"Tea, Marie?"

I finished tatting the Antique Rose teapot pattern from Martha Ess' "Tea is for Tatting" I was working on in my last post. I thought I'd share it with you here in blog-land.

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Tah~Dah!

It's done in size 20 DMC brand

cebelia thread; color #818.

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I realized in my last post I shared my

Marie Antoinette charm from Cupids Charm, as well,

but I did not show you the back of it. It is lovely, too!

It has a vintage script in French on the back.

Have a look~see!

I thought Marie might be thirsty.
So I offered her some tea!

She liked it very much, thank you!

Only lacy teapots will do for Marie Antoinette! ;)

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Thanks for stopping by for tea with Marie and me! I enjoyed making this lovely tatted teapot. There were split chains, Split Rings, and SCMR's (Self Closing Mock Rings) included in this pattern. If you would like to know more of what those terms mean you are welcome to look for links about them under my "tatting techniques" link list on my sidebar on the right.

I played around with my free Adobe photo shop and did the bottom photo in the "colored pencil" artistic filter.

Be sure to say a little hello in the comments section before you go! I'd LOVE to hear from you!

Happy Monday to all!

Tah-tah,

~TattingChic

xoxo

This teapot counts as Motif #1 in my second round of the 25 Motif Challenge.

By Jove, I Think I've GOT It!!!

Don't you love it when you "get" things? I do! I mean it in both the literal and figurative sense of the verb. I "got" some things today. Let me show you!

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Today I was tatting this rosette from

Martha's new "Tea is for Tatting" book

that I got earlier this week.

It's from the "Antique Rose" teapot on pg 14.

It calls for split chains! I am not fond of split chains.

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You see, normally a chain is tatted from left to right and

the whole motif is tatted that way - left to right!

In a split chain you tat a portion of the chain and

stop

then you join to where the ending point would be.

You leave a portion of bare thread about the

length of what the rest of the chain would be and

tat wierdo stitches (fake double-stitches) back to the

stop

point from right to left. It is a challenge for even

experienced tatters!

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This motif has two split chains in it so far.

I've done them before and would've been perfectly

content to never have to do them again...

...but THIS TIME I think I got it!!!

Here's a close up of the second split chain.

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Can you see the arch that has the two threads sticking

out of it? 4 double-stitches (2-2) to the left of those threads

are normal double-stitches in a chain.

The 4 double-stitches (2-2) to the right of the

threads are split chain double-stitches.

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I'm showing a close up because these are the best

I've ever done in the 4 times I've tried it.

I think I've finally GOT it!!!

I found 3 online sources for split chains that I found helpful.

I'll share those with you in no particular order:

1) Jon's Split Chain Pictorial

2) Marie Smith's Split Chain Method PDF

3) Marie Smith's method as explained by Georgia Seitz

They are also located on my sidebar under "Tatting Techniques"

Have fun!

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I also got something "charm"~ing!

I was so excited to see that I received my

charm that I had told you about from

Joy at Cupid's Charm!

It was a little tissue wrapped box that

came in the mail today!

It was sealed with a vintage cherub.

Isn't that cute?

Inside was a JOY~ful note!
Thanks, Joy!

That is the prettiest post-it note I have ever seen! LOL!

Just look at this sweet little cherubic detail.

What was it that lay inside the beautiful golden box?

You see, Joy never revealed what the charm would
look like, only that it would have a Marie Antoinette theme!
She makes these charms herself!

Oh, and she did not disappoint!

Look at this beautiful charm dangling from the pink blossoms!

I think that even my garden cherubs are charmed by her beauty!


Look at the way her gown sparkles in the sunlight!

I am wearing her as I write this!

Thank you, Joy!!! I love her!

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Thank you for stopping by to see what it was that I got today! I enjoyed showing you! Be sure and share your thoughts before you leave or just say hello! Comments are always welcome here!

Gotta run,

TattingChic

xoxo

Some Treats In The Mail Today

The mail just got here about an hour ago! I got some tatting treats that I'd love to share with you!

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First, it's the April Snowflake

from Fairiebee!

What a nice surprise!

Here's a close-up.

Isn't it pretty!?

Thanks, Fairiebee!

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Next, was a larger package that I have

been waiting for all week!

I ordered Martha's lovely new tatting book called

"Tea is for Tatting"

Yes, I jumped on the Tea-is-for-tatting-bandwagon

and ordered one just like everyone else

in tatting blogland. It was autographed by

Martha herself. Thanks, Martha!

It has some beautiful teapot patterns in it.

No, I haven't had time to tat up a pattern for you,

BUT

I do have some links to blog posts of tatters

who have already been at it!

Here ya go!

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Here's a bunch of them on

Celtic's Lacing and Whimsical Thoughts.

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Gina has done 2 posts on the teapot book:

Tea For Everybody and

an untitled post with a very pretty tatted teapot.

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Laura posted the Celtic Teapot by Martha Ess.

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Steph also had to show her

excitement about receiving the book!

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Tatskool tatted up a few in different

colors and had herself a Teapot Time!

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On The Space Between (her "old" site)

there is another lovely teapot!

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Wally has also shared about the book here.

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Have fun blog-hopping! Before you go on your whirlwind tour of tatted teapots be sure and say a quick hello! I'd love to hear from you! Hope you are having a wonderful week! I am feeling better and looking forward to going to work tomorrow...if they'll have me back...hee hee! Okay, not hee hee. I dread calling off work and wish I didn't have health issues, but I do so that's what happens. Enough of that! Did I mention I'd love to hear from you!? I would...let's talk about you, now!
Tah-tah for now,

~TattingChic

xoxo