2004 TAT DAY Teacher

Georgia Seitz of Illinois
(formerly from Alaska)

Email: aktatter@aol.com
Website: www.georgiaseitz.com

Bio | Long Class | Short Class | Special 1 | Special 2 | Special 3 | Samples

Bio
I think that tatting is a method of relaxation for most of us. And never think that there are but few tatters. There are thousands, perhaps even millions. We can join the Palmetto Tatters or other local lace groups, the world wide group of lacemakers such as the Ring of Tatters from the UK and the IOLI, International Old Lacers, Inc. and even the tatchat group online too. The contact with other tatters is very stimulating.

About being a linguist, I took my degree in Chinese and German from Indiana State Univ. I worked a couple of years with an international bookseller in Portland, OR before joining the Army. I worked as a Chinese linguist in Misawa Japan for two years as the war in Viet Nam was ending and then as a German linguist in Augsburg, Germany for two years. The last year I served in the military, I was the editor of the Augsburg Profile, a field station newspaper.

Later in CA I helped minority persons and non English speakers to establish a small home businesses. After moving to Alaska in 1985, I became a volunteer for the Emergency Language Bank helping tourists and such while working at the International Airport; first at the currency exchange and then at the communications center. When that facility closed I worked for the National Wildlife Federation. I was supposed to help set up an international conference on birds in Harbin, China, but the Tian An Men massacre happened and the conference didn't. I stayed on with NWF for five years before establishing my own teaching/publishing/shuttle manufacturing mail order business. And I have loved every minute of it. It is just wonderful.

I began guesting" on AOL's national lacemaking chat over 6 years ago now and I now host an online tatting class. I taught at the IOLI convention in San Diego 1998 and at Costa Mesa 2002 and several local workshops with the Spokane Tatters Guild, The Lacemakers of Puger Sound, Camp Wannatat, the Atlanta IOLI chapter and the Freeway Lacers, all of them a great deal of fun.

I have written a few books of tatting patterns and still enjoy a day in the sun on the porch with nothing but me and my shuttles. So, this is more than you ever wanted to know about me, I'm sure. However, if you have tatting questions I am delighted to help, with Best Wishes, Georgia Seitz aka AKTATTER@aol.com

Long Class

Self Improvement Workshop
We are going to study techniques old and new and put them to use in some small portable projects. In keeping with my homespun surroundings, we may make a handkerchief doll, an old fashioned needle catcher, a sachet holder, perhaps even a pillowcase doll! All these projects are just a background on which to display your tatting. We can learn a technique and turn it into a flower, learn a join and a make a leaf. Made a mistake on a doily center? Got a snood or pouch instead? Instant bonnet for your hanky doll!!

MORE INFO AT http://www.georgiaseitz.com/ioli/palmetto.htm

Pre-requisites/Level: Had a basic beginner class and/or anything after that. Above all else, be prepared to experiment with your threads. (Needle or Shuttle)

Short class

We are going to study techniques old and new and put them to use in some small portable projects. In keeping with my homespun surroundings, we may make a handkerchief doll, an old fashioned needle catcher, a sachet holder, perhaps even a pillowcase doll! All these projects are just a background on which to display your tatting. We can learn a technique and turn it into a flower, learn a join and a make a leaf. Made a mistake on a doily center? Got a snood or pouch instead? Instant bonnet for your hanky doll!!

Prairie Dolls (Sample Project)

MORE INFO AT http://www.georgiaseitz.com/ioli/palmetto.htm

Pre-requisites/Level: Had a basic beginner class and/or anything after that. Above all else, be prepared to experiment with your threads. (Needle or Shuttle)

Special 1

Sharing Original Designs (Friday Morning)

Special 2

Tatting with the Net (Friday Morning)

Special 3

Shuttles and Collections (Friday Morning)

Samples of teacher’s work:

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