Inspired by Carolivy

Over at In Tatters, Carolivy posted about the decorated baubles she recently made.  I really loved the green one which is decorated with a Susanne Schwenke star.  As you know, I've been making many motifs from her books recently so I went to look for that particular one.  It's lovely.  And inspired by Carolivy's, I too added beads at the end of the points.  I don't have a bauble to put it on at the moment (couldn't bear to go search for them in the loft) but will take another photo at a later stage.

I really like this star, though it didn't strike me in

the book until I saw what Carolivy had made with it.

I think I will try it in a smaller thread next time.

Need to get more Lizbeth 40!

Update:  Carolivy has now made a blog post about her baubles and you can see it here.

Best wishes,

And Another...

A third motif from Susanne Schwenke's book.  Again requiring a fair amount of thinking!  If I were to make it again, I would make my picots a bit longer.  I tend to make them quite small as a habit (I think when you keep them short, they keep their shape and also withstand washing better) but I think this particular design would have benefitted from longer picots.

I also took another photo of the green snowflake

as I wasn't happy with the previous one.

Here it is on a light background instead of a dark like in the previous post.

Really like this one and have just noticed the little star that

appears in the very middle.

Best wishes,

Susanne Schwenke - Spitzen Kreationen

Thanks Fox for bringing Susanne Schwenke's little book to my attention, it arrived this morning and I'm very glad I purchased it.  Here is the first motif I have made from the book:

I like it but regret having done the centre in a darker colour.

Also, she must make her chains a bit looser than I do because the "petals" were

a bit tight and would have benefitted from a few extra stitches.

Here is a photo of the book, I will be making a few more things from it 

in the near future.  In fact I know where my Christmas snowflakes 

will come from this year!

On another note, I have an admission to make...  One that is upsetting me at the moment...  Remember Michelle's beautiful handkerchief?  Well, Creativa asked me how I was getting on with it and so I went in search of it (where I thought I had left it) and I can't find it!!!  That's what I get for taking my tatting with me everywhere.  I'm sure it is safe somewhere but I can't locate it just now.  So please send me some magic-hanky-re-appearing-vibes so that it turns up soon!  It's too beautiful and I wanted to continue work on it now that I have finished the one from Diane.  Thank you.

Best wishes,