Montreal was very nice indeed. I had lots of practice with my French,
although it took me a couple of days to understand their accent,
especially the people from the countryside of Quebec. Marji was there
to represent OIDFA and to glean memberships, and she let me sit at the
table with her in the sales room. I felt very important! She was able
to get quite a few new memberships as well as renewals.
I took two classes: The first was on Leaves and Tallies and gave me
many tips and much help with the little things, like six-pair
crossings. The second was something I have been looking for for many
years: Design for Lace. It was taught by Alexei Karpenko and was of
course based on Russian lace. But the methods of joining motif to
ground would work in any lace, so I was delighted to have attended the
class. Both Karpenkos are delightful, so it was an added bonus to get
to know them a bit.
Sitting next to us at the sales table was a man from France who runs an
excellent website:
http://www.dentellieres.com
There are super photos of the German lace congress, and perhaps in the
very near future pictures from Montreal. He runs it in English as well
as French, and German too, I think. This is a good site for French
lace sites, but it is really international and well worth a look.
Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) in Maine, where the dreadful heat spell has
finally broken. We are lucky being so far north. I certainly pity the
rest of the East Coast of the US and hope they get some relief soon.
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