This has been a very busy week.
I was inspired by
Steph's heart and
Kathy's version of Sue Hanson's 5 point Celtic motif, all in red white and blue. With Flag Day June 14 and Independence Day July 4
th there is a lot of time yet to be patriotic also. So I tried the 5 point Celtic motif, too. I did it two ways, one as the pattern shows and one with two rings instead of one large. I'm not a big fan of making large rings even if I like how they work in a pattern. I added a flag star wooden button in the center and put on a pin back on the two on the left. Both were made in
DMC size 10. The one on the right is size 20 in a
variegated red white and blue. It is so busy it's very hard to see the actual pattern. The two pins are for my parents and the other was just to make. My sister saw these and said she would love to have several to decorate her side table at home when she sets it up for the 4
th. Okay, they don't take long, I will probably make one or two. I'm counting these as #18 & #19 of the 25 Motif Challenge.
This last Friday the home where my dad lives had a Hobby Day. They had seen my tatting on my dad's hat (a hat band) and asked me if I would like to participate. So my sister and I dug up stuff we've made and set up together. The displays were of hobbies of both residents and staff and us. There were some wonderful quilts (hand quilted!), jewelry, a salt-&-pepper shaker collection, angel collection, wooden toys, a few other things and my sister's embroidery and my tatting. It was a very fun afternoon. I demonstrated tatting to a lot of people and we showed off a lot of our pieces that we've
actually kept instead of given away.
They started us out on one table but were so happy with what we had brought that they got us another table so we could put everything out. I even brought a few books along so people could see that patterns are available.
We intermixed our things kind of like we did the few times we did craft shows. And our work some times even compliments the other's.
Some of these things were gifts to either our kids or each other. The green doll with the embroidered apron my sister made for one of my daughters. Until recently she was in the Air Force and her husband still is so they haven't got a place they know they'll be in for any length of time so I still (!!) have a lot of her things at home, including this doll. It came in handy today.