Laura's Tatting Muse

J.B.'s doily looked so pretty on the dark background, I decided to shoot mine again. I like the results. Also, I have gotten a friend i...

Here is a picture of J.B.'s tatted friendship doily finished! Isn't it pretty? I have also made a collage of the three doilies. P...

Here is my tatted friendship doily - finished! I love the way it has turned out and I am so thankful to J.B. and Elizabeth for their friend...

I know you are all just dying to see new pictures of my grandson! We had a great Mother's Day, as you can see. No tatting pictures. I ...

This tatted motif is from the "Big Book of Tatting." That seems to be my resource of choice lately. Tatting this was quick and fun...

Another tatted "critter" for Isaac's room! I can't wait for him to wake up from his nap and see it! As far as I'm co...

I tatted this bookmark in size 10 tatting cotton. It is also from Karey Solomon's book along with the button butterfly. I had been wan...

I framed a couple of pieces of my tatting for my good friend Madeline who loves purple as much as I do! Her bedroom and bathroom are both d...

This colorful butterfly is from the May 2007 "Tatting Times" by Karey Solomon that came in the mail yesterday. It was extremely c...

My little group is growing! I just love tatting these Southern Belles. The blue with the beads was an experiment. I wanted to symbolize f...

Sunbonnet Sue wanted to be bigger, so I tatted her in #10 crochet cotton. She is about 4 1/2" tall and ready to sit under the Magnoli...

I know it's a little late for Easter eggs, but I just couldn't get all of them done in time. Fortunately, these eggs will keep! Th...

Hooray! The first tatted friendship doily is completely finished! This is Elizabeth's. I hope she likes it as much as I do. I though...

Presenting - Sunbonnet Sue from The Big Book of Tatting - the 25th motif of my second set! I am really enjoying tatting the patterns in th...

This pattern from The Big Book of Tatting was just screaming to be done in purple! The variegated is Altan Balsak. I'm not sure about...

I had so much fun with this butterfly! It is from Big Book of Tatting by Darlene Polachic and tatted in #20 DMC Cebelia. We are doing some ...

New is not always better! I got the old camera out and made a picture of the Easter Egg. So much better. I really must get a scanner for...

I have tried and tried to get a good, clear picture of this Easter Egg and I just can't. This is the second of Mark's that I have ...

This is Mark's Easter Egg. I had so much fun with it and can't wait to make more! I have all kinds of color combinations in my he...

Finally - the sixth round finished on my tatted friendship doily. It took a long time to make it around this time. Only one more round to...

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...