Happy Thanksgiving to All

Here are pictures of my thanksgiving dinner!!

WE had a great Day!!

My Christmas Tree at the Museum

Here is a picture of my tree, I sat it up today the museum opens for the tree festival on Dec 1.

Christmas Angel Finished

Here she is all Finished!

I changed the Halo I didn't want to stiffen it so I used a metal 

center and tatted it to a bangle bracelet so it would hold it 

shape year after year.

I also used a shuttle shaped bead and attached her tatting to it.

Christmas Angel

Here she is I just finished the skirt

Now on to the collar!

Christmas Angel

Here is a scan of the bottom row

As you can see I added beads to the bottom

I think it needed some weight to help the skirt lay properly.

Christmas Angel

Here she is tonight I still have about 3 inches more to do on her skirt.

I never thought I would do this much mignonette tatting. 

Using a picot gauge sure makes it look good.

Orkis Bladet

I am so excited I got my copy today in the mail and my doily is in it!!!!

I wish it wasent so expensive to get it mailed to me all the time I love this magazine!!

angel

Here she is this morning it is slow tatting

but I work on her every day I hope to get her done by the end of the month

Christmas Angel

Here is what I have been working on getting done I still have lots of tatting to do but I will get it done in time I hope. I need to have it done by the end of November, I am having a Christmas tree on display at the Ward O'Hara Museum in Auburn.

Angel New

Angel after I cut her Clothes off

Angel With the new dress I made and the tatting I have done so far

I still have to make the top of her dress but i will do that after i get that part tatted so it fits.

And I have the Halo to tat also

My Canada Adventure

well some of you know I went to Canada for the wonderful tat days!!  Well this year we went up on Thursday and didn't plan on coming home until Monday so we had some free time to see some of Canada, well on Friday morning we went to the  butterfly conservatory it was great!  Then we went to the classes in the afternoon and again all day on Saturday. Then on Sunday we went to Hamilton to see Dundurn Castle it was a great trip and a fun day. Then on Monday we packed the car to come home by the way of Ottawa!  I had no idea it was going to be a all day trip we left the hotel around 7:15 and we didn't get to Ottawa until a little after 3!!  Then we had a very short visit with David and Justine (Maureen Lawrence's children) It was great to see them both but we had to still drive back home. So we left Ottawa around 4:30 and finally go home around 9:30  It was a very long day but it was a good trip.  During the convention I won a auction group that I wanted so badly it was 3 Danish magazines they are wonderful!!!  and a shuttle made by a Danish gentle man

Peacock

Look I got the peacock done!

It is a great pattern I do like using colors for this

What I have been up to

I got this done in time for the Canada Tat Days I will turn her over for Auction or raffle

I finished this quilt top for my grandson now I just have to back it

This is the next quilt i am working on it is a Australian animal Quilt!!

I am going to make two different ones for my room and maybe a wall hanging!!

State Fair Pictures

Rose window by Jon Yousoff, with a small change 3rd place

christmas Ornament patterns by Ruth Cocran (canada) 1st place

Celtic Doily my pattern 1st place

Beaded Egg a gift from Maureen Lawerance Honorable Mention

Tatted Poseys my pattern 1st pattern

new doily idea

Here is the enter and one from round two!

not sure how it all will fit together yet but i will have fun trying to make it work

New Doily Idea

Ok i wanted to do something different for the fair next year

What do you think??

If i tat a row or two around each?

Just enough to make them fit together.

New York State Fair

I got my results back today from the fair!! All five got accepted i got three blue ribbons( 1st place)!  The doily, my tatted poseys and A Christmas ornament.  My beaded egg only got honorable mention, and my snowflake (rose Window variation) got a third place.  I will try harder next year to get five blues (1st Place)

fair entries

Here are two of my entries for the New York state fair! I entered 5 items but I didn't take pictures of the others. I will post how I do when I hear.

I worked hard to get things done for the fair. I have hand a problem with my hand for awhile now and finally went to the doctor i had trigger finger, Well I had surgery on Monday so it is all gone my hand still hurts some but it is much better then it was. I am just hoping that when they take off this bandage it gets better soon so I can get back to tatting.

doily

This is the doily i am making it is i think called snow from Renulek blog! 

I still have a lot to go and one month to get it done!

What i have been up to

Well my mom has 2 new hips finally!!  And is home from rehab from the second the first was in February.
Now i hope i can get back to my old life.  I have sent in my paper work for the new York state fair!  I have to get a doily done to enter now by august 9th!!! the rest is easy to get done.  A Christmas ornament and a snowflake and a vase of tatted poseys. so i will be busy trying to get a doily finished i hope in time. i am doing one from Renulek blog it is the one with the snowflakes in the center i am on row 4 now. So maybe it will be finished or maybe it will finished after the fair, i think i can stop after the snowflake row if i have to then finish it after.

Rotation Necklace

Here it is I love it!

It is Marilee Rockley's pattern I bought from Etsy!

I finished the necklace!

Here is the finished Necklace!

I think it turned out OK I will do another one when I get more size 10 thread.

It was not hard and fun to make.

New book and what I have made so far

I got this great book on Friday afternoon

I got this far on Friday night now I need to go to the 

store and get the rest of the bits to finish it!

It is Celeste on page 16

Old Ways Days

Sorry for only a few pictures but I forgot to put the chip in the camera and it didn't hold many pictures! So you get to see me cooking waffles and a nice old car.

Ear rings I have been playing with i think new ideas!

This in one pair has anyone seen a pattern like this one!

This is the other pair! 

I hope if someone has seen them please let me know.

They are both very simple to make.