First up is Anne Taylor’s
section of Frauberger fig 78
Anne comments that it is hard to get it to sit straight when tatting with 2 colors. I say “well done!”
And now a new tatter: Kup
Kup homework from Beginning lesson 1
She tells us the two on the bottom are tatted using a needle and the two on the top are tatted with shuttle. Very nice!
Thank you ladies for your submissions!
This week has flown by and in flew 3 more submissions!
First is Candyoz with 2 challenges from the Tuesday design class:
Color challenge
3 chain challenge
If you’re curious, check out the class on Tuesdays…same chat place, same chat time.
Next, we have another colorful snowflake from Chari M
Snowflake by Eileen Stafford
Chari doesn’t think the pattern matched what she tatted, but I think it’s beautiful!
And finally, more tatting from Kup as she works her way through Lesson 2 of the Beginning Tatting series
Hen and Chicks
See you next week in class!
I suppose we should be looking for Spring patterns to tat but with the temp at 0 F and the wind chill making it – 30 F ! Snow is still on my mind. So this week we have a snowflake from Corina Meyfeldt of Argentina which uses bugles beads!
http://www.georgiaseitz.com/2014/corinambugleflake.pdf
Techniques to review:
starter picot or space holder on thread or picot =
http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4874561477019304&w=179&h=172&c=7&rs=1&pid=1.7
http://www.georgiaseitz.com/superbowl2.jpg
split rings
http://www.janeeborall.freeservers.com/SplitRings.pdf
floating rings
http://www.janeeborall.freeservers.com/FloatingRings.pdf
And here is a challenge! Who can turn this quilting pattern into a tatting pattern??
http://www.whimsiquills.com/images/PRESIDENTSDAY/Hat%20Full%20of%20Shamrocks%20(s).jpg
Design by Pat Caputo from http://www.whimsiquills.com/servlet/the-template/freequillingpatterns/page
The Online Tatting Class meets on Mondays at 3PM or 8:30PM ET. Needle tatting lessons and an open question and answer period is held one half hour before class begins. Beginners class meets same time Thursdays. Design class meets on Tuesdays. Email anytime with questions. Please send your tatting homework photos to: tattinghomework@gmail.com.
Happy Tatting!
Best wishes,
Georgia Seitz
Join us on Sunday Feb. 02, 2014 at 3PM ET (New York time) as we celebrate our annual Let’s Ignore the Superbowl and Tat event. Wally Sosa is sharing her 14th annual Birthday Superbowl Snowflake pattern with us!
http://www.georgiaseitz.com/2014/wallysosabdflake2014.pdf
We will meet at the one time only, so have your shuttles at the ready!
The Online Tatting Class meets on Mondays at 3PM or 8:30PM ET. Needle tatting lessons and an open question and answer period is held one half hour before class begins. Beginners class meets same time Thursdays. Design class meets on Tuesdays. Email anytime with questions. Please send your tatting homework photos to: tattinghomework@gmail.com.
Happy Tatting!
Best wishes,
Georgia Seitz
We have several submissions for the end of January. I’ll be adding them over the next few days as the information about them rolls in.
First off, Carol Best has a working scanner now. Yippy! Here are two samples of here work. More to follow I’m sure.
Tatted Snowflake by Nancy Tracy
Christmas Tree by Ruth Perry
Arltan has sent in 2 samples of recent patterns we looked at in Monday class:
Fig 78 Onion Ring Doily by Tina Frauberger
She used Lizbeth size # 40 with her needles.
She tells us that she could not find bugle beads so she used rice pearls instead. for this snowlfkae done in Lizbeth # 40. Done in needle tatting.
Snowflake with Bugle Beads by Corina Meyfeldt
Nice work!
The Online Tatting Class meets on Mondays at 3PM or 8:30PM ET. Needle tatting lessons and an open question and answer period is held one half hour before class begins. Beginners class meets same time Thursdays. Design class meets on Tuesdays. Tomorrow on Feb. 2, 2014, we will meet for our annual Super Bowl party. See details below.
on Monday we will study an excerpt on interlocking rings from Edwige Renaudin’s, “La Frivolité aux Navettes, Les Bases Fondamentales Perfectionnées Vol. 1″ published by éditions didier carpentier, 2012. We will learn to make our own Olympics rings!
Olympic Rings by Edwige Renaudin
The Online Tatting Class meets on Mondays at 3PM or 8:30PM ET. Needle tatting lessons and an open question and answer period is held one half hour before class begins. Beginners class meets same time Thursdays. Design class meets on Tuesdays. Email anytime with questions.
Happy Tatting!
Best wishes,
Georgia Seitz
Veteran class member Aurora has dipped her toe into this blog with this submission:
Snowflake with Bugle Beads by Corina Meyfeldt
And Hoppity has conquered onion rings
Fig 78 Onion Ring Doily by Tina Frauberger
CandyOz has been keeping up with her Design class homework. She sends us a peek into her notebook:
Chain study by CandyOz
Kup is working her way through Lesson 3 patterns in the Beginner classes.
Rosemarie Peel’s Heart
And finally, to get us in the mood for February, Judy sends us her tatting using Susan Fuller’s Heart’s Desire
Heart’s Desire by Susan Fuller
Thank you tatters for sharing your work!
Carol Best has been busy lately. She sends us her snowflake by Corina:
Snowflake with Bugle Beads by Corina Meyfeldt
And Stephanie W sent us these examples:
From the Superbowl Special Event
Birthday Motif 2014 by Wally Sosa
From the Monday 2-3-2014 class
Bracelet by Edwige Renaudin
Two other patterns she accomplished
Tatted cupcake by Nancy Tracy
This doily is tatted with quilt thread (and is bigger than the scanner bed). The pattern is from his first book: Tatting Theory and Patterns
Doily by Jan Stawasz
New Year Doily by Linda S Davies
http://www.georgiaseitz.com/2014/lindadavies2014newyeardoily.pdf
Please review:
Mimi’s Cluny tutorial for Shuttle
http://home.netcom.com/~ntrop/cluny/instruct.htm
Wally Sosa’s Cluny tutorial for Needle
http://needledreams.tripod.com/clunnyleaves/index.html
Jane Eborall’s tutorial for Split Rings
http://www.janeeborall.freeservers.com/SplitRings.pdf
For those facing a blizzard the next few days be sure you have plenty
of fuel, matches, water, food, pet food, and tatting thread on hand. Be
safe out there!
The Online Tatting Class meets on Mondays at 3PM or 8:30PM ET. Needle
tatting lessons and an open question and answer period is held one half
hour before class begins. Beginners class meets same time Thursdays.
Design class meets on Tuesdays. Email anytime with questions.
Best wishes,
Georgia Seitz
We start our week out with homework from the Lesson 3 Beginner series tatted by Judy Corman:
Tamie Montgomery has been busy with her Design class notebook. Here is her Study in Red.
Study in Red by Tamie Montgomery
She would like to use the edging she developed on a placemat. Lovely!
Ann Taylor has been busy. She sent in 2 from the beginner lesson 2 & 3:
Rosemarie’s Heart by Rosemarie Peel
German snowflake by Cristel Wutzmer
She relates that her thread kept breaking while tatting the heart. She is satisfied with her 5th attempt.
From a Monday class in January, she used a pretty blue thread. She made a note
to self: make sure not to pick up random colored shuttles.
Onion ring square fig. 78 by Tina Frauberger
And for Design class, Anne create a red Heart
Study in Red, Heart by Anne Taylor
Finally, Carol Best tatted a line of interlocking rings. She is not sure what she is going to do with these rings…a bookmark perhaps.
Lovely project
Interlocking rings from Bracelet by Edwige Renaudin
This Monday, Aurora Lozada shares her 3-D tatted basket featuring floating rings.
http://www.georgiaseitz.com/2014/auroralozadalittlebasket.pdf
Please makes these notes on your copy.
Instructions placed within “<” “>” refer to the floating rings.
Instructions placed within “{” “}” refer to the number of repetitions
of that step.
For review: http://www.janeeborall.freeservers.com/FloatingRings.pdf
original oval tatted motif by Norma Benporath, OAM
Oval Shuttle Motif by Norma Benporath, OAM.
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art31318.asp
Here are some hints. it is tricky, for making the oval shuttle motif in one pass:
SR = split ring
FR = floating ring
Split ring n is a normal split ring
Split ring o will be a Dora Young type alternative split ring
http://www.janeeborall.freeservers.com/DoraYoung.pdf
and the two floating rings and done with sh1
note three ds where the starts the second side and wrapped with sh2
which then remains idle while P and Q rings are tatted
both shuttles come together again to tat split ring r
Whew! I hope that works!
And here is Jennifer Bunde’s write-up http://www.georgiaseitz.com/2014/jenniferbundeversionsovalshuttlemotif.pdf
We will also look at Stephanie Wilson’s tips and tricks in class (photos in Monday’s post above)
Anyone have a pattern to share for the Feb. 24 lesson??
The Online Tatting Class meets on Mondays at 3PM or 8:30PM ET. Needle
tatting lessons and an open question and answer period is held one half
hour before class begins. Beginners class meets same time Thursdays.
Design class meets on Tuesdays. Email anytime with questions. Please
send your tatting homework photos to: tattinghomework@gmail.com.
Happy Tatting!
Best wishes,
Georgia Seitz
Into the mailbox dropped 2 submissions from budding tatters:
From Laliy a lovely study in rings and chains:
Laliy is unsure how to join
And from Hoppity a first try at cluny tatting
Cluny Motif by Mimi Dillman
Stephanie W had fun trying out the Oval Shuttle Shaped Motif for Today’s class:
Oval Shuttle shaped Motif by Norma Benorath
These were worked in size 80 (or ‘equivalent’) thread. Pink is tatting thread, the
others are all Sulky Blendables #12-wt.
She writes that the 3-color medallion was all cut-tie-hide ends, I just liked the idea of a flower with leaves and wanted to play with the colors a bit.
Oval Shuttle Shaped Motif by Norma Benorath
The 2-color one was done using SCMRs, but not trying to hook them
together, just one SCMR with a floating ring, then tat normally for a while,
then another SCMR and floating ring. You could probably play around with *which* ring(s) become SCMRs and which ones are tatted as normal rings, but I was just experimenting, just to see if it would work. In some ways, the split ring/split chain version was easier, in some ways the SCMR version (2 color version) was easier. Either way, it can be done all in 1 pass.
Oval Shuttle Shaped Motif by Norma Benorath
All-one-color medallion was a bit different – one side was done according to the split ring/split chain directions from the class page(s), the other side I played around with the idea of SCMRs – thought I might be able to ‘link’ two of them somehow….didn’t quite work as I’d hoped it would, as you can see if you look closely. 
Great inspiration for all tatters! See you in class
Cluny edging by Dagmar Pezzuto
Dagmar Pezzuto has been inspired by an Anne Orr pattern. She has revised the pattern and added a whole row of tatted cluny leaves!!! (Note for those tatters just learning the cluny tatting style I suggest you get a “small” square cloth center to edge. 
http://www.georgiaseitz.com/2014/dagmarprewriteanneorredgingbook1.pdf
Frances B has conquered her knots!
Green Knots by Yvonne Reypa
Here are two tips she found very useful: Youtube video Frivolite lesson 83 – Celtic Y-ring
and Maria Alcantera’s photographs of the weaving of the threads
http://tattinghomework.wordpress.com/2012/11/10/more-on-celtic-knots/comment-page-1/#comment-651
Donata Jones completed the shuttle shaped motif:
Oval shuttle shaped motif by Norma Benorath
Finally for today’s post we have Anna Grochowska’s cluny edging. She writes “This was my first attempt and I do kind of like the results.
It was another great challenge, thanks to all involved.”
cluny edging by Dagmar Pezzutto based on Anne Orr
To finish out the week, Mary Jane B sent us a picture of her Oval Motif
Oval Motif by Norma Benorpath
That completes homework posts for Februray 2014. We are busy tatters!
Hello Tatters,
Today, if the creek doesn’t rise, if the well house does not freeze up solid, if the power does not go out again, if the roof does not collapse from the weight of the snow bearing down on us today, we will all enjoy going round in circles. Now just any circles but tatted circles!
Pots of Shamrocks. Inspired by a quilling pattern challenge, Dagmar Pezzuto has prepared her interpretation of shamrocks growing in a pot.
http://www.georgiaseitz.com/2014/dagmarpshamrocks.pdf
Shamrocks in a Vase by Dagmar Pezzuto
Back by request! We examine the formation of the classic rosette.
http://www.georgiaseitz.com/classes/springideas.html
Roseete by Georgia Seitz
See you then. (Hopefully)
The Online Tatting Class meets on Mondays at 3PM or 8:30PM ET. Needle tatting lessons and an open question and answer period is held one half hour before class begins. Beginners class meets same time Thursdays. Design class meets on Tuesdays. Email anytime with questions. Please send your tatting homework photos to: tattinghomework@gmail.com.
Happy Tatting!
Best wishes,
Georgia Seitz
This week, we have pictures of 2 patterns. Grace has conquered split rings and split chains! Well done!!
Split Ring and Split Chain by Grace
MJ Brittingham used small beads instead of bugle beads for this snowflake
Snowflake with Bugle Beads by Corina Meyfeld
and a picture of some antique tatting from a private collection:
This edging, made by my great-great-grandmother, was what inspired me to learn to tat. It was originally on a pillowcase. The picots are connected by a row of crochet chain stitch, which was sewn to the pillowcase.
Frances Burgess has found some aids online that will help those of us still struggling with the Celtic Knot bookmark by Yvonne Reypa.
Green Knots by Yvonne Reypa
http://www.georgiaseitz.com/2014/francesburgessversioncelticknotbookmark.pdf
Please watch Karen Cabrera’s video before class:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOiSYAnMXXM
Back by request, two shamrock patterns.
Shamrock by Sonya St. John
Sonya St. John’s shamrock made with a dimpled ring.
http://www.georgiaseitz.com/2002/sonjashamrock.html
Teresa’s Shamrock which features negative space.
Shamrock by Teresa
http://www.georgiaseitz.com/2002/twshamrock.html
All of this info is posted on the the class index page
http://www.georgiaseitz.com/2014/2014index.html
The Online Tatting Class meets on Mondays at 3PM or 8:30PM ET. Needle tatting lessons and an open question and answer period is held one half hour before class begins. Beginners class meets same time Thursdays. Design class meets on Tuesdays. Email anytime with questions. Please send your tatting homework photos to: tattinghomework@gmail.com.
Happy Tatting!
Best wishes,
Georgia Seitz
The first picture in today is from a newbie. Wendy has only been needle tatting for a month. Well done!
Dove by Joann Stearns and Butterflies are Free by Cynthia Stevenson
Next is from Misty S.:
Classic Rosette by Georgia Seitz
Grace Gutharz has been busy. She tatted all Sunday and is pleased with her lace:
Heart by Rosemarie Peel
Kite with Cluny tail by Mimi
Judy sent her version of the Oval motif we’ve studied. She’s not sure she did the SCMR correctly. They look good to me!
Oval shuttle shaped Motif by Norma Benporath
Anna Grochowska completed this doily:
New Year Doily by Linda S Davies
Well done all! See you in class!!
It’s wonderful to see what other tatters are creating. Today, Ann shares an apron she designed for our Tuesday design class. She created this for a doll her local tatting group is dressing for a lace fair in May.
Apron for a doll by Anne Taylor
She also sent in a photo of a baby bootie. Her question in class has inspired others to tat this pattern. Any other photos out there?
Baby Booties by CB Platt
Judy Corman also shares what is in her tatting bag:
Tea Pot by Martha Ess
This is from Martha’s book Tea is for Tatting.
Treble Clef by Betty Goetgeluck
Tatted Notes by Nancy Tracy
Tatted Notes by Nancy Tracy
Lovely work!
