About the Author: Nadine A. Nunnelley
Tatting 101 - A Course for the Beginning Tatter
Nadine Nunnelley is a fourth generation tatter. Her great-grandmother taught her mother to tat. However, she learned to tat only after retirement when she devoted time to learn this beautiful art. She is teaching her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren to tat, as they develop the desire to learn.
Nadine has taught many students in classes at the Singer Sewing Center in Florence, Alabama and at a local fabric store. In the fall of 1997, she began teaching tatting in the continuing education class at Shoals Community College, Muscle Shoals, Alabama. After she moved to Prattville in December, 1998, one of her students, Julia Broussard, taught a class that Nadine had originally scheduled at Shoals Community College.
Now her student is teaching members of her own family. As Julia continued to study and take advanced tatting classes, she also became a member of the tatting group which Nadine and her students formed. Now they all meet together to enjoy tatting and learn more.
They chose as a project to trim a tree with tatted lace Christmas ornaments at the Tennessee Valley Arts Center, Tuscumbia (near Helen Keller Library) for their annual "Trees of Christmas" program in the fall of 1998. The exhibition at the center was extended for an extra two weeks because of this tree!
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Nadine was born on a farm in Cullman County, Alabama on August 26, 1921. She grew up there and attended Fairview Grammar School and Fairview High School. Married at 20 years of age, she is now the mother of five children, grandmother of seven, and great-grandmother of two!
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She attended Anniston Business College during WW2. After working more than forty years, twenty of those at the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service, she retired. Also, after retirement, she volunteered at that office and became a judge in 4-H and other events. Although it was only after retirement that she learned to tat, it has become very important to her.
Art is a great way of expressing ourselves, and tatting is one of the most beautiful arts in the world. It is a great take-along project, relatively inexpensive to begin, and relaxing. The possibilities for creating are endless.
Nadine has many other hobbies, too, but don't count cooking or housecleaning among them. No, she'd rather be tatting!
You can see details about her first book here: Tatting 101
Any questions? You are welcome to email me.