LAST POST

Gottcha!  This is the last post for March.  I wanted to end the month with a tatted piece that was finished!  So many interruptions by chatty Cathy’s slows up my tatting progress because I can’t listen and talk; and still tat successfully.  But I can walk and chew gum at the same time!
This is the Blue Rosary for Luz Melendez, my friend and co-great grandmother.  LOL  She is a very sweet, fun lady.

Design: J. Lugert  Size 20 HDT Morning Glory by Yarnplayer; genuine pearls, sterling charm, silver metallic thread cross by Jane Eborall designs.  Had wanted to use a dark royal blue thread, so the pearls would be featured; but, that thread kept splitting and breaking so after the fourth try I gave up on that venture.  Disappointing but I do like the way Morning Glory turned out and it tatted up beautifully.  I never have a bad tatting session with hand dyed threads.

Began a second rosary for the Paternal Grandmother of baby Zella.  Georgia likes earth colors, so has chocolate pearls and I’m using Coco-Lime HDT (it looks really great so far).  I want to incorporate two rectangular, polished tiger eye; but, of course, can’t put those in a split ring.  They would be the first three stones above the cross.  I wish I’d bought an antiqued bronze crucifix and charm; but, didn’t think it through and bought sterling.  I do have platinum pearls, but she really likes browns, greens ~ even her Christmas tree last year was all gold, tan, bronze and green and was really stunning.

I’m currently trying to fill a custom order for dimensional blooms and leaves done on a baby’s headband.  You’ve seen the Baby Headbands with flowers, I’m sure.  This Momma wants tatted flowers.  I have an iris pattern by Marie smith that pulls up and is dimensional; and, I have a rose that also gathers up and would fit on a head band.  But Momma would like the ‘flower’ or decoration to be at least 2 1/2 “.  So time to put my thinking cap on; or, search for patterns.  Oh and the sheep are still a graze and waiting for attention along with Jane Critter’s for a babies quilt.  I had better be around for a long while.

Don’t forget to pray on April 8th, that is the day I have surgery for the fistula.  I’m a bit apprehensive since I don’t know this surgeon.  If it were Dr. Schwartz in YC it would be a breeze as he has such a great surgery and team.