Hi,
As some of you are aware Somerset and the South West have been hit very badly by the weather just before christmas, I guess we are lucky as we live high up on the mendips but I feel really sorry for those who have been flooded and those who live on the Somerset levels, which is the area most hit by the rain, it just never stops raining. They were pumping off the water from the levels into the rivers for weeks at 10 tons of water per second, that was until the last lot of rain and they stopped pumping because of the amount of rain coming down was filling the rivers too much for the water being pumped off, so now the pumps are on when they can and river level lets them pump.
There was a lot of flooding in Cornwall and Devon which were cut off by the rail as the lines were flooded and wash away in places, the force of the water buckled the lines outside Exeter, the repairs were done over christmas so they could get the lines up and running for travellers who wanted to travel.
All in all its been a wash out christmas with many homes flooded, roads flooded and damaged by the water, its still raining outside so who knows when it will stop. My garden is just washed out and looking very sorry for itself. Perhaps we are lucky it was not snow as we would be snowed in.
Enough of our terrible weather, and on a lighter note, for Christmas I was given Tea is for Tatting by Martha Ess, I love her Introduction and I quote " What is more delightful than a good old fashioned cup of tea, whether a brisk English Breakfast, a soothing Chamomile or my favourite Earl Grey? It takes time to brew a proper cup of tea - time to boil the water, patience to let the leaves steep to perfection. Tatters embrace a craft that takes time and patience, as well, to produce their works of art" Well Martha they are the truest words I have read in a long time but just one thing, I hate tea, cant stand it.
This lovely pattern is called Tiny Square Teapot I have used Lizbeth no 20 in Falling Leaves, simply I had the thread on the shuttles.
This pattern is called Antique Rose Tea Set but so far I have only tatted the tea pot. It was tatted in a lemon no 20 but in the photo it looks white but I can reassure you it is lemon.
The light today is bad so I used the coffee table as the background and then the camera automatically used the flash. I do like this pattern I have not sewn in the ends as I finished it last night and the light was not good enough to sew them in.
I was also given the book Tatting with Rings by Jon Yusoff, so far I have read the book but not done any patterns that's for when I have time to play, it an interesting book with some lovely patterns, just got to sort out some plastic rings.
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This beautiful bookmark was sent to me from Wendy, its from the book Playing with Picots. the thread is gorgeous and is hand dyed from Jess at Tat-ilicious link to her
blog. The thread is called rainbow-ilicious, which is on Jess's Esty store.
You can see this beautiful bookmark on Wendy's blog it looks a lot better than the picture I managed to take, she called it Sunrise Sunset bookmark, link to her
blog
Thank you Wendy I will treasure this beautiful bookmark.
The teapots finish my 25 motif challenge, I am going to start another 25 motif challenge after the New Year.
Until we meet again take care, keep dry, and stay safe.
Hugs
Margaret
Today's card is for our Grand daughter Dan she is now living at home with Gary and we are so pleased, she came home in the summer, found herself a job, got into college and learning to drive. So this card was made with love and I am entering it into the Joanna Sheens challenge called with Love at Christmas link here to her blog.
On the CD Sunday Challenge blog its Inspired by Nature link here and I am also entering this card into the Joanna Sheens Challenge Blog Anything goes excluding Christmas link here
The pink and white roses on a flourish with gold peel off butterflies and gold peel off corners to finish off the card.
I used the backing paper from the image and then layered up the image onto silver miri card, and then with the babble, finally glittered the image. I place a small dark blue ribbon on the babble, wider blue ribbon down the side of the card, and finished off with some wonderful snowflakes which my friend Suzanne kindly made with her die-cutter machine, Unfortunately my husband does not feel I need a die cutter machine as I don't make enough cards to warrant one. So thanks Suzanne for making me some wonderful items.
I hope this is it for the winter, they say if we have a wet winter bearing in mind we had a wet summer and autumn there will be floods. The rivers are full and the ground is sodden. Strange it was only a few months ago we had a drought. I doubt if we will get the lawn cut before the winter as the ground is so wet underfoot. At least the snow covered the weeds up but my poor plants are weighed down with the weight of the snow
This is my tatted pumpkin, I used Falling leaves no 20 and instead of a green leaf I put a leaf in the same thread after all its autumn not summer. I might add this is really an apple designed by Mark Myers but it makes a lovely pumpkin I must thank Joelle for finding this lovely pattern, do pop over and have a look at her blog today with her wonderful tatting, pumpkins and halloween bits, link to her blog here plus there is a link on her blog for this pattern.
