Because of situations out of my control, I will be shifting my tatting posts from a previous forum to this one.  Sometimes the twists of fate can be challenging, but tatting lives on.&nbs...

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What do tea leaves, teapots, candies and edging have in common?   Tat Days, of course!  And Tat Days is only 24 days away!  This year's theme is "Tatting, Tea and Toffee"  making the connection to the riddle easier to recognize!  This year The Thread Bears took on the task of creating a quilted wall hanging to be auctioned off at the conference.  Proceeds from the auction will go to the scholarship fund to help subsidize participants in need attend the conference in the future. We started with a quilt blank handed to us at last year's gathering.  The theme was easy enough, but bringing...

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My return to Black Mountain after the excursion to Shuttlebird's in Spokane was marked by days away from the computer.  There had been little to no internet access while on the train but I did have some at the stops I made or in the rail stations along the way.  There was more than a mountain of work waiting for me when I got back and my beautiful granddaughter came for a week-long visit that filled the free moments with baking cookies for Papa, splashing in the wading pool, making Pigs-in-Blankets for supper when we weren't eating cereal, yogurt and other yummies (although she told her parents that we never fed...

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For a number of years now I have been scrupulously avoiding using the Split Chain Technique.  I have watched YouTube videos on it, read the written version of how to carry it out and just about everything I could on the subject.  Nearly every time attempted was a failure.  But at Shuttlebirds Tatting conference, Jean Reeves from Oregon offered a class entitled "More Half-Closed Rings." I'm not sure what I was expecting, but I signed up for that class.  At first it was overwhelming.  It seems there was a "Half-Closed Rings" class that had preceded this one, and it was offered in conflict with the classes...

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So it's official!! I am off to Shuttlebirds! Without a doubt this is the longest trip I have ever taken!  3 1/2 days on Amtrack to Spokane, Washington to attend the 2014 Shuttlebirds Tatting Conference.  Last fall when Patty invited me to attend, I thought, "Too far; too much time; too many excuses!!"  With a little saving and a little planning, coming to Shuttlebirds would at least be an adventure! I set about developing a plan that would not only allow me to attend, but also to teach.  The works of Linda S. Davies are patterns I have admired for a long time.  In fact, my first ribbon at...

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Buttons come in many styles and configurations, as evidenced in the button display above.  We are going to investigate how buttons can add an element of whimsical fun to tatted edgings in our Lesson this month!  Karey Solomon's book "Tatting with Buttons" will be our gui...

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Best Tatted Wishes to all the tatters I know! ...

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