free patterns

I pulled out one of my favorite old tatting books, "Tatting Techniques", by Elgiva Nicholls to get some inspiration for something new and different for my pattern this month. I…

I have "wedding" on the brain this month. My niece got married in Virginia at the beginning of the month, and asked me if I would host an open house…

Have you ever picked colors and thought they'd be fun, but when your project was done, you thought, "What was I thinking?!" Well, I did that with this design. Whew!…

Actually, any square motif will work for this idea, and if you know how to make split rings, this pattern would work up without all the cutting and tying. How…

Sometimes I get ideas from strange places. I was thinking about this month's design the other day and happened to look at the shower curtain. It had bears and moose…

I have a tendency to design patterns that are very dense. I love interesting negative space, but I have a hard time designing it. I just let myself go with…

This little bag was fun to tat up. It's designed to hold the rice that people throw toward the bride and groom at weddings. It was quick, but I don't…

We have a plethora of bunnies in our neighborhood this year. I have to be careful as I drive in the morning that I don't hit one. I'm starting to…

This design is beginner level and uses one shuttle. I used size 20 Magenta Flora thread (color 218). Finished size of the doily using size 20 thread is approximately 6…

I had fun creating this happy edging. Wouldn't it be fun on a toddler's dress or a hat? I found it best to start this with the chain. If you…