Greetings, I survived helping host the IOLI Convention in Oregon. From my perspective, there was a great group of lacemakers attending. They were from all over the USA, Canada, England, Malaysia, Australia and who knows where else. On Wednesday, we had a visiting lacemaker from New Zealand. We had one lacemaker who was 12, and two were 90+.
My main job was the Display Room. MMmmmmm.....Eye Candy everywhere. The things the current lacemakers make are just gorgeous. Bobbin lace, tatting, needlelace, hardanger, lier, knitted lace, wire lace...that's what I remember at the moment. The 18 entries in the lace contest were so good, and different, that choosing a popular vote item was very difficult. They will be seen and detailed in the next Bulletin. It was marvelous to shop and see all the books and threads 'in person'. West Coast people don't have handy vendors, so this opportunity couldn't be passed up. My pocketbook can attest to how many 'goodies' were available that I just couldn't pass up. I think I spent more in the Sales room than I did for my hotel room. And shopping was often on the fly during a few brief moments when some very generous lacemakers spelled me from Display guard duty. The hotel people commented that we were a quiet group. They would walk the halls and hear nothing. It was hard to believe that there were 300 ladies all in classes. And the waiters and catering help made nice comments on our table decorations. Now I'll let the other attendees give impressions from their viewpoint. Alice in Oregon.... who very slowly is learning Lier Lace. I actually made about six inches of Lier outline. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
