Can you believe that this blog is already 6 months and 100 posts old? This is actually post number 101, but who’s counting. Wow. For me it was a bit of a shock a few days ago when I clicked publish on a post and noticed the post count at the top of the page tick up to 98. Then I looked at the calendar and saw that this week it will be exactly 6 months since Tatted Treasures had it’s birth.
I started this blog to help my local students at the quilt shop to repeat my lessons when they got home, and quickly it became a reflection of my love for both teaching and tatting. I’ve gotten great feedback from both new tatters who are just learning and from experienced tatters alike, and I thank you for your kind words and hope I have been able to help.
I believe Tatted Treasures is more than a tool for teaching people to tat. I hope to demystify tatting, which has built up a bad reputation of being difficult to learn.
I want to share this wonderful craft with people who have never heard of it, and inspire people to give it a try.
Also I want to bring together tatters across the world who feel lonely and isolated, many of whom don’t know any other tatters nearby, just as I was not too long ago.
So, what do the next six months hold for Tatted Treasures? Oh, there are plans…
First I will be finishing the Absolute Beginner Tatting Series in the coming weeks. The next one has had me stymied for a while as I had to hide a number of ends before filming the tutorial on blocking a doily. Hiding ends are the one part of tatting that I really, really dislike, but it is now done and I will be filming this weekend.
When the whole series is done, the next step is making it into a video eBook or similar that you can download and keep on your local computer. Or maybe DVDs, or downloadable onto a writable CD. Let me know what you would like and I’ll see what I can come up with.
There are also a number of exciting giveaways planned, starting with one from Tatting & Design in February. Check back to see what they are offering!
I’ll also be posting free original patterns occasionally, keeping you up to date on the tatting teens project, and have a few other ideas, but I won’t tell you about those yet. Neener neener.
What would you like to see from Tatted Treasures? What do you like, or not care for? What could be improved? This blog is for you so please give me your feedback. I can take it. Promise.
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Congratulations!
You obviously post four times as often as I do, as I have had my blog for little over a year, and have my 50th post coming up!
I think what you are doing is great. I like the way you keep things organized, i think that makes it extra useful. So, no suggestions really, just looking forwards to keeping reading and commenting with you!
Congratulations!
Thank you for your sweet blog. I found it because I wanted to “demystify tatting”. My grandmother taught me to sew, crochet and so many other things, but we never got around to tatting. So far, it has been very interesting….I’m really looking forward to learning more.
Congratulations on your 101th !!!! Post. Great blog, still haven’t started tatting but find your blog so inspirational. For me, the Absolute Beginner Tatting Series is a ‘must’. Here’s to the next 100+++ posts.
June
congrats on your 100th+ post.
onward and upward. you do very good work.
I think downloadable would be good for your e-book. but being able to offer it on CD or DVD would also be an option. obviously the cost for the hard copy would be more expensive then the downloadable version. will you offer them directly from this blog? or through your etsy shop?
Thank you!
I’ll probably offer them both on the blog and Etsy shop, depending on shopping cart issues. Do you have a preference?
I can’t believe it is only 6 months old. Good that I was searching after it was up and running. You are teaching an old dog many new tips here, as I teach tatting, not taking classes, and I am the only teacher locally.
Hope there are a lot of other teachers following you so that they can pass along all the wonderful tips and new ideas to newbies. In my first session, I am handing out your address, and have gotten many thanks for doing so.
Sue, thanks for helping to spread the word about my website to your students. They’re very lucky to have a good teacher locally. Many of us don’t have that advantage.
I want to thank you for doing this blog! I can say I learned how to do tatting from you! And I tell everybody about this site. keep up the wonderful work!
Tabetha, I am glad to be your teacher from afar! 😉 Thank you for spreading the word about my site.