Cover

 Cover

    I went to the thrift store, looking for heavy fabric.  I came across a couple of placemats.  They weren't completely the same size, but I didn't care, I loved the look of them.  The cover I was making is for myself.

I love the way the front came out.

Wow, that drawing isn't that great.  This was my first colored pencil drawing.  I drew this, the beginning, of last year.

Outer

 Outer

     I'm still working on my doily.  I have two rounds to go.  Since the last round is composed of 24 motifs, I decided to tat most of them first.  This way, I'm not putting too much stress on the doily.  I tatted 19 motifs and now starting to sandwich the rows together.

Sally

 Sally

     About a year ago, we all went to Spar Lake.  While there, Sally came to say hi (beg for food).  She look like she had packed on the weight or maybe pregnant again.  Here she is, begging for food.

We caught a few mackinaw. 

Another Attempt at the Trolly Mat Pattern

Another Attempt at the Trolly Mat Pattern

     When a pattern is written out, I like to diagram it.  While tatting this pattern, I wasn't paying close attention to my pattern.  So I messed up the third row again.  This mess up I love and left it.  I added too many clover leaves.  They weren't supposed to be attached to the chains.  The pattern is called "Motif Trolley Mat", found in Tatting book 5, by Penolpe.  The thread was Lizbeth, size 80 in Wildflower Garden.

      This little coin box was in a box of stuff I had gotten at an estate sale.  I am a TEA drinker NOT a COFFEE drinker, so I had to do something to the front of the box.

 The inside with my yard selling money.

 

    The new and improved box.  I used an acetate film to protect the tatting.  I just love the way the motif came out!

 

Box

Box

     I out-grew my changeable earring box and needed a larger one.  This tin was given to me by my parents.  The embellishments glow in the dark.

Cross

 Cross

      I was looking for a challenging, cross pattern and came across Muskann's "Magic Square Cross," pattern.  This one was just, up my alley...this demands attention!  After the third try, I finally settled down and got the rhythm.  This cross was for my "Church Mom's," birthday.

Ruby-Throated

 Ruby-Throated 

     My little sister's birthday is today.  I had made her a ruby-throated hummingbird card.  This is the only hummingbird in Iowa.

Happy Birthday, baby sister.  Love you.