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Want to teach at the 19th Annual Tatting Days and Workshop (April 17-18, 2015)? Apply now!

Have you:

Designed a new and/or unique pattern or project?
Developed a new technique or updated an old one?
Updated an old pattern with modern techniques?
Found a pattern or technique that you would like to share?
Re-invented the wheel?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, we are interested in hearing from you. We are now accepting applications for teaching at our 2015 workshop, April 18-19.

Click here for our 2015 Call for Teachers document and here for the 2015 TEACHER APPLICATION

CALL FOR TEACHERS

The Shuttlebirds Tatting Guild, of Spokane WA, is now accepting teacher applications for our 19^th Annual Tatting Days and Workshop. Our theme for 2015 is “A Touch of Victorian Charm”, and the workshop will be held on April 17-18.

General Information:

We are seeking a mix of creative projects and a variety of techniques for all skills levels.

Patterns do not need to relate to our theme.

Original, and/or patterns that are fun, funky, innovative, quirky, or unique are preferred.

Permission to use material copyrighted by others is required.

Patterns, and/or variations thereof, must not have been taught at a previous Shuttlebirds workshop.

A list of some suggested techniques from previous workshop attendees is provided below as a courtesy.

Classes:

There will be a total of 5 class periods with a maximum of 8 classes per period.

There will be 2 class periods on Friday and 3 on Saturday.

All classes will be 2 hours in length.

Class size will be 12-15 students.

Classes must be designated as either:

project class – the emphasis is on teaching the pattern, not technique(s)

technique class – the emphasis is on teaching the technique(s) used to complete the pattern used

Skill Levels:

Beginner knows the basics – rings, chains, picots, joins and reading patterns.

Intermediate knows and is comfortable with the above, plus two shuttles, split rings/chains, beads

Advanced knows and is comfortable with all of the above and ready for more.

Suggested and/or Requested Techniques:

Roll tatting Pearl/Maltese Tatting Alternate Thread Inverted/Dutch tatting

Hyperbolic Celtic weaving Interlocking Rings Balanced Double Stitch

3-D Cluny Tatting with wire Tatting with metallic thread

Teacher Requirements:

Teacher must indicate if they wish to teach full time, 5 classes, or part time, 2 or 3 classes.

Full time teachers must submit a minimum of 3 complete class proposals.

Part time teachers must submit a minimum of 2 complete class proposals and agree to teach a minimum of two periods.

Provide clear and close-up photo(s) of tatted piece for each proposed class (jpg files) with plain white or light colored background, and without any props.

Provide a short, current teacher biography and photo.

Be willing to accommodate at least 12 -15 students per class.

Teachers using patterns copyrighted by another tatter must obtain written permission from the designer and provide a copy of same to STG.

Teachers using original patterns agree to provide a copy of their pattern and class handouts to STG for inclusion in their library.

Provide a copy of any homework required to be completed before the class no later than Dec. 31, 2014.

Provide a separate and completed class model for display for the duration of the workshop.

Teacher Compensation:

Full time teachers will be paid $550.00 for 10 hours of teaching.

Part time teachers will be paid $40.00 per teaching hour.

In addition, teachers will be provided:

5 meals during the workshop (2 on Friday, 3 on Saturday).

Up to two vending tables (5.5 ft rnd).

Housing with STG member if requested.

Registration fees will be waived.

Shuttlebirds will provide:

Copies of class handouts, if master is provided by March 20, 2015, as a PDF or Word document, or reimburse for handouts (one per registered student per class plus 1 for STG) with receipt.

Regular updates to teachers, approx. every 2-3 weeks, with student count, and names & emails if requested.

Transportation to/from Spokane airport, if needed.

Transportation between your motel and the workshop, if needed.

All other travel expenses will be the responsibility of the teacher.

Application deadline is Friday, November 7, 2014

Notification of accepted applications will be made on Sunday, December 7, 2014.

The class pictures and teacher names will be posted to our website and Facebook page on December 14, 2014.

Shuttlebirds Tatting Guild reserves the right to cancel the 2015 tatting days and workshop for insufficient classes and/or registrations.

All questions should be directed to shuttlebirds.workshop@yahoo.com.

Previous Classes

Here are pictures from some of last year’s amazing classes!

More Half-Closed Rings with Jean Reeves Learn how to make a string of rings that begin and end at the same place.

Dahlia Flowers with Sally Biggers. She will be using an adaptation of Linda S. Davies’ Pom Pom Dahlia pattern to create a layered 3D flower.

Half-Closed Rings with Jean Reeves. She will be teaching how to tat over half-closed rings to create split rings with a single shuttle.

Night Light Assembly with Cheryl Birch TIme to assemble the night lights you have been working so hard on.

Blossom the Garden Fairy with Karey Solomon Come create a flower fairy to bless your garden.

Small 3D Flower Hairclips with Jessica Spaulding Make 3D flowers using a single shuttle for these adorable hairclips.

Leaf Pendant with Patty Markley This class is full. Tatters in this class will created a beautiful leaf from a tatted chain.

Fuchsia with Sally Biggers She will be showing how to combine techniques from the florist industry with tatting to create elegant flowers.

Twisted Tatting Bracelet with Jessica Spaulding. She will be demonstrating a two color ring technique.

Needle Tatted Dragonfly with Wendy Griffin This cute dragonfly will help teach the needle tatter how to keep multiple thread colors from tangling.

Vapour Stitch with Natalie Rogers Students will use Ninetta’s vapour stitch to create a sea themed charm bracelet.

Double Zinnia Petals Motif with Karey Solomon. She will be demonstrating how layered tatting can add texture to a piece without causing it to become technically complicated.

Creative Tatting 4 Design with Georgia Seitz She will encourage tatters to find inspiration in fabric to create a tatted design.

Priscilla’s Shamrock with Georgia Seitz Using a picot guage to make measured picots, tatters will create a shamrock motif.

Single Shuttle Split RIngs with Jessica Spaulding Students will work with three shuttles to create this adapted flower edging.

Colonial Lady Night Light with Cheryl Birch She will show how to use this cute motif to create a night light.

Simple Hankie Edging with Cheryl Birch She will be showing how to embellish a hankie with tatting.

Pensive Pansies Bookmark with Karey Solomon She will teach her students how to make a beautiful arrangement of pansies.

Cockatoo Night Light with Cheryl Birch. She will be her class through a night light project that features a cockatoo based on Jane Eborall’s pattern.

Tatting a Rosie RIng with Georgia Seitz Drawing on vintage sources and simple designs, the tatter will learn to fill spaces with just rings to create beautiful collages.