The tatted heart was adapted by Barbara Foster from a design by Mrs. J.M. Blackman, appearing in Modern Priscilla magazine in 1917. I used Lizbeth thread size 20, color 121, with the white being DMC Cebelia size 20. It was tatted as a gift for a friend and I added the tail to make it into a bookmark.

The other bookmark is a design by Jane Eborall. It, too, was tatted as a gift. I adapted this as a cat and used colors to depict the owners' own cat--green beads for the eyes and a pink one for the nose. The grey is DMC cordonnet special, color # unavailable, and DMC Cebelia blanc, both size 30. When the bookmark was seen , I immediately had "orders" for six more in varying colors to match the various cats.

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now I have 21 of my 25 -- might make it before Christmas

When I received the Lizbeth Christmas thread (color 116 in size 20) I couldn't wait to use it. The all-white centers and outside edging are DMC blanc #20. The pearl beads are 4mm. The beads were added one-at-a-time except for a few that had to be on the ball thread. This pattern is from my Japanese pattern book. I think it's a little late for me to learn to read Japanese, so don't know the designer.

The maple leaf motif was done by Tammy M. Rodgers from a pattern from the February 1975 issue of Workbasket. It seemed perfect for the use of Heather's Hand Dyed Thread. The color is golden cranberry avocado in size 20.

The Christmas ornament is from Lene Bjorn's "24 Snowflakes in Tatting". The pattern is The Fifth Day of December. I used white (dmc cebelia, size 20) for the rings, then added green metallic embroidery thread to make it sparkle. Next time I will use finer

thread with the metallic--I think it will be prettier.

The heart pattern is from a book given to me by a friend--it is from Annie's Attic-- "Heirloom Treasures in Tatting". The pattern in called Valentine and is designed by Florence Anthony. The only difficult part was in attaching the three center motifs (of course, figuring out where I needed to carry the beads on the shuttle thread posed some problems. The beads are pearl--2+mm. I used size 20 thread instead of the 30 called for which made it a little larger, but it was the color I wanted. The thread is Flora, color 62.

I hope you enjoy my efforts. Please feel free to comment.

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another addition to my 25-motif challenge--this makes 17.

I couldn't wait to try out the new Christmas thread from Lizbeth (size 20, color #116). It's amazing how the thread fits itself to the snowflake pattern which measures 4" (once again I am at a loss about the origin of the pattern).

This bookmark was tatted for my son at his request. I loved doing it for him. He is always interested in my blog updates.

The pattern is from my Japanese book and the thread is the dark red variable, color #147, size 20.

This is called a thumb rosary. I had never heard of these nor seen one, but one of my friends used one when she went walking. Hers was silver and just fit over her thumb. This one measures about 2", including the beads which are crystal. The thread is DMC Cebelia size 20. I will try this again using finer thread and smaller beads.

The angels are from Mark Myers' book, "Tatted Gathering of Angels". I used size 50 thread (from an old stash) with no info but the size. The one with the cross measures 1.75" while the other is a little smaller (tatting was tighter, i guess). I plan on donating these to "The Preemie Project" at the Univ. Hospital, for them to sell at a

craft sale. If they sell, I will tat more of them for the Christmas
sale.

Another 5 for my 25-motif challenge--I now have 12

The blue motif is design #19 from my Japanese tatting book. I enjoy tatting from this book because the diagrams are so complete (I cannot read the instructions in Japanese). It measures about 3" and is done with size 80 DMC thread, color #93.