Saturday, 18 October 2025

leaf me roundup 2

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Continuing from the previous part 1 roundup of Leaf Me Endrucks Sep2024 here -https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2025/10/leaf-me-roundup-1.html , we have some more spectacular presentations! While I have included direct quotes from our members, I deliberately edited out their enthusiastic praise, etc., otherwise Ninetta and I would turn beet red, LOL 

13. Katie Verna     

"Mine are patterns Number 2 and 3. Many thanks to you pattern developers! Well, I thought those leaves might even become petals of a flower. Here's my version. All the tatty best, everyone! Such a fun game."

14. Krystyna Mura
"Pattern: E15 Leaf Doodle #2 by Muskaan M (with some tiny tweaks )
Aren't they sweet little Christmas tree trimmings?"
"Once again I used the awesome pattern E15 Leaf Doodle #2. After some tiny modifications I've got a pair of heart-shaped, asymmetrical earrings."
"Another picture of my little Christmas ornaments, this time amid spruce viridity
Pattern: E15 Leaf Doodle #2 (with some tiny tweaks)."

15. Lea Ann Binder
"My first try at the leaf doodle. Still trying to figure out the twisted picots."
And look at the cute thank you note she made using her twisted picot trials!!!

"This is what I am making with my first leaf doodle. I am thinking of putting a pin back on it so I can pin it on the necklace or wear it as a pin on a jacket or vest."

16. Lella Loops
"I'm late... my autumn mood is on now
My entry from pattern E15 - Leaf Doodle #1  needle tatted."

17. Manju Talekar
This was her first leaf where she promised to add more as you can see scrolling down!
"My submission a greeting card for Diwali, leafy doodle#1 adapted for Lord Ganesh."
".... doodle #2, adapted to make a star fish inspired from Crinoids, can be made more feathery by tweaking a little more."
"...as in doodle #2, tweaked to make it into a star by connecting the leaves with a small center motif. Thread is Lizbeth metallic size 20 color 311."
The pattern PDF for this E15 Leafy Star has also been shared but more about that in another post.
"Reversal of Muskaan’s leaf doodle #2, and additional outer chain with Josephine rings." 
This pattern is underway ...

18. Margaret Davies
"My first leaf, pink you ask, I have something in mind if it works, ..."
"I expect you all remember my pink leaf (leaf doodle #2). Well I added more leaves and joined them making a flower,.... 
This was taken while I was away and the light was different. Which is making the thread look different but I can reassure you it’s the same thread"
"...Then I added a middle from the Endrucks pattern E24 we worked on before, that made a flower. I wish I had done this is red then it would have been a poinsettia. Poinsettias have brackets which is really leaves that look like flowers."

19. Maria Burgo
"Finally done. The leaves are too beautiful. (Nov2024)" 

20. Mariangela Di Benedetto
"Do you like them? My leaves"
I'm sure the answer is a resounding yes! 

And this is true of all the models we've seen so far, right?! Such beautiful creations, tweaked to perfection, and generating more ideas, applications, and patterns!

Many thanks to all our participants for sending in such enthusiastically prepared models!

.... to be continued (part 3)

Thursday, 16 October 2025

leaf me roundup 1

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This roundup should've been posted a year back! In the Endrucks FB group, our game of the month for September 2024 was Leaf Me Endrucks (#leafmeendrucks) which I posted in my blog as well - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2024/09/leafy-game.html where we had 3 E15 Leaf Doodle patterns to choose from. 

Better late than never and you are in for quite a scroll since this is merely part 1. Ninetta and I were extremely satisfied with the enthusiastic participation and almost every member tatted more than one leaf, several with tweaks to suit their imagination! And the way the motifs were applied is also inspiring! Many shared their experience and some details, some of which are included here. Nearly all of the participants were very happy with the pattern(s) and the game. All the pics are listed in alphabetical order of participant's name here and not chronologically merely because the former makes it easier to organise them in our folders ;-P

Leaf Me Endrucks Sep2024 (#LeafMeEndrucks
in Endrucks 1920 Project FB group

NOTE: If you wish to play along, please use the #leafmeendrucks hashtag when you post along with the hashtag #Endrucks1920Project and tag Ninetta or me or send us a pic.
For other games we've played, checkout the EP EVENTS doc - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZiNdE53cvqj2cLlxVP-wlga8aocPtzs5/view

1. Adriana Tomanin

For the choker and earring parure she used the #1 leaf pattern. 
And she added pearls for this pair of green earrings which used the #2 pattern!

2. Anna Bonelli
What a wonderful autumn collage! And the inscription reads (Google translate)-
AS IN AUTUMN THE LEAVES RISE ONE AFTER ANOTHER,
UNTIL THE BRANCH SEE ALL ITS SPOILS ON THE EARTH...

3. Annamaria O'Brien
This lovely overlapping application on napkin rings in fall colours was meant for a wedding a few weeks back. She calls it the Autumn Leaf Swirl and used Lizbeth 20, 40, & 80 and her own bead mix Frosted Autumn. These are the #2 leaves again.

4. Brookie Heightsmen
This time Brookie made a little gnome with two leaves tatted together and a few embellishments!!!

5. Cindy Dunham
"My sunflower is complete."

6. Cynthia Mullinax
Isn't this tiny! Cynthia said this was the first though pics of any that followed were not shared. 

7. Debbie Arnold
"Progression of leaf design, loosely based on E25.
Her pics clearly show how the design process/development! 

8. Debra Fitchen Cox
"I decided to use the leaves for my journal cover."
"Having a play with embossing powder and my "creative" tatting elements."
These are glued to the cover of her journal! Such pride of place.

9. Frauke Klumpp
 
Frauke absolutely enjoyed tatting and playing with the leaves! She thought the first one resembled a pear or gourd! 
"The other one I want to make earrings, it’s one part of the leave pattern but made mistakes so started new."
I think it could well be a pea pod, right?

 
In this red version, she can imagine some grapes there!
She wanted to make a mask for her costume joining two #1 leaves, but it was small. So she tried a larger version below ...
"Had so much fun with these that I had to try again this time with liz metallic thread size 20, col 322."

10. Jane McLellan
Jane shared the details here - https://janemactats.blogspot.com/2024/10/daisy-doodle-and-more.html
These were sewed on to a food cover which can be seen here - https://janemactats.blogspot.com/2024/10/daisy-daisy.html.

11. Jessica Hansen
Nice colour combination!

12. Jiamrat Supapol
All three versions individually.
And joined together in a common stem with a flower in the center! As usual, Jiamrat's models are always pleasant and she has quick fingers!

We hope you enjoyed Part 1 and look forward to the next part? We are only counting the number of participants, not the number of leaves they tatted since it became really difficult to keep count as you will soon see.
Thanks to all our participants - some are new while most are repeat offenders, LOL

to be continued (part 2)...