you've got to be kidding... another eBay collar - enough already!

This is one that I wanted to wear - but I did not have enough thread in this color dye lot ; P Oh! I scrimped and saved and planned and plotted... to no avail - there was not going to be enough. I went ahead and finished it. Maybe I should have gifted it to a smaller-than-me gal, but! it was the perfect color for my denim jacket that I keep adding "crust" to. The color really is the same - but I just didn't wait for the Best Press to dry before taking the pics.

eBay Collar - again?!?!

This is the collar that I tatted for another friend. I wanted a self closure and used beads with tatting between them. This was a neat idea...but...it didn't want to stay closed. So I then tatted around magnets - and now this collar is easy to wear : D

eBay Collar - revisited

More examples of what can be done with this pattern

http://ginabea.com/tatting-tattedcollar.php

This piece was actually tatted in fewer repeats to be worn by a friend in her Ultra suede suit. She wore it straight across - not pinned into a collar. I just needed a picture to show examples of what type of beauty pin to look for to close a collar. This one is cloisonné - and of course - was found on eBay.

eBay Collar

Several years ago, I bought an ecru collar on eBay. I have seen the pattern in one form or another in many places. What I have never found is the outside scallop round. I have tatted it in several colors and even changed the size. The pattern is shared on my www.ginabea.com page.

http://ginabea.com/tatting-tattedcollar.php

Crosses for Uncle Jack

Sadly, my Uncle Jack was found dead in his home a couple of days before Christmas. As his favorite color was turquoise, I tatted crosses for my Dad and his other two brothers.

As we buried his ashes yesterday, my cousin said, "There is a very special place in heaven for Uncle Jack - for caring so lovingly for our Grandmother."

I will try my best to live by the example that he showed all of us.