Posts by batracy

Here it is! This sweet little fan designed by Connie Strobel is the winner of this month's tatting design contest! This pattern is quick and easy, and has lots of…

A few weeks ago, my friend handed me these hoop earrings and challenged me to put something tatted in them. I thought it would be an easy design to put…

First off, please ignore the picots on the left side of the ladybug's body. I lost my head for a minute and put them in. Force of habit, really...every chain…

I thought I'd try my hand at an angel this month. It was a fun pattern to put together. It was even more fun to tat! This tiny angel goes…

This dragonfly was actually inspired by a quilt. The April photograph on my calendar on my desk is of a gorgeous dragonfly by Kelly Gallagher-Abbott. I used the heart-shaped ring for…

Here in northern Colorado last week we had some highly unusual weather. We rarely get tornados, and when we do, they are small in comparison to the tornados that hit…

I think I'm in a rut. I love clover leafs! I don't think I've designed a single edging that doesn't have one. I have never gone around a clover leaf…

I love earrings, and I love clover leafs. I was in the mood for earrings this month, so here's a super-simple one! The hardest part of these earrings was tying…

Since I just spent half of August touring the American West, I decided to do a pattern appropriate to the West. So I made a horse shoe. Horse shoes are…

Last weekend my husband and I drove across Wyoming on our way to visit our daughter and her new husband. On the way there, I tatted up this little ghost.…