A Heart for Val

Hi,

Recently on a tatting group on Facebook the news about Val Dempster,  she is a tatter who originally comes from Zimbabwe and is near the end struggling with cancer.   Appently Val would send a Purple Heart to her friends who were unwell or going through a rough patch.
I have tatted and sent this heat to her as the request on Facebook was for tatters to send her a Purple Heart.   I used lizbeth thread no 20 in Purple  using the Butterfly Heart pattern by Irene Woo.
Purple Hearts was awarded for Strength and courage in the face of adversity,  very well deserved and acknowledged.
If anyone wants to send a Purple Heart I have her address,  just email me and I will forward it to you.
Margaret
Update I heard this afternoon that she has since died.

Another tatted heart

Hi,

This is another heart I made with the thread I had left over on the shuttles.  this heart is called Butterfly Heart by Irene Woo,  I have done a lot of these hearts and I love the pattern.
I used Lizbeth metallic thread in Raspberry Pink


                                          Margaret

Sad News

Hi,

The other day I received an email from BellaOnline.com saying that Irene Woo had died,  She designed this heart one of my favorite patterns called Butterfly Heart.   Its sad when a tatter dies and I hope shes in haven teaching the angels how to tat. 

I tatted this heart sometime ago in Lizbeth thread no 20 in Scottish Thistle

                                   Hugs

                                Margaret

Happy Valentines Day

Hi,
Another day, another storm,  whats a bit more rain when we have so much water.  Yesterday we had some snow although it did not last very long, it was a change from rain,  so what else can this winter throw at us.
Anyway today is Valentines Day so heres a little heart from me,  before you ask this was tatted last year long before I had my accident.  Oh to pick up my shuttles and tat again,   I keep hoping this hand will get better but its still swollen and painful.
This heart is called Butterfly Heart by Irene Woo, one of my favorite heart patterns,  tatted in Lizbeth thread no 20.
Have a nice day, stay safe and dry.
                           Hugs
                       Margaret

Having a blue moment, 2/25 Motif challenge

Hi,
What a horrible day,  its been raining all day with high winds and it looks set to rain for the next few days, the floods will back soon at this rate, Where is spring certainly not looking like its going to appear for a while yet. Not that parts of Somerset have got rid of the flood water, yes it still flooded on the Somerset levels and has been since before Christmas,  farmers are worried  their fields now are so bad and the grass being so ruined it will takes years for the grass to get back to normal.  In the meantime their livestock are suffering,  and some farmers have sold some of the animals to pay to feed the rest of the livestock. There seems no end in sight,  with this horrible weather with snow in the north and rain down here the UK is not having a good time weather wise.
This is what I tatted while waiting for Vernon last friday in the Royal United Hospital,  they said an hour and half,  I sat in the the cafe and finished the bookmark,(Floral Bookmark by Kersti) (the tail I did at home)   I then had a walk around the wall art (another post in a couple of days with photos I took)  I then went back to the waiting room to wait for him, I made two butterflies (Mary Knoiors pattern) they take me just under an hour to tat,  I have done so many I know the pattern off by heart,   and then to finish up the thread I had left on my shuttles two mini butterflies.  .


I did these three hearts the other day,   two small tatted hearts by Betsy Evans and the larger one is butterfly heart by Irene Woo
All were tatted in Lizbeth no 20 Peacock Blues.

To finish up the thread on the shuttles I made again the Butterfly Heart by Irene Woo and a mini butterfly, this is Lizbeth thread No 20 Sea Island Citrus, now I have re-wind the shuttles with continuous thread so I can start the tat along mat and get my head back on finishing the row I messed up on.




I hope you are keeping well and until we meet again Take care.
               Hugs
            Margaret