MOTIF # 6 in honour to Mary Konior

I haven´t post nothing since a few months... So I will continue my second motif challenge, making honour to a great tatter, Mary Konior.
I just begin an edging from her book TATTING WITH VISUAL PATTERNS, called Maids of honour.. It looks like little fans chained together,, and makes a delicate edging to decorate something special... I m using Coats # 40, finer thread that im used to tat with.. but very convenient for this tatting..

.. and I used the corner to tat this little fan.... I love it!!!

In future posts Ill be showing other motifs that Ill be doing during these past months....

MOTIF # 5

Searching for an easy xmas wreath I found one by Ruth Perry, a celtic wreath . Though the word "celtic" sometimes scare us , its really easy to make.

My first attempt was this one, without beads...

and then , when I was sure with the ds count (i was using # 8 perle cotton thread) I added beads to the chains and the rings...

MOTIF # 3 and #4.. more christmas tatting!

I have tatted this candle for a postcard xmas exchange we have in a bobbin lace group. I download this image from the web, but don´t remember the author. I like the colours combination and the effect of the half wreath in the bottom.

And also I sent my partner this lovely snowflake in white, tatted from the book TATTED SNOWFLAKES by Vida Sunderman.

This book have a lot of nice snowflakes to tat for next xmas celebration.

In both cases I used dmc pearl cotton # 8.

MOTIF # 2..waiting for xmas.....

I haven´t blogged for a long time since march!! but im back again here....

I was tatting some christmas motifs and the one I ll show you now is the penultimate Ellen lai pattern of the year.. a cute snowflake clipboomark one!

Here you have mutiple picots, rings, chains and a swirl join to conect the 5 center picots.

It´s a cute gift we can include in our xmas presents.. don´t you think so?

You can find this pattern in georgia´site.

New second motif challenge!! Motif ·# 1

I have joined the Sharon´s design group at yahoo. Im exciting with it , because I think that all of us wish to make our own designs. Its difficult for me this subject, because we look at so much patterns, that at last , if we decided to tat something of our own, we finished doing something that was just tatted by another! 

I believe it carries out so much practice until we are able to design something original but i think  the result will be wonderful at last.

As part of the lesson 3, that was taking a basic centre motif, we had to add a second round.... and this was my first try...

First I tatted the centre that is a simple round motif with rings and chains. To jump to the second round I have to use a split chain, then  a split ring and continue with chains that has throw off ring on it. The negative space suggests a four clover leaf... very interesting!

Its a really design challenge for me...

MOTIF # 24 Y #25... END OF MY FIRST 25 MOTIF CHALLENGE!!

Well, I cant believe it!! but at last I finished my first 25 motif challenge. So a goal for me!!

The two motif are from Georgia s classes on line, the pattern of the month, by Ellen Lai. This is  march pattern, a four clover leaf, where it is used Dimpled rings.

It has two versions: one is a bookmark, where the top is the four clover leaf, with dimple rings in the inside and chains in the outside. Then the tail is a joshephine knot chain, with some alternate dimple rings...

An the other motif is the same clover leaf on a paper clip. I think both design are really cute!!!

I had so much fun in this challenge  and it let me learned more tecniques, more tatters with theirs wonderful works and now im expecting for my second 25 motif challenge!!!!

Motif ·# 22 and # 23

This motif is part of  our spanish january challenge: making our own design. It was a really interesting challenge for me, cause its more easy for me to copy models from tatters more expert. They have great tattings, and Im consider myself a begginer in this lovely craft. But I took it, and start looking at one model that I had begun a year ago,.....

 but I left aside for some reason....

 I noticed my mistake  was the number of picots in the center, so I take it up again, and here it is.. my brownie_one (can be a name for it?)

The center is made of large picots , that are joined by the rings of the second round, (notice the picots are crossed). and the third rounds is full of split rings, with picots. I have to write the pattern,so exciting because it would be my second own design!

An the second motif, pinky_one...

.. the same center and second round, but I change the third round, with large picots, rings, and chains.  

So Im exciting cause Im arriving to my first 25motifs!!!!....