The Butterfly Project

Pattern is Mom's Butterfly by Jennifer Titus; tatted by me on fabric-paper using LizBeth size 20 fiber.


Was taught at Lace Day, sponsored by the Lafayette Lacemakers.


To date, this project has been my best (tatted) piece.   Thank you to my tatting friends for your patience, instruction, patterns, and sharing.   It means so much to me.


Tomorrow, I'm going to mail it to Houston, Texas for 
The Butterfly Project.


   

Mom's Butterfly

c. Jennifer Titus

This was taught at Lace Day

and I enjoyed tatting the edge on this butterfly.

And, after Monday's On-line Tatting Class, I managed to get the butterfly body completed today.

I think, if I try this again (and I have the paper-material for butterfly body), 

I might do the rings a bit differently.    Instead of the shoelace trick, maybe a SCMR.  

The other lesson learned - is to have the holes in the butterfly closer to the edge.

Hope to see some tatting friends at

 11th Ann Tatting Day (Nov 11th)

I think I have DH talked into going with me the day before 

- I'm hoping weather is nice + we can tour the Art Museum in Indianapolis,

 or find someplace else to visit.   

Mom's Butterfly

Lafayette Lacemakers has a new blog.  

(I know! - bored here .... go right over there and check it out)

As I was posting information on their blog pages,

I wanted to find some pix of my tatted projects from

Indiana Lace Day.

And, when I didn't find any on the computer files - 

I figured I'd pull out one of the projects + take new photos.

I kept thinking about the blue butterfly we worked on in class

and how pretty the finished model looked (at the class ...)

and, remembered where my bag was.

I pulled out the bag, reviewed the pattern and cut off

the size 10 fiber, 

Started over with a size 20 fiber.   

That was around 11:30pm .... Yes, you guessed, lost track of time.   

Cannot imagine how it got to be 2am.

Mom's Butterfly

c. Jennifer L. Titus, 2011

I added more of the edge + think I will complete this tomorrow later this morning.