I'm sure you are all wondering where I have been lately. Well, truth to tell, I've been VERY busy with the local Farmers Market which is *planning* on staying open until mid December (weather permitting and we don't get a lot of snow) Not only am I taking my tatted jewelry to the Market, I've been taking all of the cards I have made, the bags that I have made and I have been baking like a silly fool every week and taking cookies galore! This week I had a new cookie plus 3 batches of fresh (home made) bagels and 2 batches of scones! :-O I won't be making cookies this week but I will be making more bagels and scones to take as they sold realllly well. The following week I start making Christmas cookies to take to the Market...yes, it is getting close isn't it?
This week I also started taking Christmas ornaments that I have been making. These two baubles are my first baubles, but I'm sure more will follow.
This first one is made with the pattern
Tat A Winter Star, done in size 20 Lizbeth thread. In addition to the pattern I added a ring of 6-6 with an iridescent dagger bead dangling form the picot. I attached it to the longest picot of each "arm" with silver jump rings. I draped it over a plastic bauble using small drops of
Liquid Fusion on the under side (at the junction on the clover) to keep it in place.
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| Tat a Winter Star on a Bauble |
This next bauble is the
Windows & Wheels Ornament, done in size 20 Lizbeth. To make the glass ball glitter, I poured a little bit of floor wax inside the bauble, swirled it all around then dumped out the extra and sprinkled in two different sizes (large and micro fine) iridescent glitter. Swirled that around then dumped out any extra there and let dry.
I was asked at the Market if I could make the above snowflake on a glass ball like the one below. So now I need to make it to a store and get some more glass balls (this one was my last...sigh) and make some more baubles.
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| Windows & Wheels Ornament |
I REALLY like the way this looked as I was tatting it and thought it would make a GREAT necklace! I'm adding a bead to the center of the center ring, seed beads to the 4 picots on the bottom of the outside ring and a dagger bead dangling from the picot of the bottom ring (the pattern is doubled for the bauble). I have it started, using size 20 Lizbeth in color # 158 (Niagra Falls) with the center bead matching exactly the darkest of the aqua/turqouise colors and copper seed beads and dagger bead. I will be sure to post a picture of it when I get it finished.
Great ornaments! :)
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ReplyDeleteI said it at In Tatters, but I'll say it again: I love your baubles!! But the green one's definitely my favourite.
ReplyDeleteThese look fantastic! I can't decide which one I like better:) You must have a lot of energy to do all that baking and making - wow! I'm glad you are doing so well at the market.
ReplyDeleteBEAUTIFUL ornaments Carol! :)
ReplyDeleteYour tatting is fantastic Carol! I've done crocheting, knitting, sewing, tried many different things...but could not get the hang of tatting.
ReplyDeleteThe good news is that you have a place to take your tatting on a weekly basis! But it also means you have to keep up an inventory! Also there's the added attraction of making cookies, bagels and scones! I'm afraid they wouldn't be lining up for mine! Actually, I have no idea how to make bagels and scones!
ReplyDeleteI love that Winter Star pattern and the way you've draped it over the ornament. Thanks for the link!
You always have such good idea.....you take a pattern that I might have not even noticed and use it in a unique and wonderful way. Thanks for the links.
ReplyDeletewunderschöne Christbaumkugeln. Mir gefällt die grüne Kugel sehr gut.
ReplyDeleteDo you share patterns? I love the windows and wheels glass ball ornament!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your interest in my work. The pattern is not mine to share. I don't have access to my patterns at the moment, but I believe it is from Terry the Tatter. You can find his work here: http://terrythetatter.blogspot.com/ Maybe you can send him a message through his blog and get a link to the pattern.
DeleteWhy floor wax in the glass bauble instead of glue? (I'm new to all of this & am trying to pick up the best tips & tricks ��)
ReplyDeleteHeidi, you can use glue as well....the reason for the wax is it is thinner than glue and will cover the inside of the ball much easier and with a thinner coat than the glass. This will make drying time much shorter.
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Where did you find the patterns for these ornaments? I am a newbie needle tatter, and would like to make some of these for my ornament exchange group. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteBoth of these patterns were free patterns I found online. When I wrote the original post, the links wwere to those patterns. The links no longer work, and I cannot find the patterns online anywhere now. I'm very sorry about that.
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