Monday, 21 April 2008
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- Rose Leaves
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- Tatted Rose
- Star Attraction Doily
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- Tatted Carnation
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Linda S Davies
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About Me
- Linda Davies
- Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
- I have been tatting since 1966 and decided to design my own patterns when I found that I had bought almost all pattern books that were available to me at that time. The flowers developed by making a mistake. I was working with yellow cotton and my pattern didn't lie flat so that it looked like the trumpet of a daffodil. I then decided to design the rest of the daffodil and that was just the beginning. I developed my own way of incorporating beads as stringing beads on the working thread is not only laborious but awkward to work with. At first I used the beading technique for edging wedding veils. You would think that too many beads would be too heavy for the tulle but in actual fact the more beads used the better the veil hangs. Although doilies and edgings are very pretty and useful, the idea of three-dimensional tatting and it's arranging possibilities is targeted at attracting new crafters and keeping experienced ones interested in this beautiful and fascinating art of lace making. The additional materials used to create the flowers are readily available in florists, haberdashery and cake decorating shops, in fact I find them easier to obtain than some of the coloured cottons.
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- Barbara (angelfire)
- Bob The Biker, Wrexham
- Carla - Chiacchierinodellanonna
- Carol Lawecki
- Clyde the mad tatter
- Diane (librarian)
- Eileene aka noisynana
- Fils et dentelles
- Gina Brummett
- Iris Niebach
- Jane Eborall
- Jeff Hamilton
- Jenny Doh All Things String
- Jon from Malaysia
- Joy
- Karey Solomon
- Kathy
- Kersti from Intatters
- Lady Shuttlemaker
- Marilee (Yarnplayer)
- Mark Myers
- Martha Esse
- Melissa for CQ
- Pamela
- Ridgewoman (Beverley Davis)
- Riet from Netherlands
- Ruth Perry Celtic Tatting
- Sharon (database)
- Sherry
- Shirley Burger
- Singtatter
- Snowy
- Tanya
- Tat it and see
- Tattingchic
- Teresa Woods
- Terry
9 comments:
Excellent Demonstration and very cleary explained! I am definately referring a newbie to that video. I had no idea about the second method! I'm going to try it...it makes sense to do it that way...not so confusing. I've been tatting for nearly 3 decades and I thought I knew so much and it's true you really do learn something new everyday!
Again, another wonderful video. I also prefer the "Dead Spider" method, though I haven't tried the first method. You have such a lovely voice, by the way.
VERY Nice!! Thank you for making this!
Off to give it a try!
Linda, thank you so much for making this video! I've read about the split ring, and the directions never made sense to me. Now, I'm confident I'll be able to make a split ring.
Very Nice Linda! If I was learning to do split rings, this would be very helpful. Thank you for sharing your talents!
Another great video Linda! Thank you for your hard work!
I love watching your demonstrations. It has really helped me to improve. Thanks.
I love watching your demonstrations. It has really helped me to improve. Thanks.
I like the second way you did it the best of coarse, but it wasn't working for me before, but now after watching the way you hold the threads doing it, it looks so much easier. Thanks, a lot!
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