Teacher

Jane Eborall
of Stratford, England

Email: janeeborall@btinternet.com

Website: http://www.e.n.e.btinternet.co.uk/

Bio | Class 1 | Class 2 | Class 3 | Conference | Samples

April 4, 2005

Bio
I live in Stratford-upon-Avon, U.K and have been tatting since the age of 13 when I was taught by my grandmother. I love bright colours and fun things to make having suffered a deprived earlier tatting life!!! I am far too lazy to look in my 100 + books for patterns to tat and would rather sit in front of the television or computer and make something up for myself!!

Class 1 - Team Teaching with Sue Hanson

"BUG IT! with Jane & Sue"

Time: Saturday, 9 to 11

Techniques: Many!
Projects: Bugs!

Beginner to Intermediate to Advanced Level: All welcome!

Description:
Ideal for decorating cards or giving out at demos. The different bugs will cover many different techniques including Rings; Chains; Split Rings; Rings thrown-off split rings; Self Closing Mock Rings; Josephine Knots; measured picots; different ways of using beads (and even a button); Spiral chains with dead end start; Block and Pearl Tatting; and Up, down, lock and onion joins. The students will be able to pick and choose the bugs/techniques they wish to create/learn.

Each bug will have at least two beads. Well, bugs have to be able to see where they're going!!

Methods of working include using helper threads, working larger rings, use of the lock stitch, finger tatting, how to open a ring, and even undoing a lock join, reversing order of ds for “Topside” tatting, and the difference between up & down joins.

If you are a true beginner, never tatted, there will be a tutor to help you get started!

GONNA BE FUN? Two mad women armed with shuttle & thread in the same room - anything can happen!!! LOL

Supplies:
# 20 thread in various “in your face” colours :-)
At least 2 shuttles preferably with pick or hook (helpful for tweaking & joins…)
Beads of differing colours & sizes depending on the specific project
1/4" buttons
Fabric glue (PVA) - I keep mine in a small (paint by numbers) pot
Cocktail sticks or similar for placing small amounts of glue
Crochet hooks small enough to fit the beads
Scissors
Safety pin, Paper clip or earring wire…
Imagination <grin>
Reverse beading needle
Tweezers
Very thin thread for helper loops
Various sized picot gauges 2, 4 cm, 1/2", 3/4", 1” & 2”

A good sense of humour!!!

Class 2 - Team Teaching with Sue Hanson

"BUG IT! with Jane & Sue"

Time: Saturday, 11:30 to 1:30

Techniques: Many!
Projects: Bugs!

Beginner to Intermediate to Advanced Level: All welcome! You can take their first class and then continue in this one or you may jump right into this one.

Description:
Ideal for decorating cards or giving out at demos. The different bugs will cover many different techniques including Rings; Chains; Split Rings; Rings thrown-off split rings; Self Closing Mock Rings; Josephine Knots; measured picots; different ways of using beads (and even a button); Spiral chains with dead end start; Block and Pearl Tatting; and Up, down, lock and onion joins. The students will be able to pick and choose the bugs/techniques they wish to create/learn.

Each bug will have at least two beads. Well, bugs have to be able to see where they're going!!

Methods of working include using helper threads, working larger rings, use of the lock stitch, finger tatting, how to open a ring, and even undoing a lock join, reversing order of ds for “Topside” tatting, and the difference between up & down joins.

If you are a true beginner, never tatted, there will be a tutor to help you get started!

GONNA BE FUN? Two mad women armed with shuttle & thread in the same room - anything can happen!!! LOL

Supplies:
# 20 thread in various “in your face” colours :-)
At least 2 shuttles preferably with pick or hook (helpful for tweaking & joins…)
Beads of differing colours & sizes depending on the specific project
1/4" buttons
Fabric glue (PVA) - I keep mine in a small (paint by numbers) pot
Cocktail sticks or similar for placing small amounts of glue
Crochet hooks small enough to fit the beads
Scissors
Safety pin, Paper clip or earring wire…
Imagination <grin>
Reverse beading needle
Tweezers
Very thin thread for helper loops
Various sized picot gauges 2, 4 cm, 1/2", 3/4", 1” & 2”

A good sense of humour!!!

Class 3

"3D Lotus Flowers"

Time: Friday, 1 to 3

Techniques: Rings, Chains, Rings on Chains, Lock Join and Beads
Project: 3D Lotus brooch

Advanced Level: Need to be able to do rings and chains. Realize a shuttle, instead of a ball, will be used for the second and third rounds as to form the rings on chains.

Description:
Learn a new lock-join in a 3D Lotus brooch. The main teaching point will be this lock join which is not the normal join and also a down join over a whole picot on the final round. Will use beads - three beads over one bead.

Supplies:
No. 20 thread in two or three colours, one of which should be green.
Beads to match or contrast with the threads and which are large enough to be added to picots made using no. 20 thread. Approximately 100 beads will be needed for the main flower and 70 green beads. This allows for a few to ‘go astray’ while work is in progress!
Button – two hole (1/2”). This will be supplied.
Safety pin or alternative to sew to back of finished brooch.

(Optional Kit available for purchase in the vending area.)

Three or four shuttles – it is suggested that two shuttles are ready wound with the same colour for the main part of the flower (round 2) and also another single shuttle wound with green. If using two colours for the flower, please have another shuttle wound with that colour too! This will save time but is not necessary.

You will also need to bring your usual means of adding beads both to the threads before you start and also to the picots before joining. Please also bring a large eyed sewing needle or a self threading one. This is simply for attaching the pin to the back of the button.

Conference: Saturday, 3 to 5, with Riet and Sherry.

Samples of teacher’s work:

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