Threads of a Tatting Goddess

I seldom go on ebay these days but a quick peek the other day had me interested in this vintage collection. One of the newspaper clippings ...

This adorable doggie sweater is featured as a free pattern at Lionbrand.com. Like many businesses, they offer the free pattern in hopes tha...

I finally broke down and ordered Nancy Tracy's book, Tat's where I Stopped. I rarely tat bookmarks these days but every time I we...

Piecework Excellence in Needle Arts Awards 2006 First-place Tatting/Lace-making (sponsored by Presencia Hilaturas USA) Tatted Baby Bonnet an...

Raspberry Lace Fractals are a design inspiration. I use them from time to time just to look at. Ruth Perry used one recently to design a pa...

I've almost got my gold mask done. The braid for the top is done and just needs the final glueing. The friends I'm housesitting fo...

This leaf braid is the final touch for the mask. It will go along the upper edge, hiding where I insert the "hair" strands. It...

Well..you didn't think I could end the day with that horrible doily, did you? LOL! I tatted Ruth's celtic shamrock from the Tattin...

This has got to be the ugliest thing I've ever tatted! My apologies to the Irish for trying to make something commemorative! It sta...

Lace Makers Slideshow on Bobbinlace by Sewdoll Stitchdiva has a free tutorial for hairpin lace as well as patterns to purchase. I thought ...

I got my exchange heart from Wally Sosa. She tatted a variation of the daisy picot heart and used split rings instead of clunies,which I rea...

The blue mask is done and this one is in progress. The strands are going to be "hair" but I don't know if I'm going to ju...

What a week! My kitchen drain was clogged for 4 days and then my furnace started acting weird, but all is well now. The week or two before...

My non-tatting friend Erin sent me some of her hand-crafted earrings. She's expecting her first baby in March and has left the world of ...

Inspiration for your next tatting design! Photo from Art Attack Galleries Here's a snowflake that I used for some students to demonstra...

The famous Workbasket (February 1975) maple leaf! This leaf has appealed to so many over the years. I made a bookmark out of it once, atta...

Here's the bag done with a bigger hook. I changed from 7 at the base to a size 0 hook. It made it lighter, fluffier and bigger...but i...

I used Dorcas Newkirk's heart to show split rings to my students and several of them are also bobbinlacers or learning bobbinlace so aft...

I started crocheting this little bag when I was off with the snowstorm. I found the pattern in an April 1994 issue of Crafts. I wanted to u...

Hearts I have made over the years!