Motifs # 3 and 4 were humbling!

Wow, I need PRACTICE!  I found I had lost a lot of comfort and confidence!
And it shows in the quality of the finished items!!!

MOTIF #3 is a simple butterfly
from Big Book of Tatting (House of White Birches)

Cebelia #20 shuttle tatted

MOTIF #4 is the Wally Sosa revision of an old pattern

(pattern is here)

Dept 71 and Aunt Lydia size 10 shuttle tatted

I had problems hiding ends (tatting over tails) ... definitely easier with the smaller thread!!!

And, I RAN OUT OF THREAD on the last chain of 6 ds in the purple/berries butterfly!!!!

I tied on a bit and ended up needle tatting that last chain, but it shows (from the last ring on the left wing to the base of the head).  Also, I matched thread colors, then picked up the wrong ball of purple!  I didn't notice until I had the main rings done, so kept going!!!

One good thing came out of the past week.... I diagramed three 'made-up' butterfly patterns... so I am tatting and writing down the patterns... :)  Hope all goes well!  :)