Needle Tatting ~ Designs by Debbie Passinger
Needle crafts are my heritage from so many generations of women on my mother’s side of our family. When my mom shared with me her deep disappointment that tatting wasn’t being created anymore in our family I knew I was the only one of my sisters who would revive this art. So secretly I learned to needle tat. I made a heaping box of tatted things for my mom for her birthday (bookmark, hand towels with tatted lace edges, doily, and more. Mom cried, asking if I bought them on Ebay. I let her in on my little secret. For years to come she asked for tatted gifts from me.
I expanded my creative efforts to include writing two tatting pattern books, teaching tatting classes and selling my creations at craft fairs, once offering tatted greeting cards at a charity auction. I filled the Christmas trees of several newly weds with tatted snowflakes as well as our own Christmas tree.
In my spare time I also taught myself to create zentangle-inspired art, which I have shared with you here. Some pieces are for sale on zazzle.com.
*Please ask permission from me before using any of my designs. Thank you!