I pinned the design out just to see

If I tat the next round correctly I hope the suncatcher

will look like this to give more space to it!!  :)

Happy tatting!!  :)

Redesign done

Well, my redesign worked(for me anyway).

Now, all I have to do is figure out how to 

design the next round and join it to the 

ring.....working on that!!  :)

Happy tatting!!  :)

Working on the suncatcher gift

I started thinking this design in the other with 

picots on the long chains toward the ring so that I could 

join the tatting to the ring, but then I decided I really 

liked it better in this direction and started tatting along.

Well....just so you know, it's no longer being tatted.  I 

forgot to clearly think through these very heavy glass 

beads and what gravity does.  So...they look fabulous 

when at the top, but! at the sides they sag, and at the 

bottom they flop out to the front or the back.

 So....I cut it out and will think it over again.

But...when I cut the design off the beads it curled 

some and gave me a design I like and hope to use 

somewhere else.  :)

Happy tatting!!!  :)

More work accomplished!!

Well, I have that next round done and the flowers 

attached.  Now to figure out the next round and 

more heavy glass beads!  :)

Happy tatting!!!

Hope you are getting your Christmas tatting in!  :)

Some progress....and thinking.....

Finally made progress on the Mystery Doily again! 

But, it has already been put away cuz' someone is on 

his way home.  I sure hope to get this done in time 

for Christmas!!!

 And, I am thinking more flowers for the next round 

and then more glass ovals for the final round, but 

I am learning that it's hard to decide what to do next!!
**the colors are showing up better today!!

Happy tatting and have a wonderful day!!!  :)

Side tracked to another Christmas Secret

Ok.....The Mystery Doily for my hubby has been on

hold.  I will try to work on it tonight and some 

tomorrow, but I have to be careful cuz' he could

come home any time(frustrating).

So....I have this gift for my best friend, Doris.  It 

is a one of a kind large suncatcher.  The brass type

ring is 8 inches across.  The center flower type 

bead is acrylic and it's orange.  The oval type 

beads are a darker orange and they are heavy 

glass beads.  The thread is size 20 Lizbeth 

Falling Leaves.

I tatted this center part yesterday.

 Here is a close-up.  

 And I just finished tatting the second round today.

These two sections were inspired by Mary Konior's 

Carnival motif in Tatting with Visual Patterns.

 And here is a close-up.  This is a total challenge 

to tat with such heavy beads and floppiness(new 

word).  The center flower bead actually is free to 

rotate in the center(except when the tatting gets 

in the way.  It will not lie flat due to the thickness 

of the oval glass beads, but I don't think that will 

matter when stretched and attached to the ring.

Well, I guess I had better try to make more progress 

on that doily, there's only 167 days left till Christmas!

Happy tatting everyone!!!  :)