Motif # 6 -

Im not used to make my own designs, but this time I tried to make a leaf, using only a shuttle, not looking at any pattern and this is my result, a tiny leaf , only rings.Its a beginning! I like the result , so I tatted one more and added a little flower with multipicots. I think this could be my motif #6, a little bunch with leaves and flower.

Motif # 5

Ill keep on tatting flowers, but this time I decided to make a bookmark, so I took a pattern from the book Aunt Ellen tatting handbook, to make the leaf  and then I added a tail , using the josephine knot . The center of the flower is a ring, with tiny rings, worked in josephine knot, tatting the first half of the double stitch

Motif #4- more flowers

This is a pattern from Lisa Trumble (you can find the pattern here.....http://www.thisntat.com/motifs/roseleaf.html) I had a problem in one of the leafs, because I distracted and I joined to the wrong picot , but I thought it wasnt a big problem, so this will be my motif # 4.....Ill keep on collecting more flowers and leaves....

Motif # 3

Well , here again , with flowers again.....Ilike spring!! I found this pattern searching for flowers for our monthly spanish challenge (flowers, leaves, trees...) in Eliz Davis blogspot and decided to tat it.

She called these Dancing flowers, and I really think they are dancing!!

Motif # 2

Split chains.... what a job  it was for me! We saw in our class a pattern from Katia Vallee, a beautiful fan, full of split chains! so, when I finished it, I tried to transform this fan in butterfly wings, changing the lenght of the chains.  An the result is the photo above.  I know there is a long way in learning how to design my own motifs but I m happy with this one!!

Motif # 1_ Spring is here!!

In the last on line spanish class  we reviewed  the tecnique of multi picots. We used the diagrams of Mark Myers,   very clear ,and with the help of Wally it was easy to learn it at last. So I decided to tat some simple flowers to practice, and I think this will be my first motif in this challenge. Here in Argentina, spring has just arrived, so this is my modest  tribute to this beautiful season.

Our spanish space for tatting...

This is the spanish tatting group, created by wally sosa. More  people is joining this group and it is fantastic, because it means this art will not dissapear....

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