Camilla

Camilla

    This is another favorite, ok, they are all my favorite.  

Yaak

Yaak

   We went for a drive to see the Yaak Falls.  Evidently, this is on the other side of the mountain, that's across the street.   Funny how you have to drive all around the mountain to get to the falls.

 

Nesting

Nesting

    We had a painted turtle, that kept trying to find a nesting spot.  She would come up toward the house, every few days.  Don't know if she ever found a spot.

 

Two

Two

    Ok, two more...I needed one on the sewing table.

One

One

   One more trash can for another tatting bag.

Alternative

Alternative

     Same brooch, a few different beads...pearls instead of seed beads.

 

Beads

Beads

    Here is part two.

 2-Layered Flower Brooch   

© 2016 Marie McCurry

Beads and Terms:

    Experienced tatters can add the beads as you tat the brooch.  Beginners may want to sew them in, after your done tatting the brooch.  Feel free to substitute beads.

Step #3:

     Brooches tatted with DMC floss, the bead sizes are in parenthesis “(  )”.

1.)   Thread 6 - SB (3 mm) and go around again.  Pull the ends tight to form a circle.  The black lines show the direction to sew the beads in.   2.5 mm round beads can be used instead of SB. :)

2.)  Tack the ring down by sewing around the thread, that holds the beads together, and tack it to the bottom of the front rings.  In the area where the ring closes.   Sew this twice. (See diagram)

3.)  Add a bead on top of 6 – bead circle, using a 3 mm (4 mm) bead.  Tack it down on the opposite side.  Go back through the bead to secure it. 

4.)  Add 6 – 4 mm (6 mm) beads to the back rings.  Use the BOP and TTS (use the picot joins) techniques.  Sew this twice.

Step #4:

     Sew on the pin bar.  Use the holes and ends to attach the pin bar to the brooch.  Make sure you place the pin bar above the “horizontal axis” (see diagram).  Doing so, will prevent the brooch from “flopping” forward. 

 

     Add a drop of acid-free glue on the tatting, where the “flap” hits the tatting (see diagram).  This will prevent the threads from wearing.  This brooch should be stiff enough, not requiring stiffener.

Love

Love

     Christmas is coming and time to start getting presents made.  Anyone can buy a present but one you make is from the heart.  To get you started here is my "2-Layered Flower Brooch" pattern.  So get started....with love, Marie

   

 2-Layered Flower Brooch   

© 2016 Marie McCurry

     This was written using size 20, Lizbeth thread and DMC embroidery floss (in parenthesis).  Feel free to add decorative picots and/or beads.  This brooch also would make a great pendant, bracelet or earrings.  Finished  size:  1 ¼” in diameter (size 20 thread) and 1 ½” in diameter (DMC floss).

Materials:

2 – Colors of size 20, Lizbeth thread or DMC embroidery floss (use all 6-strands)

1 – Strand of gold or silver, metallic sewing thread (Coats & Clark or Sulky)

1 – 1” pin bar

6 – 12/0 seed beads (SB) (3 mm round bead)

1 – 3 mm (4 mm) round bead

6 – 4 mm (6 mm) round beads

2 – Shuttles

Matching sewing thread (optional, can use the ends to sew in the beads.)

Acid-free glue

   

      All tatting will be done with one strand of metallic sewing thread and one strand of size 20 thread (DMC floss). 

Step #1:

NOTE:   This part can be tatted in two parts, the back rings first, then the front rings.  The back rings are in purple and are 6 - 10 - 6.  The front rings are in red and are 6 + (join to the picots between the back rings) 6.

Wind 1 – shuttle with the first color thread and the metallic thread.  This step will be the shuttle only.

Start with one of the back rings (in purple):

R1:  6 – 10 – 6

R2: 6 + (join to the last picot in R1) 6

R3:  6 + (join to the last picot in R1) 10 – 6

R4:  6 + (join to the last picot in R3) 6

R5:  6 + (join to the last picot in R3) 10 – 6

R6:  6 + (join to the last picot in R5) 6

R7:  6 + (join to the last picot in R5) 10 – 6

R8:  6 + (join to the last picot in R7) 6

R9:  6 + (join to the last picot in R7) 10 – 6

R10:  6 + (join to the last picot in R9) 6

R11:  6 + (join to the last picot in R9) 10 + (join to the first picot in R1) 6

R12:  6 + (join to the last picot in R11) 6

Cut ends, can use the ends to add the beads or use matching sewing thread.

Step #2:

Wind the second shuttle with about 18” of the other color thread and the metallic thread and do not cut the threads.  This step will be working off the ball.  If you feel comfortable, you may finger tat this step.

     The second round is all chains with 14 ds.  Lock-join each chain in the large picots of the back rings.  You can hide ends now or use the ends to add the beads. 

DMC on the left and size 20 thread on the right.

Stay tuned, until tomorrow....you'll add the beads.

Link to the next part.

DMC

DMC

    I also made the brooch with DMC thread.

 

Brooch

Brooch

     Started a new collection called the Stacked-Ring Brooch Collection.  This is the "2-Layered Flower Brooch" made with size 20 thread.

 

Flowers

Growing

    Here are a few beauties, growing around our house. 

Keep watch....midweek there's a surprise for you.

 

One More

One More

     Last quilled flake, for now.

 

Confirmation

Confirmation

       There were a few children getting confirmed.  The pattern was Lene Bjorn's.  Used white for the rings and white, with a strand of metallic gold thread, for the chains.

Favorite

Favorite

    This is my favorite flake, so far.

Order

Order

    The bracelet pattern was C-M Handmade and the earrings I made up from the pattern.

 

Flake

Flake

     Easy quilly flake.

Birthday

Birthday

   Happy Birthday, little sister.  I had to post this a little later, hoping she had opened presents already.

Simple

Simple

    This started out as a simple doodle, trying to use up a little bit of thread on my shuttle.  After using up the thread, it looked like a horse shoe.  I decided to add another row, and another, then some beads.  It need a little focal point so I used and old, too heavy to wear, earring.  Adding a pin and I love it!!  This one's mine!!

 

Quill

Quill

    Love this paper making craft.

 

Mindless

Mindless

     Wanted to do something that didn't take much mental effort.  

 

Larger

Larger

   
    Another, simple flower...a little bigger.

 

Triangular

Triangular

     A simple pattern, I made up in the spring.