we do for our kids....

Ladies and Gentlemen The Incredible Edible Plant Cell!!!!!! This was my sons science project about the plant cell. The doughnut hole is the nucleus, the icing is the cell wall and the baked outer crust is the cell membrane etc... It was fun doing the project with him. Soon he will be in high school and not need me anymore. OHHHH! Now I'm sad, I think I need to eat some cake!!!LOL

Doily Pattern

On my last posting I forgot to say that the St. Pat's Doily is by Heather Johnston and can be found at www.freewebs.com/tattings0003/StPatsDoily.htm Have fun.

Motif 15 and 16

This is motif #15 made in Alkin Basit size 30 and is pattern called St. Pat. (My favorite) I added 2 row of my own making it about 5 1/4" is size.
This doily is about 8 1/2" in size made from Royal cotton size 30. The pattern is from the book called "The Tatter's Treasure Chest". I did a few extra rows to make it larger. I find that I tat with the T.V on and very much lose track of the time but for fun I watched the clock and could not believe that this doily took about 22 hours to do. I could get so much more tatting done if I did not have to sleep at night. LOL. OH WELL!!!!!!!! Later

I've been bad....

Who do I think I am.....



I can't believe I got away with it....



I must have broken some laws...


Dare I tell you?


I made a pair of slipper socks for....




(me)

Spring is in the air....

This little lady will be motif #12. She is Nancy Tracy's pattern made in DMC 30. As I was tatting her I felt the weather changing maybe by tatting spring things it will make spring come faster. (I hope!!) We have been enjoying some beautiful weather here in southern Ontario with more to come later this week. I do not mind the rain because it washes the snow away.





Now who doesn't love a teddy bear. I think I still have some of my teddy bears from when I was little. (Only a few years ago!!)LOL
This is Heather Johnston pattern. I did one in pink for my niece.

This is motif #13.







This only seems right for my #14th motif and February 14th being this Saturday to tat Georgia's Heart Doily by Georgia Seitz in DMC 30. It gave my the chance to practice split rings.

Motif #9, 10 &11

If you have read my blog in the past you will know I'm a up beat person. So I'm sorry this entry is a little cold. I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF SNOW. UNCLE ALREADY. I would have loved to have so much more to show you in tatted items but I have been busy shoveling snow. Even my dog has had enough. Here she is looking for a spot to pee.
My husband had to snowplow a path in the back yard for her.





I think I may have broken some tatting rules when tatting little Ringtrim here. I have never tatted with two colours before and being a needle tatter it was a little harder to follow the pattern. This guy will be motif #9.
He still turned out pretty good. I used DMC size 30.







This pattern is from Debbie Arnolds site ds9designs. He is going to be a birthday gift for someone who is from the U.S. and now lives here in Canada. I made him in size 10 thread.










This is motif #11 and it's Nancy Tracy's pattern and made in DMC size 30. I like to call it my heart of gold.