The Queens Size Quilt

This is the Queen size quilt that I made for my youngest grandaughter Rebekha as a wedding present...that is Sharon her mum on the right....... our youngest daughter.........

Paintdoodles

I have been trying for ages to put a link into my blog for a wonderful watercolour programme PAINTDOODLES .....yesterday I thought that I had acheived my goal but the link went into the wrong place.......right at the side of Watercolour Workshop....sorry about that....
Now I have to try to delete it and get it into the right place....just hope that I can do it
Have a great day folks

Great Joy I finally got Paintdoodles into my links list so go take a peek at this super site run by Peter Saw ...an English site.

This piece of lace was on my pillow and I was working on it when I got a phone call to say my dear friend Dorothy had died at the wheel of her car...that was 6 years ago ........... I didnt touch this lace again until just before this Christmas 2006........ I just couldn't face it then.

However I am now pleased to say that it is in the process of being finished and will be called Dorothys Torchon mat.....in memory of her, a wonderful lady always laughing and smiling.

Some of my Shuttles

The photo at the bottom shows just a few of my tatting shuttles.......three of these were made by Edward Clark in England and are the cream of shuttles...going from top right around...the fourth one is also a beautiful shuttle from the U.S.A. and made by another very talented shuttle maker David Reed Smith...the mat underneath them is not finished yet but is from a Japanese pattern being made in size 50 cotton

As you may realise I got addicted to collecting shuttle too !

The White Pineapple doily was made from a pattern by Teri Dusenberry of the U.S.A. this lady is an extremely talented designer and a really nice person who is passionate about her tatting and designing.....I only hope that I have done her justice in tatting this doily...this one is a real favourite so thanks Teri for making the pattern available.

Sitting on top of it is another one of my shuttles the GR8 made by the Shuttle Brothers in the U.S.A

This is a large white doily tatted in size 20 cotton it has lots of picots and is one of my favourites...but quite easy to do....I have tatted this one a few times now

Tatted Ice Crystal doily and Jamie

This is a tatted doily and my tiny teddy Jamie, he sits on my bobbin lace pillow...making sure that I dont make mistakes!!!!!.

The doily is made in 2 rounds and was a joy to tat........it was done in size 30 cotton that I dyed myself.

Travelling Pillow

This is one of my travelling pillows......a very handy size for tucking into the car if we go away......it was made in Holland and has a rachet type movement... you can see this ratchet on the right of the roller making the roller very steady

This is my swap painting that I recieved from Floyd ....the November 2006 SWAP from Watercolor Workshop Group.
Many thanks Floyd it is a great painting

Happy New Year

Hoping that you all will have a very "Happy and healthy New Year"
Thanks for all the comments thoughout 2006
Joy

Merry Christmas

HAVE A BLESSED CHRISTMAS AND AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR 2006

Tatted baby Bonnet and Bootees

Here is a photo of the Baby Bonnet and Bootees I tatted quite a few years ago now.....thought that they might interest some viewers to my site
Thanks for looking

More of my Bobbinlace

Just another two pieces of my lace that I did a few years ago.......it really is a lovely old craft which has a fascinating history........I hope to teach a few of my friends next year so that this lovely work will continue for many more years

More Photos of my hobbies

I thought that I would put some photos of my bobbinlace in my blog for you to see...these pieces were done quite a few years ago...but I hope to update them soon......Bobbinlace and Tatting are another part of my hobbies and I enjoy them both.

This is my latest watercolour painting......I give all the thanks to Alan Woodland who gave me this lesson.......thanks Alan.... I think it came out O.K.
Hope you all like it

Geisha Girl for Julian

I am posting this painting of a Geish Girl for Julian to see.....hope that you like it Julian...she was taken frome a photograph wich was sent to me

This pastel painting of a Panda is also a lesson from Colin Bradley.........it was a joy to paint......thanks go to Colin for teaching me how to do pastel paintings of animals...I am ever grateful to you.
Joy

Katy our White Poodle

This is a photo of our White Poodle Katy when she was 4 years old..we gave her this Photo taken by a great photographer in Queensalnd to her as her Christmas present that year.......(Yes we are crazy and our pets do get presents) ...she died when she was 15 years old... we missed her terribly and cried for days..the house was so quiet without her.
We declared that we would not have any more animals as loosing Katy was just too much to bear at the time... but it didn't last long before we had another Poodle Mindy and then we got Jaycee too.
Katy will alway be close to our hearts and a wonderful memory of a faithful friend

This is the very first Pastel painting that I did.......it is a Colin Bradley lesson using the Faber Castell Pitt Pencils which are great to use and not powdery or messy like the other pastels....I started with the eyes which seems to work for me as I get the "feeling" of the animal that way....since doing this painting I have added one chalk pastel ...a Sminke White for the highlights.
I am extremely pleased with these lessons as Colin is a brilliant artist and a very obliging and helpful man....go to his site to see more of his lovely pastel paintings....I am sure that you will enjoy looking at his work

Watercolour painting of Aqualegia's

This is my latest painting...the Aqualiega is a very delicate flower but very beautiful.......I took this from a book called A-Z of Flowers....enjoy.

The two dark marks at the top of this painting are not on the original so I guess it must be my scanner.

Watercolour Lily

I managed to get back to my watercolour painting the last couple of days so decided to try this Lily using the wet in wet method........which I have been trying to do for ages but just couldn't get it right .......
This was done very similar to the method used by Susan Harrison Tunstain........
I think this one has been the best yet.