Tatting for the Steampunk Maker's Fair

 On April 13, which is a Saturday only a few weeks away, I'll be a vendor at the Steampunk Maker's Fair, just one of the events at Concinnity - From Steampunk to Time Lords to Anime' - Science Fiction and Gaming Convention.

With such a wide ranging theme, my styles should fit in somewhere :-) So, I am busy tatting jewelry, plus a few 3D hair clip flowers from a new design that I made up.

I really enjoy tatting around the metal filigrees that I received as a gift awhile back from Lace-lovin' Librarian - Diane. I've ordered more filigrees, as they make for a relatively quick and easy tatting project and look very Victorian. Since the filigrees are all different sizes, there isn't really a "pattern" for the tatting, just tatted rings and chains, joined into the holes in the filigree as needed.

 The Celtic Hexad pendant shown is another original design. The thread I used is Lizbeth "Herbal Garden", a color combo that immediately became one of my favorites since it looks so "woodsy". I paired it with Leaf Green Dk #676 in the pendant.

The challenge of tatting the Fantasy Flower is that it doesn't lay flat, so it's a bit fiddly while in-progress. I chose to sew it onto a snap clip using the thread tails. A snap clip because it stays put in fine hair, which is the kind of hair that I have. At some point I may just keep them for myself :-)