Day 3 - Art Every Day - Tatted Angel

I had a long hike today and only had a bit of time in the evening to stitch while I finished Movie 3 of the Narnia series.  I pulled out this piece of tatting.  Previously I had completed the chest, wings and the outline of her head.  Tonight I added the hair and started on her skirt.  I am amazed at what I can already do with tatting. I have tried twice previously to tat with little success.  I guess I learned enough to make it stick on the third try. Happy!

Day 2 - Art Every Day - Lace and Pearls Do-Your-Block

Elizabeth's blocks were stunning without embellishment. Here is my work on Elizabeth's block:

 Elizabeth sent a piece of irish lace with each block.  The tatting is mine.

Day 1 - Art Every Day - Tatted Trim

Vicki, from the blog "On the Curing Rack", http://onthecuringrack.blogspot.com/2013/12/art-every-day-reminder.html, issued a challenge to post daily on what we accomplished in art.  Today I put 2 repeats on a piece of tatting I've been working on.  I've been trying to learn to tat and have decided to do 6-inch lengths of various tatted trims to get better at it.  This trim is done in size 80 tatting thread.

Barb's block from Lace and Pearls Round Robin

Here is my embellishment of Barb's block for the Lace and Pearl's Round Robin in CQI.

Hardanger scented sachet

I finally finished my Mother's birthday present.  I had the hardanger completed for some time, but had a hard time deciding how to finish it.  At least she'll get it before Christmas -- her birthday was in October.

 Back:

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Tatting

I am working on learning to tat.  I'm feeling pretty good about it so far, but I need a lot more practice.  Here are some of the pieces I've done so far.I started out with a tatting size 20 thread for the white tree, used a size 8 pearl cotton for the darker green tree, then tried a size 80 tatting thread for the smallest tree.

Lorraine's Give-away

http://www.creativedaily.blogspot.com/

My friend Lorraine is having a beautiful give-away of some of her exquisite hand dyed threads.  I have purchased threads from Lorraine and believe me; these are worth having.  Check it out.

 Along with her brilliant colored threads, she is giving away Rebecca's Sampler for you to stitch.