MOTIF # 8 edging finished and another fan..

I have just finished the edging that I showed you in the last post.. I have not decided where to atach it.. to a handkerchief? maybe in a frame ? what do you suggest? I really like it... and also I tat another fan to add to my collection of little fans!

The way I put the edging with the fan inside suggested me to made a frame with them.. but I have to think about it...

.. and here is a detail of the new fan...

MOTIF # 7 April 1st International Tatting Day....

On the International Tatting Day, Georgia Seitz gave us a challenge.It consisted in writting patterns from the book Die Schiffchernarbeit....

and I choosed this one..

and tat this version with beads in the outer row...

The center has onion rings and to jump to the last row, I used a split chain and a split ring, because I dont like to cut threads if I can avoid it!

I have used Coats mercer crochet # 40 for this version.

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...