Laura's Tatting Muse

Thanks to Jon for getting me started on Mignonette Tatting. I really like it. She sent me a link to Georgia's on line class on Mignon...

My baby is 13 months old today! My how time flies. No tatting today.

J.B. sent me pictures of Elizabeth's doily with the 5th round completed so that I could add it to the collage and share it on my blog. ...

Another tatted animal for Isaac's room. This is Jane Eborall's giraffe tatted, with much love and a little hair pulling, in Gemini ...

I thought this was a good way to see the friendship doilies so far. Of course, since I only had six pictures, it repeated some of them. Mor...

This is the first time my friendship doily has come back around to me. Elizabeth said it looked like a flower garden and she is right! It ...

Another round finished! This is J.B.'s doily. She did the first two rounds being the pink and white flowers with the green rings and ...

I have really had fun with Ruth's Celtic knot Shamrock, as you can see from this and previous posts. Left to right -Flora, DMC and DMC...

This four leaf clover is by Lynette Hodges copyright 1998. This pattern, and others, can be found here: http://www.geocities.com/tattingone...

Well, I tatted another one. This time in #20 Cebelia. I think I like them better each time. It's amazing how much easier it is to we...

Despite the picture, I did manage to get Ruth's shamrock done without combining it with the clover. I have a new camera and, needless ...

Presenting Ruth's Shamrock/Four Leaf Clover! I kinda combined the two by mistake, but I think it works! This is another pattern from ...

This is Esther Paris' linked hearts from the Tatting Pattern calendar February 28, 2007. I was just experimenting and don't know wh...

This is Elizabeth's doily with the 3rd round tatted by J.B. and the 4th round just finished by me. I am having so much fun with this f...

This is from my friend who had the mystery lace recently that we decided was probably machine made. This towel was in her mother's hope...

It doesn't seem possible, but my grandbaby was one year old yesterday and grows more dear each moment. He gives great big hugs and sque...

Ruth challenged us to take this arrangement and tat around it for a larger heart. I got this far, tried to finish and got so frustrated I ...

These are my attempts at Ruth's Spiral Heart from February 9th on the tatting pattern a day calendar. Sorry Ruth! I just could not ge...

Carol's Twelve of Hearts from the Tatting Pattern Calendar is so much fun. I can't wait to start adding more motifs to it. We'l...

This is what has kept me from my tatting! I just had to see if I could make mittens. Tatting is much more fun, but I think these are prett...

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone! I'm still design challenged, but this came from my own little head! It's not like I had im...

This is the Pamela Myers version of Jane Eborall's flamingo. Isn't he the cutest? I tatted him in size 10 crochet cotton because I d...

I just love this pineapple heart designed by Sherry Matthews! I believe this is the best tatted heart I have done to date. My grandmother...

I finished tatting my round last night but had computer problems and couldn't post the picture until now. I hope she will like the col...

Isaac's tatted snake finally done - I hope. I'm happier now.

Being thankful for some great suggestions, I am in the process of redoing Isaac's tatted snake picture. I am taking the little snake of...

This is the concept I am working on for Isaac's snake picture. Since we are going with an alphabet theme, I cut out an "s" fro...

I'm almost done with the current round on the friendship doily. Pictures, of course, as soon as I make the last stitch. I had to take ...

I had to put the tatting away for a trip to the dentist. It was supposed to be for me to have my teeth cleaned, but as you can see, my grand...

My grandbaby is 11 months old! I thought I loved him as much as possible the day I saw him born, but it has grown to unmeasureable heights. ...

This is Diana Stevens' snake copyright 2004 from her website Domestic Arts. It can be found here: http://www.domesticarts.com/Patter...

Help! I would like to know how all of you watch t.v. and tat. Or, talk to people and tat. I have the hardest time with this. I try to re...

Here is the next round on my friendship doily that my two tatting buddies from Mobile are helping me with. Isn't it beautiful? I am so ...

I wanted to try one more time to show how lacey and pretty this cross of Jane's is. I've got to get some construction paper for bac...

My friend Madeline brought this lace to me this morning in hopes that we can identify it. She knows it is at least 55 years old as her moth...

I did another of Jane's Celtic Crosses in Sulky #12 this time. It's about 4" long and 3" wide. I wish the picture did it j...

This is Ruth's snowflake from the tatted calendar. The calendar and pattern can be found here: http://tat-calendar.blogspot.com/2007/0...