Mermaid – Let Me Tell You A Tail

Mermaid by Natalie Rogers

Life is better under the sea. Explore the ocean with this whimsical mermaid. Her tail will give you practice with split chains and branching encapsulation. This class will focus on her tail. Saturday’s class will focus on her top and the following techniques: Turkish rings, vapour stitch, and braiding picots. Natalie Rogers will be teaching this class at the 2023 Shuttlebirds Tatting Guild Workshop and Retreat “Here There Be Tatted Treasures.”

We have a wonderful selection of classes to offer you this year, whether ye be a seasoned tatter or wanting to pick up a shuttle/needle for the first time.

We have a fabulous selection of teachers:

Taeko Takashima, Japan – Takashima Tatting
Melanie Cervi, CA – Picots n Keys
Marie McCurry, ID – West Pine Creations
Heidi Nakayama, CA – Tatting Shuttles of American Collectors
Natalie Rogers, WA – Tat Your Own Adventure
Becky Strode, WA
Lauren Snyder, WA
Kathleen Minniti, WA

Wonderful vendors:

Black Sheep Fiber Emporium.
Marie McCurry
Melanie Cervi
Becky Strode
Taeko Takashima (via Registration Pre-Order)
Middy Clark (commemorative shuttles via Registration Pre-Order)
Natalie Rogers (Tat Your Own Adventure card deck via Registration Pre-Order)
And Possibly More!

Come join us for some tatting fun!

Chicks with Beads

Chicks with Beads by Melanie Cervi

Let’s take the classic Hen and Chicks pattern and add beads! This class will be for those in a mood to celebrate with colorful lace. Melanie Cervi will be teaching this class at the 2023 Shuttlebirds Tatting Guild Workshop and Retreat “Here There Be Tatted Treasures.”

We have a wonderful selection of classes to offer you this year, whether ye be a seasoned tatter or wanting to pick up a shuttle/needle for the first time.

We have a fabulous selection of teachers:

Taeko Takashima, Japan – Takashima Tatting
Melanie Cervi, CA – Picots n Keys
Marie McCurry, ID – West Pine Creations
Heidi Nakayama, CA – Tatting Shuttles of American Collectors
Natalie Rogers, WA – Tat Your Own Adventure
Becky Strode, WA
Lauren Snyder, WA
Kathleen Minniti, WA

Wonderful vendors:

Black Sheep Fiber Emporium.
Marie McCurry
Melanie Cervi
Becky Strode
Taeko Takashima (via Registration Pre-Order)
Middy Clark (commemorative shuttles via Registration Pre-Order)
Natalie Rogers (Tat Your Own Adventure card deck via Registration Pre-Order)
And Possibly More!

Come join us for some tatting fun!

Tatting a Non-Tatting Pattern with a Picture

Tatting a Non-Tatting Pattern with a Picture by Lauren Snyder

You will be tatting rings and chains to sew down as a picture onto fabric. Lauren Snyder will be teaching this class at the 2023 Shuttlebirds Tatting Guild Workshop “Here Be Tatted Treasures”.

We have a wonderful selection of classes to offer you this year, whether ye be a seasoned tatter or wanting to pick up a shuttle/needle for the first time.

We have a fabulous selection of teachers:

Taeko Takashima, Japan – Takashima Tatting
Melanie Cervi, CA – Picots n Keys
Marie McCurry, ID – West Pine Creations
Heidi Nakayama, CA – Tatting Shuttles of American Collectors
Natalie Rogers, WA – Tat Your Own Adventure
Becky Strode, WA
Lauren Snyder, WA
Kathleen Minniti, WA

Wonderful vendors:

Black Sheep Fiber Emporium.
Marie McCurry
Melanie Cervi
Becky Strode
Taeko Takashima (via Registration Pre-Order)
Middy Clark (commemorative shuttles via Registration Pre-Order)
Natalie Rogers (Tat Your Own Adventure card deck via Registration Pre-Order)
And Possibly More!

Come join us for some tatting fun!

Diamond in the Rough – Pattern Reading for Beginners

Diamond in the Rough – Pattern Reading for Beginners by Kathleen Minniti

Using the pattern for the Diamond in the Rough motif, we will compare different styles of pattern writing and charting, with the emphasis on discovering which styles are easiest for each student to use, and how to translate existing patterns into that style. Kathleen Minniti will be teaching this class at the 2023 Shuttlebirds Tatting Guild Workshop and Retreat “Here There Be Tatted Treasures.”

We have a wonderful selection of classes to offer you this year, whether ye be a seasoned tatter or wanting to pick up a shuttle/needle for the first time.

We have a fabulous selection of teachers:

Taeko Takashima, Japan – Takashima Tatting
Melanie Cervi, CA – Picots n Keys
Marie McCurry, ID – West Pine Creations
Heidi Nakayama, CA – Tatting Shuttles of American Collectors
Natalie Rogers, WA – Tat Your Own Adventure
Becky Strode, WA
Lauren Snyder, WA
Kathleen Minniti, WA

Wonderful vendors:

Black Sheep Fiber Emporium.
Marie McCurry
Melanie Cervi
Becky Strode
Taeko Takashima (via Registration Pre-Order)
Middy Clark (commemorative shuttles via Registration Pre-Order)
Natalie Rogers (Tat Your Own Adventure card deck via Registration Pre-Order)
And Possibly More!

Come join us for some tatting fun!

Baby Block Flower Earrings or Pendant

Baby Block Flower Earrings or Pendant by Heidi Nakayama

This is the cutest little flower you’ve ever seen. Just an inch wide. Made with simple block tatting and jewelry parts you can make a pair of lovely dangle earrings or a pendent. Jewelry parts will be supplied. Heidi Nakayama will be teaching this class at the 2023 Shuttlebirds Tatting Guild Workshop and Retreat “Here There Be Tatted Treasures.”

We have a wonderful selection of classes to offer you this year, whether ye be a seasoned tatter or wanting to pick up a shuttle/needle for the first time.

We have a fabulous selection of teachers:

Taeko Takashima, Japan – Takashima Tatting
Melanie Cervi, CA – Picots n Keys
Marie McCurry, ID – West Pine Creations
Heidi Nakayama, CA – Tatting Shuttles of American Collectors
Natalie Rogers, WA – Tat Your Own Adventure
Becky Strode, WA
Lauren Snyder, WA
Kathleen Minniti, WA

Wonderful vendors:

Black Sheep Fiber Emporium.
Marie McCurry
Melanie Cervi
Becky Strode
Taeko Takashima (via Registration Pre-Order)
Middy Clark (commemorative shuttles via Registration Pre-Order)
Natalie Rogers (Tat Your Own Adventure card deck via Registration Pre-Order)
And Possibly More!

Come join us for some tatting fun!

Tatiana Pendant

Tatiana Pendant by Marie McCurry

Tatiana is a Slavic, fairy queen. This pendant is from the Fairy Garden Collection. This is an “Ankars”-style (stacked rings) pendant with glow-in-the-dark beads. This beautiful pendant could be made into a pair of earrings. Marie McCurry will be teaching this class at the 2023 Shuttlebirds Tatting Guild Workshop and Retreat “Here There Be Tatted Treasures.”

We have a wonderful selection of classes to offer you this year, whether ye be a seasoned tatter or wanting to pick up a shuttle/needle for the first time.

We have a fabulous selection of teachers:

Taeko Takashima, Japan – Takashima Tatting
Melanie Cervi, CA – Picots n Keys
Marie McCurry, ID – West Pine Creations
Heidi Nakayama, CA – Tatting Shuttles of American Collectors
Natalie Rogers, WA – Tat Your Own Adventure
Becky Strode, WA
Lauren Snyder, WA
Kathleen Minniti, WA

Wonderful vendors:

Black Sheep Fiber Emporium.
Marie McCurry
Melanie Cervi
Becky Strode
Taeko Takashima (via Registration Pre-Order)
Middy Clark (commemorative shuttles via Registration Pre-Order)
Natalie Rogers (Tat Your Own Adventure card deck via Registration Pre-Order)
And Possibly More!

Come join us for some tatting fun!

Collar

Collar by Taeko Takashima

Master the ring in hook tatting with this rings only pattern. The collar is composed of rings only – a double row of rings and a row of 5 petal flowers. Taeko Takashima will be teaching this class at the 2023 Shuttlebirds Tatting Guild Workshop and Retreat “Here There Be Tatted Treasures.”

We have a wonderful selection of classes to offer you this year, whether ye be a seasoned tatter or wanting to pick up a shuttle/needle for the first time.

We have a fabulous selection of teachers:

Taeko Takashima, Japan – Takashima Tatting
Melanie Cervi, CA – Picots n Keys
Marie McCurry, ID – West Pine Creations
Heidi Nakayama, CA – Tatting Shuttles of American Collectors
Natalie Rogers, WA – Tat Your Own Adventure
Becky Strode, WA
Lauren Snyder, WA
Kathleen Minniti, WA

Wonderful vendors:

Black Sheep Fiber Emporium.
Marie McCurry
Melanie Cervi
Becky Strode
Taeko Takashima (via Registration Pre-Order)
Middy Clark (commemorative shuttles via Registration Pre-Order)
Natalie Rogers (Tat Your Own Adventure card deck via Registration Pre-Order)
And Possibly More!

Come join us for some tatting fun!

Skull Earrings

by Becky Strode

Unique motif suitable for earrings and pendants. Design is reversible and can be worn, showing the front or the back. This design has won blue ribbons and an Award of Merit at the county fair. Becky will be teaching this class at the 2023 Shuttlebirds Tatting Guild Workshop and Retreat “Here There Be Tatted Treasures.”

We have a wonderful selection of classes to offer you this year, whether ye be a seasoned tatter or wanting to pick up a shuttle/needle for the first time.

We have a fabulous selection of teachers:

Taeko Takashima, Japan – Takashima Tatting
Melanie Cervi, CA – Picots n Keys
Marie McCurry, ID – West Pine Creations
Heidi Nakayama, CA – Tatting Shuttles of American Collectors
Natalie Rogers, WA – Tat Your Own Adventure
Becky Strode, WA
Lauren Snyder, WA
Kathleen Minniti, WA

Wonderful vendors:

Black Sheep Fiber Emporium.
Marie McCurry
Melanie Cervi
Becky Strode
Taeko Takashima (via Registration Pre-Order)
Middy Clark (commemorative shuttles via Registration Pre-Order)
Natalie Rogers (Tat Your Own Adventure card deck via Registration Pre-Order)
And Possibly More!

Come join us for some tatting fun!

Shuttlebirds Tatting Guild 25th Annual Tatting Workshop & Retreat

Registration has opened for this year’s workshop. Come join our pirate tatting crew for “Here There Be Tatted Treasures”.

We have a wonderful selection of classes to offer you this year, whether ye be a seasoned tatter or wanting to pick up a shuttle/needle for the first time.

We have a fabulous selection of teachers:

Taeko Takashima, Japan – Takashima Tatting
Melanie Cervi, CA – Picots n Keys
Marie McCurry, ID – West Pine Creations
Heidi Nakayama, CA – Tatting Shuttles of American Collectors
Natalie Rogers, WA – Tat Your Own Adventure
Becky Strode, WA
Lauren Snyder, WA
Kathleen Minniti, WA

Wonderful vendors:

Black Sheep Fiber Emporium.
Marie McCurry
Melanie Cervi
Becky Strode
Taeko Takashima (via Registration Pre-Order)
Middy Clark (commemorative shuttles via Registration Pre-Order)
Natalie Rogers (Tat Your Own Adventure card deck via Registration Pre-Order)
And Possibly More!

Come join us for some tatting fun!

Shuttlebirds Tatting Guild 24th Annual Workshop and Retreat

We would love to have you join us for the workshop! Registration is open!

https://www.shuttlebirds.com/workshop2022.shtml

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