Happy New Year

Hello All

I hope you all have a wonderful and safe New Year. As for myself I may stay up and party to ohhh 9:50 or maybe 9:55 if I make it.

Happy New Year to all my family and friends!

All the best to all my blogging and tatting friends!!!

Tatfully Yours
Kelly

Merry Christmas

Hello to All

Hope you are having a wonderful holiday!!!

Will be posting more later. We have been having computer problem and stuff so I update you all soon!!

Have a good one!!

Tatfully Yours
Kelly

Hello Everyone

I know it has been a while. Last time I blogged, I was waiting for some thread to arrive. Well it did but because it was nothing wonderful, so I didn`t blog about it. It was just some size 10 DMC Cebelia, in white, dk green and burgundy. My girlfriend Pat is having a craft show coming up the end of November and first weekend in December and I have been busy getting things made for the sale!!

First we have three, of some 9 bookmarks I have made in Lizbeth size 20 threads. Pattern is by LaRae Mikulecky called Lacy Bookmark. I love doing this one and it looks great in all thread colours.

Of course you have to have tree and wreath ornaments to sell.

I have tatted over 2 dozen snowflake ornaments. They are a pattern by Sharon Briggs called Beaded Snowflake. I did different types with less picots and different beads and pearls and colours of thread.
The angel is a Carolyn Groves on Georgia Seitz site. I love this little lady. All of these are made with the Cebelia threads.

Next is Rachel Jacksons`Poinsettia/Star Flower Earring pattern. The glitter is nail polish I had. I think it adds just enough glitter.

With all this Christmas stuff to think about, there was one song that would not leave my mind until I tatted `Hippy`here. I think you can guess what that song was!! Thanks Jane for this great pattern and for getting the song out of my head!! LOL

Last but not least I came up with this table decoration to hold your knife, fork and spoon on the dinner table. They just need some stitching on the edge and maybe some tatting added. What do you think? The only thing is to make sure that my guests don`t think they are for them to take. They are just for decorating!!!

Well time to go and get back to work

Tatfully Yours Kelly

Waiting on the post.

Hello

I have been waiting for an order of thread to arrive and when it did not arrive on Tuesday I took it as a sign that I should tat the edging on the hankie and make another baby bonnet.

My mother is going to the baby shower on Saturday and I was sitting on the fence if I should make this or not. But seeing that time allowed it, off I started.

So here it is!! The first one I made when out in the mail the other day. I am also going to share the poem that goes with this Heirloom Hankie.

Heirloom Hankie

At first a hankie small and white,
Folded square and stitched just right,
A baby bonnet was made of me,
So a family heirloom, I could be.

Worn home from hospital or christening day,
I'm pressed with care and packed away.
When the lovely bride needs something "old",
They'll snip my threads and I'll unfold.

On the wedding day this gift of joy,
Will even suit a baby boy;
Alas he too will marry,
And this hankie will be his bride's to carry.

Just a short note to up date you what I have been up too!

Thanksgiving Monday...

Well, what does one do, on holiday Monday, after eating too much turkey on Sunday?!?

Tat of course!!!!!!

When I first laid my eyes on this Lizbeth thread called Autumn Spice (size 20), I knew what pattern I wanted to do with it! Mary Konior`s Spinning Wheel glass mat from her book Tatting with Visual Patterns!! It measures about 5 inches across.

Next up we have a little crochet piece I saved. It came to me from an older lady who wanted me to finish the larger piece for a table cloth. She gave me all her crochet threads and said I could do what I liked with it. Little did she know her daughter wanted to larger piece because her mother had done it and did not care if it was finished but just cleaned up a little. So I carefully cut away some of the unfinished work and was able to leave her with a table cloth about 4`x4`. I got this little piece (15 inches x 18 inches) and finished the edges for a table mat for my dinning table!!

So that is what I did with my Monday off. Not to bad!! And you are right if you guessed we will be having left over turkey for dinner tonight!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving from Canada!!!

Tatfully Yours Kelly

More from the Fringe...

Morning!!!

I was hoping to get these last pictures posted earlier but we had a rough weekend (son was in the hospital for a spell) and now I have a lovely cold to top things off.
So on with the show!!!

These first couple of pictures are of raffle prizes I won. From them I have many X-mas gifts planned!!

And of course I did some shopping!! I love HDT, don`t you?

I didn`t just teach but did get to take a class from Kaye and I was able to finish this bracelet in the class time. Always love it when that happens! I am still working on Susans`napkin ring holder. Hope to be finished it soon!

Now do not get the wrong idea. Just because I purchased a shuttle it does not mean I am going to give up my needles. This shuttle was made special for the Fringe for its 5th Anniversary and it was so beautiful I could not pass it up. It will be a great keep sake.

Well that is all I have from the Fringe Tatting weekend!! I have other things to share but I need a cup of tea and maybe a nap. I`ll post what I have been up to another day.

Hope all is well in our part of Tat Land!!!

Tatfully Yours Kelly

One surprise after another

Hello there!!!

Well, I am home from Cambridge and have caught up on my sleep and am ready to share with you my great weekend!!
It was full of one surprise after another!!!

First, it always a welcome surprise when you see just how happy people are to see you again.
And there is aways neat surprises in the goodie bag you get when you arrive.

I love seeing what the vendors brought with them. I love shopping for new threads and books!! Many of the vendors stepped up and brought extra with them as one of the vendors could not make it this year.

The tatting class I did went surprisingly well. I must thank Pamela of Needle Tatting and Other Nonsense for letting me use her Cameo pattern for the class. Many of the students were able to finish their piece and were very pleased with themselves. It made me feel really good to hear -I think I got it! and -I have learned so much from you this weekend. Also to see them sharing with others what they made in my class. It leaves you with a good feeling!!!

But the BIGGEST surprise came on Saturday afternoon. I was getting ready for an afternoon class when I was called over by Ruth, only to have someone stand up and say- HI it`s ........FOX!!! This was the first time we got to meet face to face. We did try earlier this year but plans fell through. I had no idea she was coming out!!! And she wanted me to show her some needle tatting stitches. She made my whole weekend when she told me that she only came out because she know I was going to be there. That blew me away!!! Thank you so much for that!!

I have other pictures to show you but did not want to have this blog entry go on for pages, so I will share the pictures of the raffle winnings and purchases I did in a few days!!

I did have a big surprise when a got home. My boys had vacuumed the house and had all the dishes washed up. WOW!!!!


And of course the cat missed me, I think? I believe the look on her face is saying-just because your home does not mean you are getting your craft chair back!

More later! Tatfully Yours Kelly