Tatting Patterns

Join us for a fun morning with guest instructor Kate Singstock and whip up a beautiful Snowflower ornament designed by Bead & Button magazine editor Julia Gerlach – for your tree or to give as a beautiful gift! Included in the class is a free booklet from Bead & Button titled “Beaded Ornaments” with more […]

Christmas tree

Small Star by Birgit Phelps as a very belated Sunday snowflake. I somehow tweaked my back and there has not been a lot of tatting over the last week or two. Feeling better now, and fortunately this cute little snowflake tats up quickly. Birgit has kindly shared the pattern here - for other patterns, see her pattern index is here, and/or her blog here.

Beaded Ornament Cover. Made 2014

Pra quem pratica a arte da decoração, já está na hora de pensar nos detalhes para a árvore de Natal desse ano hein... Então vamos nos inspi...

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from online pattern "Kira's Star" by Birgit Phelps

This is a book featuring motifs and bookmarks using various decorative picot techniques: long picots, graduated picots, broomstick picots, and Mrs. Mee's pearl picots, a technique introduced in an 1862 publication, and apparently forgotten since then. There are 19 patterns in all: 9 bookmarks, 2 hearts (one of them large), 2 angels, 3 snowflakes, a tree, a cross, and an edging with corners. Skill level is intermediate and advanced. Patterns are presented in both written form and diagram, and…

The designer is Myra Piper. From her Tatting Book, page 13, pattern No. 36.

Machine embroidery tatting Christmas Ball Covers! I have them done 3 different ways in 2 sizes - a total of 6 in all. For 5x7 inch (130x180mm) hoops and larger. I have them done in 2 sizes for 2-1/2 inch balls and for 3 inch balls. This design adds some elegance to the regular Christmas Tree balls. These are free-standing designs. Some assembly required. I include a design so you can stitch it out to weave the parts together. I even used some of it for a tassel. Using the pear crystals…

How elegant. Make them for your Christmas tree, or better yet, make them for family and friends. Beaded ornament covers make great gifts for teachers and hostesses during the Christmas season. Designed by Diane Mugford 604.820.7932 tygarth@shaw.ca

This video tutorial from PotomacBeads shows you how to make a beaded Christmas ornament cover using your choice of seed beads and crystals. This is a great w...