Stitches of Life

Monday, April 02, 2012

String-A-Long Quilt Show

String-a-Long Guild

put on quite a show!

Don't miss the

photo album.

In addition to the fantastic quilts, the group had a

wonderful flea market:

I bought a bag of Sunbonnet Sue notepapers + this charming softie.

Bags of buttons for $1.

And, imagine my delight to find Dillmont's Encyclopedia, brand new, $2.

I visited the SAL Member Boutique:

Found a charming angel softie for MIL.

The blue fabric bag for coupons (keeping in my vehicle).

And they had a few sizes of these awesome zipper bags --

I bought a small one + once home, was delighted it was the

perfect size for a ball of tatting fiber and a shuttle.

Sunday, April 01, 2012

April First is ....

International Tatting Day.

Traditionally celebrated by

eating chocolates

and creating tatted lace.

I use a shuttle; however, there are

some beautiful tatted laces created with needles and hooks.

My tatted motifs can be found on

Stitches of Life II blog
L.A.C.E. Member Gallery (photo album),

and

25 Motif Challenge blog.

And, seriously, my friend, Marianne and I are in the

planning stages for a Beginning Tatting and Kanzashi Flower

(with Kanzashi Clover-brand Templates) class

for the L.A.C.E. group.

I am grateful for those with blogs,

yahoo groups, e-classes, who take the time

to share their tatting knowledge.

Enjoy tatting today.

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Liebster Blog

Thank you

Southpaw Stitcher

(blogging at The Southpaw Stitcher)

for the blog award:

Liebster is a German word, meaning favorite, dearest or beloved, and the Liebster is awarded by bloggers to other, newer bloggers who have fewer than 200 followers, to spread the word and help the new(er)bies gain wider recognition. The award comes with four conditions that each recipient must satisfy when accepting:

1. Choose five up-and-coming blogs (with fewer than 200 followers) to award the Liebster to.

2. Show your thanks to the blogger who gave you the award by linking back to them.

3. Post the award on your blog. List the bloggers you are giving the award to with links to their sites. Leave comments on their blogs so they know about the award.

4. Share five random facts about yourself that people don't know about you.

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It was very difficult for me to choose five blogs; however,
a lot of bloggers have more than 200 followers!
(I have 198 followers)

Wonderful blogs (IMO) with fewer than 200 followers:

1) With Needle + Thread
CathyB's stitching adventures
(Her needlework skills are out of this world).

2) House of Stitches
Linda (owner)'s new blog.

3) Comfort Doll Project
Brenda Hutchings coordinates this special project.

4) Nifty needle
Ann's tutorial on avoiding the 'twisted joins' for tatting
SAVED ME from tearing my hair out!

5) *
Spectacular tatting and knitting
(just go look)

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About me ....

Five Random Facts:

1) Every day begins with yogurt, fruit + cereal

(I know you all thought "Coffee").

2) Tori says "You're so demanding".

3) In addition to Needle Artisans (NANI) EGA Chapter,

I joined two new additional clubs this past year:

L.A.C.E. and Lafayette Lacemakers.

4) Getting up in front of a group is not my thing.

5) My fav color is yellow.