Melanie Cervi

I create tatted lace based on musical compositions.

Upcoming Events
Tatting Study Group
1:30PM - 3:30PM Weekly on Tuesdays
Monterey, CA
Local area tatters gather to learn, support, and encourage each other in making lace.  All ages and skill levels welcome.  We use shuttle and needle and sometimes fingers!

Fiber Art Exhibition
Business hours through Friday, August 29, 2025
Walter Lee Avery Gallery
Seaside City Hall, Seaside, CA
Sponsored by the Seaside Art and History Commission
Local area fiber artists display of quilting, felting, weaving, and tatting

Monterey County Fair
Thursday, August 28 - Monday, September 1, 2025
Monterey County Fairgrounds

Carmel Bach Festival Art of Music Auction
Coming in July 2026
Fundraiser to benefit the Carmel Bach Festival
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Past Events

Orgelkids Workshop Day
August 23, 2025
Sponsored by First Presbyterian Church, Monterey, CA

Carmel Bach Festival Art of Music Auction
July- August 2020-2025
Fundraiser to benefit the Carmel Bach Festival

Palmettos Tat Days weekend
August 17-20 2023 & September 2019
Sponsored by Palmettos Tatting Guild
exploring tatting from vintage to modern, teaching my patterns shown in Repertoire

Shuttlebirds Tat Days weekend
April 27-29, 2023
Sponsored by Shuttlebirds Tatting Guild in Ross Point, ID
exploring tatting patterns from my Repertoire

Tatting Classes
2020-present 
sponsored by Slow Fiber, Lace Museum in Monterey, CA and Fremont, CA
Beginning tatting using shuttle or needle

Private lessons in music and tatting
2021 and ongoing
Meeting in homes and churches in the Monterey area

Pacesetter presentation
September 18, 2021
Sponsored by Compass Church in Salinas, CA
Introduced the Ministry group to the Moller organ 

Friday Noon Organ Concert
2019-2021
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Salinas, CA

Monterey County Fair
September 2019-2025
Monterey, CA
Entered original tatting for judging, winning several ribbons/awards.

Presentation on Tatting
May 2019
Carmel Crafts Guild Monthly Meeting, Monterey, CA
Focus on Tatting Study Group and explanation of repertoire tatting patterns.

Tatting Workshop
February and March 2019
Monterey Peninsula Chapter, EGA in Salinas, CA
We explored needle tatting completing a Basic Ice Drop project.
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