On Saturday I will be giving a short talk on tatting at a stitcher's guild meeting, and hope to mention how tatting fits into the Civil War timeframe.
I am not well-versed in Civil War historical research. Luckily I don't need to be. Virginia Mescher has published a great article on Civil War tatting that Kersti kindly posted with permission over at InTatters forum.
Follow this link to read all about it: Civil War Tatting
Or read it via the Online Tatting Class: Civil War Tatting
Historian Lorene Payne of the Southern Fauquier Historical Society is coming to speak at the Piedmont Lace Guild's April meeting. She will give a presentation on Ladies Wear of the Americas in full 19th century garb!
The program is open to guild members and guests.
E-mail info@piedmontlace.org to join me as my guest.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
Hope and Union
design*sponge loves this little peek inside a sunny, Charleston, SC coffee shop called Hope and Union and I must confess to mirroring her yearning to move inside. But for a different reason.
I want to tat there! Bet I'm not alone.
Who lives close enough to this coffee shop to go, tat and take pictures so I can live vicariously through you?
I want to tat there! Bet I'm not alone.
Who lives close enough to this coffee shop to go, tat and take pictures so I can live vicariously through you?
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Fifteen Seconds of Fame?
Last September, my Tatting Tea Tuesday - Tidbits post announced a future 15 seconds of fame.
It came! It came!
My 15 seconds of fame...
A complimentary copy of the March/April 2011 issue of Piecework magazine arrived in today's mail. ツ
In the "By Post" column (page 4) is my Letter to the Editor regarding the tatted edging shown in "A Tray Cloth to Hemstitch" (September/October 2010).
Georgia Seitz's web site is cited as a source for the edging pattern. It is to be found here:
Seeing one's name in print is strangely surreal. (Squee!)
The March/April 2011 issue hits newsstands March 8th.
This issue contains NO TATTING, but it is filled to bursting with rich, vibrant color!
It came! It came!
My 15 seconds of fame...
A complimentary copy of the March/April 2011 issue of Piecework magazine arrived in today's mail. ツ
In the "By Post" column (page 4) is my Letter to the Editor regarding the tatted edging shown in "A Tray Cloth to Hemstitch" (September/October 2010).
Georgia Seitz's web site is cited as a source for the edging pattern. It is to be found here:
"Butterick's Tatting & Netting" 1896
Tatting & Netting, Part 1 (page 24 of 40)Seeing one's name in print is strangely surreal. (Squee!)
The March/April 2011 issue hits newsstands March 8th.
This issue contains NO TATTING, but it is filled to bursting with rich, vibrant color!
Read on for today's Tatting Tea Tuesday post.
Tatting Tea Tuesday - Edging toward Spring
Happy Tatting Tea Tuesday on this first day of March. Were you able tat at IHOP this morning?
Long lines stretched out the door of my local IHOP.
Folks in my area must really like free pancakes.
I wanted to tat at IHOP, but sadly came home to paint. I haven't finished painting 180 craft sticks that must be done by March 5th for the lace guild.
Painting hasn't kept me from my shuttles entirely. This week I have been test tatting two new patterns for CrazyMom, plus breaking in four new Pony shuttles.
CrazyMom's patterns must be kept top secret for now, but here is what has been reeling off the (new to me) Aero-style shuttles.
Nelson Edging © 2011
Design by Orsi (part of her Napoleon series)
Both samples are 3-inches (7.6 cm) long. The first is tatted in size 30 Bali HDT by Backwoods Tatter. The second sample is tatted in size 40 Lizbeth® #663.
Don't they look grand? The Lizbeth® is a trifle more crisp than the Bali HDT; the difference only showing up when closing the Josephine Rings.
Thank you, Orsi, for sharing this superb edging on your blog. The whole Napoleon series is stately and elegant. Your patterns are exquisite!
Meandering Vine
More inspiration comes from Lace-lovin Librarian ~ Diane, who has been test-tatting an edging for her sister. Her process fanned the edging spark in me.
Edging #8861 from Tatting No. 207, 1944
Meandering vine #8861 was her sister's chosen edging. (Hey, I have that book too! Tatting. Published by The Spool Cotton Company No. 207, 1944.)
The clustered rings that make up this flowery pattern have always looked like butterflies to me. So pretty.
Watch for a color edging using #8861 to come soon. In the meantime, head on over to Diane's blog to monitor her progress or enter her Spring Bling Giveaway!
Wishing you all blissful me time to create something beautiful. See you next Tuesday for more communi-tea!
Long lines stretched out the door of my local IHOP.
Folks in my area must really like free pancakes.
I wanted to tat at IHOP, but sadly came home to paint. I haven't finished painting 180 craft sticks that must be done by March 5th for the lace guild.
Painting hasn't kept me from my shuttles entirely. This week I have been test tatting two new patterns for CrazyMom, plus breaking in four new Pony shuttles.
CrazyMom's patterns must be kept top secret for now, but here is what has been reeling off the (new to me) Aero-style shuttles.
Design by Orsi (part of her Napoleon series)
Both samples are 3-inches (7.6 cm) long. The first is tatted in size 30 Bali HDT by Backwoods Tatter. The second sample is tatted in size 40 Lizbeth® #663.
Don't they look grand? The Lizbeth® is a trifle more crisp than the Bali HDT; the difference only showing up when closing the Josephine Rings.
Thank you, Orsi, for sharing this superb edging on your blog. The whole Napoleon series is stately and elegant. Your patterns are exquisite!
Meandering Vine
More inspiration comes from Lace-lovin Librarian ~ Diane, who has been test-tatting an edging for her sister. Her process fanned the edging spark in me.
Meandering vine #8861 was her sister's chosen edging. (Hey, I have that book too! Tatting. Published by The Spool Cotton Company No. 207, 1944.)
The clustered rings that make up this flowery pattern have always looked like butterflies to me. So pretty.
Watch for a color edging using #8861 to come soon. In the meantime, head on over to Diane's blog to monitor her progress or enter her Spring Bling Giveaway!
Wishing you all blissful me time to create something beautiful. See you next Tuesday for more communi-tea!
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
I Flip for IHOP
Just another one of my crazy ideas . . .
Did you know that March 1st is National Pancake Day? If you flip for flapjacks, mark your calendar. IHOP is giving away free short stacks until 10:00 AM on that day.
Anyone who has heard of my crazy ideas in the past (fractured song lyrics and menacing microbes come to mind) knows it is only a tiny leap for me to turn pancake day into a tatting meet-up.
Think of it as building awareness, a preamble to International Tatting Day on April 1st.
Call a tatting friend and arrange a meet-up on March 1st at a mutually convenient IHOP. Bring your shuttles (or needles) and tat in public. If (when) someone asks, tell them you flip for tatting and pancakes. What a perfect way to enjoy both!
Did you know that March 1st is National Pancake Day? If you flip for flapjacks, mark your calendar. IHOP is giving away free short stacks until 10:00 AM on that day.
Anyone who has heard of my crazy ideas in the past (fractured song lyrics and menacing microbes come to mind) knows it is only a tiny leap for me to turn pancake day into a tatting meet-up.
Think of it as building awareness, a preamble to International Tatting Day on April 1st.
Call a tatting friend and arrange a meet-up on March 1st at a mutually convenient IHOP. Bring your shuttles (or needles) and tat in public. If (when) someone asks, tell them you flip for tatting and pancakes. What a perfect way to enjoy both!
Monday, February 21, 2011
ChocoLove Giveaway Winners!
Sorry to keep you all in suspense. My twin sister and her family came to visit and I waited until they had made their goodbyes to pick the four lucky winners.
*drum.roll* Without further adieu...
The four ChocoLove Giveaway WINNERS are...
CONGRATULATIONS!
43 = Quayceetatter
35 = Laura
15 = CrazyMomTats
9 = JB
Each of you have been contacted privately to request your mailing info. If you see your name here and DON'T have a message from me in your inbox (or a comment on your blog) please get in touch with me immediately!
Thank You!
Thank you to everyone who entered and watch for another blog giveaway in honor of International Tatting Day on April 1st!BREAKING NEWS!
Jane Eborall posted her ChocoLove Giveaway entry comment while I was choosing the winners and so JUST squeeked in before it was too late.Since I inadvertently chose the winners BEFORE 12:00 Midnight EST -- thereby closing the contest 12 hours early -- it is only right that Jane gets a prize too.
Jane, what is your favorite color?
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Spring Tease
Two gorgeous spring-like days have given way to gusty winds and colder temperatures. Mother Nature's tease has got me thinking about Spring things, like these lovely eggs decorated by Polish tatter, Woalka.
Woalka saw eggs on Renulek's blog and shows hers as she watches closely for more shared patterns.
Once the ChocoLove Giveaway is over, I look forward to playing around with egg patterns too.
Woalka saw eggs on Renulek's blog and shows hers as she watches closely for more shared patterns.
Once the ChocoLove Giveaway is over, I look forward to playing around with egg patterns too.
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