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This is the latest version of my Daisy Wheel Doily. I used white for the first two rounds and then a variegated yellow. The thread is Flora 20. In this case, I think the variegated thread adds to the design, instead of taking it over, as it can do.
This Chinese Dragon was designed by Anne Bruvold . It is tatted in a variegated Lizbeth 20. It wasn't an easy pattern to follow, as I find diagrams better. The colours look pretty good though and I am pleased with the way it turned out. There is a choice of the sun in it's mouth or a pearl. My dragon has a pearl.
These three little doilies show the process that I followed to the final Daisy Wheel Doily design, at the bottom.
The multicoloured doily at the top left, is the first design with two rounds of chains in it. The second round of the design is a chain and the circle of larger rings towards the outside of the design are joined by chains.
The second, green, doily has those joining chains taken out, by making the large rings, split rings. The third and final doily, in lilac, has the first chain round in the design, taken out as well. It is a much more open design now, more negative space.
This is my latest design, the Four Ring Doily. The green and multicoloured doilies were tatted in Lizbeth 20. I used DMC 40 for the white doily and Altin Basak 50 for the pink one.
There is one split chain and quite a few split rings in the pattern.
The pattern is not available yet.
I have been so busy with other stitching recently, that I have been neglecting my 25 Motif Challenge, so here are five more motifs, to catch up a bit. The Angel is 'Ruth's Angel' from Mark Myers' book a 'Tatted Gathering of Angels'. I tatted it in DMC 40.
The other motifs are from Patti Duff's book 'MiniTats' The variegated blue ones are tatted in Coats 20. The white one is tatted in DMC 40.
At last I have finished the bonnet.
On 23rd April 1834 the Edward, a prison hulk sailed from England to Van Diemen’s Land in Australia. It had 151 women convicts on board sentenced to transportation.
Mary Little, one of the 25,000 women transported, was 48 and convicted in March of 1834 to 7 years. The Edward sailed in April and arrived in September, at reputedly the worst prison in Australia. She served 7 years and obtained a Ticket-of-Leave. in 1841
I don't know what she was convicted of, or whether she came back to England.
This website will tell you more about the bonnets, Roses from the Heart
The snowflake on the back is my Clover Snowflake; the Tiny Rings I made up for the front edge and Mary Konior designed the Curds and Whey. I used Lizbeth variegated thread, 20,
This is my new toy. An electric Bobbin Winder. If you read my Blog, you will know that I already have a Shuttle winder for post shuttles. That of course didn't help me, when I bought a Pop-A-Bobbin shuttle. I spotted an advert for the Bobbin Winder on Jane's Blog. The funny thing is, Jane hadn't seen the advert at all, which shows you that an advert isn't an endorsement from the Blog owner, which of course we all knew. It does sort of associate that person with the product, though. Anyway, my daughter bought one on line for my birthday, and I am thrilled to bits with it. It winds bobbins very quickly, and doesn't twist the thread. This leaves more time for tatting, which must be good, right?
I just received my copy of the Ring of Tatters Newsletter and there, on the front cover, is Flowerpiece by Mary Konior.
I recognised it as the little doily on my coffee table. So here it is. Tatted many years ago, but still very pretty. We lost a great designer in Mary.
Tat’s All She Wrote had a Give Away to celebrate her 200th post on her blog. She had designed a charm to go on a phone or scissors. I thought the charm was so pretty and told her so... I won it !! After three weeks of waiting I e-mailed Marty to ask if it could have got lost in the post. I was so disappointed but she said she would make another one and send it. I waited another week and then we had the volcano, the skies were closed and I thought I had lost it forever. Suddenly within a week, the first one and then the second one arrived. I must also mention the beading needle that came with both charms, so I have 2 of those now. They will be very useful. Am I lucky ?? I should say so. Thank you so much Marty for all the trouble you went to and for the needles and lovely charms. They are both so pretty and beautifully made.
Look what Dave has bought for me. Trouble is, he may be stuck in Florida with them !!
