tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6751285215938850138.post5464582614435640785..comments2023-04-05T06:45:40.886-07:00Comments on Needle Tatting and other Nonsense: YikesTotusMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17661819229938323908noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6751285215938850138.post-73295830867353402232012-02-02T09:38:48.227-08:002012-02-02T09:38:48.227-08:00Everything moves at lightening speed nowadays. I ...Everything moves at lightening speed nowadays. I am glad to hear that the person that contacted you "understood" that your masks are handmade and that they take a great amount of time to complete. An opportunity that is right for you will present itself at just the right time.rsmrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17154789425205639926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6751285215938850138.post-858462163475348222012-02-02T09:24:24.135-08:002012-02-02T09:24:24.135-08:00I had started the post about the machine embroider...I had started the post about the machine embroidered tatting at InTatters. I had never seen anything like it. From a distance it truly looked like it was "hand" tatted. Funny thing though, I was selling my needle tatted Christmas ornaments at my church's Christmas Bazaar in December. A woman asked me if they had been machine embroidered. I was shocked. Apparently machine embroidered tatting is more well known than I thought.rsmrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17154789425205639926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6751285215938850138.post-8842770235937172102012-02-02T08:12:43.753-08:002012-02-02T08:12:43.753-08:00Sounds like you made the right decisions all the w...Sounds like you made the right decisions all the way around (including taking it easy with your back). I also was contacted by the machine embroidery person several months ago. She was very polite, but I agree it just doesn't seem right at all to refer to it as "tatting", it's just machine embroidery. Which leads to the misconception many people have that handmade items don't require much time or skill to produce. Probably what that magazine editor was thinking; obviously not familiar with the handcrafting process, otherwise she wouldn't make an outrageous request like that. No, you didn't lose out on anything at all, just saved yourself a lot of grief. Life is too short to put up with that "sweatshop" mentality.Marilee Rockleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11229319055877477637noreply@blogger.com