Hello, this afternoon I was invited to the opening of the Bavarian-Slovenian Bobbin Lace Exibition. To start with the end: the Slovenian food which was offered to the guests was delicious.
Of course there were various speeches but they were quit interesting, giving some historical background to the lacemaking in both the Schonsee area and the Idria area. They also explained how they got together to organize this exibition. I took many photos and DH has to load them on the pc to find out how good they turn out. The exibitions presents a very wide variety of excellent laces. Modern lace flower arrangements, really large tablecloths - I estimate 1.50 x 1.20 m. Some of them lace only some mended with cloth. A lot of typycal tape lace, but many others, too. They have tablerunners, hanky-edges, doilies in every size, many bobbin lace pictures such as sunflowers, tulips, clowns, rabbit, people, religious motives, fish, ducks, fruits. Quite a few items are beautifully made by German and Slovenan children (7 - 15 yrs). It is very interesting to note, that the Slovenian lacemakers generally use a finer thread than the Bavarians. So their lace looks very delicate. There were even some clothes with or made of bobbin lace: A dress with some lace at the front, blouses, tops, hats, scarfs, a christening gown with lace motives applied and a lace edging. They also have the laces of the competition of the German Kloppelverband "Circles". I enjoyed the whole day very much. I hope to go there again in some days. The exibition is open until 28th of May. Greetings from Germany Martina, in Bavaria close to the Bavaria Forest. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
