Civil War Tatting

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.

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?