No go - - nuntium ducentesimum octogesimum quartum

Craft fairs.  sigh.

Barely a glance at the messy flowers.  No interest in the dreamcatchers.  But I did sell a few things.  I made the table fee anyway.

And the musicians were great!

Then we went to my family's home in ND.  I got in some tatting in the car.  I made three anklets for the younger daughter (no picture, they were out of my hands before I knew it).

What's next?

Messy flowers - nuntium ducentesimum octogesimum quartum

Here's my last little bit of "panic" tatting.  I have this lovely old  rayon crochet which is super shiny.  I wouldn't use it for anything because it "fights" a it as you tat but I made up these "messy" flowers for barrettes.  Who knows if anyone will like them?  They really go against my grain.  I love symmetry and order (What Latin teacher doesn't?) and this really flies in the face of that.

I'm interested to see if anyone even picks one up!

By the by, thank you for your positive comments- I've been away from blogging so long I wasn't sure anyone would see my posts.  It's so nice to have encouragement (my family does a great job but they're always nice...)

Roses - - nuntium ducentesimum octogesimum tertium

I've been back at my rose bookmarks again (for the craft fair).  These are a combination of Jeanne Lugert's rose, a modified version of Frivole's leaf (modified because I goofed not because it wasn't wonderful) and my own variant for the the little leaf by the rose.  One of them even has some of Ninetta's treble tatting for the sepals which was fun to try. Here's her handy youtube video to help if you haven't tried it yet.

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I cleaned the house all day today so tonight and tomorrow will be all "panic tatting".  ; )

Dreamcatchers (again) - nuntium ducentesimum octogesimum secundum

I've been making things for our local craft fair called ComoFest.  I've been working on dreamcatchers which I learned from "Hiskid" way back in 2012.  She very sweetly made this tutorial for me back then.  Even though I really love the final product, I haven't made these for a couple years.  It was so fun, I did all the hoops I had this time!

Every time we have this summer craft fair, I work like crazy on the "next best and greatest thing" thinking they'll sell like hotcakes.  I'll just be thrilled if I break even.