A little bit o'green ....

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Irish for A Day

Pattern by Sharren

blogging at Sharren's Random Stitches

I used HH Lizbeth size 20, color 175 (Scottish Thistle)

I enjoy tatting this shamrock pattern.   This year, I had a  nifty tool (gift from Denise) to help with the SCMR:   hackle pliers.     I don't know how I ever tatted without them!!!  

Pattern :   http://tattingwithsharren.blogspot.com/2011/03/of-plans-and-internet-connections.html

some tatting

Motif #34

Tatted with Lizbeth size 20, color 622

Motif #35

Tatted with Lizbeth size 20, color 621

Patterns in Patti Duff's Minitats

And, I needed to empty some shuttles

in order to continue tatting ...

Always fun to create

a few butterfly motifs!

Tatted heart

Tatted with Lizbeth

Size 20, Color 621

Pattern by Betsy Evans 

Small Tatted Heart

Pattern Corrections HERE

tatted heart

Tatted heart for a friend.

Made with Liz beth size 20

Color 620

Pattern can be found in

Patti Duff's Minitats

Motif #68 (this is my 2nd attempt)

Tollway Tatters ..... continued

Tatting by Lace-Lovin' Librarian, Diane:

Size 20 HDT by Yarnplayer:  Pansy

Oh, yes!!! If you are familiar with Diane's blog,

you know the pattern ....

Spinning Wheel -- Glass Mat

pattern located in

Tatting with Visual Patterns by Mary Konior

In addition to bringing part of her Spinning Wheel

collection for us to drool over ...

Diane was a busy bee at her sewing machine.

She created multiple Origami Bags !!!

The colors, so beautiful, we each chose --just ONE.

We will be decorating the bag flaps with our tatting.

I liked the green ... I think will be pretty with pink motifs.

(Diane and Marilee)

Tatting by Barbara:

I peeked at the pattern - I think it was a 

fall leaf (my mind is so lost).

Barbara brought a couple (new - to - me) books to look at

This one on my "purchase one day" list.

AND she brought her tatted motifs in which she added

buttons.  Her necklace is lovely!!!  It is a star from Karey Solomon's book Tatting with Buttons.   The pieces Barbara made are in her album HERE.

Oh the projects are wonderful.   What fun to have them in hand!

(Diane, Marilee, Barbara (notice her star necklace?), and Denise)

Before we got together, I had gone on-line looking up

some FREE patterns (tatting using buttons) and, found these:

Lisa Trumble - Link HERE

Jane Eborall - Link HERE

Debi Pennington - Link HERE

Birgit - Link HERE

Susan Taliaferro - Link Here

Denise was planning to make a pin (gift) by using a larger button,

glue a pin back on the button --- and

 tat one of her favorite patterns around the button.

Denise also brought a few of her bookmarks - she tried

a different 'tail' from the one she sent me.   The colors are beautiful!!!!

I brought a heart, made by CathyB's Mom, Marlene.

You might be familiar with Cathy's blog, With Needle and Thread.

It looks like / similar to Debi Pennington's pattern.

No surprise ...

I tatted a heart using HDT by Yarnplayer.

Motif #69 from book

Minitats by Patti Duff

This was an attempt on Motif #68

(Minitats by Patti Duff)

I made a couple mistakes + plan to tat this heart again

(soon).

More photos in Tollway Tatter album - HERE.