Couple more cross stitch photos

These are some finished (and framed!) projects of mine--the Care Bear one was a gift to a friend--I turned it into a birth announcement and the second one is mine! My MIL paid to have it framed for my Christmas gift! I personalized the license plate with our anniversary date!

My largest project to date...

Okay, so the pictures are looking kind of blurry...not sure why. This is the largest project that I have made to date.

It measures 9 inches across and was made with size 80 DMC tatting thread. For some reason, it looks like it is tan or off white in color. It is completely white!

The pattern is from http://www.geocities.com/leen_tats/CloverDoily.html

It's designed by Eileen Stafford...someone whose patterns I really like. They are on the website at the above link.

Now, on to tatting out of my newest book (Tatting with Visual Patterns by Mary Konior)...oh what to make, what to make... Keep checking back and see!

Some of my Cross Stitching...

Well, while I am sharing my beginning tatting, I thought that I would throw in some of my good cross stitching! This is the Santa picture that I made back in 1998 to 1999. I put in well over 100 hours into it. It hangs on my wall year round. I am most proud of it! It's hard to see, but there are 100+ french knots around the edges of this...I now despise french knots...LOL! Not really, I just prefer to do them in much smaller numbers.

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This picture I made as a present for a Christmas gift exchange at work in 2004. The woman whose name I drew collects hummingbirds, hence the theme of the picture. I only have two pictures of this project--this being the best one. You'll note the reflection of my DH in the glass as he took the picture...