Happy international tatting day and Mushaan DAL 2025 Challenge

 Hi,

Yes it might be Aprils fools day but it’s international tatting day,  around the world tatters like me are celebrating our day tatting and eating chocolate,  they do go together, plus we like to go and tat in public,  something I do quite often.  Last year I was in a waiting room in the hospital waiting for Vernon and this old lady passed me and said oh it’s the tatting lady,   She wanted to stop and watch me tat but unfortunately for her,  her transport arrived no doubt she will see me again and want to watch.  I have no idea when she has seen me before but it’s nice to have someone stop and ask what I am doing and take an interest.

But unfortunately I am ill and will not be going out to tat in public and eating chocolate well I might just have a square or two,  I was not well enough to go and put flowers on mothers grave yesterday for Mother’s Day,  I have to go and see the GP again this week,  I just hope they can get me better soon.

This is the first part of Mushaan’s DAL 2025 challenge.  I have not finished,  but I will show you more as and when I have done some more,  the picture shows the first two rounds and the challenge is to do more and design as many rows as you want   

Have a wonderful day and enjoy tatting where ever you are in world.

Margaret

CD Sunday challenge - anything goes #155

 Hi,

Spring seems to be in the air as I write this post for CD Sunday challenge,  March has come in like a lamb but no doubt it will go out like a lion,  the host for this fortnight is Jocelyn

For my card this fortnight I used a download from Debbi Moore called Gnome Side Scene dimensional kit,  I really enjoyed making this card,  there are a lot of little extras you can add to this scene,  I chose a few but not all of them, 

CD Sunday Plus challenge has a Facebook page for those who would like to enter the challenge and do not have a blog,   here is a link to the page the challenge and do not have a blog,    

I hope you will visit the CD Sunday Plus Challenge site, and remember if you want to enter the challenge you must use something from a CD, USB or digital material no matter how small and let us know where and what you used the material from,   and that it is a card or a project.    Here is a link to CD Sunday Plus Challenge blog  we would be pleased to see you.

Enjoy your weekend,

Margaret 

Happy St Patrick’s Day and Onion Leaf clover Pattern

 Hi

I wish all my Irish followers a very happy St Patrick’s day 

Last year this was my clover leaf pattern and to remind you here is a copy of last years post that went with the picture

I made this tatted clover leaf,  it’s my own pattern I threw together,   I am calling it an Onion Ring clover leaf,  it’s in development as you could say,  needs a few finishing touches perhaps a few more stitches to make it bigger,   but for today it will do.   It’s onion ring leaves and a spiral chain for the stalk.  I  used Lizbeth no 20 thread in Christmas green mix,  I am running out of dark green,  so I used this varigated thread instead.  I will write my pattern out at some point

Here is this years clover leaf,  yes I have made it bigger and added a Josephine knot on the tips of the clover leafs.  I promised to write out the pattern  ( only taken a year,  better late than never)  again I used Lizbeth thread no 20 in Christmas green mix.  

No 1 which is the picture at the top of the page 

Onion ring leaf pattern no one 

Ring 5 - 5

Row 1,  10 + (attach to the picot at the top of the ring).  vsp  19

Row 2    15 + (again attach to the top of the last row). vsp  15

Row 3    20 +  as before  p 20

*** vsp chain  4 and then do the pattern again for the next onion leaf ,  then chain 4 join at the base of the chain and Repeat the onion leaf again making three onion leaves **

Stalk  is a spiral chain to whatever length you want.

Onion leaf pattern no two 

The pattern is more less the same

Ring 1  7 - 7

Row 1  12 + (attach to p on the top of the ring) vsp 12

Row2    17 + (  attach to p on the top of the chain) vsp 17

Row  3    22 + ( attach to p on the top of the chain ) JR 8 22 

Repeat ** to ** 

Stalk is a spiral chain again to what ever length you want

Sorry I am no good at doing diagrams,  but I am sure you can make it with these directions 

Abbreviations 

vsp -  very small picot

-         -  picot

+         -  join 

JR       -  Josephine knot 

Enjoy the pattern 

Margaret 

CD Sunday Challenge - anything goes #154

 Hi,

Gosh it time for another challenge at CD Sunday,  this year is starting to fly,  March already and it still feels like January,  where did February go,  this fortnight I am hosting the challenge 

For my card this fortnight I decided to go round,  the card is from stock and I cannot remember where I brought it from,  I used the backing paper and matching flower fairy image from the Flower Fairies Friends CD disc one by Crafters Companions.  I decoupaged the image on several layers and made a pink bow to go with it.

CD Sunday Plus challenge has a Facebook page for those who would like to enter the challenge and do not have a blog,   here is a link to the page the challenge and do not have a blog,    

I hope you will visit the CD Sunday Plus Challenge site, and remember if you want to enter the challenge you must use something from a CD, USB or digital material no matter how small and let us know where and what you used the material from,   and that it is a card or a project.    Here is a link to CD Sunday Plus Challenge blog  we would be pleased to see you.

Enjoy your weekend,

Margaret 

CD Sunday challenge- anything goes #153

 Hi,

Times for another challenge at the CD Sunday challenge blog,  this fortnight it is Jo who will be hosting the challenge

For my card this fortnight,  I thought I would do a DL card,  I used Jayne Netley Mayhew collection CD by Joanna Sheen,  I used the matching backing sheet with the elephant image,  each elephant image was matted onto silver card and the card was finished off with silver corner peel offs.

CD Sunday Plus challenge has a Facebook page for those who would like to enter the challenge and do not have a blog,   here is a link to the page the challenge and do not have a blog,    

I hope you will visit the CD Sunday Plus Challenge site, and remember if you want to enter the challenge you must use something from a CD, USB or digital material no matter how small and let us know where and what you used the material from,   and that it is a card or a project.    Here is a link to CD Sunday Plus Challenge blog  we would be pleased to see you.

Enjoy your weekend,

Margaret 

Happy St David’s Day

 Wishing all my friends, followers and visitors 

To my blog

A Happy St David’s day 

 

TTAL - temperature tat along part 17

 

Hi,

At last I have finished all the squares,  ends sewn in and all the beads sewn on,I started it in the middle of January 2024, due to illness,  to finish the line I did a few extra days in January,  it has 360 squares,   Which is fine I am happy with my square. measures 19 x 21 inches or 48.3 cms x 53.4 cms, 

I am going to tat the year and attach it to the top,  and then do a border.

Margaret