Happy international tatting day

 

Hi,

                                   Happy international tatting day to all tatters around the world.

Today is a bank holiday here in the U.K.,  the weather has been mixed,  I just would like it to warm up,  usually we tat in public today, but being a bank holiday that won’t be possible.  I do often tat in public either in the hospital waiting for Vernon,  or again waiting for him when he has his hair cut at the craft cafe, The Hive in Shepton Mallet.

I wanted to make something quick in tatting for the day,  and last Saturday this pattern popped into my email box,  it’s called Stained Glass mini Cross by Lilliantatlace,   It’s one and three quarter’s inches long on and half inches wide,  I added a tail making it into a mini book mark.  I used Lizbeth thread no 20 Countryside.

I think there will be some more of these little cross idea for a small bible.

Enjoy your day hope you get a lot of tatting done.

Happy tatting 

Margaret

CD Sunday Challenge- anything goes #130

 Hi,

Firstly I want to wish all my followers  and bloggers a very Happy Easter,  I hope you are having a lovely Easter and enjoying the chocolate Easter eggs.

It’s time for another challenge at CD Sunday challenge,  as usual it’s anything goes,  and of course it must be from a CD,  USB or digital material this fortnight the host is Jocelyn 

For my card this fortnight is a baby card,  I can show you this card as our niece does not look at my blog,  crossing fingers,  we are about to be great aunt and uncle again in May,  and we know it’s a boy,

I used a download from Tattered lace magazine no 65,  I die cut the elephant out twice and matted it onto silver brushed Miri card from Hunkydory,   The backing paper also came with the image,  and  adding silver peel offs using the baby’s feet and crib plus words,  and made a blue ribbon bow. 

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 

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.

Margaret 

2024 TTAL temperature tat along part five

 Hi,

Today is the first day of spring, metrology speaking,   It’s quite a mild day  here with a bit of sunshine,  I just wish it would get a bit warmer.

Here is the temperature tat along part five,  you can see its growing, each square is approx an inch square,  we are still in the greens and yellows,  the orange was the 14th February our hottest day so far,  they say it’s going to get a bit colder and more rain,  please have we not had enough rain,  if there was a colour for rain this would show rain rain and yet more rain.  We went out today and there are still fields that are still flooded in parts,  it’s going to take a lot to dry out this county.

I am about nine days behind and catching up,  hopefully,   I am using Lizbeth thread no 20. 

Hope you are having a lovely day 

Margaret 

CD Sunday challenge - Anything goes #129

 

Hi,

As i write this and this is a scheduled post,  it’s pouring with rain again,  blowing a gale,  it’s been a very wet winter and going into spring,   roll on summer,  I have had enough of winter can we just jump into summer now.  

Today is St Patricks day so Happy St  Patrick’s day to all my followers. I hope you have a lovely day,  I did a post yesterday for St Patricks day,  I know it was a day early but I don’t like two different posts in one day.

It’s time for another challenge at CD Sunday,  and this fortnight the host is me.

For  this  challenge I made a card from a CD I don’t remember using before,  just shows how many I have  anyway the image and the backing paper are from Carnival of Colour by Ooh La La Creations,  I matted the image onto gold brushed Miri card from Hunkydory,  cut out the daisies from another sheet and decoupaged them onto the daisies in the picture,  as Meg would say fussy cut and it really was a fussy cutting time, and added  a blue bow.  

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 

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.

Margaret 

Happy St Patricks Day

 Hi,

Yes I am a day early and St Patricks day is tomorrow but I have another post going onto my blog tomorrow so as I hate two different posts on one day,  I am putting this one a day early.

                            Happy St Patricks Day to all my Irish followers

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

Have a lovely weekend,  I am away this weekend

Margaret .  

2024 TTA L Temperature tat along part four

 Hi,

This is part four of the temperature tat along which is on facebook,  each day I note the temperatures of the day and then do tat the colours as per the temperature chart  I am only nine days behind,  simply because I had a couple of days when I was not well enough to do anything.

This is now the whole of February,   the orange square was the 14th when we had a very warm days hence the first orange square,  hope we have more and the temperatures go up,  just getting fed up with yellow and green,   the 29th day I have sewn on two beads L and P to note is was Leap year day..

I am using Lizbeth thread no 20 throughout.

Have a lovely weekend.

Margaret

CD Sunday Challenge Anything goes - # 128

 Hi,

Gosh we are now into the third month of the year,  I hope the year will slow up a bit,  this fortnight our new challenge is hosted by Jo.

For my card this fortnight I have used an image from Squeeze cards Furry friends C.D by Digi crafts,  I did not use the squeeze bit but decoupaged the image on a normal card,  I matted the image onto gold bushed miri  card by Hunkydory.  The backing paper is from stash and I added a hand made bow and peel off edging

 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

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.

I hope you have a lovely weekend

Margaret 

Happy st. David’s day

Happy St David’s Day 

To 

All my followers and friends