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I went to my local Micheal's crafts store looking for some beads to embellish some tatting with. I ended up walking out without the beads (lol) and instead got some more thread and a bag of pre-cut wood shapes. Now I've seen lots of shuttles made from various things so I thought why not see about making a few spare 'throw away' shuttles. I once had a shuttle brothers wooden shuttle and I loved it, it just felt "right" in my hand. Unfortunately I can't really afford to buy any this year but I've… Continue

I finally managed to finish my piece for October's challenge, only to have my daughter swip it while it was drying. She 'gifted' it to her art class. At least I still have the rough sketch so when I feel up to the challenge I can redo it. I already have ideas on how to improve on the design.
After this small drama played itself out I realized I have binders filled with patterns and booklets printed from the internet that I haven't even tried. @-0 So, I've promised myself to start on at least one… Continue

I signed up for the monthly challenge and so far what I've accomplished is nothing like I had in mind. I started out with a sketch, I practiced tatting it with larger sized thread than what I'm used to (I normally tat with size 80).

I didn't like it...So thinking it was just the u… Continue

I've now become a victim of stolen goods, sort of. I posted a picture of my tatted kitty on another one of the sites I visit and found it listed as someone elses work. Not happy. The design wasn't mine, I simply modified it for an occasion, but still, the work involved to do it was. I went back on this forum to learn how to watermark and got confused. I use PhotoImpact Pro as my imaging manipulator so put in to find a site that could explain it to me. And here is the result:… Continue

My husband brought this to my attention while we were shopping our local Walmart store. It's originally to store Hot Wheels cars and it only cost $5!. I had these smaller thread balls all over the place in various containers, now they're all together. It opens on both sides and I stor… Continue