Squirrely

Squirrely

     These are really fast tats.  They took me less than a day to make them.

Snail

Snail

     This snail has the cutest little face.  I had to tat two of them.

 

Biggies

Biggies

     I had to put something on a couple of naked, Starlite shuttles.

These fit wonderfully in my large tatting cases.

Monkey

Monkey

    This monkey is up to mischief!!  He's hiding something behind is back.

Ladybird...bug

Ladybird...bug

     One of my favorites.  Using two shuttles and a lot of shoe-lace-tricks to trick it out.

 

Shuttle

Shuttles

    Finished a new batch of tatting shuttles for sale.   They can be found on West Pine Creations.  They go well with the Tatting Cases (see the right side, column for cases.)

 

Horse

Horse

     This cute little horse reminds me of a stuffed kids toy.

 

Blondie

Blondie

      I made this darling giraffe for a friend.  He was there to help my family though my Dad's last days.

Elephant

Elephant

     This motif was done with Coats and Clark size 30 thread.

 

Puppy

Puppy

     This cute little puppy I made into a card.

Cat

Cat

     I love all of the animals in this book.  They have great character.

Dancing

     A friend gave  me these,  awesome, solar dancing critters.   No batteries needed,  just the sun.  They stop working when the sun goes down.   My husband gets a kick out of them! 

Butterfly

Butterfly

  
     Working through Inga's book...the butterfly.  She had designed 12 animal motifs to go on her grandchild's quilt.  This one I tatted in size 20 thread.

 

Mountain Blue Bird

Mountain Blue Bird

     The mountain blue bird is Idaho's state bird.  This one was done with size 30 thread.  The pattern is from "Tatted Animals," by Inga Madsen.

   

Also, new critter tatting cases for sale on West Pine Creations.

Large

Small

25 of 25

25 of 25

     Another favorite!   This is Wanda's, "Graduation Cross. "

Set of 13 crosses

25 of 25 Motif Challenge

I finished my challenge, back in January and "Schedule" this blog at the same time.  

Floating Cross

Floating Cross

    This is the first time, I tatted this cross from my favorite book by Lean Bjorn.

Fruity Cross

Fruity Cross

     I finally had gotten Mary Konior's book, "Tatting With Visual Patterns".

Zigzag

Zigzag

     Another cross pattern by Rebecca Jones.   Reminds me of a zipper. 

Knife Inlays

Knife Inlays

  This was a custom order for a knife maker.  These were the teeth from his first bull elk.  He wanted them sat so he could inlay them in his knife handle.

Rainbows

Rainbows

     I found this pattern in the "Complete Book of Tatting", by Rebecca Jones. 

SPRING

It's spring here, west of the Rockies.   We didn't get much of a winter,  unfortunately.   Not much of an ice fishing season.   Had to plant some flowers.

Rainbows

Rainbows

     A cross from my favorite book by Lean Bjorn.

Lovely Cross

Lovely Cross

   This pattern came from Grace Tan's, "Jane's Bookmark".  It's been in my to-do pile for awhile.   

Peacock

Peacock

     The peacock pattern is from Made By Mommy.  The Easter baskets are my designs.

 

Midnight Rainbow

Midnight Rainbow

     Wendy's, "Split Ring Cross"  pattern.  This is one of my favorite cross patterns. 

Snip....Snip

Snip....Snip

      This was this years TAIS 2015, by one of our favorites, Jane.  This was a quick and addicting pattern. 

 

Mice

Mice

  A few extra mice.  I didn't have gray bands, for one of the mice, so I used silver.