Threads of a Tatting Goddess

I finally got to the point where I felt comfortable enough with my new sewing machine that I thought I could finish this piece of embroidery...

Whoo Hoo! Fnally, FINAlly, FINALLY!!! I managed to finish it! I had left off okay. I thought I was untatting but if I was, I didn't ne...

I'm making progress on the Chinese Coin bookmark but again, was too busy watching TV and kept having to retro-tat. Stopped after my 3rd...

Yay! Finally I made a second attempt at the Chinese Coin bookmark. I'm ready to make the turn and start up the other side. I will proba...

My Lace Guild has a new blog, Lafayette Lacemakers, thanks to one of our newest members! Lelia, over at Stitches of Life II, is the creato...

I did start the Winter Butterfly but haven't been happy with it so it's just laying there waiting on me. I'll finish it but I do...

I sort of understand what it feels like to be Fox. This is the second time I've tried to tat Jon's Chinese Coin bookmark. The first ...

Summer! Tatted with Marilee's HDT Garden Afternoon and Lizbeth Leaf Green Medium, size 20 for both. Kind of reminds me of Monet's ...

I got an unexpected gift from Anika - two more of her hand dyed skeins! I have one wound onto a floss holder and tatted a tiny bit already....

Plate V, figure 25 I started on the motif last night. It's a simple 4 ring motif. 6-6-6-6 with joins at the side picots. At first, I...

P.S. I meant to add that the colors in this are so rich and so vibrant in person. You can't see it at all on the monitor screen. An...

Isn't this pillow stitched by Evy on Fantaisies Crazy by Evy: Arts Nouveaux stunning? I found the link on Craft Gossip. Remem...

This is the last edging of Plate 2 in the vintage D.M.C. Tatting publication that I'm using for the 25 Motif Challenge . Plate 2...

This is a pattern by Nancy Tracy at http://www.be-stitched.com/index.asp"> Be-Stitched . It has long picots that are frayed. I ha...

This is a favorite butterfly pattern but it's only the 3rd time I've tatted it. The first time was for an exchange years ago. The s...

To find out the history of this project, check my post from July 30, 2011. This is Plate 2, figure 13 in the DMC Tatting publication. ...

These birds are addictive! And quick! Earlier in the summer, Val showed some motifs she tatted from Kimono Threads which she purchase...

Someone mentioned I hadn't shown shaved cat #2. For some reason, it didn't seem like as drastic of a change with him. He almost alwa...

Back to work today so my needlework production will slow down as well as domestic production. I did find a bookcase yesterday at Target for...

You might remember a few posts ago when I mentioned Lace News and the Lace News YouTube Channel. Well, I was looking through some of the ta...