| Georgia Seitz 1227 CR 1760 E Greenup Illinois 62428-3016 USA AKTATTER@aol.com www.georgiaseitz.com |
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| Georgia Seitz 1227 CR 1760 E Greenup Illinois 62428-3016 USA AKTATTER@aol.com www.georgiaseitz.com |
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Special! New lessons from | |
| Although revisions are in progress, |
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IRFANVIEW - A graphics program to enhance your tatting scans |
This is an excellent aid to scanning lace|
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Holly's Heart | Split Ring Exercise |
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Holly's Heart |
Old and New versions of pattern compared |
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Diagrams for Holly's Heart |
Diagrams numbered to show progression of split rings |
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Pretty Red Path for Holly's Heart |
Completed Diagram |
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Lily's Heart Bookmark |
Full directions step by step for Heart Bookmark |
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Block Tatting: 3-D Iris |
Full photo of the Iris bouquet |
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Ila Frost Block Tatting |
Basic Blocks in Antique Pattern by Ila Frost |
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Sieglinde's 3-D Iris Pattern |
Diagrams and close up photos; block tatting continued |
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Austrian Crystals for Snowflake Sunday (Feb) |
No cut method for Feb. Snowflake |
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Joy's Adaptation of the Frauberg/Wutzmer Snowflake
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Inward Facing Picot Method for Feb Snowflake |
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Antique Booklet Pages: JP Coats#140 1914 |
Excerpts from antique booklet |
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Lily Morales Pincushion (Riego Pattern Modernized) |
Advanced techniques; self closing mock ring; pearl tatted chains |
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The Riego Maltese Ring Illustration |
Excellent illustration from antique Riego book |
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Linda's March Snowflake of the Month |
Split ring; split chain exercise in snowflake for March |
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Carolyn's Springtime Snowflake |
Bugle Beads and Snowflake |
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| Mark's Bunny in PDF format
Split ring; split chain exercise |
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Vickie Reynold's Black Magic Cross (Adaptation from Mary Konior Pattern) |
Antique Fan pattern finds new adaptations |
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Martha's Angel of Tatted Lace and Hairpin Crochet |
Unique combination of Tatting and Hairpin lace |
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Katie's 3-D Angel |
Large thread version angel stand up ornament |
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Donata's Angel Recumbent |
A flat version of the angel suitable for mailing |
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Helen's Celtic Easter Egg |
An ovoid design incorporating the basics of celtic tatting design, three passes |
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Martha's Itty-bitty Bumble Bee |
Whisical exercise in block tatting |
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Antique Pages from Emma Farnes Book 1 and Richardson's Book 10 |
antique patterns |
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Mignonette Edging |
One shuttle work creating wide edging |
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April Snowflake of the Month |
A floral edging with many variations including the snowflake of the month for April |
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Corticelli Book #3 Tatted Vase and Edging #57 |
antique case pattern can be adapted to any size basket |
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Julie's Hearts and Flower Cross Bookmark |
Split rings, untied mock picot, fitted chains |
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Saundra's Tatted "MOM" |
Measured picots; tatted initials |
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Gale Marshall Notes Double Bobbin Shuttles |
The use of double bobbin shuttles and the unique decorative tatting created with them. |
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Motifs très cutes en Aria a la Mignonette
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The delightful mignonette stitch has many uses. |
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NC'26diagrambfly
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A butterfly pattern from 1926 used in the class tablecloth project coordinated by Sherry Townsend. |
|  Kim Millar Braid & Tatting
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The unusual effects of combining crocheted braids with tatting. |
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Martha Ess' Praying Mantis
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Featured motif in the class project tablecloth, the praying mantis. |
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Mignonette Stitch Review Lesson
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The migonette stitch combines well with other tatting patterns. |
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PatsyGoodmanShuttle Talk
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Patsy Goodman shares her shuttle research |
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Shuttle Join / Lock Join
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The shuttle join in theory and example.
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Martha Ess and Hope Green were tatting in the month of May
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Applying the split ring technique to recreate an antique German tatting pattern. |
|  Bubbles, Baubles and Beads
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Bespangled tatted whimsies |
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Double/Triple Picot Method
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Picots inside picots inside picots! |
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Mark'sDouble PicotFlake
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Mark Myers shares a pattern for practicing the double picot |
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SusanPhillipoQuadruplePicot
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Susan Phillipo shares more on picots |
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WallySosaFlowerfly
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Is it a butterfly? Is it a flower? Whichever you decide it is a tatted delight. |
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MaynardFlower#88
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Excerpt from the Mary Maynard book "Tatting Ring of Flowers" using unusual picots as blossom petals. |
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MarieRicePicots
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Marie Rice shares reserach on picots from the International Old Lacers, Inc. Journal |
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GoodmanBoutonniereHolder
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Patsy Goodman created a flower holder for the Bridegroom |
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HeidiHanky
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Heidi Sundays' Grandma's Hanky Inspires Today's Tatters! |
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Martha Ess Riego Grapevine Bookmark | Mlle Riego Pattern Modernized. |
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Additional Info on Heidi's Hanky
| Chemical Lace Info from Pam Palmers' "History of Tatting" |
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Terry McGuffin Ebay Butterfly
| Antique Butterfly Modernized |
Sorry no photo
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Joy Says: "If you can tie your shoe, you can TAT too!"
| Joy has prepared a delightful set of pages for us to learn the basics of tatting. Even if you have tatted for years, you are going to love these pages. Enjoy! |
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Tatter's First Project
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We've all come a long way since that first project! |
Sorry no photo
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One Ring Butterfly with Doubled Picots
| Judith Alta Kidder's Butterfly uses Doubled Picots. Split Ring Version |
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Wally Sosa Presents the Shoelace Trick
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The Shoelace Trick can add extra color to your tatting and allow you to switch shuttles when one is running short of thread. |
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Introduction to Cluny
| This page links you to several pages on the cluny leaf tatting technique. |
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Mimi Dillman Kite with cluny tallies tail
| Mimi Dillman, expert cluny tatter, share her techniques | Mimi's Cluny Bibliography How to Make a Loom for Cluny Tatting |
Tammy Rodgers' step by step Directions
| Tammy has prepared templates for you to copy for cluny loom | 
Bucilla Blue Book Butterfly 317
| Wally Sosa recreates antique butterfly
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Hat Decorated with Tatting Contest
| Creativity is Rampant Among "Mad Hatter Tatters"
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Proliferating Pumpkins!
| Lot of pumpkins for Fall!
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Sherry does the Splits! | Sherry Townsend split ring demo
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Mary Maynard pumpkin page 1 | Mary Maynard pumpkin page 2
This pumpkin gives you practice in graduating sizes, encapsulating threads and split rings. | 
Marie Rice on the Hunt for Antique Butterfly | The original source for this antique butterfly is being sought. | 
Dianna Stevens' Shared, Joined and Beaded picots | Here's a detailed look at how to create long beaded picots which can be shared and joined. Excellent concept illustrated with beautiful Christmas ornament! | 
Red, White and Blue Tatting Shared by the class | Patriotic Ribbons and Pins | 
Ginger Allen's Bookmarks/Armbands | Ginger's Bookmarks done in Cro-Tatting technique | 
Scalloped Edging Class Project | Scalloped Edging and Butterfly of the month done with multi-length picots, woven and braided picots. | 
Erin Holloway Square Medallion | Erin presents a square motif with excellent opportunity to learn to climb out fromthe center to the outer rows. | 
Gadget Ideas | Gadgets by Sherry Campbell and others from the class. | 
Riet's Gadgets | Riet shares her counterweight and beading methods. | 
Filigree Necklace
| Susan Phillipo's beaded split rings directions | 
Pearl Necklace
| Susan Phillipo's beaded chains |
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Spencer Doily Needlecraft Feb 1925 pg 20
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Antique Doily in 13 rounds original version |
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Wally Sosa's version
| Wally modernizes pattern up to round 5 Spencer Doily
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Asta Cebulla's version
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Asta rewrites pattern up to round 7 Spencer Doily |
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Kathy Lowe's Hummingbird Pattern
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Created in the style of To De Haan-Van Beek, this is an opportunity to use a tapestry needle as a shuttle |
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Jeanne Zukowski's Snowflake
| This snowflake has a crocheted inner round |
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Jeanne Zukowski's All Tat Snowflake
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This all tat version of the snowflake allows for intricate picot work |
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Sunela's Thomas's version BBB #324 | Butterfly in green |
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Carolyn Groves version BBB #324
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Another step by step rewrite of old pattern |
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Civil War Tatting
| Virginia Mescher's article from The Citizen's Companion |
no photo
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Dan's Flag - Old Glory
| Dan Rusch-Fischer Flag Pattern |
no photo
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Adobe Acrobat Reader
| This is a Free Download so that you can read PDF files |
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Debbie Drake's Magic thread trick
| Excellent diagrams showing the magic thread trick for hiding ends |
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Debbie Drake's Add on Thread
| Diagram showing how to add on a thread in a ring |
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Sabina's BookMark with Cluny Leaves
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Practice in making cluny leaves and split rings |
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Mlle Riego's Metternich Cravat
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This pattern was featured in the recent Civil War Tatting article above and the pattern is all one shuttle work. |
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Saundra Hameed's Cluny Motif
| A good practice piece for the tatter just learning how to create cluny leaves |
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Sherry Goldin's rewrite of the Bucilla Bluebook's Butterfly pattern #324. This is an exercise is tatting a non circular pattern without cutting the thread |
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Emma Crew's Delight Butterfly Snowflake
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Although the six butterflies are tatted separately in this pattern the classic rosette center and the points of the snowflake are tatted all in one pass joining to the upper and lower wings of the butterflies in turn. An inspired pattern. | |
