Cookie day

 Mom and I have been doing a pretty good job of eating cookies, and with Thanksgiving only a few days I knew it was time to replenish our stock! These should be dry enough to bake after dinner. I'm eager to try the new flavor I've tried, caramel!

I now have four green and gold button ornaments ready for Christmas gift giving. I need a minimum of six, and I'm running out of this color thread. I hope there's enough for the final two!

My collar is progressing slowly. I really don't think I'll have time to finish it in time for Thanksgiving. There's just too much I want to get done! Maybe Christmas? 

Keepin' it simple

 

I wasn't in the mood to tat anything fancy today, so I simply added a small picot to each chain. It looks good to me!

I made a little more progress on my collar today. I'm really enjoying this pattern!

New buttons

 

There's no hope for me. I see something. I get inspired. I buy.

It all started with a search for buffalo plaid napkins. Yes, I found the napkins... and then, magically, all sorts of items in buffalo plaid showed up as suggestions. How could I resist buffalo plaid buttons?

The buttons arrived yesterday, and I couldn't resist getting started on ornaments today!

I didn't get much done on my collar today, but every little bit counts!

Time flies!

Time did fly by today! I sprayed clear coat on all of the ornaments decorated by students and staff, and I worked on adding hanging cords to them. I still have quite a few that need hangers. I started hanging them on one of my trees so that I can determine how many trees I need to take with me to Christmas in the Village. It's too dark to take a picture now, but I'll try to remember to take one tomorrow.

While waiting for  the clear coat to dry (I put three layers on the front and back of each ornament), I worked on another Dorset button set. The ornament looks okay, but I didn't have enough thread to make the center as dense as I like it. I might add more to the center tomorrow.

I also worked a little on my collar. I'm feeling a little worn out from the day's activities, so I think I'll take a break tonight!

Little by little

 

It makes me feel good to accomplish a little bit every day!

Finishes

 

I finished two ornaments today. I love the way this button ornament turned out!

It took me several days to finish this Dorset button and ornament set. Somehow, it just kept getting set to the side!

One more spoke of my collar is finished. This is going to be so pretty!

Duplicate... almost

I made a little progress on my collar today. I didn't get as much done as I could have, because I spent a lot of time looking at patterns!

While looking through my books, I remembered that these are two versions of the same book! The one on the left is the original. The one on the right is a reprint with additional patterns. There was a time when this peacock was all the rage among tatters. I was too timid to try tatting this beauty back then, but I may be ready to give it a try soon!

 

A new venture

I've decided that I should probably start tatting patterns from the many books I own. It's about time!

Years ago, back when I spent most of my days doing thread crochet, I loved making collars. Can you believe that I never kept one for myself?

This morning, I decided it was time to start tatting a collar. I am really enjoying this pattern!

This afternoon was spent making more air dry clay ornaments. I'm starting to get the hang of this!