Threads of a Tatting Goddess

My sister and I visited a gift shop during our trip to Bloomington. We stepped into LadyBugs Gifts & Decor innocently, oblivious to the...

There's a wonderful giveaway going on over at Brynwood Needleworks if you like embroidery and other needleworks. I actually got there...

A little tea humor.... Go to Calm-a-Sutra to see the runners-up. I'm glad I had this in drafts. I completely forgot it was TTT. Too mu...

Can you believe this? I took this photo from Vintage Fashions , February 1992. It was in an article about Floral Waters (scented water) by C...

This looks pretty puny for all those shuttles, doesn't it? You can see it better if you click on the scan and enlarge it. I had already...

I had a realization last night. It had been creeping up on me but I ignored it, not wanting to admit what I perceived as "defeat"....

Last week I was following links related to my interest in embroidery. I know I've mentioned a few times that I was itchin' to sew o...

What is a tatter's biggest nightmare (other than not having any shuttles, needles, thread or patterns)? Can you guess? Have you been the...

This is my last attempt at this snowflake. It's closer to the original, but it shouldn't have been this hard to achieve a duplicate!...

Look how close I was to running out of thread before I was done! I had another shuttle wound but I really didn't want to have to add a ...

Do you ever feel frustrated when a pattern does not work out the way you thought it would? This snowflake design by Luella Rossow is shown h...

I've been up and down for a several days with whatever flu virus is going around. It's sneaky - you don't even really know you...

Unfortunately, I'm wide awake. Must be all those naps I took today. I haven't felt up to par, sapped of energy, aches, queasy, can...

This is one of my favorite angel patterns, by Martha Ess. I tatted it for my friend and coworker whose birthday was Tuesday. I have 5 mor...