Booties are done - at least the tatting is!

I finally finished the fourth bootie! And it's not even needed until next weekend!

One set is just a little bit bigger than the other, as one grandson is three months old and the other is barely 4 weeks old. I made one a little bigger by just making the picots longer. It's no wonder making booties can be a problem, if the size of the picots changes the length by enough to be that noticeable! We're going up to see my daughter in Omaha this weekend and I'll find out if the larger set is going to work or not.

I still have to cut off all the tail ends and block them a bit. I also haven't got ribbon to tie them with. But I'm very excited that they're done this far. Wooo hooo!

Okay, I don't have pictures of the sets yet, but I will get some posted soon. And I plan on getting several pictures of the boys wearing them in a couple of weeks, of course :)

Now I can get on with some other tatting I've been wanting to do. Not that I didn't want to do these, they just take awhile. I usually do projects that are much less time consuming.

So, on to the finishing touches - cutting all those tails!

Unexpected time-out from booties

I had to take a little unexpected time-out from making booties to make this cross for a friend of ours. Friday her husband, an older member of our church, passed away. It wasn't exactly unexpected, but when is a death ever really expected? I sent it off today in a sympathy card.

This is a very quick pattern. I just made it off the top of my head but I'm sure I've seen it, or some variation of it, in at least one book. It's made with DMC size 30 so it's about 3 inches long, not including the tassels.

I'm going to call this #12 of the 25 Motif Challenge. Even though it is a sad occasion I think the bookmark turned out well.

One pair done!

I have one pair of baby booties done! Tomorrow I'll see how this pair fits the youngest - he's three weeks old now.

I have another bootie done that is a little bit bigger for the older of the boys. But I don't know how close it is. I've got a couple of ideas to see if it's close. Then I'll know if I have only one more to make or another set. Let's hope just one!

I haven't had time to take pictures of them yet, but when I get the chance I will get them posted.

I actually kept track of how long it took me to get one bootie done this time and it was a lot longer than I thought! Mostly I just pick up whatever I'm working on whenever I get the chance and it's done when it's done. I think I like it better that way, but when you have a deadline you have to keep your eye on the clock. And this deadline is coming up fast!

I'd better get back to work!

Too tired to tat, oh dear!

The last several weeks I have just been too tired to tat. My brain just couldn't stay focused enough to accomplish anything! I was chosen to work on a special project at work which required me to change shifts for a few weeks. Instead of starting at 3:30 PM and working 'til midnight I had to work from 6:00 AM to 2:30 PM. I'm getting too old to appreciate the change!

So I thought I would share a project my sister and I did together as few years ago. This is the skirt of a pillow case doll. My sister made the doll and the dress, then did the embroidery work of the lady's top and parts of the umbrella. She used pearl beads on the brim of the bonnet. Then I tatted the skirt, the brim of the umbrella and the little accents to each side.

One really nice thing about DMC is that you can match embroidery floss with the Cebelia tatting thread. The lady is in green because we both just happened to have those colors. We both really enjoyed this, so made another one in blue so we could each have one.

Next week I go back to my regular hours so I'm hoping I won't be so tired. I have to get those booties done!