My goof up is (hopefully) your gain :) TO ALL MY TATTING PALS

You may recall I dyed thread last Wednesday when Shannan was not doing so well that day My head wasnt in it, I had the fan blowing on the thread and I because it was warm in my house. It dried the thread therefore not allwoing the dye to soak in as good... Instead of keeping this thread ALL to myself I am gonna share it. I cant see wasting this thread by throwing it in a corner and forgetting it.
I am selling these thread for $3 per skein $2 shipping to USA $3.50 shipping to out of USA...
It dosent matter if you order 10 of these threads the shipping is still the same. :)
I am putting these on here 1st and if within a week I do not hear from anyone they will be placed in my etsy shop.
These threads are nice but some areas have the white showing or is spotty with the coloring.


this one is VIOLET FIELDS... I have available in this colorway. (2) 50 yard skeins of size 10 (2) 50 yard skeins of size 20 and (2) 50 yard skeins of size 30


This colorway is THE TROPICS... I have available in this colorway (4) 50 yard skeins of size 10, (1) 50 yard skein of size 20, and (1) 50 yard skein of size 30

This one is called MELAMINE... I have available in this colorway. (4) 50 yard skeins of size 10, (2) 50 yard skeins of size 20, (1) 50 yard skein of size 30.

This is FLOWER GARDEN... I have available in this colorway (3) 50 yard skeins of size 10.

And lastly this is AMBIENCE... (4) 50 yard skeins of size 10, (2) 50 yard skeins of size 20, (1) 50 yard skein of size 30.

ALL THREAD IS FIRST COME FIRST SERVE, MY BUY 1 GET 1 FREE DOES NOT APPLY TO THESE THREADS.

PLEASE REPLY ON THIS THREAD WHAT YOU WANT I WILL CHECK IT IN THE MORNING!!

THANKS ALL!!

Heather

New earrings added to my shop. Check them out. hajdesings31.etsy.com THANKS

25 Motif Challenge #21, #22, #23, #24

The first one there on the left is my dragon pattern in my new HDT ambience. The 2nd there on the right is a new design of mine in my new HDT flower garden. The bottom left is also a new design in my new HDT melamine. The bottom right is also a new design in my Oddity HDT.

I designed the 2nd - 4th ones today while I was lazing around outside it was awesome. I think we all need days like this LOL

Let me tell you about my day...

Woke up at 7 and was dead to the world or atleast I felt that way LOL Dave and I stayed up too late last night watching Gran Torino with Clint Eastwood it was an AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME movie, I was saddened at the end but I am a big sap LOL

So I was tired and kinda grumpy and so was Dave we kind of snapped at each other a bit this morning but we kissed and made up as always :) He went to burn the trash and some things outside by now its 9ish am I thought pee on everything else today I was gonna sit outside and tat, well it was wonderful, The kids Dave and I chased the shade around the yard all day it was WONDERFUL, I cant tell you the last time I felt so good in a day. I designed a few things and just enjoyed myself and my family. Dave and the kids went to check the mail and he told me you got something. I didnt remember ordering anything except yesterday I did order sequins but there was NO WAY AT ALL I could have gotten them already. Here I got a nice package from JON Ohh how I love her :) She won some thread from my give away I had in May and she sent me these lovelies in the mail today THANK YOU JON from the bottom of my heart I cant reacall ever getting anything like this from anyone ohhh wait Sherry sent me a couple free skeins of her beautiful HDT so I guess its the 2nd time LOL :)

THANKS JON AGAIN you are a sweet sweet woman!!

Heather

I am thoroughly enjoying the warm sun and cool breeze. I am happy to have this lazy day. Tatting is more fun outdoors! Have a good day all

Shade, lawn chair, tatting, kids, music, is a nice Saturday! Time to RELAX!

YAY!!

I dont know what made me do it but I did LOL
First of all I been selling things from my shop quite a bit and I am SO SO happy about that :)
I got my pay pal debit card in the mail today too which was nice now if i need the money ASAP I can get it instead of wating 3 - 4 days for it to show up in my bank account. I decided that my leaf sequin supply is starting to run low and I cant remember where i got them I was thinking Walmart but they dont have them or they no longer do?? I looked up leaf sequins and I found this http://www.bjcraftsupplies.com/ and they got sequins and lots of them and those berry beads that my gram used to use for various craft projects THEY HAVE THEM!! Their prices arent too bad either or are they I dont know it seemed good to me :) I havent been able to find those anywhere WOO HOO I was in my glory so I used some of my hard earned cash and bought me a supply of sequins HA!!! So now I do not need to ration my sequins as much and I can continue on with my current "idea" to do with my patterns. Can anyone guess what I could be cooking up... And no its not dragon stew LOL I can not kill a dragon, a deer or squirrel Yea but not a dragon :)

vent, gripe, blah, blah, blah

Ok I am in a mood, Yesterday was NOT fun at all. It was full of worry for me. First off I was excited I was going to dye thread I had everything ready and it was hot in my house because I have no air conditioning only in my bedroom which on hot days is where the kids and I hide out. The kids got up and Shannan seemed ok until she was eating breakfast, she said to me "mom sometimes when you get a headache does your belly hurt?" I told her yea and she said "mine too like now" I was not REAL worried at this point until she said she wanted to go back to sleep, hmmmm I was really praying she was not getting sick on top of recovering from her adenoidotonsilectomy. So she layed on the couch for a bit and then she ran to the bathroom and threw up... I was really worrying now, she said her tummy felt better and she slept for about 2 hours, got up and had lunch and a snack and then I could tell she was very tired so I made her lay down more and she fell asleep again for another 1 1/2 hours. I was dying thread at this time and not really into it as much I made the mistake of having the fan blowing on me and it dried out some of my thread, it didnt turn out so well this time Ohhhh well LOL she got up and was hungry so her and Nate got some chips and were eating them out on the porch, then she came and layed down again I asked her what was wrong she said her head hurt again. I was just crazy with worry. It took all I had NOT to break down and cry. By now Dave got home from work and I told him about my day and he pretty much disregarded all I said because he had to go bale hay with the neighbors. UGH!! He talked to Shannan for a minute and left and she fell asleep AGAIN, so as she was sleeping I looked up online and its normal they say as you heal you feel worse. WHEW!! Not to say I am no longer worried but was feeling better about it. She woke about 45 minutes later and wanted supper and her headache was not as bad. She ate lots of mac and cheese which made me happy. I sent her for a bath and she was a totally different person, the kids wached a video and she was demanding (in a cute way) popcorn LOL so they had some while Dave came home and at his supper. She was good the rest of the evening and she didnt get up last night for more tylenol like she had been the past few nights. I am glad she is feeling better its a huge worry for me right now...

*Today Nate has his psychologist appointment at 11am I hate going up there every week but it really helps him. Yesterday was an evaluation for the STP (summer treatment program) and 2 different aides to help him with behavior and stuff, the STP is a camp here in Hastings they go from 9 - 3, 5 days a week for about a month, I couldnt make the meeting so I had a phone conference type thing. Not to be rude but i really DO NOT LIKE some of those people (case workers, etc) The lady that was Nates case worker was real snippy and rude. Everything that i said I wanted to change about Nate, (attitude, lying, self esteem, impulsive behavior, etc) She made it ALL out to be my fault that he is this way. He has ADHD which is a NEUROLOGICAL disorder, how the heck is it my fault?? UGH!! He calls himself dumb and stupid when I scold him for doing wrong, I have NEVER EVER once called him these words and the caseworker told me "well maybe if you would not call him these things he wouldnt say them about himself" I WAS FUMING!!! I politely told her that I have never called my son anything like that I ALWAYS tell him he is smart and positive things like that. and when he tells me he is dumb or stupid I say NO YOU ARENT you just need to learn to behave a little bit more... I have low self esteem, and it depresses me alot. I think he is just saying these things so I do not scold him any further. I just do NOT like the way these people act, like its always the parents fault. When he was stealing food, I was told by a few people that "I need to feed my kids more" Now I could see if he was stealing FOOD and not candy, bags of chocolate chips, soda, basically anything in the form of "goodies" he was taking. He usually did this because I told him he was not allowed to have it at some time during that day.

Sometimes I just want to ask god WHY is my son like this, WHY did you do this to us? BUT it could always be worse, and its been said that God gives you what he feels you can handle. Nate was our "surprise" child and I am glad we had him, his needs are what makes him special. I do feel bad for Shannan though alot of attention has gone to Nate because of what he is doing. I wish I could split myself in 2 and be with each of them equally all the time... Shannan is eating up the extra attention right now though LOL

I didnt get much tatting done yesterday I spent the day screwing up thread and keeping a close eye on Shannan I did get 3 pair of earrings done to sell I am hoping to get them in there maybe by today. Tomorrow is Shannans post op appointment in altoona I hate driving down there but we gotta :)

Ok I am done complaining for now LOL

my baby girl isn't feeling too well today. Mamma isn't very happy : (

25 Motif Challenge #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20

Well I have a bit of an invasion here I even caught one trying to escape and explore the outside world this afternoon. I have my pattern perfected they are in all sizes with the biggest being the sugar and cream thread / yarn and the smaller ones are in size 30. These almost complete my 2nd 25 motif challenge :) Wowser I kind of like this sitting around and hanging out with my daughter until she is fully recovered maybe I can talk her into farming it out a bit longer HA HA!!!

Have a good evening all!!!

~Heather

Sometimes you just wanna kick yourself...

...right now being one fo thise times.
When I was dying thread I kept my color combinations and recipes for various colors in a file on my lap top WELL I "thought" I had it printed out or saved on a disk well I had a crash awhile back and turns out I in fact DID NOT save it or print it... It makes me mad because there were 4 different colorways I wanted to do and had them written out, ohhhhh well guess I gotta start again lol
Right now I am outside with the kids (I LOVE MY LAP TOP and the ease of a WIRELES INTERNET CONNECTION) Shannan is better today more than she has been, still in pain but she is wanting to play with her brother today and is giving me some attitude, not saying that I LIKE the attitude but in a way I missed it LOL
I think I am being invaded by tindy dragons I made a few more and another sort of design for them one without sequins or beads I did about 10 of those to get them right but Shannan is happy about that because she got all the mess ups Nate got a camo one too LOL
Well Have a good day all

25 motif challenge motif #12

For my number 12 motif, Its another dragon I bet I tatted about hmmmm 5 or so of these until I got it straight on how I wanted it to look Shannan inherited the messed up ones :) she loves them but here is my #12 little baby, the correct one LOL I think they look better with 2 wings instead of 1.

There are more to come I am really into tatting right now and its keeping me from eating when I am stressed I am so glad This is a DEFINATE good thing and a definate mood change for me I LOVE IT!!!

it was definately a long day...

I did not get alot of tatting in today because I was playing catch - up on the house work. I didnt get alot done. Shannan wasnt the best today they DID SAY that the 5th day is always the worst not sure why but it is well THEY WERE RIGHT! She wasnt real bad but I could tell from when she got up that she was struggling to swallow and talk, its been all day like this it makes me sad, but she rested and said she does feel a BIT better tonight. I am tired LOL
I did finally get my Etsy orders all ready to send today I had 8 packages to send WOW that is the most EVER at any 1 time. So those are out for the time being. My buy 1 get 1 free thread sale is a huge hit I sold quite a bit, I am glad of that and I am seriously thinking of keeping it that way its only a thought though right now :)

25 motif challenge #10, #11

#10 is another pair of sequin earrings i see I put one backwards on the scanner LOL guess that is what you get when scanning while tired tee hee ;)

#11 is a pair of dragon earrings or necklace pendants not sure which yet but this was inspirted by the Ring Trim dragon I cant do the SSSR so I decided to make up my own pattern I didnt copy the pattern but just looked and made my own which I guess is copying in its own way. LOL But the 1st one didnt turn out so well and the 2nd one still needed work and the last 2 there were the final result that I am happy with...

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Shannan is doing good today and healing I just got to get her to settle down she is to be on 2 weeks of taking it easy and here we are only 3 days after surgery and she is trying to run around and she talks too much by the end of the evening her voice is so weak it kind of breaks my heart hearing her sound like that. I cant wait until she is all well I am just glad the worst is over!!

Heather

25 motif challenge #7, #8, #9

More fun with sequins and they got Shannans approval LOL

I did these last night but only got to scan today so far today no tatting yet..

i really love these leaf sequins and got many more ideas rolling through this brain of mine I have wayy too many UFOS to be doing different things but you know what I DONT CARE HA HA!!!

25 motif challenge #6

This was all I got done from when Shannan and I got home from the hospital We were both so exhausted we just been lazing around LOL she is doing alot better still sore but alot better
I planned on making her these before she went to get her adenoids and tonsils out but didnt get there

I think she makes the earrings look prettier :)

I made them with size 20 thread and some leaf sequins I got years ago Somewhere LOL

She loves them and I think I will be making some to sell they are simple and of course one of my crazy designs LOL

owwwie I got a boo boo

I have really dry cracked feet at times, well most of the time hubby calls me Razor Foot LOL... I had a small crack not even on the bottom my heel its on the side it started small so I filed and creamed it alot. Well then it kept cracking and cracking so I filed and creamed again, it was doing ok until Thursday being at the hospital all day walking around it kept cracking and bleeding more it hurt alot so that night I filed and creamed again and the next day i got out of bed and I felt it CRACK again it hurt sooooooo bad, So while getting Shannans prescription I asked our pharmacist what she suggested they said the gold bond cream it smells so nice and she suggested liquid bandaid I was leery on this one but decided to brave it and it seems to really work I put it on last night and when I got up this morning it didnt hurt much at all when I got up. I took the liquid bandaid off for now and am going to keep my foot moist for today since I do most my walking around during the day I am gonna wait until tomorrow to put the liquid bandaid on through the day and keep it off at night. My foot hurts so bad and I told my husband he had to cook and everything today but I really dont think that will happen HA HA!!

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On another note

Shannan is doing great I told her no talking today since she has been straining to keep talking so she is writing notes to us its cute. Her throat is looking alot better, I just have to keep on her to drink alot of fluids she is eating good too So that makes momma really happy :) My son keeps acting up more and is a bit jealous.

Shannans Surgery and THANKS

Well I am gonna write a bit about yesterday, it was an extremely stressful day for me...
They wanted us to be there at 9am and she was scheduled to be in surgery at 10:30 She did great I was shaking and feeling sick she was being her silly self... Well 10:30 came and went and finally at 11 they put her on the gurney (i guess that is what its called) I started to tear up I tried so hard to hold it in so I wouldnt upset her but she just laughed at me LOL. We then proceded to the 6th floor into the pre-op room they talked about anestetic. I cant tell you how much that word made me scared. I was terrified something would go wrong and she wouldnt come out of it. But I just kept telling myself she will be fine. So they put her IV in and she started to cry, I lost it more, I tried my hardest not to cry but it couldnt be helped. She was then upset, I "thought" they would put her under while I was there and they DIDNT I was upset, she was too they finally at 11:30 took her from me and I just felt my heart sink. I was scared as heck and cried in the waiting room while a stupid stupid man just kept pointing at me and laughing saying "shes crying ha ha ha" I thought to myself if I werent so upset I would go and slap him but I kept my cool. By now I had another bad headache, they told me it would be 15 minutes until I could see her well 15 minutes turned into 40 minutes and I was starting to freak out I was scared because it was taking so long. So finally I got to see her and I calmed myself for her. She was coming out of it and crying she wouldnt even look at me, I hated to see her that way but after about 2 hours she was back to herself, well somewhat. She immediately ate 3 popsicles and water and some sierra mist they told her since she was doing so good she could try solid food, she ate some soup, a bunch of grapes, crackers, and a slice of bread. She felt a little sick but was fine. The doctor said she did great and her adenoids were huge. He said if she ate most of her supper she could go home at night. Shannan wanted to stay the night but with the headache I had I was so ready to go home. I tried to eat lunch but betweent he stress and headache the food made me nautious so I couldnt really eat. I tried to nap but Shannan kept bugging me to look at the tv after all Sponge Bob was on :). She ate most of her supper Mac & Cheese was her favorite she did good. I tried to eat supper also but like with lunch I couldnt eat. So finally at 5:30 she was being discharged kinda mad at me for wanting to go home instead of having her spend the night. On the way to my moms house to pick up my son she threw up but I think it was kind of car sick. She was fine after that. I was so glad when we got home. My wonderful mom and Nate made us some Macaroni Salad, Potato Salad and Jello for shannan... THANKS MOMMY!! After we got home I was just ready to drop, I sent the kids to get changed and stuff and I talked to Dave and I just cried. I swear it was the worst day I have ever had. I know Shannan had no picnic either. Dave sent me to go and take a hot bath and boy it was relaxing. I still had my headache but I was getting hungry, so I finally ate something. Shannan went to bed at 7:30 Nate went to bed at 8:00 and I crashed not long after but I woke at 2am and couldnt get back to sleep.
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Shannan got up at 5:30ish she looks so much better today and I am glad I am making her drink and she is getting angry with me LOL Today will be a day filled with cartoons and just laying around for all of us LOL I dont care either... I didnt even look at my tatting yesterday so I think today I will though.
Okie Dokie enough rambling for now I hope my coffee starts working LOL
THANKS everyone for your comments
HUGS
Heather

Shannan is doin so well we are on our way home! I can breathe now lol thanx to all for bein there for me

Shes out and doing fine. No smiles yet though! Im wiped out. Ohh i jtst got a smile

They just took her in to sugery. Im a mess LOL

We are at hospital

today is the day...

Shannan gets her tonsils and adenoids out... I am nervous as heck today, my head hurts and my stomach is in a huge knot. I really wish she were going in earlier but they want us there at 9am UGH!! all this extra time to sit and wait. I am gonna drink my coffee (if I can lol) and do my hair. I double checked that our bags are packed and ready I am taking a book to read and my tatting, not sure how much of anything I will get done there. I will update via my cell phone when she is out of surgery. I hope it all goes smoothly. Its supposed to be a 15 minute procedure but I can imagine to me it will feel like 15 hours. Not sure if I can really concentrate on tatting for those 15 minutes. I have to be strong for my baby girl but not sure if I can hold back the tears when they take her from me... I really wish sometimes I were a hard a** lol and that things didnt bother me so much. My son stayed at my moms last night and he will be there tonight too its the first time he is away from his sister while staying there, he cried and it killed me, all I thought about last night was him and shannans day today. Shannan will have to stay over night at the hospital which makes me sad in a way its my husband and I's 11th anniversary and we have NEVER been apart for our anniversary before, ohhh well we will have the weekend I guess.
Ok gonna go occupy my mind for awhile
Updates are coming soon...
Thanks in advance for all the thoughts and prayers
(((HUGS)))
Heather

25 motif challenge #24, #25, #1, #2, #3, #4, #5

Well with these earrings I am ending one 25 motif challenge and starting a new one...

I (for some reason) became real obsessed with the split chain with my needle and came up with these I got me more ideas running through my head.

I just finished the green circular ones awhile ago... They ALL get the seal of approval from my 10 year old young lady LOL

No patterns YET they are just scribbled on about 7 different post it notes lol

pre op today and tatting

Today is Shannans pre op appointment. Tomorrow is Nates psychologist appointment and Thursday is Shannans surgery... I really havent had alot of time for tatting I hope to get some done today after we get home from the doctors. I did say I had some tatting to show BUT havent gotten around to scan it yet lol lazy lazy lazy... Plus I am thinking about doing something different with the patterns. I so cant wait until Thursday is OVER!!!
After Shannan is out of surgery I will post via my cell phone to my blog here to let you all know everything went well.
I should go and get dressed and my hair fixed a bit dont wanna scare anyone with my wild curls UGH!!
Heather

2 days of emotion...

1st of all Daves appointment to see if he has glaucoma. It went well he DOES NOT have it but he has hyperactive something LOL it causes him to have pressure so as a preventative measure they are giving him the drops so he DOES NOT get it later on. That was a rough appointment Dave was nervous about it and it lasted a good 2 hours, I was so relieved when it was over with LOL Then we went to the Franciscian Mission Store and he bought me something I been wanting for quite some time

I was so happy to get this, Then we went to Pearl House our favorite Chinese restaurant it was our 11th Anniversary dinner because Shannan is getting her tonsils out on June 18th which is our anniversary LOL it was nice. We were on the way home and I dont know why but I always look at the peoples names on the funeral home and seen a womans name that I knew when I worked at the school, my kids loved her... I was praying that it was not her but after alot of thought before I went to bed last night I looked it up and sadly it was her. I had just seen her about 2 1/2 weeks ago and she was her happy self. I do not know what she died from but its just sad she always made me feel good about myself. I found myself restless last night for awhile and today I have been thinking of her alot. I was not REAL close to her but she was always so happy to see and talk to me I will miss seeing her around and so will my kids.

Now today I got my new car and I LOVE IT its alot different and will take getting used to but its wonderful and I am happy We traveled to walmart today and then home and then I needed a few more things so we went go Giant Eagle just Shannan and I because my son was in RARE FORM I was near tears sometimes he is just horrible but its the ADHD impulsiveness etc... its so frustrating... Shannan seen a friend of hers from school, they trotted to each other and hugged it was cute, her friend hung around with us the whole time and then she said ohhh there is my mom her "mom" was an older woman I wasnt sure what to really think so when we seen her again she said "hey mom this is my best friend from math class Shannan" she said hi etc... and then the little girl said "she really isnt my mom she is my great grandma, my mom didnt want me" I swear to god my heart stopped and broke for this little girl and she then proceded to say "yea my mom didnt want me but she kept my baby brother who was born after me" she said this with a bit of sadness I said awww that is too bad honey, she said "its ok I love my mom even though she dosent love me, my gram (mom now) treats me better" I was so heart broken and still am I find myself thinking of her alot tonight. Shannan said to me on the way home "what will happen to her when her grandma dies?" I told her that I didnt know someone may adopt her or something like that and then she said something that kinda floored me but at the same time it didnt she said "could you adopt her mom because you are such a good mom and wouldnt do anything like that" I told her that I really didnt know. I was teary eyed the whole way home. My heart is sinking right now I just dont know why some people are like this It breaks my heart...

I got down on myself today too about my weight issues and stuff. too much is going on this week coming and I am just not looking forward to it... Monday is my ONLY free day, Tuesday is Shannans pre-op appointment, Wednesday is Nathaniels psychologist appointment, Thursday is Shannans surgery, I am scared I know its not a big deal but my Nanny (Shannan) will be put under and that scares the heck out of me... I am so not ready for this I just pray that I dont break down when they put that IV in her arm. ARRRRGH!!! once it is over I will be good We will have to stay the night and it will be the first anniversary Dave and I will be apart but we will be together Friday so maybe (depending on how I sleep and how Shannan is) I will make a real nice meal.

I have some tatting to show but that will not be until tomorrow I am wiped out and its after 10 the kids just went to bed not long ago LOL

Night All

I got my new car...

I am officially a MOM now lol

I went from enjoying driving this

now to driving this

My truck sadly is beyond repair :(::.. I will miss it so much I LOVE TRUCKS and well they were wayyyy out of our price range this car is a 95 Subaru Legacy. I drove it today to Walmart and I liked it I just dont like being that close to the ground it will take ALOT of getting used to. Its very comfortable and for being a 95 it only has 54,000 miles on it and in GREAT shape... the kids love it because they now have MORE room in the back and I have room for groceries too...

25 Motif Challenge #22 & #23

Well I reverted back to my "old" ways with tatting YES I caved and went to the needle ONLY BECAUSE I wanted something different I have had an idea for this kind of necklace for awhile and REALLY REALLY wanted to tat it... This set took me about a total of 6 hours to complete its made with size 20 thread and seed beads.

Those of you shaking your head please know I am still using my shuttles I in fact have about 5 UFOs with shuttles attached :) LOL

Pattern for the necklace is as follows

R: 10 cl

CH: 20 dnr

*SCH: 6 / 6 (before re threading the needle add 3 beads and pull through)

Repeat * 9 more times (you will have 10 split chains total)

**SCH: 8 / 8 (before re threading the needle add 3 beads and pull through)
Repeat ** 9 more times (you will now have 20 split chains total)

SCH: 10 / 10 (before re threading the needle add 3 beads and pull through)

Repeat ** 10 more times (you will now have 31 split chains total)

Repeat * 9 more times (you will now have 40 split chains total)

SCH: 6 / 26 (before re threading the needle add 3 beads and pull through)

R: 10 cl

Cut Tie Hide Ends

Earring 1 add 3 beads on ball thread

R: 10 cl rw

SCH: 6 / 6 (before re threading the needle add 3 beads and pull through)

SCH: 6 / 6 (before re threading the needle add 3 beads and pull through)

SCH: 8 / 8 (before re threading the needle add 3 beads and pull through)

SCH: 8 / 8 (before re threading the needle add 3 beads and add the 3 from ball thread after you pull through)

Cut Tie Hide Ends

Earring 2 add 3 beads on ball thread
R: 10 cl dnr
SCH: 6 / 6 (before re threading the needle add 3 beads and pull through)
SCH: 6 / 6 (before re threading the needle add 3 beads and pull through)
SCH: 8 / 8 (before re threading the needle add 3 beads and pull through)
SCH: 8 / 8 (before re threading the needle add 3 beads and add the 3 from ball thread after you pull through)
Cut Tie Hide Ends

WONDERFUL SATURDAY!

We had a day of work planned, in the yard & garden and around the house... Hubby decided we would have a morning of relaxation, the original plan he had was go for Chinese and I asked to go to Yellow Creek, its a small park kind of thing with a lake. He said yes and it was fun,

some sort of lilly (i think) growing by the water

BEAUTIFUL

Looks like FORGET ME NOTS they were growing at the waters edge along with the lillys

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We ate and then I ran into BigLots real quick and got a few goodies. The butterfly punch is soooo cool its a bunch of small holes in the shape of a butterfly and you can stich it.
I took my tatting with me and well here is how it still is when I got home, none done LOL

And I suggested as a joke to go to Lake Glendale and to my surprise he said OK! The Dam

going to the dam

I braved it and went to the end of the dock. I am a big wussy when it comes to deep water I am terrified, I cant swim and I will NOT get in the water. I went out and figured since I was there to sit on the end and soak my toes. I was scared but I did great and it wasnt so bad. Hubby laughed at me because when I went to stand up I fell to my knees, right in front of a bunch of fishermen. I was embarrased but it was fun LOL

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It was wonderful we were gone for about 7 hours today I got burned really bad but its to be expected with my crazy skin, I didnt know I was burnt until the way home, I feel like I am on fire... Now I am off to soak my burn in a cool tub of bubbles :)

Hope you all had a nice Saturday, i know I did with all this stressful crap going on I really needed a day of just doing "fun" things

My sons 9th Birthday

it took him awhile but he FINALLY decided he wanted a turtle on his cake. He turned 9 yesterday (friday) my baby is now 9 so sad LOL

check out his funky hair doo LOL

Motif #19, #20, #21

3 more to add to my 25 motif challenge
As I said in the previous post I was "trying" to make another St Pats doily and ended up not making the chains correctly because I had a husband and 2 kids plus a dog bugging me LOL
I also made 2 more small butterflies with scrap pieces, dunno why I am in such a butterfly mood lately but its fun and reminds me of the summer we dont have yet, its so chilly for June I remember last year complaining of being too hot now I am cold LOL

Butterfly #19 (BOTTOM RIGHT)


R: 5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3-2 cl (8 long p)
R: 2+3 -- 2 -- 5 cl
R: 5 -- 2 -- 3-2 cl
R: 2+3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 cl
Tie ends together to form antennae

Butterfly #20 (BOTTOM LEFT)


R: 5 -- 2 -- 2 -- 2 -- 2 -- 2 -- 4-1 cl (6 long p)
R: 1+4 - - - 5 cl
R: 5 - - - 4-1 cl
R: 1+4 -- 2 -- 2 -- 2 -- 2 -- 2 -- 5 cl (6 long p)
Tie ends together to form antennae



Mini Doily #21


CENTER (done in White)
R: 3-3-3-3 cl
CH: 3-3-3-3
*R: 3+3-3-3 cl
CH: 3-3-3-3
Rep from * 7 more times (9 rings total so far)
R: 3+3-3+3 cl
CH: 3-3-3-3 + at 1st r
Cut Tie Hide Ends



Round 2 (done in Sage Rose)


R: 3+(last p of any ch)3+(1st p of next ch)3 cl
CH: 10 - 10
Repeat around joining last ch to 1st r
Cut Tie Hide Ends


Round 3 (done in white)


R: 3+(p on ch)3-3-3 cl
CH: 12
R: 4+(p of prev r)4 cl
R: 5-5 cl
CH: 10+(p of prev r)12
Repeat around joining last ch to 1st r
Cut Tie Hide Ends

Mistakes lead to...

... New Designs... I was trying to make another St Pats Doily and messed up the chains on the 1st round soooooo that lead to another small doily... See next post :)

25 Motif Challenge #16, #17, #18

#16 is the top left Butterfly, I just made it with the left over piece from the doily on the right.

R: 6 - -- - -- - -- -4-2 cl

R: 2+3 - -- - 5 cl

R: 5 - -- - 3+2 cl

R: 2+4 - -- - -- - -- - 6 cl

Tie ends together for antennae

#17 in the bottom left butterfly.

R: 7-5-2 cl

R: 2+3 - -- - 5 cl

R: 5 - -- - 3-2 cl

R: 2+5-7 cl

Tie ends together for antennae

The doily is my St Pats Doily made with size 10 thread and the thread I got from Bre-Aly Threads is called Sage Rose...

Pattern is as follows:

Round 1:
R: 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 cl rw
CH: 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 rw
**R: 3 + 3 - 3 - 3 cl rw
CH: 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 rw
Rep ** until you have a total of 9 rings
R: 3 + 3 - 3 + 3 cl rw
CH: 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 rw
Cut - tie - hide ends
Round 2:
R: 3 +(2nd p of any ch)3+(next p of same ch)3 cl rw
CH: 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 rw
Continue around to the end joining last ch to first r
Cut - tie - hide ends
Round 3:
R: 3 - 3 +(2nd p of any ch of rnd 2) 3 - 3 cl rw
CH: 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 rw
R: 3 - 3 +(4th p of same ch of rnd 2) 3 - 3 cl rw
CH: 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 rw
**R: 3 - 3 +(2nd p of next ch of rnd 2) 3 - 3 cl rw
CH: 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 rw
R: 3 - 3 +(4th p of same ch of rnd 2) 3 - 3 cl rw
CH: 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 rw
Rep ** to the end and join last ch to f irst r
Cut - tie - hide ends

25 Motif Challenge #15

Without further a-do My #15 is the Verna Ann doily I designed which can be found HERE yes it looks just about the same as the original BECAUSE a lady ordered it from my Etsy Shop and I couldnt find the original so I tatted up a new one!

WHEW!!

I finished that darn doily...I even BLOCKED it! I really hate blocking tatting its such a pain the rear, but it makes it look all purdy LOL
Once its all dry I will scan and show
Off to do more tatting, I am on a roll today WOO HOO
~Heather