Tatting Artistry in Thread

Description

By Helma Siepmann. Every now and then along comes a book that has the WOW factor. This clever author has the ability to make tatting look like a painting or a work of embroidery. This extraordinary book begins with tatting instructions and walks you through her clever techniques and the colour photos are very clear. Follow the basic plant instructions, and add Josephine rings, shells and picots rings, to begin your garden. There are 30 pages of floral ideas with great embellishment ideas for cards, bookmarks, linens and garments or a wall art of a pond, a heathland or a river landscape and summer landscape. The second section works with catwalk picots. Trees are the special ideas and even include the Christmas tree, followed up with more floral ideas. The third section works with over crocheted picot rings for leaves and flowers. Create fabulous floral arrangements for appliqu designs, table bands and cloths. Last but not least, working with gathered picot rings, create more fabulous flowers and leaves and the ideas just keep coming. With the emphasis on creativity the author has revolutionized the craft of tatting, freeing it from its geometric roots and offering the artist (you) a new tool for expression with thread. A must have for the tatters library. 108 pages.