Laura's Tatting Muse

I have finished tatting step two and I'm wondering if I should have left it as it was. Since it is chains and not my precious HDT, it w...

I'm sure there is no doubt what is going to be, but I wanted to share this much with you. I just finished tatting this part and will st...

Well, I finally got around to tatting this heart that Sue so graciously shared with us. I really like it, though I had some problems keepin...

I can't believe it, but I actually designed this one all by myself! It's not perfect, but I'll get there. I have to thank Mart...

I wondered where she had gotten off to! I found her in my closet where she had searched out my Degas purse. She is pretending to do her ba...

I'M FINISHED! I love this doily. It makes me feel happy, warm, cheerful, hungry and nostalgic all at the same time. I hope that cover...

I guess I should have said that this rose is a tiny 3" in diameter!

Here is rose #2. I crocheted the center much tighter, but still in DMC 80. The leaves are tatted with Sulky #12 which has a very subtle sh...

Congratulations Sherry AKA Lady Shuttlemaker! I let Isaac blow kisses over the whole lot of names in the bowl, but I let the birthday boy, ...

At long last, here it is. I am so happy with it! If not for Marilee's thread, I would never have made it through tatting this round. ...

Abstract, I know, but I like it! It is taking me so long to finish this round, I just had to share a little peak. I left the lid open on t...

I've finished a second rose. And, I actually tatted it from the directions I had written up! All I have left to do is make my correcti...

It seems with all of the flu and viruses going around, I've been bitten by a bug very familiar to most of you. I avoided it for a long ...

Everyone who has responded will be added to the drawing plus anyone between now and the 14th. Just to let you know so you won't think I...

I just finished tatting the 5th row on my doily and wanted to share it with you. I am still very happy with how it is turning out. My eyes...

I have Teri Dusenbury's book "Tatting Butterflies" for which I have no use. I would be happy to give it to someone else. If ...

This is what Diane and I have been working on that we were keeping secret. We are both excited about it. It was Diane's idea, but we a...

If anyone has a prettier, humpf Granddaddy says that's "more handsome", baby than this, I want to see them! He is such a doll ...

Thanks for this pattern Sherry . I think I will be making more. This is the first time I have used size 80 hand dyed thread and I like it....

This is Lady Shuttle Maker's pattern, thread and shuttle. This is the first pattern I have tatted from her book, "The Exquisite C...

I recently received this card that Clyde The Mad Tatter made. In it were two skeins of HDT from New Zealand and the star and snowflake in ...

If you are born a pink hippo, you are born to the stage! (What else is a pink hippo to do?) She is in Birmingham, Alabama for an extended e...

Thanks to the generosity of my friend Clyde for introducing me to this thread from Craft Supplies Ltd. in New Zealand. It is color #1204 si...

Well, Jane has changed my mind again. Now I'm sure I'm right, but I'm still not going to tell. I'll have to check back wit...

I had gotten a couple of days behind with this and had to catch up. I guess my color choice is funny now that it has developed this far, bu...

I have been tatting on this occasionally for a couple of weeks, at least. The center is the same one from Denise Munoz' book that I hav...

The best thing I can show you about our "snow storm" is my orchids with the little bit of snow behind them through the windows! O...

Or, for today if you are snowed in or just hungry! Since they were telling us yesterday that we would be snowed in today, I decided to bake ...

Henceforth to be called Rainbow Doily Number 1. ere is the next installment. Even with the scanner, I just can't make this look like it...

Not the pictures you are used to seeing of my baby! Isaac had a rather eventful 1st day of school. Running on low pile carpet when you are...

He and I both survived it, though he didn't look so good when I went to pick him up. First day there and already a "boo boo"....

Some of you thought you had figured out what I was doing. Were you right? In any case, I hope you like it. I am so excited about it and t...

This is all of the tatting I have accomplished today, so far anyway. Maybe I'll get some tatting done on the doily before I go to bed. ...

This is so much fun! I love waiting for the surprise to be revealed. And, I needed the practice on front side, back side tatting. The thr...

I have made an unconventional move, at least for me, on round 3 of the doily. I'm not ready to show a picture, but I think you will be s...

Here are the first two rounds on the doily. I am not at all happy with the picture, but this is the best I could do. I made EIGHT scans an...

I thought I would be ready to post the first picture of the new doily I am tatting by tonight, but I'm not quite there. I am trying to ...

I've had a couple of frustrating days, but I am managing a little tatting. I was stupid, or senile, last night and took this morning...

I wanted to see all of this year's snowflakes together and thought I would document it here - for me and for anyone who is interested. ...

My friends Karl and Madeline wanted me to put everything on one side of the tree and make one final picture. Great idea - almost impossible...