Late Motif 25 - 25 Motif Challenge

Wow!  Where did the year go!  I can't believe Christmas is in 3 weeks!!!  My life have been so much more busier since I was offered a 3 days/week contract as a Teacher Aide at one of our local primary school.  At the moment my contract was extended until Day 8 of the new school year then I will find out my working hours for the term or year.  Hopefully I will have some time to tat this year :).

Since my last post, I managed to do some tatting.  I test tatted a gorgeous Square Doily for Robin Perfetti.  Sorry no pics yet as I still need to weave in ends.  The pattern was an easy and fun pattern to tat.  The Square Doily pattern is available with 6 other coaster patterns in her Tatted Coasters Pattern Pack from her Tatting by the Bay Etsy Shop.

I also managed to tat a motif by Elaine P Gan.  I think the name is called Lantana Motif.  I made several and added them to bangles to make tree ornaments.  These will be my 25th motif for 25 Motif Challenge 2015.  A bit late but better late than never :).

Christmas Tree Ornaments

Christmas Tree Ornament Card

The two red ornaments were sent to 2 lovely lace makers as part of a Christmas Card Exchange in Australia.  The other will be given to a lovely work friend who is retiring at the end of Term 4.

For 2017, I am hoping I will have more free time to do more tatting and bobbin lace making.  I also hope to start a new 25 Motif Challenge.

That's it for now.  Thanks for visiting my blog :).

Cheers,

Jenn :).

P.S. for more info about the challenge, please visit 25 Motif Challenge blog :).

Motif 23 & 24 - 25 Motif Challenge

Wow!  Where has the time gone!  I had hoped to finish my 25 Motif Challenge in January so I could start another one.  Now I need to make sure I finish it before 12th April.  Because of the limited time, I have opted to tat some small motifs.

First motif is Jon Yusoff's dragonfly motif which can be found on her Tat-a-Renda blog.  This dragonfly was so easy and quick to tat up.  Perfect pattern to use up the leftover thread on your shuttle.  I really like how the bigger wings sat on top of the smaller ones.

The second motif is a simple downward picot flower which can be found on Ring of Tatters website here.  You will need to scroll down to "Downward Picots" for the simple pattern.  This was a fun and quick motif to tat up.  It also allowed me to use up the leftover thread from another shuttle.  I now have two free shuttles!

Of course I had to take a pic of both motifs and try to create a picture out of it :).

One more motif to go then I better get back to Robin Perfetti's Frauberger Doily pattern.  I am nearly finished with the doily :).

That's it for now.  Thanks for visiting my blog :).

Cheers,

Jenn :).

P.S. for more info about the challenge, please visit 25 Motif Challenge blog :).

Motif 22 - 25 Motif Challenge

With only a few days left in 2015, I had to find a really small motif to quickly tat to complete my "15 in 2015" challenge on Craftree.  Luckily I found this cute flower motif by Jennifer Williams.  You can find the pattern under "Onion Ring Joins" on her website.  Click on the image to load the pdf file for the pattern.

Flower motif using Onion Ring joins

That's it for now.  Thanks for visiting my blog :).

Cheers,

Jenn :).

P.S. for more info about the challenge, please visit 25 Motif Challenge blog :).

Motif 14 - 25 Motif Challenge

I saw this Double Picot Doily Motif pattern shared in a Facebook group and I just had to tat it.  The pattern was very easy and quick to tat up.  My only issues were chain tension and whether I made the picots long enough.  Think I will have to tat this again :).

This motif also made me wonder how I would design and tat the next round(s).  Will have to think more about that :).

That's it for now.  Thanks for visiting my blog :).

Cheers,

Jenn :). 

P.S. for more info about the challenge, please visit 25 Motif Challenge blog :).

Motif 13 - 25 Motif Challenge

I can't believe we're nearly half way through August!  Where have the year gone!  I am still working on my Craftree Mystery TAL but took a break to do some test tatting for Elaine P Gan (Tatting Box).  Elaine's first doily pattern is made up of seven motifs.  Here is my first motif for the doily.  Now to tat the others :).

To see another version of this motif, have a look at Sue's gorgeous motif on her Tatting Lace in Grace blog.

That's it for now.  Thanks for visiting my blog :).

Cheers,

Jenn :). 

P.S. for more info about the challenge, please visit 25 Motif Challenge blog :).

Motif 12 - 25 Motif Challenge

I have been test tatting again for Elaine P Gan.  One of the patterns I test tatted for her is called "At the Helm" pendant.  This pattern will be in her fifth eBook of patterns which will be available soon in her Tatting Box store on Craftsy.  This pendant was so much fun to tat with and looks so pretty in solid or variegated thread :).

I finally took the plunge and tried size 40 thread.  This was my third motif tatted with this size.  I still need to weave in ends with the other two.  I am really liking this size and looking forward to trying size 80 thread soon :).

The name of the colourway for this thread is called Low Gravity and was purchased from a fellow Australian tatter.  This thread was so wonderful to tat with!  I was able to unpick and open 3 rings in this pattern.  You can find this thread and her other hand dyed threads in her AlenAleaDesign Etsy shop.

That's it for now.  Thanks for visiting my blog :).

Cheers,

Jenn :). 

P.S. for more info about the challenge, please visit 25 Motif Challenge blog :).

Motif 11 - 25 Motif Challenge

Recently I test tatted a gorgeous snowflake pattern named Polaris (variation) by Robin Perfetti at Tatting by the Bay.  To find out more and to see more pics of Robin's patterns, please visit her Tatting by the Bay blog and have a look at her Design Gallery :).

This was so much fun to tat and tats up really quick too.  Will definitely be tatting this again but maybe with a smaller thread :).

This pattern is sold in a snowflake pack with 4 other gorgeous snowflake patterns.  The snowflake pack is available for purchase from Robin's Etsy's tattingbythebay store.

That's it for now.  Thanks for visiting my blog :).

Cheers,

Jenn :). 

P.S. for more info about the challenge, please visit 25 Motif Challenge blog :).

Motif 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 - 25 Motif Challenge

I've been testing tatting again for Elaine P Gan.  These five patterns will be in her fifth eBook of patterns which will be available soon in her Tatting Box store on Craftsy.  These patterns were fun, easy and very quick to tat :).

Motif 6 - Bella Earring

Motif 7 - Clover Earring

Motif 8 - Double Heart Pendant

Motif 9 - Falling Flowers Earring

Motif 10 - Zinnia Earrings

That's it for now.  Thanks for visiting my blog :).

Cheers,

Jenn :). 

P.S. for more info about the challenge, please visit 25 Motif Challenge blog :).

Motif 5 - 25 Motif Challenge

For my fifth motif, I decided to tat something from my newly purchased tatting pattern book from Book Depository: Occhi Schiffchenspitze Frivolite.  The motif is called "Runde und eckige motive".

This was a fun and easy pattern to tat except mine does not quite lie flat.  I must tat too tight.  Will just have to try again :).

That's it for now.  Thanks for visiting my blog :).

Cheers,

Jenn :). 

P.S. for more info about the challenge, please visit 25 Motif Challenge blog :).

Motif 4 - 25 Motif Challenge

Here's another pattern I test tatted for Elaine P Gan called Balloon Earrings.  This pattern was from Priscilla Tatting Book 2.  You can find Elaine's tatting pattern eBooks in her Tatting Box store on Craftsy.  This was another fun and easy pattern to tat :).

Balloon Earrings

That's it for now.  Thanks for visiting my blog :).

Cheers,

Jenn :). 

P.S. for more info about the challenge, please visit 25 Motif Challenge blog :).

Motif 2 & 3 - 25 Motif Challenge

For Motif 2 and 3, I am back to test tatting patterns for Elaine P Gan.  She is putting together her fifth eBook of patterns.  You can find Elaine's tatting pattern eBooks in her Tatting Box store on Craftsy.

Both were fun and easy patterns to tat.  The first motif is an earring pattern that I think could also be a pendant with a bead hanging down in the gap :).

That's it for now.  Thanks for visiting my blog :).

Cheers,

Jenn :). 

P.S. for more info about the challenge, please visit 25 Motif Challenge blog :).

Starting another 25 Motif Challenge

I really enjoyed doing the 25 Motif Challenge and have decided to start another one.  I found it helped keep me motivated to do some tatting each month :).

For my first motif, I decided to tat the Happy Heart pattern which can be found on Le Blog de Frivole.  For this pattern, I finally figured out how to do the Catherine-Wheel Join!  Yay!  Not sure why I avoided learning until now!  I found these two Catherine-Wheel Join tutorials very helpful: Jane Eborall's and Marilee Rockley's tutorials.

That's it for now.  Thanks for visiting my blog :).

Cheers,

Jenn :). 

P.S. for more info about the challenge, please visit 25 Motif Challenge blog :).

Some Tatting

The forecast for today was rain and possible storm!  Imagine our surprise when we saw some blue skies at 8am.  It's been a while since we had a sunny day so we took the girls out to our local dam to feed some ducks and a play at the park :).  I used this opportunity to do some tatting.  I added another daisy to the other two daisies and tatted a single red daisy to add at a later time.

I also attempted the Papillon pattern by Joelle Paulson.  I found it a little tricky tatting the bigger rings with #20 Lizbeth thread.  I also lost count of the stitches and made the body too short!  Will be tatting this again in either #30 or #40 thread.

The Papillon pattern can be purchased from Joelle's Etsy shop: LaCossette.

That's it for now.  Thanks for visiting my blog :).

Cheers,

Jenn :).

Happy International Tatting Day!

Happy International Tatting Day!  Hope you all got to do some tatting today.  Plus eat lots of chocolates :).

I tatted 2 little daisies during my girls' swimming lessons.  I wanted to use up leftover threads on my shuttles.  Thought it was about time I free them up for more tatting projects :).

That's it for now.  Thanks for visiting my blog :).

Cheers,

Jenn :).

Motif 25 - 25 Motif Challenge

Yay!  I finally made it to the end of my first 25 Motif Challenge!  For my 25th motif, I tatted the Faith cross from Elaine P Gan's fourth eBook of patterns.  This pattern was quick and easy pattern to tat.

 

The pattern as well as 11 other cross patterns are now available in an eBook at Tatting Box's shop on Craftsy. 

That's it for now.  Thanks for visiting my blog :).

Cheers,

Jenn :). 

P.S. for more info about the challenge, please visit 25 Motif Challenge blog :).

Motif 23 and 24 - 25 Motif Challenge

I test tatted two more gorgeous cross patterns by Elaine P Gan from Tatting Box.  The first cross is called  Sanctification cross and the second cross is called Eternal Love.  Both of these were easy and fun to tat up.  Eternal Love cross was really quick to tat up. 

Sanctification cross and Eternal Love cross

These gorgeous cross patterns as well as 9 others are now available in an eBook at Tatting Box's shop on Craftsy. 

That's it for now.  Thanks for visiting my blog :).

Cheers,

Jenn :). 

P.S. for more info about the challenge, please visit 25 Motif Challenge blog :).

Motif 22 - 25 Motif Challenge

Wow!  Where has the time gone!  I can not believe it's mid March already!  I have 4 more Motifs to tat for my 25 Motif Challenge which I started in early May 2014.  Better get tatting!

Luckily Elaine P Gan from Tatting Box on Facebook has been working on her fourth pattern eBook.  The fourth eBook will all be cross tatting patterns.  The first cross I test tatted is called "My Portion" cross.  The pattern was easy and fun to tat up :).  Gorgeous pattern!

 

This pattern as well as 11 other gorgeous cross patterns are now available in an eBook at Tatting Box's shop on Craftsy.

That's it for now.  Thanks for visiting my blog :).

Cheers,

Jenn :). 

P.S. for more info about the challenge, please visit 25 Motif Challenge blog :).

Motif 19, 20 and 21 - 25 Motif Challenge

Happy New Year!  I can not believe we're nearly half way through January!  I spent the first week of January test tatting these 3 motifs for Elaine P Gan at Tatting Box on Facebook.  I am counting these as my Motif 19, 20 and 21 :).

From Left: Heart, Vinca and A Real Square

All 3 are fun and quick to tat up.  I will be tatting these again and maybe tatting them using 2 solid colours.  All 3 patterns are in Elaine's third tatting patterns eBook and available for purchase in her Tatting Box Craftsy store :).

That's it for now.  Thanks for visiting my blog :).

Cheers,

Jenn :). 

P.S. for more info about the challenge, please visit 25 Motif Challenge blog :).

Motif 18 - 25 Motif Challenge

I can not believe that today is the last day for 2014!  Where has the year gone!  Must make sure I have more time to tat in 2015 :).

For my 18th Motif, I tatted Robin Perfetti's First Snowfall pattern which can be found on her Tatting by the Bay blog.  This was a fun and easy pattern to tat as it was tatted all in one round.  Hoping to find the time to tat some of Robin's other gorgeous patterns :).

That's it for now.  Thanks for visiting my blog :).  Wishing you all the best in 2015!

Cheers,

Jenn :). 

P.S. for more info about the challenge, please visit 25 Motif Challenge blog :).

Motif 17 - 25 Motif Challenge

On my To Tat list is the Beaded Flower by Corina Meyfeldt.  The pattern can be found on her CM-Handmade blog.  This pattern was easy and quick to tat up.  Besides my poor colour choices, I am pretty happy with this beaded flower.  Definitely will be tatting this again with better colour choices :).

 

That's it for now.  Thanks for visiting my blog :).

Cheers,

Jenn :). 

P.S. for more info about the challenge, please visit 25 Motif Challenge blog :).