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Tatting with friends at Hinsdale
There were 8 of us gathered, but I only managed to get a photo of 4 of us "Tollway Tatters" together. Lace-lovin' Librarian ~ Diane has more photos on her blog! Diane showed us her elegant silver...
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Tatted "atoms"
Handmade lace, beads, and science. All cool stuff.When tatting a 6 shuttle pattern like my "atom", that's when the lesser used shuttles in a tatter's collection feel needed :)The reason for 6...
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Still working on the "Nouveau" tatted jewelry set pattern
It's much more work writing up a pattern that will make sense for others to follow, than to just tat it :) I am making some progress, though. Showing the bracelet in process. The pattern when finished,...
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Greater Milwaukee Tatting Guild, June meeting highlights
Good times! Sue Anna and Barbara G. were able to join us this time, too. We heard about their experiences at the Lafayette Lacemakers "Lace Day" on Saturday, and got to see some pattern books and...
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Nouveau Tatted Jewelry Set pattern is finished
Nouveau Set original tatting pattern is all done! It's for sale at my Etsy Shop and also in my Craftsy Pattern Store.The curving, natural forms of the Art Nouveau style was my influence in designing...
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How it went at Shake Rag Alley
That's me in the orange shirt, teaching the intermediate class. Lovely view through the window!Historic Potter's House where I taught classesMy weekend was a lot of fun! I taught 2 tatting classes,...
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Photos from Greater Milwaukee Tatting Guild
Always a good time getting together with tatting friends and making new friends!Our newest arrival showed up saying she'd never tatted, then showed me a chain of correctly made double stitches already...
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Double Flower Using Celtic Shuttle
A simple flower idea, tatted with a bead in the center., with an extra row of petals, interlocking Celtic style.This green Celtic shuttle was acquired from Handy Hands Tatting.Continue tatting,...
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Giveaway! Book and Hand Dyed Thread
Giveaway!Comment on this blog post for a chance to win Iris Niebach's new book Tatting Fantasia 4, plus 2 skeins of my own hand dyed thread! The thread is size 20, from my "Sugar Maple" and "Summer...
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And the winner is ... Anza!
Congratulations, Anza! You're the lucky winner of Iris Niebach's new book Tatting Fantasia 4, and 2 skeins of my hand dyed thread! You'll be getting an email from me soon.Thank you to everyone who...
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Filigree earrings
Its fun to tat around the metal filigrees that are readily available now from bead shops. Just a few simple rings and chains, joined into the holes of the filigree, and you've got a unique pair of...
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Tollway Tatters Summer Fun
The Tollway Tatters get-together at Hinsdale included special guests Tatting Marie and Lace-lovin' Librarian Diane's mother and sister.Sue Anna can be seen on the left corner of our table laden with...
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Greater MIlwaukee Tatting Guild, fun with friends
Me wearing tatted flower hair clip A nice relaxing time was spent at the Mayfair Mall food court, tatting, looking at pattern books, admiring tatted works, visiting with tatting friends, and meeting...
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Tatted Feather Earrings
So far this is the best feather design that I could come up with using tatting. I've been thinking about feathers the last few weeks (can you say, "feather-brained"...lol). But, I like the feather-y...
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Still designing a tatted feather and a "tribal" necklace in progress
It's not so much that a creative mind is disorganized, it's that the planet spins around too quickly. That's the reason I can't get more projects finished. The odd-looking mess of beads, paper clips,...
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Primal Pods
Inspired by jewelry styles of antiquity, I attempted to achieve tubular shapes in tatting for the main motif of this necklace. They seemed to resemble pods or seeds to me, and since I was aiming for a...
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Playing with "Fire" hand dyed thread
"Fire"When a search though my stash turned up no solid orange thread, I decided to dye some myself. My scruffy little dye sample book contained both a bright orange and a slightly under-ripe tomato...
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Greater Milwaukee Tatting Guild keeps growing
6 of the guild members It seems that this guild will keep growing, which is a good thing because not everyone can come to every meeting. A different bunch with each gathering, but it seems that...
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I feel a book coming on
Yes, I've got enough original designs started that I could do another pattern book. In the last few days I spent many hours choosing background color, thread colors, shuttle color, and lighting...
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Some progress in designing the new book - it broke the camera
So far I have 9 pages with something on them, for the next tatting pattern book that I'm writing.But, I haven't even gotten to the patterns, yet! The 9 pages so far include the cover and basic tatting...
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