Barbara's 25 Motif Challenge . . . .# 3

I finally finished my last motif for my 3rd 25 Motif Challenge. It's called 'yakut'. Another from Jon Yusoff's book called 'Elegant Tatting Gems'. I used Lizbeth size 40, called Spice Cake.  I ...

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JUST FINISHED MY NEXT MOTIF PIECE. IT'S CALLED 'ZAMRUD', FROM JON YUSOFF'S BOOK CALLED 'ELEGANT TATTING GEMS'. I USED LIZBETH TWIRLZ THREAD SIZE 20 #403. THIS THREAD IS ONE OF THE NEWER THREADS ...

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NOW I HAVE ALSO FINISHED ANOTHER TATTED PIECE. THIS ONE IS CALLED 'SAHMURA' IT TO IS FROM JON YUSOFF'S BOOK ELEGANT TATTING GEM'. THIS TIME I USED SIZE 20 LIZBETH CALLED HARVEST ORANGE, MED.  T...

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HERE IS THE TATTED PIECE I FINALLY FINISHED LAST NIGHT. I'M WORKING ON FINISHING ALL THE MOTIFS IN JON YUSOFF'S BOOK CALLED 'ELEGANT TATTING GEMS. THIS ONE IS CALLED 'FIRUS'. I USED LIZBETH SI...

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BACK TO WORKING IN "ELEGANT TATTING GEMS" BOOK BY JON YUSOFF.   THIS ONE IS CALLED 'ADAN'.  I USED LIZBETH THREAD SIZE 40 #167 CALLED JUNGLE GREENS.   I WISH I WOULD OF USED A DIFFERENT COL...

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THIS IS A PATTERN BY SAMANTHA MELNYCHUK 2000.   AFTER I HAD ALREADY STARTED THE LAST ROW, I NOTICED THAT SHE HAD FORGOT TO INCLUDE A BEAD IN THE PATTERN.   NO... I WASN'T GOING TO TAKE IT APAR...

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I JUST DISCOVERED THAT I MISSED ONE...!    I TATTED ANOTHER MOTIF FROM JON JUSOFF'S BOOK 'ELEGANT TATTING GEMS'. THIS ONE IS CALLED 'KENCANA'. I AGAIN USED LIZBETH THREAD SIZE 20 #637 COUNTRY...

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ANOTHER MOTIF DESIGNED BY JON JUSOFF.   THIS ONE IS CALLED 'ADIRATNA'.  THIS TIME I DID IT IN SIZE 40 LIZBETH THREAD #694. NEEDED A CHANGE,  AND I LIKE USING A FINER THREAD.   I ALSO WANTED ...

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I'VE SLOWED UP A BIT BUT,  I FINISHED ANOTHER MOTIF FROM JON JUSOFFS BOOK 'ELEGANT TATTING GEMS'. THIS TIME I DID THE ONE CALLED "GALUH". I USED LIZBETH SIZE 20 #675, FERN GREEN.

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Just finished 'nilam' which is the name of another motif from Jon Yusoff's book "Elegant Tatting Gems".   I used Lizbeth size 20 Magenta, drk. #618.    This one finished measures 4.75 inches a...

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Finished another snowflake (motif), from Jon Yusoff's book called "Elegant Tatting Gems". This one is called 'mustika'. I did it in Lizbeth size 20 #637 called Country Grape, Med. When doing t...

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Another of Jon Yusoff's motifs completed. This one is called 'cintamani'. I did it in Fern green, #675 in Lizbeth size 20..

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Decided to do another motif from Jon Yusoff's book called 'Elegant Tatting Gems'.  This one is titled 'ratnasari'.  I did it in a solid color this time.  Lizbeth size 20, Magenta, drk #618. �...

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I have just finished my another motif from Jon Yusoff's book 'Elegant Tatting Gems'.  This was another one that made me really pay attention.  This one is called 'almas'.  I used Lizbeth size...

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THE ONE IS FROM JON YUSOFF'S NEW BOOK CALLED "ELEGANT TATTING GEMS".    I FOUND ALL OF THEM SO ELEGANT, BUT MY EYE CAUGHT STRONGLY ON 'RATNAWILIS' TO BE MY FIRST ONE.    I USED LIZBETH #20, ...

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This was a free pattern.  I don't know if this link is still available, but here is where I had gotten it from. http://birgitstatting.blogspot.com/search/label/button   I use Lizbeth size 2...

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A Tatted bookmark from Karey Solomon's book 'Tatting with Buttons'.  I still would like to see a tail on this one, but I have to figure something out yet without ruining the looks of the finish...

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I just picked these up from the internet.  Then I wanted to do some on my own or from my book  My friends just love them.  I came home empty handed and now I start over...

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This pattern came from L. Trumble, This 'n' Tat.  I used Lizbeth size 20, called Linen - Med.  I don't know what it was, but when I saw this one, I just had to tat it.  I spayed a button gold...

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I was busy tatting while on vacation, so I could give my friends a little gift before I left.  They all got two for there refrigerators.  I had put magnets on the back. This was the second on...

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This was actually the second one that I had made.  Another one from the Karey Solomon book, 'Tatting with Buttons'.  January 23rd, 2013.

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Just had to put this one to.  I actually designed this one myself, but in the end, I felt like there was something missing....you judge it!  I made this one while on vacation, and didn't stiff...

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I should have started with these first.  They were the first ones I had made and I made a mistake on the first one, so I did it over.  These are also from the book 'Tatting with Buttons' by Ka...

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Here is another sample of my tatting with buttons.   This pattern is from Debi Pennington.  I used Lizbeth Size 40, #127 Butterfly Breeze.

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I have started tatting with buttons, and have quite a few to show you.  I used HDT which I got from http://www.etsy.com/shop/yarnplayer  .    Made using size 40 thread.  The pattern is fr...

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