The 1993 conference was put on by the Portland Lace Society. It was the year I started learning bobbin lace. When the conference happened, I was just past my beginning set of lessons. My teacher insisted as many as possible from my group attend the conference, and helped us choose classes we could cope with.
I was working at the time, and couldn't get the week off, but my office let me off half days. I worked till noon, then made a mad-dash hour drive to the Multnomah Bible College to barely make the afternoon class of Schneeberger. After class, most days, I had to go directly home. I visited the venders once, and stayed for the Friday banquet, but didn't do more than have a brief visit to the dormitory building. I can't speak to dorm conditions, and didn't get the full experience of the conference. Lia was my teacher, and was very patient with a beginner who was mostly ignorant of anything lace. With diligent work, I completed the main part of the little doily but it had a small braid and picot center filling. I must have looked so blank about how to do it that Lia said "I'll show you". Then she proceeded to do the entire little filling for me. Thus, I could go home in a finished doily. (Thanks, Lia!) While the class itself was very educational for me -- just seeing the pillows, bobbins, and tools of the others in the class was very stimulating. I picked up several ways of dealing with the bobbins, etc, that I have since used. I also resolved to attend future conferences in full, and stay at the location. Too many things were missed by being a parttime commuter. The PLS lacemakers worked very hard, trying to make the conference enjoyable. They left lots of notes for us future members -- which we used in planning the conference we hosted last June. There was only one of the original members left who helped us as an advisor for the recent conference. You brought back memories with this discussion thread. I still have my little Schneeberger doily. Happy lacing, Alice in Oregon -- where it started raining, and has made the walnuts start raining down, also. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
