International Tatting Day April 1
Happy International Tatting Day!
It's no joke. April 1st is the day to celebrate tatting everywhere. I always say the best way to celebrate is to teach a friend to tat. Next best way is to make plans to attend one of the fantastic Lace Days held across the US and overseas!
Finger Lakes Tatting Group
Tatting Seminar 2015
17th International Tatting Seminar. April 10 - 12, 2015 in Lodi, NY, USA.
https://www.fingerlakestatting.com/
Indiana Lace Day 2015 Hosted by Lafayette Lacemakers Inc
Lacemaking is Egg-citing! Saturday, April 11, 2015
Tippecanoe Arts Federation 638 North Street, Lafayette IN
(Please note that this is a change of venue from previous years.)
9:00AM.to 4:00PM Eastern Time https://lafayettelacemakers.blogspot.com/
The Spokane Shuttlebirds Tatting Guild
19th Annual Tatting Days and Workshop April 17-18, 2015
Spokane WA Theme: A Touch of Victorian Charm (I'll be teaching! OH joy.)
29th Annual Tatting Exhibition in Horstmar, Germany
May 30 - 31, 2015.
The Doris Southard Lace Guild invites you to the 2015 I.O.L.I. convention which will be held at the Marriott Coralville Hotel and Conference Center in Coralville Iowa. More than 200 lace enthusiasts and 22 teachers (me, too) will be attending.
Convention dates: July 27 – August 2, 2015
Karen Bovard and I are teaching tatting classes and there are many other laces to learn and study also.
I thought you might like to know about the tatting classes at IOLI.
A316 3D Tatted Flowers - Intermediate Georgia Seitz Tatting a posy of
wild flowers. Be ready to have fun and bring a smile. Also included is
a Study of Various Cluny Tatting Looms. The first loom for making the
tatted cluny petal or leaf was, of course, the hand. Unfortunately, the
position in which the hand must be held is awkward and sometimes
painful. This position is also known as the “death grip”or the
“claw". Today we have several alternatives to use different looms of
plastic, wood, and fabric which will help us create cluny petals for
blossoms and leaves.
TH810 Beginning Tatting, Shuttle & Needle Tatting
P416 Tatting Embellishments for fabric Postcard or Quilt Block –
Intermediate Georgia Seitz Decorative tatting using needle tatting with
both hands, split rings, onion rings, Maltese or pearl tatting, beaded
tatting, and ankars work to embellish a fabric postcard or quilt block.
This class also includes a history segment on Demystifying Vintage
Tatting Patterns which use lesser known tatting terms such as oeillet.
"Oeillet" is a term found in early vintage tatting patterns. As used in
tatting, oeillet indicates a ring. Lace, in essence, is a hole
surrounded by thread. Oeillet fits that definition perfectly. It is a
small hole which is defined by a line of thread. In tatting patterns it
may be found with the terms, dot (a small ring) or Josephine Knot/ring
(a small ring of single stitches.)
And from Karen Bovard:
P415 Basics of Pearl Tatting Explore a fascinating, fun and relatively obscure form of tatting called Pearl Tatting. Pearl Tatting Technique utilizes 3 or more thread sources to create beautiful rings & chains. In the first half of class time we will learn the basics of Pearl tatting and how to manipulate it to create diverse and unique decorative forms. We will also learn how to create other unique tatting combinations of the basic double stitch such as: Twisted Stitch, Ric-Rac/Zig-Zag/Sets of Stitches/Lattice Tatting/Node Stitch, and ‘Inside-Stitch' Chains. We will then take these fairly well-known techniques 'up a notch' by combining them with Pearl Tatting Technique to create “Hybrid” techniques originated by Karen. You will also learn a totally new form of tatting technique originated by Karen she calls “Layered Pearl Tatting”. The second half of class time we will focus on the “Grand Project” in which we will bring many of the Pearl Tatting Techniques together to create a multiple thread-source pouch.
Karen Bovard In this class we will have our own Quilt/Tatting Bee by using Quilt-Inspired designs and applying them to tatting. Using the very modern techniques of Split Ring Tatting and Take-Off (Thrown-Off) Rings we will create different 'styles' of Quilt-Inspired designs. Color, creativity, and camaraderie will be the theme of this class. An emphasis will be placed on use of color in tatting: coordinating the modern threads we have available today (including variegated and hand-dyed threads) to mimic the colorful art form of quilting in tatting. We will also be taking SRT to a new level by incorporating Padded Tatting Technique for an extra level of technical challenge and added color-enhancement possibilities.
REGISTER SOON
LACE ( The Lacemakers and Collectors Exchange) Lace Days June 12-13, 2015
American Legion Hall 4000 Saratoga Avenue Downers Grove, Illinois 60515
The Palmetto Tatters Guild
2015 Tat Days will be September 4-5 2015 at Toccoa, GA.
(I will be there for certain for some new patterns and a lot of smiles!)
Theme: "Tatting Angels Among Us"
This tatting event offers scholarships for tatter to attend. You may have read about our annual scholarship fundraiser. This year we are dressing 3 Christmas trees with tatting. And we are designing small, portable gifts for everyday gift giving occasions for those who do not celebrate this holiday. Something for everyone.
2015 Fringe Tatting Weekend is scheduled for September 25 & 26, 2015 and will be held in Cambridge Ontario. (I'll be there!)
For more info: fringetatters@gmail.com
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