Tatted Handkerchief and Earrings

 Hi,

It’s a beautiful morning here in Somerset,  I know I have not been blogging much for a few weeks,  but the CD Sunday challenge does not start until next month, (4th February). 

This is my go to project that I take with me,  I have tatted this in the hospital waiting for Vernon when he has appointments or in The Hive when I wait for him to have this hair cut,  could even have been lots of places,  but they were always seem to be in public,   Yes I do sometimes get asked is it crochet,  no tatting, so their people learn about tatting etc.,  see I spend the word tatting around.

I used the Turkish thread, Altin Basek thread no 50 which is equal to Lizbeth no 20,  pattern  is called Fleurette edging which has been re-written by Joelle link to her Blog

These earrings I made for a dear friend before Christmas,  they are in the same thread,  and I used my own pattern Butterfly heart, 

Hope you have a lovely weekend

Margaret 

Snowflake Christmas cards

 Hi

I know this a very late post,  I know they have all arrived,  I am just starting to catch up with everything,  the flu has not quite gone,  at least I am still here, it was a very nasty bug that knocked me off my feet.

These Christmas card were sent to my friends who are all crafters,  I hope they liked there cards,  the picture above is two cards that did not have a tatted snowflake,  I used a die cut of a snowflake as the cards were to small.  The rest all had tatted snowflakes or an Angel attached  and to keep  for next year and for years to come.

The backing  papers were all from stash,  I can’t remember where I brought them,  I cut out a shape out of the card,  placed the snowflake so it hangs in the centre on a thread attached and then placed a piece of backing paper on the back,   I made a bow and placed it at the top of the card.  

I am sorry these photos have come out a bit dark,  some of the days we had before Christmas were very dark all day,  now after all the rain we have had,  it’s very very cold frosty and still with cloud,  longing for some warm dry days with some sun,

I hope you had a lovely new year,  I have several posts to catch up on before we resume at the CD Sunday challenges 

Margaret  

Happy New Year 2024

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