Murphy will be Missed

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. My lab, Murphy, passed away on May 19 after a long battle with seizures that increased until he was having as many as 3 a day. He's missed very much. Now all we have is little Cory. He's enjoying being spoiled now that he's an only puppy. The boys truly were best friends even though Cory is only an English Cocker Spaniel and much smaller.

I've also been dealing with the flu and now bronchitis. I seem to be having one problem after another.

I'm still working on the tatting book updates for Handy Hands and working on my new winter and spring tatting patterns. I'll post more info as I work on them.

Got a Book Deal!

Last week I got a phone call from Barb at Handy Hands Tatting. She said there was a lot of buzz about my patterns and she'd like to turn them into books! We're starting with Old Fashioned Tatting Patterns. You can see the original cover pic above. For the book we'll be making new samples in Lizbeth threads instead of the DMC I used. A few other things will be changed, too. You won't be able to buy this pattern from me anymore but you can get the fall one for a short time. I'm holding off on the winter pattern until Barb decides on whether she wants it or one of the other ones I've been working on. She's also talking about doing Fall tatting into a book, too! When the contract is signed, I'll have to stop selling it.

For now there won't be any new 4 seasons patterns until I hear from Barb if that's what she wants for the third pattern. She may want another old fashioned pattern instead. I'll keep you updated!

Working on the next Tatting Pattern

Things have been way too crazy since Christmas. My dog has been have seizures even more often. Last month he had 15. Most were 2 a day but one day he had 3 in a 24 hour period. The really sad part is other that that he's happy and healthy.

Finally got my computer sorted and hopefully my husband will not mess it up again. He's thinking about buying a used laptop from the place where we get our computer fixed. Wish he would so he'd stop using the one I need for business.

I'm making a start on the directions for the winter version of my seasonal tatting patterns. I have 3 patterns to finish for the Spring and 2 for the Summer.

I found this shuttle for sale on Etsy. Thought it was really cute so I asked the seller if I could post a pic and the link to her store. She has others for sale, too.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/2TomorrowsTreasures?section_id=7904824

There are a few people who decorate shuttles and sell them on etsy. I bought one from LaCossette last year. I have one that's similar to an Aero but she also does clover style shuttles, too.  Have a look!

Too Sick to Post

It's been a rough year so far. Between the health problems I've had and dealing with the seizures my dog is having nothing is getting done. Murphy was put on meds for the seizures but never adapted to them. He just walked around dopey and drooling. When he came off the meds in March the seizures started up again only now they're more often. Since March 13 he's had 12 seizures. The doc thinks now it may be a brain tumor.

We've also had trouble with the computer again. I'm hoping to get it in for a check with the techs tomorrow.

Tried to do some sewing for Valentine's Day then Easter but just couldn't get things finished. I've mostly been reading since I'm too tired for much else. I haven't been sleeping well since Dec. because of Murphy.

By the way the ladies at Patternmart now own Crafty Avenue. I'm slowly adding my pdf patterns there. You can find me by searching for doll and craft patterns. I put the tatting ones in the craft patterns section.