Celine

 

This morning I finished Celine from Bonded with tatting - doilies by Laura Bziukiewicz. I love the way it turned out!

I took it to school to show Julia and Shelby, and they both loved it. I've promised to help them re-learn tatting if they'd like to. Time will tell if I get them tatting again.

I probably won't have time to start another one this week, but I think I'm going to work on the next one in the book, Imperial. I'm hoping my friend Stephanie hasn't tatted this one yet so that we can work on it at the same time. 

For now, I'm back to making baby blankets!

Celine round 5

 

Yes, I did tat in public for International Tatting Day... public school, that is. I was asked to sub for high school math on Friday, and while the students worked on their assignments, I tatted. I was especially pleased when some of the juniors, both girls and boys, were excited to see me tatting. They told me they had just been talking about tatting and had pulled out their supplies. Imagine them keeping their treasures for seven years!

Two of the girls, Julia and Shelby, fell in love with this colorful little doily. Who knows? Maybe they'll take up tatting again!

Timber!

 

It's sad, but another tree had to come down. Our blue spruce was badly damaged when a storm took down the first maple tree we planted. The white pine behind it also looks like it needs to come down. Our front yard is looking really bad!

I have a baby shower to attend the end of May. I decided that I wasn't going to wait until the last minute this time! One of my favorite gifts is flannel baby blankets. I use one yard of fabric, trim off the selvages, round the corners, and use a wing needle in my sewing machine to make evenly spaced holes. Then, I roll the hem and do a single crochet, chain 1 edging. I love making them, and they're always well received.

Celine from Bonded with tatting - doilies by Laura Bziukiewicz is coming along nicely. Luckily, I thought to read the pattern carefully, because the rings in round 5 are NOT all the same size!

Celine

 

I enjoyed tatting Anastasia so much that I decided just to move on to the next pattern in Bonded with tatting - doilies by Laura Bziukiewicz. Here's my start of Celine, using size 40 Lizbeth thread pack Garden Mix. The thread numbers are 138, 624, 124, 154, and 642. I think this will be another beauty!