I hope all of you had a wonderful Valentine’s Day Monday. I had every intention of posting this weekend but time got away from me again. I was working on this heart, writing and diagramming the pattern and I didn’t get it done! So I decided to post it today. February has Valentine’s Day and is considered American Heart Month, but I think hearts are appreciated any time. This one is made from Lizbeth size 20 in #147. This is #17 of my second 25 Motif Challenge.This last week Tabatha, from Crafting with Tabatha, asked for some help with ‘Angels in the Snow’ by Miranda Rensberger. Tabatha is very new to tatting, having started just this year. This is a pretty ambitious pattern for one so new, made with two shuttles and SCMR, but she is doing an amazing job tatting already so I think she should be able to make this. I’d seen this snowflake on Miranda’s blog and other places where others had made it, but I hadn’t yet purchased it. Tabatha’s questions gave me a good excuse to buy the pattern and help Miranda raise money for the Brain Injury Association of New Mexico at the same time.
Angels in the Snow © Miranda RensbergerI made this in Lizbeth size 20 in #662 Turquoise Lt. and #657 Ocean Turquoise Dk. While I didn’t find this difficult I have been tatting quite a bit longer than Tabatha and I still remember when this would have been a problem. I started this again, taking pictures as I went to help her understand what she was supposed to be doing. I checked her blog this morning and she’s made a good start. I’m naming this #18 of my second 25 Motif Challenge.
This is ‘Triana’ by Megzaela, one of my classmates in the Design Tat class. I test tatted this in Lizbeth size 20 color (?). This was an interesting challenge. None of the elements were that hard but you have to pay attention to which way’s up and where you join. I found I had made a join incorrectly after I was completely done so it has not been fixed. Apologies, Megzaela! This will be #19 of the 25 Motif Challenge.
‘Triana’ © Megzaela 2010While I was blog surfing this week I happened upon Peachtree Cottage Creations and noticed that one of the bookmarks she had made kind of looked like the one that I had designed last fall. And it was! If you haven’t been over there you might go check it out. In this particular post she was trying to decide how best to stage a couple of bookmarks for a photo. She has a lot of really nice things she’s done on her blog, well worth a visit.
On this Tatting Tea Tuesday I’ll leave you with a couple of quotes in keeping with a month dedicated to hearts and love.
Poetry is the song of the heart, molded by the mind.
– Roger W. Hancock –
The thing about falling in love,
is that if you do it right,
you never have to hit the ground.
– Kendall Lepitzki –
Oh my dear, thank you for this marvelous post. All the beautiful sentiments and even more beautiful laces.
I have been busy with lace guild projects and didn't even tat until nearly 9:00 p.m. So my TTTpost will have to be a day late.
Your heart is very pretty, simple yet frilly, and very elegant.
I love the colors you used on "Angels in the Snow"! I appreciate your helping a new tatter with the pattern, too. You're right, it would be very challenging for a beginner. I remember the first time I tried to tat with two shuttles– I didn't understand that the second one was in place of the ball thread, not in addition to it, and I spent hours trying to figure out what to do with that third thread!
Megzaela's design does look challenging. I love the color you used on it as well.
Everything looks so nice! 🙂
Your heart is beautiful, is this one of your own patterns? I have not heard of heart month, we dont have that in the UK.
I was nice of you to help a new tatter, the angels in the snow looks lovely and I like the colours you have chosen. Sorry I did not get the last piece of your blog.
Have a nice day
Margaret