That reminds me. There is a Renaisance festival not far from here, and I keep meaning to go, wondering if they have any lace there. It's supposed to be around Henry the VIII's time when there was much lace worn, and there are apparently a lot of booths with crafters. It's purported to be like a fair of old time.
Actually, my brother and sister in law are planning to come this weekend, maybe that's something we can take them to and I can finally find out about the lace question there. http://www.renaissancefestival.com/viewEvent.asp?eventID=222 Karen Ontario, Canada > I had an opposite experience lately with Czech costumes. I live in > Nebraska and there are several small towns that celebrate the Czech culture > in weekend festivals. I was just to one such festival a month ago > (Clarkson, NE) and was disappointed by the lack of lace that I saw. I made > a special attempt to watch the 'queen' contest where girls from around the > state were competing for the state Czech heritage queen crown. I saw very > little handmade lace on the costumes...though they were lavishly decorated > with storebought embroidery. There were two vendors there that had imported > Czech items (mainly glassware and garnet jewelry) that I asked about lace. > I was directed to a big bin of machine made embroidered eyelet 'lace'...not > what I was looking for. > > Karen Bovard > The ShuttleSmith > Omaha, NE - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
