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Milkweed Pod tatting pattern
My original design, inspired by nature: Milkweed Pod in tatting. This 3 dimensional pattern is a good challenge for experienced tatters who are not afraid of split rings! ☺Of course I used artistic...
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More "Beach Cafe" hand dyed thread
Another batch of "Beach Cafe" is now listed in my Etsy shop.By the way, my self published printed books are still listed at a sale price on Etsy for a while. To be honest, I'm just tired of boxes of...
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One Shuttle Glamour in progress
Earrings in progress from my "One Shuttle Glamour" pattern in Boutique Tatting. Somehow this pattern begged to be tatted after lying dormant in my first book, Boutique Tatting, for 10 years! It still...
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Earrings, Fall, and Orchestra
Finished 4 pairs this week! I decided to wire wrap earwires for each pair, including matching seed beads in the wire. I used natural niobium wire, a pure, precious metal that is very unlikely to cause...
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Lark's Head Picot Join from the Back Side
The Lark's Head Picot Join looks just like a double stitch (on the front side). There are several tutorials for how to do it online, but the ones I found all showed how to do it from the front side of...
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Tatted Dalek Went to the Maker Faire
That's me with my tiny tatted Dalek meeting a big Dalek at the Maker FaireMilwaukee. We're all beaming with excitement!Close-up of the tatted lace Dalek. (A Dalek is a character from the television...
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Pizazz
Brilliant red orange shading to dark red, Pizazz is another autumn inspired hand dyed thread. I've nothing finished yet to show, but have made a start.The beautiful Calla Lily shuttle is from...
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Found! "Carnival" Earring Pattern
Found in my computer files! My original free pattern (from 2007) for the "Carnival" earrings.Download the PDF file HERE.This is another of the designs that Annie's purchased to publish in the book...
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Sue's Blues coming soon
The picture shows an old batch of "Sue's Blues" being tatted into an earring at my workbench. A fresh batch of Sue's Blues will be underway in a few days. My assistant (dear husband) will have more...
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Sue's Blues
I dyed a fresh batch of "Sue's Blues" thread. The story behind the name is that it is, indeed, called Sue's Blues after a friend of mine named Sue. Now, I do have several friends that go by the name...
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Voted
Longest line I ever saw in the local polling place today. I'm mildly surprised and hopeful for the future.This pair of tatted earrings is from my Carnival pattern in hand dyed thread "Hydrangea Dark"....
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Celtic Motifs
Size 40 Lizbeth and hand dyed resulted in a motif just over an inch wide, so I thought it would do nicely for earrings. I used my own design, a variation of the Celtic Triangle taught in my "Next...
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Hydrangea Dark
New batch of "Hydrangea Dark" is now listed in my Etsy shop. This is the thread color that I used for these tatted earrings.I also dyed a very small amount of "Hydrangea Light" in size 20 only. I...
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Other Ideas Brewing
While still thinking about how to proceed with my current tatted necklace project, I did manage to complete my very first multi-strand necklace in bead stringing. No tatting in it, but posting the...
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Hand dyed thread "Gold Dust"
Freshly dyed batch of "Gold Dust" thread has been added to my Etsy shop!My original designing for the yet unnamed challenging necklace project is still in progress. I found some high quality Amethyst...
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Just a mess right now
Designing in progressAqua/teal has been added to the purple and gold color scheme. Flowers are in progress, but I won't connect any of the motifs together until I have enough for the complete...
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Arranging necklace elements has begun
Early rough draftI've pinned out what I have so far onto a display form, in order to think about where I'm going with my original design idea. My plan is to finish tatting all the motifs needed, then...
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Hand dyed thread "Mardi Gras"
A fresh batch of "Mardi Gras" hand dyed thread has been listed in my Etsy shop. I wish you all a very Happy New Year!
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Craftsy becoming Bluprint
Confused over Craftsy becoming Bluprint?It's only a name change. Craftsy is changing its name to Bluprint on January 8, 2019. If you have purchased classes on Craftsy they are still yours on...
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Coming along fine
My challenging necklace project is coming along just fine. I still need to figure out how to connect everything together, but I'm trusting that a stunning finish will present itself soon.Screenshot of...
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