INDULGENCE Indulgence

I was on a shopping spree. Whheeeeee...



These clay whistles were made by Andrew Chua, a Singaporean potter. I was attracted to the little teapot and owl the twins are carrying, of course. :)

These shuttles I bidded on eBay. I spent quite some money on those. ;P















Now I'm off to put together the InTatters Christmas Secret Santa exchange items...

Have a good weekend, XOXO

Oh NO!

Lately I encountered quite a few setbacks in tatting. While tatting the 'Rainbow Heart', the thread suddenly tore off. I was shocked it happened. And the same thing occurred in the second heart I tatted from scratch. Sigh... Did I tug at the thread too hard?

No, I didn't give up. I managed to tat up 2 Rainbow Hearts. The pattern is from the 'Rainbow Heart Bookmark' designed by Betsy Evans. I used Coron #12.

I bought a new book Sheep May Safely Graze by Karey Solomon. I wanted to tat a sheep but ended up tatting more (incomplete ones). There wasn't enough thread to complete the 1st sheep (the one on right in the picture) so I didn't get to finish the bottom and the hind leg. Bad estimation. The tail colour was wrong too.

The second sheep (the one on the left in the picture) had enough thread. I only had to sew in the ends. Before I knew it, I broke another part of a thread in the front leg and ... SAD.

I did tat a pretty sheep at last. Oops, I forgot to take a picture of it before I sent it off to a friend. Why an orange sheep? WELL, the sheep fell into my orange juice.

For those of you who are interested to find out about the inspirations behind my clay whistles, here goes: (from the top)

• my nail art
• Bella Sinclair's cute characters
• a textured box
• the Ent from Lord of the Rings
• a sci-fi button.

Ta-ta.

Clay Whistles

I've been rather slack at blogging recently. But I'm not apologetic. Been busy, absolutely busy. I'll show you...

I joined a clay whistle making workshop last month and crafted 10 whistles in class. Of course each had to be able to 'whistle'. I shaped each one differently, hoping that all will turn out well. Then they went for the first round of bisque firing. Afterwhich, I handpainted them and then the glaze-firing began. The result? Well, I only got 50 percent success rate. Some got distorted during the high-temperature firing; some had the airholes blocked when the glaze melted into them; while for some, the colours did not turn out as expected. The entire process took about three weeks.

Anyway, here are the 'good' ones. (Each was inspired by someone or something. I shall tell you only in the next blog.)

As you can see, I haven't had the time to string them yet. :p

Next, tatting... But of course I had to tat. I did quite a lot of tatting. (If my tatting teacher sees this blog, she wouldn't be unhappy). I took part in the May Bookmark Exchange with the lovely people of InTatters. Can't showcase the bookmarks here yet as my partners have not received their envelopes. I also tatted a doily from Jan Stawasz's book. It's a UFO at the moment, pending its final round. And there is another item... oops, not time to release that either. Sorry folks. Look out for them in my next blog. (Muah..hahahaha)