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An Invitation to my PARTY!
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Happy All Saint's Day!
Happy All Saint's Day! I don't know that much about this particular holiday. My Mother told me about it as a child so I do know it falls on every November 1st! You can read more about it here. There's also a 2009 movie with the same name that I shall probably never see and hadn't heard of until I Googled "All Saint's Day" and found a bunch of links leading to the trailer.In honor of it being Fall and all I thought I'd finally start on my Autumnal decorating! So many of you have shown your inspiring fall decor! I am getting off to a rather slow start. I started with grabbing what was closest to me...my tatting! I also had a ceramic pumpkin hidden close by. The autumn wreaths and goodies are in the storage closet so it may be closer to Thanksgiving when I have those out, LOL!
Let me show you my start on the fall decor!
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Here are my tatted fall leaves around
the pumpkin! They are on my
coffee table.
Here are my tatted fall leaves around
the pumpkin! They are on my
coffee table.
The lit candle gives off the most heavenly
pumpkin scent!
pumpkin scent!
Mmmmm...delicious!❀✿❀
Speaking of deliciousness I have received
3 tasty tidbits of awards from
the lovely Bella Sinclair of
Bella Sinclair Doodlespot!
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The 1st award is the
Deborah Award
created by Ces!
The Deborah Award was created to honor a dear sisterfriend who is forever blowing kisses – “poet, friend, not just a mother but a soldier’s mother, too. Oh, the sleepless nights, the anxiety and worries, yet she is perpetually pleasant and cheerful, kind and gentle, diplomatic and tactful. She exudes courage, hope, and faith."
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The Arija award was created to honor another sisterfriend: “a thinking, seeing, feeling, loving person who celebrates life every day. She is an artist, a photographer, a fascinating woman with great sense of humor, wise and thoughtful blogger and a loving and caring friend."
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Thirdly, the last award is
The friendship award!
The friendship award!
The Friendship Award was created the wonderfulKathi of Beautiful Mini Blessings.
Kathi creates incredible miniatures and is in the process of renovating a dollhouse as masterfully as any craftsman-carpenter on This Old House.
Thank you, Bella!
I shall bestow these lovely gifts
with some friends who bless my life!
Tattycat
Kim
Lady ShuttleMaker
Celestina Marie
Marie Antoinette
...and of course there are many more but those
are the ones foremost on my mind at the moment.
To quote Bella Sinclair herself
in the comments of my last blog post:
"...I have a few awards for you. No pressure, no obligation. Just my appreciation for you. :)"
Good one, Bella! I like that!
I think I'm going to borrow that phrasing when
I notify these sweet ladies of their awards!
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Thank you very much for stopping by my blog on All Saint's Day 2009! Whatever you do to celebrate the saintliness or friendship in your life I hope you are having a lovely day! Mine is filled with light and the sweet scents of a pumpkin candle!
Ahhhh~
Oh, do say hello! I love it when you do that! I really do!
Ahhhh~
Oh, do say hello! I love it when you do that! I really do!
♥
XOXO
A Weekend With Hyacinth
It's been a lovely weekend! I've been spending it with Hyacinth Bucket (that's "boo-kay", yes, I know it's spelled "b-u-c-k-e-t", but it's "BOO-KAY"!). I just love her Royal Doultan with the handpainted periwinkles and her candlelight suppers! I rather like to think she might like my hand tatted lace doilies with the hand dyed silk threads and special designs! They'd look perfect with her fine bone china!❧✿❧
Here's a taste of Mrs. Bucket
from the very first part of the
first episode aired. It's the first
of 4 parts of the first episode.
If you want to see the
rest of that particular episode
feel free to click on over to
YouTube and see the rest of them!
from the very first part of the
first episode aired. It's the first
of 4 parts of the first episode.
If you want to see the
rest of that particular episode
feel free to click on over to
YouTube and see the rest of them!
I've been catching up on this fun
British Comedy all weekend!
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If this doesn't sounds like I've had an
exciting enough weekend to you, then
I do have some exciting news to share with you!
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British Comedy all weekend!
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If this doesn't sounds like I've had an
exciting enough weekend to you, then
I do have some exciting news to share with you!
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Thank you to my "Tatting Sister" for thesecret prize that I don't know what it is
because it's a SECRET and
congrats to my "Tatting Mumsy" for winning
the beadspinner that I really wanted
(but I'm sure I'll be thrilled with my "secret prize")!
If you'd like a chance to win something she is still
having a giveaway each Monday! Be sure to comment
on the actual giveaway post each Monday and
click on the image below for the rules!
I rather like to think it's the kind ofgiveaway that Hyacinth might approve of.
Ha ha!
(actually I think I'd go bonkers if she were my neighbor)
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I am really excited about that giveaway win! I was so hoping I would win one of Lady ShuttleMaker's giveaways! Speaking of ladies, my favorite Royal Doultan fine bone china pattern is Lady Carlyle! It's PINK and it's on sale! Oh, Santaaaaaaaaaa! I've been a very good girl this year!
What is on your Christmas wish list? Do you have a favorite China pattern! Have you entered Lady Shuttlemaker's giveaway yet? Do go over on Monday and enter!
I am so glad you stopped by to visit! I'd offer you coffee or tea with biscuits, but then you'd have to mind the crumbs! ( a little "hyacinthian" humor)
What is on your Christmas wish list? Do you have a favorite China pattern! Have you entered Lady Shuttlemaker's giveaway yet? Do go over on Monday and enter!
I am so glad you stopped by to visit! I'd offer you coffee or tea with biscuits, but then you'd have to mind the crumbs! ( a little "hyacinthian" humor)
Cheerio!
♥
XOXO
A Pleasant Surprise
A big envelope came in the mail today! I was a bit suprised because I hadn't ordered anything so I wasn't expecting anything! Imagine my surprise when I opened up the envelope to find a gift from Heather who is also known as The Tarnished Tatter!✿Thank You, Heather! ✿
You see, Heather sent me her new book called "Tatted Earrings and Things". She had asked me some time ago to test tat for her. Somehow I never had time, never had time, and then again...I never had time! She probably thinks I'm the worst test tatter ever, sorry Heather! She had said she would send a book to her test tatters so I completely expected to get nada, nothing, zip, zilcho...
but no!!! Heather kindly and generously not only sent me her new book, she sent me some of her lovely pink HDT called "Pink 4 Link" in size 20!
Let me show you!
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Here is the cover page with the
HDT peeking in from the side of the photo.
Here is the cover page with the
HDT peeking in from the side of the photo.
I'll bet you can't guess what I did today...(sheepish grin...the pink hummingbird is a hint)
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I "test tatted" her pattern!
(Yes, I know, this usually happens before the book comes out)
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I will count this as a motif for my 2nd round of
The 25 Motif Challenge!
Motif #16 Hummingbird Pendant
This is her hummingbird pendant in hersize 20 HDT "Pink 4 Link"
What do you think?
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Here's hoping you are having a fabulous weekend! Thank you for the suprise, Heather! It made my day! My tatting budget is a little tight with no new books and goodies it is fun to get a tatting treat in the mail!
I'd love to hear from my bloggy friends so be sure to say hello! Have you had a pleasant surprise lately?
I'd love to hear from my bloggy friends so be sure to say hello! Have you had a pleasant surprise lately?
♥
XOXO
A Happy Accident!
In my last blog post I showed some tatted heart motifs done up in Zarina's new HDT colorways.As I was tatting away I set my thread winder down on the coffee table to take a quick break. It landed right next to a ball of Lizbeth brand thread I happened to have out. I noticed that it seemed to coordinate very nicely quite by accident! It made me happy to see that an HDT all the way from Malaysia went well with a regular ball of thread I can purchase any old time! It was a "Happy Accident"! I then happened to find another ball of Lizbeth thread that went well with one of the other HDT's of Zarina's!
Well, OF COURSE I had to tat them up together!
Let me show you the results of these Happy Accidents!
If you would like to contact Zarina about purchasing her lovely hand dyed threads you can contact her by email at concerningzarina@gmail.com
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This is Zarina's "By the Sea" on the butterfly
thread winder set next to a ball of Lizbeth
thread. It is "Country Turquoise Med" #661.
thread winder set next to a ball of Lizbeth
thread. It is "Country Turquoise Med" #661.
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Since I am working on my second round of
The 25 Motif Challenge
I think I'll count these 2 motifs in
as I haven't done them before.
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I tatted them up together in a design by Mary Konior.
This is called "Mixed Bouquet" from her book
A Pattern Book of Tatting.
Motif #14 Mixed Bouquet
This is called "Mixed Bouquet" from her book
A Pattern Book of Tatting.
Motif #14 Mixed Bouquet
The rings facing outward are all in"By the Sea" HDT by Zarina.
The rings facing inward and all chains are
tatted with Lizbeth "Country Turquoise Med".
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The butterfly threadwinders
were a lovely gift from Tattycat
last year! You can read more
about them here
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The butterfly threadwinders
were a lovely gift from Tattycat
last year! You can read more
about them here
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The second Happy Accident was with
Zarina's "Pink Rose" thread. Here it is on
the thread winder next to the Lizbeth
brand ball of thread called "Leaf Green Lt" color #683.
Zarina's "Pink Rose" thread. Here it is on
the thread winder next to the Lizbeth
brand ball of thread called "Leaf Green Lt" color #683.
I tatted up another design of Mary Konior's
called "Looped Sprig" from the same book.
A Pattern Book of Tatting
is now out of print.
Motif #15 Looped Sprig
called "Looped Sprig" from the same book.
A Pattern Book of Tatting
is now out of print.
Motif #15 Looped Sprig
All the chains are in the Lizbeth "Leaf Green Lt" andall rings are in "Pink Rose". Yes, it just so happened
that I lucked out that the "leaf rings" ended up
as the green portion of the "Pink Rose" colorway!
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Happy Accidents are the best kind of accidents! Have you had a happy accident lately?
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XOXO
Threads from Malaysia!
When Zarina of Concerning Zarina invited me to test tat her new HDT's last month I jumped at the chance! I was so excited to have the opportunity to try out these new colorways coming all the way from Malaysia!Let the "show and tell" begin!
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See the stamp and postmark from Malaysia?
See the lovely warm and muted hues?I thought they had a "vintage" look about them.
The HDT colorways are as follows:
"By the Sea"
"By the Sea" is a hand dyed Flora brand thread.This one is size 20
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"Orchid Garden"
"Orchid Garden" is a hand dyed Omega brand thread.This one is size 50
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"Pink Rose"
"Pink Rose" is a hand dyed Hakelgarn Brand thread.This one is size 20.
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The "Ruffled Heart" pattern
(design by Vicki Clarke) was
used to tat up these lovely HDT's
You may notice the "Ruffled Heart"
being used a lot lately here.
It seems to be the perfect pattern for
a multi-colored thread and is fairly
easy and fast to tat up!
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Here is "By The Sea"
(design by Vicki Clarke) was
used to tat up these lovely HDT's
You may notice the "Ruffled Heart"
being used a lot lately here.
It seems to be the perfect pattern for
a multi-colored thread and is fairly
easy and fast to tat up!
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Here is "By The Sea"
"Orchid Garden"
"Pink Rose"
I found the Flora and Hakelgarn threads easy to tat
with. All the colorways are warm and seem to
have muted, "Vintage" looking hues about them!
I can honestly say these were the EASIEST
HDT's to unwind! Whatever you're doing to
wind your HDT's, Zarina, keep doing it because
I had no tangles when unwinding these skeins!
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have muted, "Vintage" looking hues about them!
I can honestly say these were the EASIEST
HDT's to unwind! Whatever you're doing to
wind your HDT's, Zarina, keep doing it because
I had no tangles when unwinding these skeins!
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Thanks for stopping by so I could share Zarina's new HDT's with you! I hope you enjoyed my show and tell as much as I enjoyed tatting them up for you! Thank YOU, Zarina, for this wonderful opportunity to try out your new colorways! What a pleasure it was to test tat for you!
I'd love to hear what you think of them too! Be sure to leave a comment before you go off to Zarina's blog to say hello!
I'd love to hear what you think of them too! Be sure to leave a comment before you go off to Zarina's blog to say hello!
If you would like to contact Zarina about purchasing her lovely hand dyed threads you can contact her by email at concerningzarina@gmail.com
♥
XOXO
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- At 9:07am on November 11, 2009,
Ruth Grinyer said…
- Thanks for wanting to be my friend. I love tatting, but having a short break at the moment as real life is getting in the way abit. My daughter is 3 next month, and we have lots of preperations to do with her starting school in January.
I will get back to the tatting very soon, I am going to a fair a week on Sunday and was told there may be some tatters there, so i'll be buying some more shuttles while I am there.
- At 8:13am on June 11, 2009,
Karen W. Gronau said… - I love your tatted leaves--so delicate and such charming, appropriate colors. My maternal grandmother was a tatter. Unfortunatley, my mother nor I took advantage of learning it from her. I taught myself to tat following book directions with a long needle about 15 years ago. (I didn't know at the time that bobbin tatting is more common. The kit I bought had the loooooooooong needle with directions for using it.) At that time I made two small designs. I did not keep it up so I have forgotten how. Perhaps, one day I'll relearn this craft. (My mother told me that her mother would tat their slips and undershirts when she and my four aunts were little girls. :-)
- At 12:33am on April 12, 2009,
Shirl said… - Hey Tattingchic
Congrats on the 100th blog sorry ! missed the party. That cake looked so yoummy!!
hugs
Shirl
- At 4:16am on February 24, 2009,
Shirl said…
- Thanks for the friend invite!!
- At 9:03pm on February 2, 2009,
Margaret Roberts said…
- Thanks for the explanation on SRE. I have never come across it shortened before, neither have I tried the technique. So that's another thing I must try!
- At 5:42am on January 8, 2009,
Judy Grant said… - HelloTatting Chic, Thanks for being my friend. Hugs Judy
- At 12:56am on December 14, 2008,
Carol-Anne said… - Hi Thanks for visiting my blog and your kind comments. Aren't the flowers lovely? It is the beads that make them, they are tricut beads and they really sparkle. I think I am starting a love affair with beads :)
I've visited your blog a few times. You have some fans on one of my yahoo groups and ever so often one says 'You must to to Tatting Chic's blog and see what she has made now'. I must say your tatting is inspirational. I was just admirring the autumn leaves in your gallery. I can't get the hand of tatting, not that I have tried too hard, but the flip thing defeats me so far.
CA
- At 7:55am on December 3, 2008,
Judy B said… - Be patient, and it will happen! My attempts so far haven't produced anything to show, though perhaps I could take an artistic photo of scraps of thread with a few knots along the threads. I tend to pick it up when I only have a few minutes, and I need to set aside time for longer sessions to give me a chance to untangle the thumbs and threads!
- At 11:17pm on November 8, 2008,
Judy B said…
- OK< you told me more than one shuttle would be a must when I started tatting, but I now have four, and have barely got the thread wound on to one! The two I got today 9Colver ones) are smaller and feel good in the hand compared to the first two which have a few snags and scratchy points.
- At 11:52pm on November 1, 2008,
Melinda Medeiros said… - Love the pumpkins on your blog!
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