Posts by batracy

Earlier this month my husband and I spent some time in Taos, New Mexico. It's a beautiful, historic place with lots of gorgeous adobe buildings and museums. I loved the…

I wanted to try something new this time, so I pulled out my copy of Tatting Techniques by Elgiva Nicholls and browsed through it. If you ever have a chance…

This little medallion started out as a flower. As I worked the design, I learned quickly that it was either going to be a very large pattern or a medallion.…

I've had a ball of Lizbeth Carousel size 20 thread sitting on my desk for a few weeks now and finally had the chance to play with it. Oh my,…

This is the medallion that I will be putting in the center of my Hoffman Challenge quilt this year. My quilt is based on the number 5, so 5 and multiples of…

I spent my teenage years in Virginia. Our home had a beautiful magnolia tree in a corner, and I just absolutely loved when it bloomed. It was covered with 8-inch…

I prefer to make useful items, so I'm really pleased with this little tree. You can use it as an ornament for your tree, a decoration for a gift, an embellishment…

This isn't a quick edging, but it was fun to tat! The design doesn't really come together until you've done both rows because the medallion of the first row isn't…

This doily was a gift for my mother, and my first attempt at designing a doily. I entered it in the local county fair in 1997 and won the Champion…

I really have no idea why I pick some of the designs I do. This is one of them. It just seemed like a good idea when I thought of…