dmt11h...@aol.com wrote:
A question I have come to contemplate, though, is whether making bobbin lace
sound simple actually attracts the right people into the class. Are you more
likely to get people who are thinking it will be like a class at a craft store,
where at the end, they take hom
My mantra usually sounds something like: "You can make it as simple and
complesx as you want". Not as poetic as the sudoku.
Last time I demo'd I did some flanders myself as a (relatively) complex
version, and had a 3-pair try-it-your-self fish as a simple version.
Teenagers loved the fish. Adults
I took the easy way out, I didn't offer to teach at this festival again. I
would prefer candidates who weren't looking for a showy item for their money
but who were truly interested in learning.
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 9:45 AM, wrote:
> Bev,
> Knowing now what you do, how would you have written
Bev,
Knowing now what you do, how would you have written the blurb to get the
target group?
Devon
In a message dated 3/31/2009 12:39:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
walker.b...@gmail.com writes:
I used this approach in a blurb for a textile festival and I think the
'puzzle' part was off
I used this approach in a blurb for a textile festival and I think the
'puzzle' part was off-putting. There were no takers except 1 person who had
already tried bobbin lace and wanted to attend a class of any kind of BL. I
thought the target group would be attracted to puzzle-solving. Then looking
I love your description of learning to make lace, Devon.
"If you like puzzles, you'll love bobbin lace. Have other textile
techniques
ceased to thrill? Is needlepoint boring? Like Sudoko in thread, bobbin
lace
is a challenge. Working with four threads simultaneously, you will find
out
why t
I completely agree with many points on here. I started lessons thinking
that if I had the first 4 all day classes which was actually the equivalent
of 10 weeks at 2 hours per week, I expected to understand how to prepare the
pillow and the bobbins and do the stitches to get started and then I c
It is interesting to note that two of the class descriptions emphasize the
simplicity of making bobbin lace.
<<"Lace making is two easy stitches, combined in different ways, to create
beautiful and inspiring pieces. Come learn how simple and fun the basics can
be and discover the joy in c
