Palmetto Tat Days 2026
September 24 - 27, 2026
Ridgecrest Conference Center
Ridgecrest, NC
Come be Loony about Tatting with us! Join us for the 24th annual Palmetto Tat Days at the lovely Ridgecrest Conference Center in Black Mountain, NC! See our Teachers, Classes and the schedule to craft your Tat Days experience! It's a memorable event where you can meet up with old tatting friends and make new ones as well. Register now, before classes fill up!
SOME DATES TO REMEMBER!
Late Registration is now beginning June 21st.
Tshirt and bags will be ordered on June 30. After that date, you may still register, but you won't get a shirt or bag.
You may book rooms and meals through July 20th. After that date, you will be responsible for procuring your own accomodations and meals.
July 21 - July 30 you may still register for classes, but registration goes up to $180.00 for both days or $90.00 per day for classes.
ABOUT TAT DAYS
A Bit of History
PTG's Tat Days were initially funded by the Guild's Butterflies Migrating book which is out of print. The first Tat Day was held on April 5, 2003, at the McKissick Museum on the campus of the University of South Carolina. The featured highlight of the event was a juried competition and an in-depth look at how to present tatting. This was the first and only single-day event. Since 2004, Tat Days have increased in attendance, teachers have been recruited globally, and the number of individual classes offered increased.
As attendance increased, the venues also changed. From three years each at Columbia International University and the White Oak Conference Center in South Carolina, to 11 years at Georgia Baptist Conference Center just outside Toccoa, Georgia, and now our third year at Lake Junaluska, North Carolina. The Guild has hosted participants from multiple states and a half dozen other countries in Europe and North America.
The Guild does have a YouTube channel where you can see videos from other Tat Days events. There are interviews with various Tatters in the Tattle Tales Interview series while Designing 101 features a number of tatting designers and their individual processes to create tatting patterns.
During Tat Days 2021, a live-stream interview was held with Georgia Seitz (founder of The Online Tatting Class) by the current owner/operator, Tamie Montgomery. That interview is available to view. Georgia is instrumental in continuing (from 2004 onwards) and growing the PTG Scholarship Fund which allows tatters the opportunity to offset some of the cost to attend Tat Days.