Creative Tatting with Beads, Shuttle and Needle - Tapa blanda

With the more recent proliferation of handicrafts and interest in antiques, lace has come into vogue once more. New and colourful threads, and computer programs which facilitate pattern design, are challenging lace makers in the creation of modern and interesting pieces. The internet enables a rapid and beneficial exchange of ideas. As a result of all these, tatting has developed and gained immensely. It is popular universally and has taken on an exciting contemporary style involving colours, threads and technique. This augurs well for the 21st century. The patterns in this book continue on from Beads in Tatting, the author's first book and combine traditional and contemporary styles and, of course, beads. Some techniques are common to a number of the projects. There are also references to the techniques of needle and hook tatting.

Judith Connors was taught to tat by a teacher at high school, becoming seriously interested in the art in 1988. Since then she has won a number of blue ribbons and awards for her lace. She is an accredited teacher with the Australian Lace Guild and a member of Tatters' Guild of New South Wales.