free patterns

I have no idea what brought the idea for a goblet charm into my mind. We use my goblets once a year to have some non-alcoholic sparkling juice at Christmas,…

This little heart is in memory of my father-in-law, who passed away last week. He was a kind, gentle man who I wish I'd had more opportunity to get to…

I was thinking about the tatting patterns I've done in the past, and realized that most everything was based on tatting in a circle or an oval. So I thought…

Recently, I decided to take one of my old patterns and see what else I could do with it. One of the ideas I had resulted in this little doily.…

This little guy was a collaboration. I came up with about 80% of it myself, but my husband and daughter came up with the rest. He sure would have been…

Sometimes when I design, I start out to make something and end up making something entirely different. This design started out as an edging, then morphed to a bird (a…

This bookmark will be a Christmas gift for my son's girlfriend. He said she likes purple, so I decided little violets would be fun. I made the outer green design…

I've had a number of requests for a Christmas stocking lately, so I thought I'd put one together. This little stocking is perfect for adding as a decoration to a…

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…