Mail call......

Good Morning

I could not believe my eyes when I went to the mail box yesterday!!! There was a package for me from Fox!!! I think she trying to kill me with kindness!!

Look at all the goodies!! Some thread she picked up in NY, beads and rings!! But the best is this 60+ year old hankie!! It is sooo beautiful!! Your right Fox they do not make them like this any more!!

And the note she wrote me, left me speechless!!!
Thank you sooo very much!!! Your friendship is the best treasure of all!!

Tatfully Yours
Kelly

Where has the time gone?

Hello to one and all!!

Here is a quick update of what I have been up to!

This is the new logo for the Fringe Element Tatters group!! I have been working on this for many months but now it is done!! I have tatted and re tatted this so often I am starting to have night mares of hearts and beads chasing me!! Thanks to my talented computer tech son we were able to clean up and prepare this logo for the group. It was voted in just the other day!!


Next we have the doily I have also been working on!! This one is slow going for me. The thread is Coats size 30. The needle I am using is thinner too so my poor fingers has been poked and stabbed a lot. I am off work today so I am hoping to get most of this one done today because I have something else I would like to be working on.


And here it is!! The hankie is a thrift store find. It only cost .50¢. Do you like the thread and beads I picked to go with this? Do you have any ideas of what might look better?

Best be going and get back to the doily!! Hope you are having a great day in your part of Tat Land!!
Tattfully Yours
Kelly

Hope you had a good one!!

Hello to one and all

I hope all moms in Tat Land had a good Mothers Day!! Mine was nice and quiet!! Hubby was out of town and that gave me time to tat!!

This is the finished center table scarf. The whole edging is made up of chains only. A little different for me.

Here is a close up of the corner showing the edging better!! I found the pattern on the tatting index page but it had no name on. Only a diagram and the title name was ``gunby``. I did change the second row by added stitches to the side work. I used size 20 DMC Cebelia.

And of course my son picked me up a plant for Mothers Day and a chocolate bar. (Boy, does he know his mother or what!!)


This a new doily I am working on!! It is from one of the books I received from Jane last week! The thread is size 30 Coats. I am only on row 6 of 9 and then there is a finishing edging to it all. This is going to take me a while to do!!

Here is a question for you!! How old does something have to be, before it called vintage? I know that the lady who gave me this thread had bought it back in the early 8o`s and I am not sure if it still available. Let me know! I was just wondering!

Tats all for now!! Back to tatting on this doily! More later.
Tatfully Yours Kelly

Mail call...

Hello All

I just had to share with you what the mail man delivered on Monday!!


This package came all the way from the UK. Now it was not a surprise or anything like that because I was expecting it.


That wonderful lady we all know as Jane did me a BIG favor and picked up two collectors set of the Royal Wedding stamps. One for my hubby and one for my boss. But before the stamps were available, Jane was selling off some extra tatting books to who ever would like them. I got my name on 2 of the them and they were all mailed together.
There are alot of patterns that I can not wait to start working on from these books. Thanks Jane for all your help!!



But first I have to finish working on this piece of cloth I picked up at the thrift store of only $1.25. It measures 10``x16`` and I am using DMC Cebelia, I think the thread colour works well with the stitching on the cloth!!

Well that is all for now. Take care everyone in Tat Land!!
Tatfully Yours
Kelly

Something new...

Hello to all!!

Hope everyone had a good long weekend!! For the past couple of weeks I have been working on something I had not tried before...3D tatting.

This is the first piece I did. Cup and Saucer by Roger aka Freedman of Needle Tatting site. I used Manuela size 20 thread. And of course my favour colour green. This I am counting as number 11 in my 2nd round for the challenge.

With spring here all types of bugs are waking up for me vacuum up. Lately I have seen a larger number of lady bugs then this time last year. I wonder if this means anything!? My little lady here is tatting in DMC Cebelia size 20 and the patten is by Nancy Tracy. I love her patterns!!


And the next picture is of some goodies I received from that sweetie Fox! Thank you Fox. I have not had a chance to work up anything from this stash yet but I hope to later this week.

Well that is about all for now! Hope all is well with you!!

Tatfully Yours
Kelly

Don`t get me wrong...

Hello to all!!

As my title says ``don`t get me wrong..`` I love my hubby but sometimes the way he says things really makes me think!!
Like this morning. As it goes I am off work today and as he is heading off to work he says`` hope you have a good time at home today!`` What does he think I do all day anyway?! It`s not like I sit around and eat candy, doing my nails and watching TV.

My list for today was:
clean the front gardens
laundry
get the garbage out
clean cat box
pick up dog poop
wash kitchen floor (the only way is the right way, hands and knees)
vacuum
make appointments for car and me (doctor)
on and on and on.....

Between these items I have also made homemade cookies and took the dog for a walk. (which is hard on me because the doctors appointment for me is to see about having foot surgery)
Ok I am done venting!! I feel a little better now!

These hearts are both done in Lizbeth size 20 thread called Summer Fun. The first is Small Tatted Heart by Betsy Evans and the other is Susan Fullers Hearts Desire.

Well I guess I should run!! (not really) Time to put the laundry on the line out side and start thinking about what to make for dinner. I am looking forward to going to work tomorrow for a break. (I clean houses by the way)

Tat to you all later!!
Kelly

I have been tatting really.....

Hello All

Yes I have been tatting but seem to not have time to blog about it. So get ready for a long update!

First we have Sherry`s ``Curly Q`` from her book The Exquisite Collection of Tatted Butterflies #2. Done in size 20 HDT thread I picked up at the Fringes Tatting Week last September! I love working this beauty!!

Here I tatted Nancy Tracy`s March 2011 Medallion. Then I took a page from Fox and did part of the pattern on a silver center piece. They were worked with size 20 Lizbeth Leafy Greens.

This next part is also Fox`s fault. I left a comment on her blog about tatting on rings and she said that I could do it too. Well, who does she think she is. So here. Your right Fox I could do it. I guess I showed you!! (hee, hee)

I forgot to count some past items in my challenge so I am going to update my count and say that with these I am up to 10 of 25 of the challenge, 2nd time around.

I do have more but if I don`t get my butt out the door, I`ll be late for work!!

Tat to you later.
Kelly