"Not Your Grandmother's Tatting"

2018 Tat Days, September 6-9

THANKS to Barbara N. and Lottie for our 2018 theme!

Thanks to Pam for the logo idea and hankerchiefs, and Tim and Barbara H. for lady and bracelet!

"Our mission is to promote the craft of tatting and spread it like kudzu across the South!"

Membership Info: Email or write us at Palmetto Tatters Guild, P.O. Box 1597, Lexington, SC 29071. Membership Dues: 1 tatted butterfly annually. Samples. Questions? Email Donna.

Site Updated November 10, 2018

SC STATE FAIR WINNERS

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NEXT GATHERING November 17: Lexington Museum, 1 to 5. Lesson: Sharren Morgan's Myrtle the Turtle AND UFOs. Bring an "Unfinished Project" to work on or learn a new pattern for a turtle. ALL FUN! About Myrtle the Turtle: A cute turtle motif, tatted using two shuttles. Skills: Ring and Chain, Joins Techniques: Split Rings; Thrown-off Rings; Catherine Wheel Joins; working with beads. Materials: 2 beads pre-loaded on Sh. 1; 2 shuttles loaded CTM Shuttle or Needle Green turtle was tatted using size 10 Artiste thread from Hobby Lobby and is not quite an inch across the middle.
SC State Fair Tatting Ribbon Winners 2018 All State Fair Home Craft Winners posted online. Once on that page, CTRL F will bring up a "find" box and you can search for your name or tatting. See pages 26, 27, 56, and 57. Pictures below are PTG BIG BLUE Ribbon Winners. A list of our PTG Ribbon Winners and PICTURES of all the BEAUTIFUL entries!
Best Double Stitches and Picots
Judges Choice
Most Innovative Tatted Design
Tat Days 2018 - THANK YOU for a WONDERFUL EVENT! See you next year September 5-8, 2019.
THANK YOU: THANK YOU for ALL the butterflies that FLEW IN at Tat Days! We had a WONDERFUL time sharing tatting with 26 classes of school children (2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 8th graders) in Belton, SC, at their Heritage Days. Each one and their chaperones recieved a butterfly made by YOU and the teachers got an Angel. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
2017 SC State Fair Ribbon Winners and Booth! Take a look! Viewing Hints There is an automatic slide show that will start when you click on the first image. 8 seconds per picture. Control buttons at the top and bottom will stop and start the slideshow and advance images. To view tall images full screen, you may wish to press   CRTL -    to shrink your page. CTRL +   will enlarge it again. Or use your ZOOM in your browser.
2018 Meeting Calendar

2019 Tat Days Theme
THANKS to Melinda C. for "Tatting Tail Tales"
Tentatively Tat Days 2019, September 5-8, Toccoa, GA

What will you volunteer to do? What small job would you like? Write tatdays@palmettotatters.org
THANKS!

THANK YOU for GREAT weekends at our Tat Days, always!

REQUESTS FOR TATTING

South Carolina State Fair in October: Each year we collect butterflies and other small tatted items to share with the thousands of fair goers. They love animals and insects: fish, giraffes, owls, spiders, etc.!

Items to sell at craft fairs: We love to share our tatting and make more folks aware of this wonderful art form and craft shows are one way we do this. It also brings in a little cash to help support our teaching efforts throughout the year. Craft show goers are looking for unique items and we can provide just that. Items like, but not limited to, jewelry, bookmarks, decorative things, etc. School colors of garnet and black for Univ. of SC and orange and/or purple for Clemson sell well, too.

THANK YOU! THANK YOU for your generosity!

TEACHING and LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

McCaskill's Farm, Camden, SC, All Day, craft sales, one Saturday in April.

At a public library near you. Ask your library and let us know if you need/want help with a class or two.

At Richland County public library Craft Demo days. Many meet weekly doing all kinds of crafts. Check their web pages for details.

Monthly Meetings, Tat Days and SC State Fair!

If you know of any craft fairs that PTG should look into, please let us know.

And anywhere you show off your tatting can be an opportunity!

Palmetto Tatters Guild is recognized by I.O.L.I for volunteer demonstration hours. Read more here.

Tatters Across Time Inc. shuttle Tatting Proficiency Program© is a non-profit organization formed to help all tatters everywhere improve their proficiency in shuttle tatting skills, techniques, and/or knowledge. The goal of the program is to promote high standards of quality workmanship and to further the appreciation of shuttle tatting through education, teaching and communication.

Palm Fronds: (Updated January 2017) Is there a Palmetto Tatter local neighborhood contact or group near you? Look here at our list to see. If you have a group or would like to be the contact for your city, please write Donna at web@palmettotatters.org to be added. Thanks!