Tatted Flowers for Judy

I thought these could look like rose buds so I tatted these for Judy of CJ Stitching and Blooms when she requested for some tatted roses for an exchange. I waited till she received them before posting these. The buds are actually the magnolia centres from Nancy Tracy's magnolia blooms.

I also included other flowers:

Adapted from Lindsay Roger's Delphinium pattern from Tatting Collage.

Mary Konior's bud fragments.

Mary Konior's Queen Anne's Lace.

1000th post

To celebrate my 1000th post, I am giving away three blinged shuttles and three tatted magnolias (about 2 inches across). The magnolia pattern is by Nancy Tracy of Be-stitched, just in case you would like to tat your own magnolias.

Just leave a comment here on how you will use this piece of tatting and I will use the random number generator to pick three names on 19 Nov 2010.





Using the randon number generator, the first name drawn wins the white magnolia with the darker pink shuttle, 2nd name drawn wins the variegated yellow magnolia with the white shuttle, and 3rd name drawn - the pink magnolia with the light pink shuttle. The back of the shuttle is also blinged but you will have to win the shuttle to have a peek.

Tatted Butterflies - Nora

This one is called Nora, also from Adelheid Dangela's 'Tatted Butterflies' book. Tatted in three different colours. The thread is Olympus Gold Special Knitting Yarn. No size indication, but it looks like Size 10 or thicker. I may put it on a T-shirt for my niece, the older one.

Amazing Pattern

Look at the pattern on the petals of this orchid. Reminds me of a DNA fingerprint. The colour of course is one of my favourites, which is why it caught my eye.

Tatted Butterflies - Josie

This is Josie from Adelheid Dangela's Tatted Butterflies. This is the butterfly that appears on the cover of the book. It looks a little different in a variegated thread. I tatted this in Altin Basak's Size 50 #3002 which Typs Tatting sent me. It was the perfect colour for a butterfly.

Food Art

Friday was a public holiday and we had brunch in town. Some of the dishes we had could be described as food art. We had a table by the window so the light for photography was quite good. I discretely took some photos. They were all very delicious.

Dim sum - crab dumpling

Dim sum - cod dumpling

Prawn in wasabi and mayonnaise dressing in a rice flour basket

Crab dipped in salted egg yolk and stir fried

Fresh mango wrapped in filo pastry

Shuttle Exchange with Teresa

Look what I received from Teresa of Stitching n Knitting. It looks sparkly and pretty. Purple and green, one of my favourite colour combination. Thank you so much, Teresa. This package took some time to arrive and this was because it made a trip to Indonesia before landing in Singapore. It probably got stuck to another envelope bound for Jakarta. I am going to use this shuttle for my next tatting project.

Rose Garden Completed (MK49)

This is a pattern called Rose Garden by Mary Konior found in her book Tatting in Lace on page 87. Done in Lizbeth Size 20 in Dark Olive (#678) and Mountain Breeze (#134).

16 motifs form this diamond-shaped mat which will be framed. It measures approx. 16 inches across.

Green and Brown Orchid Blooms

Sorry, no identification provided here but aren't they in such unusual colours? There were hundreds of orchids at the show and I could only manage to take photos of those that caught my eye.

Tatted Calaveras

When I saw this sugar skull pattern by Victats, I could not wait to tat it. The pattern she shared looked easy to tat and I really had fun with it. I like the layered look and how the eyes and nose were attached to the base. Thank you Vicki.