Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Tatting on Jeans
I saw a pair of jeans on pinterest that had a tatted edge around the pocket. I have had this bookmarked for over a year. I finally got around to putting some tatting on a pair of my jeans. I tatted an edging and added beads for some sparkle. This pair of jeans also had a split on one knee. So I put a jean patch on the knee and added a tatted motif on top of the patch. I thought it looked good so I put a patch with tatted motif on the other leg too! What do you think?
Friday, February 17, 2012
In Remembrence of Gina
I spent the evening thinking of Gina and all the wonderful things I remember about her. My heart is sad that she is gone. I started to draw out all the feelings I had. I will miss you Gina!
Remembering Gina - The Tatting Goddess
It is with a heavy heart that I write this blog post. This week the tatting community lost a very sweet and kind lady, Gina Brummett. You will be sadly missed Gina!
Thank you for the e-mails and encouragement over the years and all the kind comments you left on my blog. I Will Miss You!!
My thoughts and prayers go out to her family and friends!
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Tatting for Christmas
I have been busy tatting for Christmas. I always seem to wait until the last possibly time to start on items I want to tat before Christmas and this year was no exception. I did manage to get quite a bit done though. With all the new Lizbeth threads, I had a hard time deciding what to use first. I wasn't sure how I felt about the color - Blue River Glades, but after I tatted with it, it has become one of my favorite colors. The blues and greens are so rich in color, I just love how this motif and earrings turned out. The motif that I made into a pendant is a pattern by Mark Myers, Shuttle Motif. The earrings are by Jennifer Williams. Click on her name and then go to patterns and here is the direct link to the earrings.
These Tatted Christmas Tree Earrings are a favorite of mine to tat. I tat at my Library on Thursdays. There is a crochet group that meets on Thursday afternoon and I asked if I could come tat while they crocheted. Then a knitter asked if she could come, so we keep growing in size. Anyway, I had been tatting these tree earrings and three of the ladies asked if they could buy a pair of the earrings. They are quick and easy to tat. The Christmas tree earrings are a pattern by Brenda Bonilla and the pattern was in an old Knots Newsletter.
I normally tat these in the solid green color, but this year I tried the very pretty variegated Lizbeth thread Christmas Green Mix 152. I'm not sure which color I like more now. The solid or the variegated???
Last but not least is a pendant set made in another new Lizbeth thread, Autumn Spice -136. This is such an awesome color and Yarnplayer's Tatted Leaf pattern looks great in this thread. The Celtic Motif I tatted as the pendant is a pattern by Rosemarie Peel "Tatting for Pleasure." I have gotten many compliments on this set when I wear it.
Front Side Back Side
I still have more tatting to show, but I'll save it for another post.
Happy Holidays!
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Twilight Tatting & Feargal and William's Whirlwind Tour Around the World In Just One Afternoon
My dear friend Rayanna had a birthday over the summer and I knew she was reading the Twilight series, so my gift to her was the book "The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner" by Stephanie Myer. I wanted to tat a special bookmark for her, so I came up with a Twilight themed bookmark. The Apple and Bat are patterns by Mark Myers.
First we departed from Vandergrift International Airport and flew to the Cayman Islands. Feargal and William had fun at the beach and can even be found climbing palm trees.
Then we stopped in Costa Rica where they played with the monkeys and were swinging from the vines.
A quick stop in Antarctica to see the penguins and they were off again. It was too cold to stay long in Antarctica.
SSHHHH.....Feargal didn't let his Mum know he was stopping in Ireland for a quick visit. He just wanted to check on his pot of gold.
Africa was fun! They got to ride on the giraffes and lions.
Here they can be seen visiting with the Koala bear in Australia.
I sure had fun with these little guys. But it was time for Feargal to move on. He is now in a new location visiting with another Leprechaun relative of his. I'm sure you will hear more of Feargal's Leprechanu adventures soon.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Demonstrating Tatting at the Vicary Mansion
I was finally able to make it to the Vicary Mansion in Freedom, PA, when they had one of their historical events. Each year the town of Freedom and the Vicary Mansion celebrate Freedom/Vicary Day. The town has parades, food, games and entertainment, while the Mansion hosts historic crafters demonstrating Quilting, Bobbin Lace, Paper Quilling, Scherenschnitt, and Tatting, along with giving tours and explaining the history of the mansion.
We had four tatters demonstrating plus a special Guest who came all the way from Ireland on a world tour. Feargal the leprechaun came to the Vicary Mansion along with his secretary, Miss Scarlet. Feargal and my William had a grand time meeting the other tatters. There was my mother Peg, Evalyn, and Kathy Nikalwicz of http://www.kathysvictoriantattedlace.blogspot.com.
This was such a fun and relaxing day for me, to sit and tat all day and talk with visitors when they came through the mansion. Kathy and I had a lot to talk about too.
Miss Scarlet, Feargal, and William (my leprechaun)
Kathy, Me, Peg, Evalyn
This tree full of beautiful tatting belongs to Kathy.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Vandergrift Arts Festival
My Local Library, Vandergrift Public Library, where I work, was involved in the Vandergrift Fine Arts Festival for the first time. We had Fiber Arts displayed throughout the library and demonstrations going on as well. There was embroidery, quilting, crochet, spinning and tatting demonstrations going on. I was of course demonstrating tatting along with my Mother, Peg and my friend Rayanna was there for awhile too!
I was talking to the lady who came in to demonstrate spinning and I realized that I had e-mailed with her before. Misty joined one of the yahoo groups for tatting and I saw that she was from my area. I had lost her e-mail address and lost contact with her until I realized when I was talking to her at the Library who she was. What a small world. So I hope to get together with her to tat somtime.
It was a very busy day in the Library with people in and out all day watching the various demonstrators and looking at our wonderful displays. This is my tatting display.
This is the quilter's display.
Each group that demonstrated donated an item for our raffle, which was a fundraiser for the library. I tatted Yarnplayer's Duchess necklace in Lizbeth thread, dusty rose, from her "Boutique Tatting" book and the earrings I tatted to go with the necklace was Yarnplayer's Carnival Earrings. I made a bracelet to go with the set too, I just used a basic Rosette pattern. I was very pleased how it all turned out.
This event went over very well and our fundraising for the Library was a success.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Tatting Seahorses Again
I work at the Vandergrift Public Library and in March we held a birthday Party for Dr. Seuss. My daughter dressed up in a costume, which was a "What is That", so the costume could be anything. I made a mask for the outfit and added a little bit of a tatting around the edge.
I also want to wish my son "Cameron" a Happy Birthday!! He turned 16 in April.
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