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This image was scanned from my private collection
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Through the Centuries
- Equipment for Tatting
- Terms Used in Tatting
- Method of Working Tatting
- Edgings and Medallions for Beginners
- Handkerchief Edgings and Corners
- Edgings for Embroideries
- Edgings and Medallions for Guest Towels
- Borders for Place Mats and Tray Cloths
- Various Shaped Doyleys
- Mats for All Occasions
- Linen, Satin and All-lace Dressing Table Sets
- Sets of Table Mats
- Two Hostess Sets
- Tea Cosy Mounted on Satin
- Cloths for Three Occasions
1994 reprint from Barbara Foster at Handy Hands, Inc.
The added patterns from Barbara Foster are a baby bonnet, and a quilt edging modified from the last round of the doily on page 77. Because Barbara is a proponent of needle tatting, she also included a brief tutorial.
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Title: Every Woman's Complete Guide To Tatting, Illustrated: A Book of Fine Things to Make
Author/Designer: Norma Benporath
Format/Publication Date: TPB:1952,1994
Publisher: Colorgravure Publications, Australia
Page Count: 164; 176(1994)
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 10" x 7 1/2"
ISBN: None
SUMMARY- This book was meant as an introductory book for beginners. Patterns are written notation, with no diagrams, as was the standard of the time. All photos are black-and-white, and often too small to see the detail necessary for the photo to be helpful in figuring out the pattern if there are questions. But the designs are quite beautiful and typical of Norma's work. This book is well worth pursuing for your own library.
I had Barbara Foster's 1994 reprint of this book long before I got my hands on an original edition - both covers are shown to the left. Elgiva Nichols had rather famously declared Norma dead - no one knows why - long before that was the case, and Barbara reprinted the book without permission believing Norma's book orphaned. Barbara was set straight, and Norma and Barbara came to an agreement. Royalties were paid.
Ms. Benporath also published extensively in Australian, New Zealander, and South African women's magazines, newspapers and weeklies, with over 1,000 designs in print. This book was the capstone in a very long and illustrious career!
Anyone in Australia collect those old women's magazines, or have a bibliography of where she published in them? Please contact me. Even if it's just a partial list, talk to me. If we get enough lists together we may be able to piece together a decent bibliography of her published work.
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