Memorial Day Brooch

This is my Pinchicks pick, and this week as our holiday weekend.
We remember those who have fallen serving our country.

So we could live free. This event opens our summer in the
U.S,A.
Below is the construction of this lovely Victorian Brooch.
And marks the time when holiday began, after our country's Civil War
in 1867

The first layer is rings and chains in a size 80 blue.

Second  layer is white size 40

The third is size 20 in red and all are directly tatted onto the bezel.
 The Pinterest brooch had no layers.

You could take a little picture to place in bezel and glue it with a glass dome.
the Pinterest Brooches had little tatting in their ovals,
  that were slightly stuffed like I did.

Hope You Have a Wonderful Family Weekend :)
These are other pinchicks blogs below
If nothing listed keep checking back with them for there picks are coming at months end :)

Suzannes Cards
Margarets Designer Cards
Tips Around The Home (Muskann's)
Two Shuttles
 Let Suzanne know if you want to join up for next month.

Round 8 Frivolite and another Little Blue Bird

Round 8  of the of Renulek 2016 spring doily had a slight ruffle that needed to be pinned and sprayed with water.

Another bird, with sequins and beads.

Works with this little dress on my granddaughter :) you can kind of see it in her hair :)

There are lots of lovely sequins out there

I started off with this button like thing not sure what it is called :)

I hide all the stitches with more felt.

Did you notice I my order of beautiful thread from Yarnplayer came along with these to shuttles

this day turned out to be a good day for me!

Tatting around Great Occasion

Well there he is waving at us, 13 years from kindergarten to 12th grade complete, and my last child
Keirnan Lee, this was a fun evening on Saturday 21, I did shed a few tears.

And Here is the latest  Renulek's round 8 of Frywolitkowa going little slow with all the festivities  :)

Nice to know that our doilies mark a place in time :)

This was a self portrait he did couple years ago in high school.
 A family of creativity in this house :)
Have a great Day

"Guesses Doily" With Tatting Lace

Following through with the overlapping center I decided to stuff a flower bud  in and work this all around.

The shuttles and doll and butterfly cover up the next round, I forgot to take pictures before I started the next round.
so trying to cover next round discreatly with little items

The blue buds are a ring of  6 double stitches connect to previous round, between the rings , 6 double stitches and close ring.  The a chain of 11 double stitches picot and 11 more. repeat all way round.
Have a great weekend :)

Monochromatic tatted lace doily

I still have two more rounds to go.  The pattern is free on Instagram
look for "tattingweed", she has a couple of very nice free patterns.

This thread is large size 20 and feels thick.

For this style the thickness kind of grows on you :)

                                   

This is harder on my hands, so I have been taking breaks, want to make more but with smaller threads maybe :)
Have a wonderful Week :)

Renulek's Latest Round Today

My Peonies have bloomed and some are as big as the doily :)

Frywolitkowa serwetka on-line WIOSNA2016 rząd 7

Loved this round, it tatted well and the little picots reminded me of eyelashes.

Just having fun with camera and different backgrounds.

Have fun Tatting :)

Frywolitkowa napkin row 6 complete!

I loved making this round !

 

I also bought some beautiful inlay shuttles from Russia, on ebay 

Tatting and Minature Blacksmithing?

Here is my latest round of the "Make it up as I go along".
Directions below.
It is 2 rings  of 5 double stitches separated by 3 picots and a chain of 10 double stitches ,connect  to previous chains picot and 10 double stitches, and repeat all way round.

My son gave this to me for Mothers Day, he is trying out "Miniature Blacksmithing"
below are pictures of how he made this from a nail
along with other works.

Tying In Loose Ends Of Tatted Lace

Yes, lasted
Renulek, round done :)

And for those of you who wanted to watch video of the whip stitching smaller thread ends in,
 I have a short movie below :)