(Round 2 of the 25 Motif Challenge) Motif No. 1 - Tatted Butterfly on Paper Clip

Paper clip for the month - Butterflies - click on the link for the pattern at Georgia's Online Tatting Class. This is a simple and quick one, and I had designed it such that you can slip a thin ribbon on it to make a bookmark, in addition to tatting it on a paper clip. You can also tie the ribbon in such a way to make a necklace or make the head ring a little bigger and add a metal ring to hang as a pendant on a necklace chain. Quick and sweet gifts for little girls!

Paper Clip of the Month / Motif No. 21 - Lucky 4-leaf Clover, TIAS Day 2

This is the 2nd paper clip pattern I did for Georgia's Online Tatting Class - Lucky Four Leaf Clover. You can also tat it as a 3-leaf shamrock or tat it as a bookmark. This is my favourite paper clip pattern at the moment! These will be my Motif No. 21 for the 25 Motif Challenge. Which version do you like better?

I have just finished Day 2 of Iris' TIAS and finishing a 2nd piece of bookmark. Since the start of this year, I found lesser time to do anything at all (much less to tat) with my 3 children now in primary school. No joke coaching all 3 together in their homework after a whole day at work, and all 3 yelling for your attention (yah, only me when DH is not back from work yet) to help them in their problems, plus the project works of my eldest boy in the Primary 6 gifted programme. Time to start thinking/worrying about selection of secondary school for my boy soon with all the stuff on direct admission system even before taking the PSLE. That's how stressing the education system in Singapore!

New Year Bag Exchange from Usha, Tatted Hearts Paper Clips

Having previously exchanged with Usha, I know she is an accompolished crocheter. So when I received this crocheted bag, it was no surprise. Besides this pleasant blue-toned bag, Usha also did a set of 6 coasters and some pretty roses and flowers! Thank you, Usha! I would have taken ages to crochet all these! But they really make me very tempted to take out my hooks to try those crocheted flowers.

I have been working on some new ideas for a while, but have not reveal them so far. It's hard to keep secret. Last year, Georgia asked if I could do a project with paper clips for the Online Tatting Class. Now, this is the first of the series - Hearts for Feb 2009.

Check out Wally's beaded version - stunning! Wally also tied the ends of the interlinked hearts into a bow, that sure save the sewing. Great idea, Wally!