{"id":2367,"date":"2017-06-01T15:32:09","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T15:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/?p=2367"},"modified":"2017-06-01T21:03:51","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T21:03:51","slug":"shuttlebirds-tatting-workshop-part-2-my-life-style-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/shuttlebirds-tatting-workshop-part-2-my-life-style-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Shuttlebirds Tatting Workshop–Part 2 & my life-style change"},"content":{"rendered":"

SHUTTLEBIRDS WORKSHOP–PART 2<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Just thought I’d post some of the pictures I had taken at The Shuttlebirds 2017 Tatting Workshop.<\/p>\n

The first photo shows the materials and space we used to decorate the base shuttles for the Make-It-Take-It workshop of creating personal glass\/enamel tatting shuttles. (See previous post for photos of the finished ART pieces.)<\/p>\n

The second photo shows the space where\/how I torch-fired the artwork into finished glass-coated tatting shuttles in flat\/hoare-style.<\/p>\n

I flew to the workshop so it was quite a challenge as to what to bring\/how much I could bring.\u00a0 I planned and purchased supplies for months before going.\u00a0 There were a few items that the Shuttlebirds members brought for me to help with my space\/luggage issues.\u00a0 These included the cookies sheets, ceramic tiles and fire extinquisher.\u00a0 I am happy to report that I did NOT need to use the fire extinquisher (I actually never have!).<\/p>\n

The third photo shows my vendor table:\u00a0 It includes the 7 books that I have authored\/published including the debut of book number 7:\u00a0 Snowflakes in Split Ring Tatting<\/span>.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 I had been working on the designs for this book for a while (ca. a year).\u00a0 So when I found out that the theme for this workshop was ‘A Flurry of Flakes’ I decided that it was a ‘sign from God’ that I should try to attend.\u00a0 So I used the workshop as a self-inflicted deadline to get my book done and published.\u00a0 Also on my vendor table are some of my glass\/enameled tatting shuttles and some homemade ‘thread holders’. I shall have to photograph my new book and my thread winders soon to show you all.<\/p>\n

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The Creation Station–where the art was applied to the base shuttle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The torch-firing station—where the creations were finalized (by me). (The fire extinguisher did not need to be used!!!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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My vendor space–my seven books on split ring tatting technique and designs, my glass enameled shuttles, and handmade ‘thread-winders’ (see them soon on my Etsy store).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LIFE-STYLE CHANGE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Right now, my life is a bit in ‘limbo’ because I am moving–leaving my home of 31 years.\u00a0 I got fed up with the high property taxes in Omaha, Nebraska and so my husband and I bought an acreage across the river in neighboring Council Bluffs, Iowa.\u00a0 I am no longer going to be a Nebraskan\/Husker but will soon become a Iowegian\/Hawkeye.\u00a0 (I much prefer yellow to red!).<\/em>\u00a0 Right now my life is a mess!\u00a0 I have just finished getting rid of and\/or moving the majority of my stuff to the new house.\u00a0 Now I am seriously trying to clean\/paint\/prep the old house to get it ready to sell.\u00a0 At the same time we have some work to do at the new house.\u00a0 I have 2 big lawns to move and work on the landscaping at the same time!\u00a0 Half my ‘living stuff’ is at either house.\u00a0 I am keeping my furniture at the old house to ‘stage it’ for selling.\u00a0 Husband is living at the new house working on prepping it for our use.\u00a0 We have new furniture on order.\u00a0 So far he has had to install 2 separate garage door systems and tear out a closet in our master bedroom so that we can fit our (king-size) bed into it.\u00a0 When I sell my old house I can move all the furniture and clothes into the new house and live there completely.\u00a0 I have all of my studio stuff in boxes and am dying to get back to making enamel shuttles again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SHUTTLEBIRDS WORKSHOP–PART 2 Just thought I’d post some of the pictures I had taken at The Shuttlebirds 2017 Tatting Workshop. The first photo shows the materials and space we used to decorate the base shuttles for the Make-It-Take-It workshop of creating personal glass\/enamel tatting shuttles. (See previous post for photos of the finished ART pieces.) … Continue reading Shuttlebirds Tatting Workshop–Part 2 & my life-style change<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2367"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2375,"href":"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367\/revisions\/2375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}