tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48874746217020056682024-03-13T17:36:33.652-06:00A TATTERED SOUL ~ sola Fide, sola Christus, sola Deo, sola ScripturaIn “The Art of Tatting” (1910) by Queen Marie of Romania and Lady Katharin Hoare, the Queen writes: “Tatting has the charm of lacemaking and weaving combined. It is the same shuttle as in the weaving loom, only the loom is our fingers and the shuttle obeys our thoughts and the invention of the moment. The joy when a new stitch is found is very great.”Ridgewomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13268684588250261751noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887474621702005668.post-26296291269773544042012-07-26T17:41:00.000-06:002012-11-13T21:05:12.621-07:00How is your Contentment quotient? Negative or Positive?
I’ve never been a fan of the power of positive thinking; I know, this philosophy has helped a number of people but my question is “for how long?” If I’m stuck in the mud and I think positively that I’m not stuck in the mud...reality tells me I’m still stuck in the yuk. (there is a story here but for another time).
How often are you content with what you have tatted? Could notRidgewomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13268684588250261751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887474621702005668.post-46045485484944439122011-05-29T15:10:00.000-06:002011-05-29T15:10:07.658-06:00In Times Like TheseHave you ever noticed how tatters have different events that are like a wave through the community? Let’s see, a certain thread brand, blinged shuttles, dying our own threads, embracing one motif or pattern. We’ve all participated in at least one of these waves of popularity. I’ve bought my Lizbeth thread, and received gifts of blinged shuttles (with pretty painting, ‘jewels’; aRidgewomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13268684588250261751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887474621702005668.post-13396118251036746222011-03-29T19:45:00.003-06:002011-04-02T21:30:37.479-06:00LOOK! CONSIDER! SEEK!"Behold the Lilies of the Field"
Years ago, I sang this song which ended with the line, “. . .and today, He walks beside me, for He knows what lies ahead.” I was twenty-something then and had no idea that my future held, among other things, a near-death, crippling car accident; a separation; a rejection; a child lost to drugs; a parent’s early death. It is best that Ridgewomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13268684588250261751noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887474621702005668.post-17182092190161558242011-02-04T16:47:00.000-07:002011-02-04T16:47:13.469-07:00NEW BEGINNINGS ~ WHITER THAN SNOW
A new year brings new challenges. Challenges in tatting (like Jane Eborall’s Tat It and See), new techniques and in the tatter’s lives. A broken ankle for one, a broken promise to another, presumptions, jealousies. . .an endless list of everyday challenges.
Are we ready for a New Year, a New Beginning?
I’m always intrigued by the personality that keeps a record of ‘wrongs’ or Ridgewomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13268684588250261751noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887474621702005668.post-38093187553674132492010-09-30T15:37:00.000-06:002010-09-30T15:37:53.012-06:00Seeking! A Designer That I Can Understand Tea is for Tatters
Tatters are always seeking designers that they can understand. There is more consistency now in tatting patterns; but, terminology evolves. Ridgewomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13268684588250261751noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887474621702005668.post-47346723363842492052010-09-11T12:57:00.001-06:002010-09-11T13:03:21.141-06:00In the Twinkling of an Eye
"We shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye." 1 Corinthians 15: 51, 52
On September 11th 2001 many lives were gone, many lives were changed and the world as we knew it turned upside down ~ in the twinkling of an eye.
Our lives sometimes appear to us to be full of bad news. Loss of loved ones, illness, wayward children, difficult pregnancies, and Ridgewomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13268684588250261751noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887474621702005668.post-41896205145586269932010-08-18T12:10:00.004-06:002010-08-18T12:19:08.650-06:00Great things from the Designer's hand. .ENCOURAGING PREDICTIONS FOR 2011 (and before and after!)With all the problems the World is facing, it can be unsettling to the mind. Today, I will share with you ten predictions that are true! As Marueen noted: The Shuttle is NOTHING without the hand of the designer!So, we too, are nothing; unless, guided by the Designer's hand. Matthew 6:23 "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness Ridgewomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13268684588250261751noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887474621702005668.post-82896071378912136352010-07-10T22:34:00.022-06:002010-08-07T14:52:50.940-06:00The Shuttle August, 2010GMArts commissioned shuttles. Top: Myrtle wood post shuttle, with Cascades image. Purple heart with inset Bisbee Turquoise Bobbin shuttle.Hand painted by Zena Herbert ~"The Sea of Dreams" Shoppe, Moracambie, UK Post shuttleSHUTTLESWhen you begin tatting, your first thought may be which shuttle? Shuttles come in all styles, sizes, and possess many different attributes. The basic shuttle was aRidgewomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13268684588250261751noreply@blogger.com4