Lily Morales doily

This is a doily approx. 8.5" diameter.

Thread is Clark's O.N.T. size 30 color 18.

Pattern source: A Labor of Love by Lily Qualls Morales

Hearts for Claire

This is a sample of the hearts that I'm making to send to Claire, another tatter whose son is in the military. The hearts will be sent to him and he'll share them with others in the military. The tatting for this Hearts for Claire project is due May 1. I'm sending 20 hearts. Mine will be just a few out of the many, many that will be sent to Claire from all across the tatting community.
These hearts measure just over 1.5" across.

They are tatted from DMC #8 perle cotton, color 93. The pattern is #68 from Patti Duff's Mini Tats book.

Cherub Doily

Having come across the pattern and started this piece a few weeks ago, I completed this little doily today by finishing off the last round. This is the Cherub Doily I got off the internet but I don't know who to credit the design.

This is about 3" across and is made from a ball of varigated thread #30.

doily exchange

My partner for this (May 2007) tatted doily exchange is Mary D. This is a modified version of a 1993 Workbasket magazine pattern called Rose Doily by Myrtle H. Hamilton. The colors Mary said she liked best were cream, pink, green and rose so I set out to find a pattern and threads that would work for this exchange. I found this pattern and decided to use it.The pattern was done in white with pink flowers. I chose to make it using three colors with green and pink being the predominant colors. It was a round doily but by leaving off the last few rounds and modifying the last two I used, I came up with this rendition. I really like it and may decide to make one for myself.

The threads used are:
white - DMC #12 perle cotton
pink - Clark's #30 ONT color 85
green(varigated) - Clark's #30 ONT color 21

The ONT threads are from a basket full of threads that I bought at an antique store a few years ago. They are like new and were a real bargain as the whole basket as I recall was only $4 and in it were dozens of balls of thread.

This doily measures 7 1/2" in diameter.