TATTING: CHRISTMAS
 

I tatted this for a friend as a Christmas gift.
 

This pattern* is my favourite for bookmark crosses.

I like that it's lacy but not overly so.

Even the men like it when tatted in hunter green or Prussian blue.

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A modification: I joined the picots.

This way, the cross holds together better.

It tends to flop around when picots are not joined.

This is how it looks without joins.

Thread: DMC Cebelia #30

Read about this cross here.

It's more delicate than the red one as I used finer thread.

I like both crosses ~ this pattern works, the thread just expresses different moods.

This one, fragile and the red one, strong.

 

*Pattern is from "The Complete Book of Tatting" by Rebecca Jones.

~Ema N~
 

 

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SCRAPPY X'MAS TREES
 

 A friend and I agreed to exchange hand-made Christmas cards

 instead of e-greeting cards.

We found blank postcards and decided to use them.

 

 I filled the blank space on the postcard with x'mas trees

 using scrap fabric and double-sided tape.

 

 Paste the tape on the back of the fabric.

 

Then cut out triangle shapes,

remove the tape backing and stick them on the postcard.

Stripe fabric work as trunks and
a rummage through the scrap bin yielded a few stars.

(As I type this, I realised stars fit in with the "Space" theme too.)
 

This was fast – and fun - to make!

I think this would be a great craft project with kids.

 

 

~Ema N~
 

Linking with up Le Challenge, where the theme this month is “Space”.

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PATCHWORK BUILDING



Do you see what I see?

 Half-square triangle patchwork on the façade!

This building made me smile the whole day.



It looks so cheerful.

Inside are doctors' offices and all things medical.

 

~Ema N~

 

 

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NOODLES  IN SPICY COCONUT BROTH

 

On a cold, rainy day, the perfect lunch is noodles like this.

 

Only the green beans are real.

 

Everything else came out of a packet:

the noodles, flavouring oil, powdered seasoning & coconut.

 

This was the lunch of my secondary school years.

 

I succumbed this afternoon because I recently watched
something on telly about instant noodles.

 

Also because today is M's birthday.

We were classmates
and she loves instant noodles as much I do.

She always adds an egg to her noodles.

She went on to Cambridge.

I didn't.

It must be the egg.

 

~Ema N~

 

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QUILTY365

I'm making flowers for Quilty365.
 

I'll pick fabrics based on what made me happy or what I'm thankful for each day.

 

Each flower will represent a week.
 

 The centre was originally to be a circle applique

but I wanted to have some variety, ie not all fabric.

 

I tried a tatted* motif and like the way it brought the petals together.
 

So all flowers will have tatted centres.
 

It doesn't take long to tat these, so I think it's do-able.

(*Tatting is a method of making lace by hand using a shuttle and thread.)

 

I started on December 1 and here's my week:

 

I'm using a whole piece of cloth as the base fabric.

 

This saves me from having to cut background squares

so I can concentrate on needle-turn applique for the flowers.

 

 

There is two-and-a-half yards of this men's shirting fabric.

 

I had intended to make a shirt dress out of this but never got around to it.

Can't wait to fill it up with happy flowers!
 

~Ema N~

Linking up with QuiltyFolk, host of Quilty365.

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