Hand Made Lace

Meet the lacemakers in Wheaton, IL USA

on Saturday & Sunday:

July 25-26, 2026

12 noon - 5p.m.

The L.A.C.E. Lacemakers and Collectors Exchange Guild

(chapter of the I.O.L.I. International Organization of Lace)

will be at the DuPage County Fair,

Home Ec Building

held at the fairgrounds in Wheaton, Illinois. USA.

So stop by to visit, and see hand made lace

and give it a try!

Lacemakers will be inside the Home Ec building

(which is air conditioned)

Saturday + Sunday, July 25-26, 2026

from noon to 5 PM.

DuPage Co Fairgrounds Link

2015 Manchester Road, Wheaton, IL 60187 USA

https://www.instagram.com/lacemakers_of_illinois/

 @lacemakers_of_illinois 

 Emptying shuttles (again).

 

Tatting: Lace Samples

 More lace samples.

 I use a couple basic patterns -- (lower part of the photo - I just draw them out & see how they look).  And basic patterns from this book, from the Palmetto Tatters group.  Jennifer Wiliams has a nice patern, Ring of Tatters site -- on https://www.ringoftatters.org.uk/patterns/simple_butterfly.html.

 I was creating some tatted butterflys during a recent Demonstration.   I was attaching them to my pincushion while tatting.  (right side of the photo).   A good way to use of fiber bits on shuttles & once empty, can load them for the next motif/project.

A few more shuttles to empty.   Lace Samples for the Lafayette Lacemakers.  

 

 

Large Heart / Teneriffe & lace samples / tatting

 DMC Coton Perle 8 #107.

Karen Bovard-Sayre

Teneriffe Lace Needlework Kit

Hearts

(2 looms:  large & small)

NeedleLaceArts.com

 Time to empty shuttles.   Lace Samples for the Lafayette Lacemakers.

 Butterflies:  HWT - Hand Wound Thread

continue to empty tatting shuttles ....

 I keep adding to 

the lace sample pile.  Tho, maybe the blue flower is too large --

 The lace samples are created for the cards being handed out at lace demonstrations.   

https://lafayettelacemakers.blogspot.com/

 

Easy tatted edges for demos ....

This is a basic clover tatted edge, using Lizbeth size 20 / Elisa size 10.

 It is a pattern I use when demonstrating tatting [ rings and chains ] .... I sort of made it up.

Other basic patterns can be found

Link HERE -- Lafayette Lacemaker blog.

 

I may be doing some demos in 2026 for tatting thru the L.A.C.E. Chapter and the Lafayette Lacemaker's Chapter of the International Organization of Lace.Will post days/times when confirmed.

 Lace Samples

https://lafayettelacemakers.blogspot.com/p/carols-butterfly.html

Muskaan's Magic Heart

Magic Heart Pattern from

Muskaan's blog:  muskaan's TIPS - T*I*P*s Around the Home.

I used Marilee's HDT (Yarnplayer).    Left over on a shuttle.

White & Blue Clover Japan Flower. - previous post.

The other doodles:  Lizbeth size 20 - gold Col. 613 and aqua Col. 686.  

Will get all these shuttles emptied!

Continue on Design Tutorial Snowflake ... 

c.2014 Robin Perfetti - Tatting by the Bay blog.

 

Next

From the Netherlands, Fish shape tatting shuttle..

ETSY store:   https://www.etsy.com/shop/Banyek.

The enameled copper butterfly piece, 

from Tattered Armadillo, ETSY,

is Butterfly Tatted Edging Pendant.

Up next on my table.   The instructions in the kit, 

c.2020 Gretchen L. Miller,

encourages tatters to "personalize your butterfly as you tat".  Suggested adding seed beads - create bead picots for sparkle, change picot lengths.    So, I'm trying to be creative,

searching thru my beads - and I find this elegant HDT by Marilee, (Blog:  https://yarnplayertats.blogspot.com/) HDT fiber: Link to Marilee's new on line store.

https://goimagine.com/marileestatting/.   Thinking I may use

Marilee's HDT and see how it comes out.    

The little motif, in photo, from Motifs for Marie.

Motif #23.   Lizbeth size 20, Col. 185.

This charming book (copyright Kaye B. Judt 2009) has 

many small motifs.   As far as I am aware, can 

still be purchased thru tatting stores/vendors.

 

The Evening Star Quilt Guild of Anderson IN decided to use tatted motifs for flower centers in their quilt.

The "Marie" is Marie Webster - home in Marion, IN.  I

have not been there. https://quiltershalloffame.net/.

 I've been doing

well emptying shuttles of fiber left overs on the tatting shuttles.

Still have a few to go .... 

 I turn them into the Indiana Lace Chapter, https://lafayettelacemakers.blogspot.com/, Lafayette Lacemakers ... The lace samples are attached to chapter business cards and distributed at public events.

 

Motif #9

Motif #9

I used Lizbeth, Size 20

Col. 696

Motifs for Marie

by Kaye B. Judt

Trying to empty shuttles:

Lace Samples

Once again, it is time to empty 

the little bits of fiber left on the shuttles

to be attached to Lafayette Lacemakers, Inc.,  

business cards.

The cards are available

during lace making demonstrations.

The next demonstration

will be at the annual Feast of the Hunters' Moon.

October 5-6, 2024

 

Fort Ouiatenon 

2129 So. River Road

West Lafayette, IN 47906

Stop by our tent and

say hello!!!

Location 104 on the map.

You are welcome

to come to monthly chapter meetings --

The Arts Federation - TAF

638 North Street 

Lafayette, IN USA 47901

and/or become a

chapter Member.

2nd Saturday of each month 9am-12noon

[except Oct & Dec].

 

Lace Samples

 

Before I begin tatting a piece -- I pick up a shuttle and tat a small piece

 ... a small flower, butterfly, etc.   These small lace samples are turned in to Lafayette Lacemakers.  They are attached to cards and used during public lace demonstrations.   

Do you warm up your hands with a small tatted piece -- then

move along to your project?

 So easy - memorized!

More in Link HERE.

 

Lace Bits . . . patterns

 I found myself "waiting" and tatted

this butterfly .... from the 

 Starlit package.   

Pattern also in the Handy Hands catalogue.

link HERE.

(look in the pdf, page 2).

Did you see the pumpkin edge pattern .... Quaker Pumpkin Edging by Vicki Clarke 2023

On the Victats blog?  Link to Victats blog.

Awesome tatting ....   Quaker-pumpkin-edging

Follow the link above  .... and, just sayin', I want to tat the hearty butterfly -- https://victats.blogspot.com/search?q=Hearty+butterfly    

Hearty Butterfly pattern link.

ALSO - a pattern I have been eyeing .... Lavender Sachet on the https://casaerba.blogspot.com/ site.

It is under free patterns - need to scroll down the page a bit.   Or look HERE, to see a

 tutorial:  https://casaerba.blogspot.com/2013/09/tatting-lace-and-hiking-northern-alps.html.   

And a version of the pattern that has beads ..... beautiful tatting.

Second Tatted Charm . . .

Double Picots!!  I used Lizbeth Size 20, Color 630

Double Picot Butterfly Pattern 

by Kelli Slack c.2023

Intermediate Tatting: Beyond Rings, Chains, & Joins

Kelli Slack Designs

www.kellislackdesigns.com

This was my practice piece from our first class session.

Double and Triple picots.

Second class coming up on Wednesday.

More butterflies - pretty lace samples.