gift

Gift in the mail......

nice to have my tatting out.

The tulip hooks are wonderful to use.

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.  

Lace Day

Shopping bag from Lace Day: books, shuttles, fibers, prizes, souveniers, and a kit for GF Sue.

Haul from the workshop ... The teachers were far more fabulous than my tatting reflects.
Kaye Judt + Jennifer, Tatting Corner patiently instructed the workshop. Thx a million, you both totally rock.

We learned dimensional tatting by making a poppy flower center. Mine is a practice piece - will be done in a dark fiber and added to the flower (yo yo).

The butterfly, see the blue butterfly? Eventually it will be edged with blue size 20 fiber. I was going around with the tatting + everything was so awkward in hand --- had to re start and try moving around the shape in a different direction. We added blingie dots with a heat tool (actually jennifer added them!)

Tatted the body of a dragonfly with wings added ... wire wings fused with shiny stuff (ok, I forget the name of the sparkle paper). The dragonfly had beads for eyes (and my beading GFs, I hope you are reading this, I managed to get beads in place). Plus, went over a daffodil pattern using similar tatting join (alligator join - bobble tatting)

As I looked around, I was inspired by my table mates.
Such beautiful tatting + fun cheering the ah-ha moments!
(swapping cell phones for kitty picture sharing)

I learn so much more each time I have a lesson. My pieces start out all wobbly in hand and as I continue thru the patterns, the chains improve, the rings improve ... one side wobbly, the other side .... not so bad. IMO - books helpful, videos helpful, diagrams helpful ... none compares to attending a workshop.

Happy 30th Anniversary and
Thank you to all the members
of Lafayette Lacers who put this event
together

These are links to bloggers (that I am aware of)
who have pretty much covered Lace Day activities .
I can't think of anything more to add --

Gina blogging at Threads of a Tatting Goddess, has two great
posts on her blog with pictures
Displays, WIPs, Tools and People + Vendors

Very Nice pictures + video on Bat Tatter's Blog post:
Lace Day ( -- I was so green with envy when she won the jar of tatting fibers! I was standing next to her as she kept reaching for her prizes!)

Diane, blooging at Lace lovin librarian has a lovely post: Oh yes, I did have fun!".