Tatted Hairpiece

I have achieve a major victory in the arena of wedding costume: the hairpiece is COMPLETE!

Sundays have become yarn-circle days (I met two very nice ladies who crochet at a Starbucks and - really - what better place for tatting wickedness than the evil corporate coffee?

I was able to complete the three-layer tatted flower pretty much in one sitting. Since my wedding dress is "shell" colored (i.e. shiny pink-white), I did a multi-colored flower. The feather is white, but slightly off-white. The flower is ecru, white, then ecru again with a little pink pearl bead in the middle (that matches the dress almost perfectly).

Everything was mounted to a clear plastic comb with hot glue. the tatted flower was sewn together, and the bead was fastened with that same thread.


I can happily and honestly say I just made it up as I went along, but if you want a little introduction to tatting and you like the flower idea, here is an instructable for you!

Please ignore the blurry picture of this on my head -- I was in a rush to get something to my mom before heading out to husband-to-be's birthday dinner!

Tatted Earrings

Okay, you are allowed to think these are ho-hum. I had a vision of three hoops with pearls in them, large at the top and gradually decreasing in size -- and well, the finished products are cool but funkier than I was originally trying for (i.e. I had hoped to come up with something more old-fashioned looking).

That's what we get for working with the beads at hand when we couldn't find them in the sizes we wanted. *sigh*
At any rate, these are what I'm giving my bridesmaids, along with tatted necklaces in black and (hopefully, if I can finish two more in the 48 days I have left) tatted masks from TotusMel's instructable.


I think they are cool, but will girly friends loathe them? I just can't tell. Dangle-earrings are not for everyone.

Tatting projects are getting finished all over the place!

I tatted a chain for one of my little shrinky charms during lunch day before yesterday. It went so fast.

Sitting outside on lunch break munching potato chips and sipping an Odwalla smoothie wasn't too bad, either. Getting away from my desk for lunch is something that needs to happen more regularly.

Ignore the fact that I was using my leg as a display - it was comfortable and I didn't want to move. :) I'm really happy with the result, although I wish I hadn't been so smitten with the skull button I used for the clasp - it's has heavy as the charm so it pull the whole necklace backward. Must pay more attention to these things in the future, yes?

The chain is essentially the one in the tutorial below; when I saw it I knew it would be a quick and pretty way to string up my charm:


Needle Tatting A Necklace - More DIY How To Projects

First Needle Tatting Project: Done

Sure, I've done shuttle tatting for a brief while - but needle tatting was new to me. Turns out, it's easier and faster. Shuttle tatting is fun - I won't be giving it up - but I expect you'll find me with a needle and thread in my hands more frequently from here on in. :)

Lazy? Maybe.

Anyway, I was inspired to pick up the needle by TotusMel's glorious masks, and I have finished one!

I completely attached the center part wrong, so I have go make a simple adjustment to the pattern to rectify my mistake, but how cool, huh? I'm very excited. If you are into tatting, you can find the instructable here:

Tatted Mask - More DIY How To Projects

If you've never tatted before, she was kind enough to share this; the project below would be a bit easier for you as well:


Needle Tatting A Necklace - More DIY How To Projects

Wedding Necklace insipration

Holy Batty Bride, Batman!

TotusMel is pretty amazing. Her tatting patterns are inspired and her jewelery always looks so hip yet elegant. While looking through her shop yesterday, pondering if it was worthwhile to make or buy masks for my bridesmaids for use during the wedding reception, I found the necklace in the picture.

Doesn't it remind you more than just a little of a ring of bats around the neck? My expertise in tatting is limited, but after seeing her neckalce I'm convinced I can draft a simple bat pattern using a little picoted circle as the base/head that will look like a ring of lace bats around the neck all joined at the wings. That would be great for my Hallowedding ... either for me, or the bridal party.

Not a lot of 'bat' tatting patterns out there for me to reference. If anyone reading this has some ideas (talented tatters out there? Anyone? Bueller?) ... you can always send them my way. :)

Whatever I do, if the pattern I draft turns out well I'll post it here for you guys.