[lace] Lace Day

[Susan]

Thank you Robin!  I was scratching my head as I too thought that Lace Day was 
in the fall.  This is NOT to discourage anyone from having a Lace Day, but if 
we could be a bit more collaborative when planning events, we would have a 
greater impact.Especially if we are contemplating this from an 
international perspective!  Perhaps LOKK, OIDFA, IOLI & Lace Guild UK (& any 
other interested parties) could reach a consensus?  Our Charter Chapter held a 
mini event last Saturday, June 13th but we called it a Lace-In.  The scones, 
strawberry jam & clotted cream helped immensely!  Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie 
PA USA 

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[lace] Lace Day

[Janice Blair]

As the lists seem to be a little quiet I thought I would also post another date 
for your diary.  
 
Lacemakers & Collectors Exchange (L.A.C.E. ) of Clarendon Hills, Illinois, will 
be holding another Lace Day in Downers Grove on Saturday June 11.  Vendors will 
include Lacy Susan, The Lacemaker, Kenn van Dieren and other local beading and 
knitting  vendors.  Al Frederickson will also have his great bobbin tables for 
sale.  Lunch will be catered again at a cost of $10 which includes roast beef 
or turkey sandwich, green and pasta salads, a brownie and beverage, but you 
need to contact Nancy Dunham to reserve a ticket.
 
We will be having 2 hour workshops on Saturday at a cost of $10 each.  Susan 
Wenzel will be teaching a Beginning Bucks with Ground Workshop, Tracy Jackson 
will be teaching Elizabethan Lace and Gwen Wylie will teach a Beginners Bobbin 
Lace workshop.  On Friday June 10, Susan will also be teaching a Torchon 
Christmas Ornament class from 10 - 4:30 in Clarendon Hills at a cost of $35.  
Names are being taken for these workshops.  LACE members have first chance at 
the workshops but if you are interested and want to make sure that you don't 
miss out, you can join LACE for $12 and also get our great newsletter.  If you 
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Janice Blair
President LACE


Janice Blair
Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA

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[Sue]

Dear Spiders,
Just thought you would like to know about the Norfolk Lacemakers lace day on
Saturday, it was a great success with nearly two hundred lacemakers turning
up to join us in a lovely day of lacemaking, shopping and a brilliant  talk
from Jan Jefferson on "Amish Quilts".  She brought with her some lovely
quilts and as well as telling us about quilt making she also gave us a wide
insight in the way the Amish people live. We had a very successful raffle
and made over £200 for the local children's hospice.
Great day, looking forward to the next in April when we will attend Suffolk
Laceday.
Happy lacing
Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK

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[Janice Blair]

Hi All,
  My DH's business trip in the UK has changed and we find we have a spare day 
before driving up to Tamworth for the lace day that Jane posted about.  Can I 
get suggestions of a place to go between Heathrow and Tamworth that would be 
worth spending some time at.  We have been to Stratford  and Coventry 
sightseeing when we lived in the UK.  Is Oxford worth a visit and is there any 
chance of lace on our journey?
  Janice
   
  




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[Jane Partridge]

A few days ago I tried to send the following reply to Janice concerning
places to visit between Heathrow and Tamworth. I've just had it bounce
back, so apologies for forwarding it to the list but the information may
be of use to others visiting the UK, too.


Janice Blair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>Is Oxford worth a visit and is there any 
>chance of lace on our journey?

The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford did, I think, have some textiles, but
last time I was there it was closed for refurbishment - there is a
website for it so you could check if it is open again - on the other
hand parking charges in Oxford are horrendous (they try to discourage
it!) and the shops aren't any different to anywhere else. I'm not sure
whether you can visit any of the Colleges. 

My cousin lives in Witney, which isn't far from Oxford (off the A34) -
there are a couple of bookshops (second hand - rather like the ones in
Lichfield) worth a mooch and Witney Antiques (100 Corn Street) is Joy
Jarrett's shop famous for the sampler collection - there is an annual
exhibition in October, when she loans other samplers to make a themed
exhibition, but I'm fairly certain there are a good number on display
the rest of the year. The 1yd square piece of Binche is very likely not
to have sold yet (I think the price tag is about £15,000) and well worth
seeing! Harvey took me to eat at The Evenlode (you pass it, on the A34,
on the way from Oxford to Witney) which was reasonable - I got the
feeling he wasn't impressed with the choice of eating places in the town
centre! 

If you use the A roads rather than the motorway (M40), you could mooch
slowly up through Banbury and Evesham and then to Redditch, before
picking up the M42 at Bromsgrove. Just outside Redditch at Studley is
the Forge Mill Needle Museum and Bordesley Abbey (and The Washford Mill
pub, which used to be a needle mill - we've been off and on over the
last ?30 years, and the food has varied according to management from
reasonable to excellent). There is often an exhibition of some kind of
textiles in the Museum, which really opens your eyes as to the
conditions the needlemakers worked in. In the Bordesley Abbey Visitor
Centre (same site) there is a sample from the Sheldon Tapestries (or at
least, was) - kept under a protective velvet cloth which you need to
lift, but it has a silver lace edging - dates back to the 1670s or
thereabouts. Phone number is 01527 62509 if you want to check opening
when you are here. At Bromsgrove, or rather, just outside (on the
Birmingham side) there is the Avoncroft Museum of Buildings if you are
into that sort of thing. I once bought a glass bobbin there! A lot will
depend on the weather, it can be a mud bath if wet. Redditch itself
these days is a bit like the Bermuda Triangle for getting lost! Banbury
and Evesham are reminiscent of Cotswold-like antique shop towns. Hanbury
Hall (National Trust) is between Bromsgrove and Redditch, and there is
also the Jinny Ring Craft Centre - you go out towards Stoke Prior from
Avoncroft to get to it.

A lot depends on the sort of thing you would be interested in seeing - I
can't think of anything specifically lace, but I think it was Hanbury
where there was an interesting whole-quilted bedspread. If you Google
for Workbox magazine, they put their What's On on the site, so you might
pick up on a couple of other things from that. 

Pity you're not coming into Luton - otherwise you would have had the
Luton and Bedford museums to hand!
-- 
Jane Partridge

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[Sue]

Just a little reminder to anyone who wants to attend The Norfolk
Lacemakers lace day.  It is to be held on March 3rd 10am to 4pm at John
Innes Centre in Norwich Norfolk. tickets £4.50  Suppliers include
Biggins Bobbins, Jenifer Frost, Graham & Jennifer Hudson, Spangles,
Margaret Wall, Felicity Warnes, more to be announced later.The
speaker is Sylvia Everitt "The Embroideries of Mary Queen of Scots".  We
usually enjoy a lovely day.

Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK




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[Dina Lecker]

Kenton Lacemakers will be holding their second Lace Day on Sunday 20th May, 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. at Pinner Village Hall, Chapel Lane Car Park, Pinner,
Middlesex.  Speaker Ann Day, various suppliers.  Tickets £5 from Ila Sheth, 94
Kenton Lane, Kenton, Middlesex HA3 8UE.  Cheques payable to Ila Sheth with SAE
please;  map on request.

Our first Lace Day last year was very well attended and we would like to make
this an annual event so please come and support us.

Dina Lecker
In Pinner, Middlesex UK, where spring has finally sprung, the sun is shining,
birds are singing and my dog is desperate to get out for his walk.

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[Sue]

Norfolk Lacemakers held their annual laceday on Saturday which was a
great success we had quite a few suppliers including Sarah Jones who
made some lovely commemorative bobbins for us.  The speaker was Tanya
Elliot who gave us a talk on her re-creation of Mary Tudor's Wedding
Dress.  The material alone cost £100 per meter and it took 10 metres,
it took her 3 weeks to do the embroidery alone, it was an extremely
interesting hour.  No one actually recorded what colour the dress was
that she wore for her wedding but through much research and elimination
it was thought to be purple and gold with real gold thread for the
embroidery, it is said to have cost the same amount of money as a
warship would have done in that day which was one way to say how rich
and powerful she was .  From start to finish it took Tanya three years
to complete and we are all looking forward to her next visit as she will
be able to bring the dress with her unfortunately we could not have it
on Saturday as it is on show at a museum on the South Coast.  If ever
you get the chance to have Tanya as your speaker grab it with both
hands, I think you will be extremely happy, we certainly were.

Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK

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[lace] Lace Day

[Anne Nicholas]

Hi everyone,

I have been busy preparing for our annual Lace Day and have noticed a big
decline in sales of tickets and wondered if anyone else has noticed this too?

Our lace days have been held for nearly 30 years and we used to sell 100
tickets and have a waiting list. I have noticed that each year the number goes
down and we are seriously considering making this our last lace day as we are
not even covering the cost of renting the hall this year.

In this light I am writing to tell you about the Isleworth Lace Day that is to
be held next Saturday 28th June.

We are 4 groups of lacemakers who are all taught by the same teacher (Julie
Nicholls) and we all come together for our lace day once a year.

This year we have 3 suppliers attending who are Makit, Fireside Reflections
and Lacewing Designs. Julie will be giving a talk and demonstration on
mounting lace.

The lace day is to be held at St. Stephens Church Hall, Parkside Rd Hounslow,
Middx. which is close to the M3 and M4 motorways and a 10 minute walk from
Hounslow mainline station (direct from Waterloo)

Tickets are avaiable on the day at the door and shoppers are welcome at any
time in the day.

Please email me for any more information and we look forward to seeing you for
a great day of lacemaking.

Anne Nicholas
Feltham
Middx.
England



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[Wendy Davies]

Hi Anne

I noticed this as well at our lace day in May, there was half the number there
than last year.

I heard that it is mainly down to who is giving the talk and who the suppliers
are as to how many attend which is wrong in my opinion.  The people that
organise these lace days for us put a lot of effort into them so that we can
have a nice day, so I think that we should make every effort to go.  I like to
go to see what new patterns, threads etc that have come available also to
catch up with other lace makers and see what they are doing.  All in all a
great day out, here in this part of the country we only have the one a year so
it is definately a not to be missed.

Wendy. St Dogmales Wales
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[lace] Lace Day

[Maureen Bromley]

Hello Everyone

Wolds Lacemakers are due to hold their annual Lace Day on the 22nd September
2012 at Cottingham Road Baptist Church Chanterlands Avenue Hull HU5 4AY
England.The opening times are 10.a.m. to 4.p.m. and the entrance fee is
£3.50.Our speaker will be Carol McFadzean on 'Mrs Treadwin - Lacemaker
Extraordinaire'.  She was an important 19th century figure in the history of
Devon Lace.   Carol will also have on display the lace of Christine Hawken as
well as the latest 'Honiton Fillings' Book for sale that the Devon Lace
Teachers finished at the request of Christine.Honiton lovers will know of
Christine's 121 Honiton Lace Fillings. We will  have suppliers in
attendance.   There will also be a raffle and a door prize so everyone is
advised to keep their Lace Day Ticket.   There is a small car park at the Hall
and there is parking Chanterlands Avenue and its side streets which are
unrestricted on time.There is also access for disabled.   But pleased
bring a packed lunch as there are no sandwich shops nearby. Cakes will be
provided with the afternoon tea.

We are also hopeful that the High Sheriff of Yorkshire will appear in the
morning in her full regalia, including the lace jabot and cuffs which were
made by a small team of lacemakers who are also members of Wolds Lacemakers.
She will tell us a bit about her role as High Sheriff.

So please, if you are in the area, do come and see us.We expect this to be
a full and interesting day, especially as you can bring your lace pillow etc.
with you.

Regares

Maureen Bromley
Wolds Lacemakers.

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[lace] Lace day

[Sue]

Had a really good day at Wymondham Lace Day in Norfolk.  The speaker was
Eric Sutton and his wife from Acorn Bobbins U.K. he makes the most beautiful
bone bobbins and his talk was how he makes them.  The bone he collects
personally every fortnight from the abattoir and after cutting, boiling and
other processes he is lucky to get two bobbins out of one cows leg bone,
believe me I was surprised in how much was involved in producing such a
lovely finished item no wonder bone bobbins are expensive. (just a satisfied
customer no involvement  with co,)   

Lots of lovely goodies to buy plus I won a book on the raffle, also
purchased some very nice antique wooden bobbins which were being sold in aid
of charity.

Homemade cakes with tea this afternoon.

Met loads of old friends and went home all talked out , a very happy puppy.
Roll on next laceday.

 

Sue M Harvey

Norfolk UK

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[lace] Lace Day

[Janice Blair]

I was just reminded that today, October 1st is National Lacemaking Day in the 
US.  I did my celebrating without realising it as I just ate a delicious 
chocolate gooey brownie for lunch and earlier I copied a pricking and have put 
it on my pillow to start working asap.  It is a Christmas ornament as I 
realised 
I needed to make one for my British club craft and bake sale in November.  We 
auction items for charity and my lace usually brings the highest price of the 
evening.  I will be away in November so must get it done before our October 
meeting so I can give it to the President for later.

Happy National Lace Day
Janice

p.s.  Anyone in the world can celebrate - who doesn't like lace and chocolate.
 Janice Blair
Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
www.jblace.com
http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org

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[lace] Lace Day

[Adele Shaak]

Just a note to let everyone within driving distance of the 
Vancouver/Richmond area know that the Richmond Area Lacemakers are 
having a Lace Day on September 14th (Sunday). If you'd like to receive 
the information, please e-mail me privately.
Adele
North Vancouver, BC
(west coast of Canada)
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[Andrea]

I am usually a lurker and hopefully am learning a lot.  I am going to a Lace
Day in California this Saturday (November 1).  I will be hearing a speaker by
the name of Garcie Larsen.  The Lace Day is teaching classes but because of
when my plane arrives I don't know if I will be able to take any.  However,
there are lace venders.  What recommendations does anyone have for me for the
Lace Day.  Obviously, I am a beginner (I have only finished one project).  I
have bobbins and some accessories thanks to my very kind Secret Pals but all
recommendations and help would be appreciated.  I will be flying on Saturday
morming early and not checking E-mails after Friday night.

Thanks for the help

Andrea Sommers
In Las Vegas, which is now cooler but getting smoky from the California
wildfires

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[Elizabeth Ligeti]

Firstly - Happy Australia Day to all Aussies world wide.

On Saturday, the Victorian Branch of the Aust. Lace Guild held its first
Lace Day for the year, and I thought you might like to know that "Debbie of
Mozambique" was there.  She arrived safely in Oz, and had put her lacemaking
gear in her suitcase, after all, I think, so got it through security OK.

In hindsight, I remember meeting her when she was here a couple of years
ago, I think. She looked vaguely familiar!
It is SO nice to meet up with Arachneans, and chat face to face.

She seemed to be enjoying the day, and soaking up the atmosphere "like a
sponge"!!  I think she was having a large dose of "Lace Therapy"!!!
She was given a couple of other, small, lace days to go to, and I am hoping
to get to one of them myself.  They are small groups who meet regularly in
private homes.

Overseas visitors are always made most welcome at these Lace Days, so anyone
contemplating coming to Oz - and Melbourne in particular - Please come to a
lace day.  We would love to meet you.  There are a few of us Arachneans who
meet there.  And suppliers are there in the morning, if you need some
"retail therapy", as well!!

from Liz in Melbourne, Oz,
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[lace] Lace Day suppliers

[Alice Howell]

At 03:09 AM 2/24/2005, you wrote:
  I have always worked on the Lace Guild
recommendations (from many years ago, I must admit) of one supplier to each
25 Lacemakers -
Wish...wish...wishwish..  We have only ONE general supplier in 
the Northwest -- a region as big as 5 or 6 Englands.  We are always 
grateful that she is willing to drive 4 hours to bring her stuff to our 
Lace Days.  Of course, she gets lots of business.

In planning for hosting a local lace conference, we can come up with this 
one supplier, a bobbin painter, a bead person,  a romanian point lace 
person, and the lace video maker.  Next we will contact suppliers and 
bobbin makers at a greater distance to see if any are willing to travel 
here, or try to arrange for a 'Shop in a Box' from some of them.  One of 
our people will be the sales clerk for the items sent to us in the 
mail.  It's mostly bobbins that come this way.  Sometimes a dealer 1000 
miles away will come to a conference but we don't count on it in 
advance.  It's a three day drive each way, for a one day sale.

Sometimes it's hard not to turn green with envy when I read about all the 
lace days and lace fairs across the big water.  Be grateful for what you 
have, and make the most of it.   (Hmaybe I should start a third 
career and become a supplier.  We need someone around here to do it. )

Lace note -- I finished  !   the ten-year UFO !!!   It's a ten inch 
round mat.  It's just been sitting there, looking at me, all this time.  So 
-- one New Year's resolution is completed!

Also, I just completed a bookmark from a pattern designed by Tonya 
Little.  If she is on this list, please contact me.

Happy lacing,
Alice in Oregon  -- where my tree trimmer saw my lace and claims he's 
coming back in a couple weeks with a check to buy a bookmark and a 
frog.  We'll see if he ever does.  I'm not counting on it but if he does, 
it will be the 3rd frog I've sold. 

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[lace] Lace day events

[micki]

Hmm, I like the idea of making lace on the train and did consider it on my 
recent visit to Edinburgh - but since there were no lockers at the station 
where I arrived I was stuck as to what to do with the pillow while I walked 
and explored Edinburgh, so the lace pillow stayed at home.

We have a lacemaking weekend coming up this very next weekend and I am so 
excited:  I have enrolled for the needlelace course and will also take the 
(almost completed) garter with me to get expert help on how to join the two 
pieces.   Two and a half days of lacemaking and nothing else, just 
wonderful.

Micki
from the scottish highlands whether the sun is shining and the breeze gently 
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[Lorri Ferguson]

Is there any written material (hopefully with pictures) of this dress?  I for
one would be interested in getting a copy.

Lorri  -who will never get a chance to see this speaker.
Graham, Washington, USA



  Norfolk Lacemakers held their annual laceday on Saturday which was a
  great success we had quite a few suppliers including Sarah Jones who
  made some lovely commemorative bobbins for us.  The speaker was Tanya
  Elliot who gave us a talk on her re-creation of Mary Tudor's Wedding
  Dress.  The material alone cost £100 per meter and it took 10 metres,
  it took her 3 weeks to do the embroidery alone, it was an extremely
  interesting hour.  No one actually recorded what colour the dress was
  that she wore for her wedding but through much research and elimination
  it was thought to be purple and gold with real gold thread for the
  embroidery, it is said to have cost the same amount of money as a
  warship would have done in that day which was one way to say how rich
  and powerful she was .  From start to finish it took Tanya three years
  to complete and we are all looking forward to her next visit as she will
  be able to bring the dress with her unfortunately we could not have it
  on Saturday as it is on show at a museum on the South Coast.  If ever
  you get the chance to have Tanya as your speaker grab it with both
  hands, I think you will be extremely happy, we certainly were.

  Sue M Harvey
  Norfolk UK

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[Sue]

Lorri, I will be going to the next meeting of Norfolk Lacemakers on 14th
March I will see if I can get any information from our course organiser
with the intention of contacting Tanya to see if I can get pictures and
any information that she can offer.  I have just googled Tanya Elliot
and got her intinery at Beaulieu Palace and there is a small picture of
the dress on that.

Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK

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[lace] Lace Day Event

[C Johnson]

LACE DAYS for Lacemakers
COME LACE WITH US

June 8, 2013

The Lacemakers and Collectors Exchange will host their annual Lace Day at
the American Legion Hall (4000 Saratoga Avenue, Downers Grove, Illinois.)
The event will include vendors, classes and demonstrations.  Visit our
website http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org) for more information or contact
Susie Johnson, Chair. 

You will find the flyer, class description and a registration form on our
website .

Please share the information with your lacemaking friends and organizations.

Susie Johnson
Lace Day Chairman
cjohnson0...@comcast.net
815-942-1838
http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/

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[lace] Lace Day event

[Carolina de la Guardia]

Hello Arachneans,

I would like just to say that next 8th. May will take place the annual 
lace day event of "The Diada". This will be the 24th Edition, organised 
by The Catalonian Lace Guild (Ass. Catalana de Puntaires), in the 
location of Berga, 109 Km from Barcelona, 1,30 hours by car.


It is foreseen the participation of 2.100 lacemakers and 40 vendors.
So, if anybody is going to travel to this part of Spain, it is a great 
lace day for visiting.


In addition, our Arachnean Antje Gonzalez (The magazine Director), is 
going to show the new Lace magazine (English and Spanish): TWIST AND 
CROSS (VUELTA Y CRUZ), intended to lacemakers of different levels, with 
patterns, excellent diagrams and articles. It is a great new for Spanish 
lacemakers as there is almost nothing published in Spanish, at the 
present time.

A new web related with the magazine is under construction at:
http://www.vueltaycruz.es/index.html

Kind regards.

Carolina.Barcelona.Spain
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[lace] lace day in Spain

[carolina de la Guardia]

This is just to let you know that the next 5th June will take place the 
"Diada", the annual open air lace event organized by the Catalonian lace 
Ass. "Associació Catalana de Puntaires-ACP". This year the city that 
holds the fair is Ripoll, 100 Km from Barcelona or 84 Km. from Girona. 
Up to 2.000 lacemakers is expected to participate and more than 40 lace 
vendors coming from the other areas of Spain and Europe.


...Tamara, glad to read you again in Arachne.

Carolina de la Guardia
www.carolgallego.com

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[lace] lace day in Spain

[Carolina De La Guardia]

This is just to let you know that the next 5th June will take place the 
"Diada", the annual open air lace event, organised by the Catalonian lace 
Ass. "Associació Catalana de Puntaires-ACP". This year the city that 
holds the faire is Ripoll, 100 Km from Barcelona or 84 Km. from Girona.

Tamara, glad to read you again in Arachne.

Carolina

Carolina de la Guardia
www.carolgallego/com

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[lace] Lace Day in Spain

[Susan Vossier]

Jeri, you're quite right, I should have said thank you before.  Thanks to
Carolina de la Guardia who announced the day in Ripoll on 5th June, I'm
actually going to be able to go!  Like Agnes, I"ve been dreaming about this
for some times, but I never seem to know in advance, and it's too late to
organise.  This year I can stay with my son in the French Pyrenees and get
a train from Puig Cerda!  Thank you so much Carolina!

In fact, a big thank you to Everybody. You probably can't imagine the joy I
get from the digest about my favourite subject in my native language, which
I rarely speak, except with language learners .

So THANK YOU ALL, merci, Danke, Gracias, diolch yn fawr etc

Sue, near Montélimar France

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Re: [lace] lace day query

[Bridget Marrow]

This is a query for British arachnes:

Does anyone know the date of the next Cockfosters (North London) lace day?
It's usually quite early in the year (? February), and I expected details to 
be in the latest edition of Lace, but there is nothing there, nor on the 
Lace GUild website.


Bridget in sunny (for the moment!) Watford.

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[lace] Lace Day report - PLS

[Alice Howell]

We are much too far for Ithaca even though I wish I
could go.  However, the Portland Lace Guild had their
annual Lace Day yesterday -- and celebrated their 35th
year anniversary.

We are lucky to have one lace vender with the full
range of supplies who is willing to drive three hours
to get to us.  We also had 4 specialty venders with
their things, plus a consignment table for members.

Four Make It and Take It projects were set up in the
hall for people to do on their own.  There were three
small classes for those interested -- a Torchon leaf
pattern, tatting, and Romanian Point Lace sample
project.

The guild provides large submarine sandwiches, and,
this year, an anniversary cake.  Members bring snack
foods to go with this.  There's always lots to eat.

Everyone got door prizes, and one person got a Grand
Door Prize of a lacemaking video. (Thanks, Henzel
Productions!!) This year it was a new lacemaker, so
the video will be put to good use.

By the end of the day, our pocketbooks were lighter,
our tote bags were heavier, a bit of lace probably was
made, and friendships were extended or begun.  Thus,
another Lace Day blends into history, while we start
planning for Next Year.

We couldn't go to Ithaca, but we had our own Lace
Celebration.  If you are in Oregon next year on
October 1, come join us for our 2007 Lace Day.

Happy lacing,
Alice in Oregon -- where it's raining a bit, but
supposed to be sunny the rest of the week.

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[lace] Lace Day in Catalunya.

[Jenny De Angelis]

I thought I would just write a note to say how our lace day went here on 
Sunday last, 29th April.


Sunday morning started off a little bit cloudy here in Lloret De Mar, and 
the weather forecast had been for lots of rain but by about 11am the sun 
came out and we had a beautiful hot and sunny day.


Everyone began arriving shortly before 10am and found their places, the road 
running along the sea front was closed for the day and tables and chairs had 
been set out in two long rows along the road.  In the middle of the sea 
front, adjoining the town hall and town square is a sandy area with palm 
trees, this is called the Paseo which means walkway and where people take 
the air and stroll about in the cool of the evening.  On this paseo were all 
of the suppliers stands, I suppose about 30 or so suppliers attended, these 
included a couple of suppliers from France and Belgium too as well as a 
table from OIDFA.


Between 10am -10.30 we had the Trabucaires which is a traditional thing, men 
dressed in Catalan costume firing off their rifles, Trabucaires, not 
ordinary straight barrelled rifles but ones distinct, I think, to this area 
and I think may be traditional hunting guns or something, I am not sure. 
What a noise they made. Then at 11am the Mayor officially opened the lace 
day, he had been along to the Exhibition hall to view the lace exhibition 
put on by the local lace makers as well as the extra exhibition presented by 
the Assoc.of Lacemakers of Catalunya from a competition they ran, Paleta 
Pastel, or pastel palette. Paleta Pastel consists of more modern pieces of 
lace made in pastel shades and are very imaginative and beautiful, many of 
these entries are framed as pictures to hang on the wall but a few others 
are free standing arrangements.


Mid way tough the morning the Giants visited  the event and the female giant 
was carrying her lace pillow in her arms, every town has it's giants and 
there are competitions between towns for the best ones.   A little later we 
had the local choir singing for half an hour or so, and the mayor and town 
councillors walked along the rows chatting to the lace makers here and 
there.  Next came the Sardanas danced in the town square, this is the 
regional dance of Catalunya and is danced to regional music played on 
traditional instruments which look very strange to me as a foreigner, one of 
these instruments looks a bit like the Elizabethan Serpent that was a 
woodwind instrument but that's the best description I can give.  The band 
came from another town several kilometres away and had been invited to come 
and play.


We were each given the usual bottle of water and then the ladies of the town 
came along giving out straw hats to ward off the suns rays.


As part of the event, and to take care of the lacemakers husbands and other 
family members, trips had been organised to the local botanical gardens on 
the edge of the town, there was a regatta on the sea consisting of 
traditional large rowing boats that were used for fishing in the past. 
There were also trips up the hill at the back of the town to the ruins of an 
Iberian village that has been excavated dating from C.600BC, I think that's 
about the date but it's a while since was up there and the memory's not what 
it was.


1.30pm -4pm was lunchtime and many lace makers went off to eat in pre-booked 
restaurants etc.,  I had made a packed lunch for myself, Pam  Mattioli and 
Irene Knight, two other English lacemakers that came to take part along with 
their husbands.  We cleared a space on the table and ate our lunch then had 
a walk around the suppliers stands buying a few necessary items, leaving the 
men to guard our pillows.


Once everyone was back from lunch we made some more lace and then the 
Majorettes arrived.  A band came marching down one of the side streets to 
the town square followed by the majorettes in their little short black 
skirts and bright yellow jackets waving their pom poms and marching to the 
band.   Well!!what a laugh we all had at these majorettes, they were men 
dressed up with curly blonde wigs, make up, white socks and plimsolls 
prancing about and generally making everyone laugh a lot.  Up went the back 
of the skirts to reveal frilly knickers or tanga briefs, covering pairs of 
shorts I might add,  adjustments were made to busts and hair and coquettish 
looks were given to some of the male spectators, it was very funny.  There 
must have been about 20 or so majorettes and they performed for a second 
time a little later on.  They were a group that come from another town 
nearby.


It all added to the enjoyment of the day.

We saw some beautiful lace being made, including several pieces of needle 
lace, but I didn't walk along to view it all as there was just too much to 
see and such a crowd of people wandering along looking at it all.


About 5.30pm everyone began to pack up their pillows and waited for their 
gifts to be distributed, every lace day ends wi

[lace] Lace Day in Catalunya.

[Janice Blair]

Hi Jenny,
What a wonderful description of your lace day.  Makes ours seem very tame.  
This time you didn't mention the number of lacemakers present, unless I missed 
it.  I read it out loud to my daughter as we worked on our own laptops side by 
side on the sofa.  She was surprised when I told her that there could have been 
as many as 3,000 lacemakers at a lace day in Spain!

I doubt we would have got much lace made with all the distractions.

Janice
 
Janice Blair
Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
http://jblace.wordpress.com/
http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/

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[lace] lace day in ottawa

[lucieduf]

The Ottawa Guild of Lacemakers - 20th annual Ottawa Lace Day

When: Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Time: noon to 4PM
Where: Clark Room, RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Cost: $3 adult / children under 12 free

Vendors from Canada and the USA will have merchandise for the lacemaking,
tatting and needle lace enthusiasts. there will also be door prizes. A
lace demonstration area will be set up so that children and adults can try
their hand at lacemaking under the direction of lace experts. We extend an
open invitation to all lacemakers to bring their pillows and to work on
their lace.

For further information, please contact Cheryl at 613 792-1672 or email
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

See you there!

Lucie DuFresne
Ottawa Canada

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[lace] Lace day in Malaga

[Laceandbits]

I am just back from an amazing week in Malaga - three days teaching at a 
seminary on a shady balcony overlooking gardens and mountains behind - followed 
by 
the lace day on Saturday.

Seven or eight hundred Spanish lacemakers all talking very loudly, with 
Flamenco band and dancers on a stage in the centre, was a little different to 
the 
very subdued-by-comparison English and American ones I have been to.

A chance to see a differerent set of suppliers and goods, and watch the 
Spanish ladies working on all their very different pillows.

My spangled English bobbins were the only ones there and my Milanese lace was 
a source of wonder to them; as far as I could see there was nothing else 
there being made with fine thread, although there was plenty of fine thread for 
sale.

Having gone with no Spanish at all (so-called friends here assured me that 
'everyone' in Spain speaks English but they lie) I now have a good but not 
widely useful vocabulary for twist, cloth stitch, turning stitch, knot and 
other 
words of that type.  Not a lot of help, for example, when the taxi back to the 
airport was late arriving!

If any of you ever get the chance to go, grab it with both hands.

Jacquie in Lincolnshire   

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[lace] Lace day in Spain

[ann.humphreys]

We have just returned from holiday in Spain and as luck would have it there
was a lace day close to where we were staying. What a difference to the lace
days we have here. A marquee had been set up in the town square and lacemakers
were arriving by coaches. The noise was incredible. There must have been over
a hundred Spanish ladies all talking at the tops of their voices which I think
would probably get louder and louder as the day went on as the refreshment was
from several gallon jars of what looked like homemade wine but the atmosphere
was wonderful. I enjoyed looking at the variety of pillows, mainly bolster
types and  many of them looked to be homemade, but I was surprised at the
thickness of the thread everyone seemed to be working with, in fact I didn't
see any lace being made with fine thread. Much of the lace seemed to be of the
very practical homemaking type with lots of wide edgings.
There were plenty of stalls doing masses of trade but hardly a coloured thread
to be seen. It has made me appreciate the great variety of threads I can buy
at lace days here. All the same I enjoyed my couple of hours there and
although I don't speak Spanish I did manage a bit of communication with some
of the lovely ladies there who were only too pleased to show off their work.

Ann
Yorkshire UK

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[lace] Lace Day June 7th

[Eve Morton]

Hi Everyone,

I hope that you will not mind my alerting all of you to Poole Bobbin 
Lace Circle's Lace Day which will be held on June 7th at the Allendale 
Centre in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, UK  10.30am to 4.00pm.


The address for ticket application and also details of the speaker and 
lace competition can be found at our website which is:


http://www.cyberlink.co.uk/pblc/laceday.htm

Entry tickets are still available though it is too late to order lunch 
there is a café on site and there are cafés in Wimborne which are only a 
short walk away.  Tickets are also available on the day too if we 
haven't sold out.  Hope that some of you will be able to come.

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Eve
Poole, Dorset, UK

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[lace] Lace Day in Illinois

[C Johnson]

Hi lacemakers,

I just wanted to take a minute to let you know about a lace day coming up
June 18th,
sponsored by the L.A.C.E. Guild in Clarendon Hills, Illinois.
You can find out all the particulars, including location, the vendors, 
and classes offered by clicking on this link.
http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/Lace_Day_2011.html
A flyer can be downloaded.

I hope many of you find a way to attend.  
We love sharing our day with lacemakers and vendors!

Thanks all,
Happy lacing.
Susie

Susie Johnson, Vice President and Newsletter Editor
Member L.A.C.E., I.O.L.I., Arachne List
Morris, Illinois
cjohnson0...@comcast.net
http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org 
 

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Re: [lace] Lace Day event

[Donna]

I am very interested in getting a subscription but does any one know how much 
in US ?  

Sent from my iPod

On Apr 8, 2011, at 3:49 AM, Carolina de la Guardia  wrote:

> Hello Arachneans,
> 
> I would like just to say that next 8th. May will take place the annual lace 
> day event of "The Diada". This will be the 24th Edition, organised by The 
> Catalonian Lace Guild (Ass. Catalana de Puntaires), in the location of Berga, 
> 109 Km from Barcelona, 1,30 hours by car.
> 
> It is foreseen the participation of 2.100 lacemakers and 40 vendors.
> So, if anybody is going to travel to this part of Spain, it is a great lace 
> day for visiting.
> 
> In addition, our Arachnean Antje Gonzalez (The magazine Director), is going 
> to show the new Lace magazine (English and Spanish): TWIST AND CROSS (VUELTA 
> Y CRUZ), intended to lacemakers of different levels, with patterns, excellent 
> diagrams and articles. It is a great new for Spanish lacemakers as there is 
> almost nothing published in Spanish, at the present time.
> A new web related with the magazine is under construction at:
> http://www.vueltaycruz.es/index.html
> 
> Kind regards.
> 
> Carolina.Barcelona.Spain
> -- 
> Carolina de la Guardia
> 
> http://www.carolgallego.com
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Re: [lace] Lace Day event

[bev walker]

To Donna, you can probably check with your iPod, a currency converter,
the subscription itself is 27 EUR, about $40 US I think.Overseas
postage on top of that,

On 4/8/11, Donna  wrote:
> I am very interested in getting a subscription but does any one know how
> much in US ?
>
> Sent from my iPod
>
> On Apr 8, 2011, at 3:49 AM, Carolina de la Guardia 
> wrote:
>> A new web related with the magazine is under construction at:
>> http://www.vueltaycruz.es/index.html

-- 
Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west
coast of Canada - who would love to attend the lace day in Spain...two
thousand lacemakers, 40 vendors...

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[lace] Lace Day in Ripoll-Spain

[carolina de la Guardia]

This is just to let you know that the next 5th June will take place the 
"Diada", the annual open air lace event organized by the Catalonian lace 
Ass. "Associació Catalana de Puntaires-ACP". This year the city that 
holds the fair is Ripoll, 100 Km from Barcelona or 84 Km. from Girona. 
Up to 2.000 lacemakers is expected to participate and more than 40 lace 
vendors coming from the other areas of Spain and Europe.


...Tamara, glad to read you again in Arachne.

Carolina de la Guardia
www.carolgallego.com

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RE: [lace] lace day in Spain

[Agnes Boddington]

I dream  that one day I can go to Spain and visit some of the lace events 
there, as well as go on a Hinojosa course with Marina Regueiro. For the time 
being, I'll just have to continue dreaming.
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK

Subject: [lace] lace day in Spain

This is just to let you know that the next 5th June will take place the 
"Diada", the annual open air lace event, organised by the Catalonian lace 
Ass. "Associació Catalana de Puntaires-ACP". This year the city that 
holds the faire is Ripoll, 100 Km from Barcelona or 84 Km. from Girona.

Tamara, glad to read you again in Arachne.

Carolina

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Re: [lace] lace day in Spain

[Maria Greil]

By the way, Agnes, did you know that Carolina is a top level expert in
Hinojosa lace? She learned it from the Cuevas sisters who came to Catalonia
from a village close to Hinojosa years ago. And Carolina is teaching and
designing this kind of lace ever since.

Regards,
Maria
a German living in Spain


2016-01-21 13:56 GMT+01:00 Agnes Boddington :

> I dream  that one day I can go to Spain and visit some of the lace events
> there, as well as go on a Hinojosa course with Marina Regueiro. For the
> time being, I'll just have to continue dreaming.
> Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK
>
> Subject: [lace] lace day in Spain
>
> This is just to let you know that the next 5th June will take place the
> "Diada", the annual open air lace event, organised by the Catalonian lace
> Ass. "Associació Catalana de Puntaires-ACP". This year the city that
> holds the faire is Ripoll, 100 Km from Barcelona or 84 Km. from Girona.
>
> Tamara, glad to read you again in Arachne.
>
> Carolina
>
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Re: [lace] lace day in Spain

[AGlez]

Maria is right. She is, in fact, one of the first persons who designed
Hinojosa lace and published her books. I knew her through Arachne! And
bought her first book many years ago (15 or so). I have learnt a lot from
her! She is a magnific designer (have a look at her books in her webpage)
and a very good and patient teacher. We have been friends since then!

Greetings from Antje, living also in Spain, halfway between Carolina and
Maria!


2016-01-21 14:11 GMT+01:00 Maria Greil :

> By the way, Agnes, did you know that Carolina is a top level expert in
> Hinojosa lace? She learned it from the Cuevas sisters who came to Catalonia
> from a village close to Hinojosa years ago. And Carolina is teaching and
> designing this kind of lace ever since.
>
> Regards,
> Maria
> a German living in Spain
>
>
> 2016-01-21 13:56 GMT+01:00 Agnes Boddington  >:
>
> > I dream  that one day I can go to Spain and visit some of the lace events
> > there, as well as go on a Hinojosa course with Marina Regueiro. For the
> > time being, I'll just have to continue dreaming.
> > Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK
> >
> > Subject: [lace] lace day in Spain
> >
> > This is just to let you know that the next 5th June will take place the
> > "Diada", the annual open air lace event, organised by the Catalonian lace
> > Ass. "Associació Catalana de Puntaires-ACP". This year the city that
> > holds the faire is Ripoll, 100 Km from Barcelona or 84 Km. from Girona.
> >
> > Tamara, glad to read you again in Arachne.
> >
> > Carolina
> >
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RE: [lace] lace day in Spain

[Agnes Boddington]

Hi Maria and all
Yes, I did know that. I met her at one of our lace days in 2014, and bought
her fantastic book.
Just have not had time to do anything with it, as I am still beavering away
at my Bedfordshire piece.
I also have friends who live in the same area as she does. Antonio was my
language assistant for a year, whilst he and his partner Paula were studying
at Hull uni and both also attended my German classes. There is a thought: I
could visit them at the same time. Something to aim and save for.
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK


2016-01-21 14:11 GMT+01:00 Maria Greil :

> By the way, Agnes, did you know that Carolina is a top level expert in
> Hinojosa lace? She learned it from the Cuevas sisters who came to
Catalonia
> from a village close to Hinojosa years ago. And Carolina is teaching and
> designing this kind of lace ever since.
>
> Regards,
> Maria
> a German living in Spain

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[lace] Lace Day in Barcelona - long

[Pam Mattioli]

Hi All

Just thought I'd let you all know about the fantastic Lace Day I attended
last week on the outskirts of Barcelona.

Carolina told us all about it back in Feb and as it coincided with our
wedding anniversary DH and I decided that a long weekend in Barcelona
sounded like a good idea. Selina (who started making lace in Sept) and her
DH decided to come too.

We arrived in Barcelona on Thursday and spent the following 2 days
sightseeing, by Sunday we were shattered by the amount of walking we had
done. We still didn't see half of what we wanted (opps, might have to go
again, VBG).

Sunday morning saw us up bright and early to get to the station to catch the
train. Carolina had given me directions and we'd arranged to meet at
10.15am. Getting to the station and finding the platform proved easy, now
for getting on the right train. Easy - find a lacemaker and follow her. We
had a choice of hundreds to follow! I've never seen so many lacemakers
crammed into such a small space before. All with pillows of varing shapes
and sizes, many of them being transported in shopping trollies or on luggage
wheels (now there's a good idea that needs following up).

The train arrived and on we all piled on, a few lucky ladies got seats, the
rest of us stood,fairly comfortably, hanging onto the handrails etc. Next
stop - another couple of hundred lacemakers get on! What a squeeze! If the
train had stopped suddenly no one would have fallen down as there wasn't any
room! One more stop and it looks like we're there -the train empties
completely apart from a few bemused holiday makers who had caught it at the
airport. We join the end of the queue to get out of the station, 20 mins
later we emerge onto the street and what a sight awaits us just acroos the
road.

Three long rows of trestle tables and chairs, divided into zones so that you
could find where you were sitting, going down the middle of the road. A long
row of gazeebo's on the right where the vendors were doing a roaring trade
and thousands and thousands of lacemakers. The day was bright and sunny, but
not too hot (the previous Sunday it poured with rain, so we were lucky). We
were a few minutes early, so we sat down and waited to see if we could spot
Carolina. She found us and it was great to meet her.

Carolina took us across to the vending area and explained how the lace day
worked, we chatted for a while in a mixture of English and Spanish (or was
it Catalan?). DH and I discoved that Catalan is similar to Italian so we had
no real problem understanding her. Then we went our seperate ways.

We solved the problem of where to start by working our way down the vendors,
just looking first time round and then back again sending far too much
money. Then on to the lacemakers. Pillows of all shapes and sizes, lace of
every description, though predominately white torchon. Groups of lacemkers
who had all dressed their pillows the same way, groups of lacemakers with
matching hats, groups of lacemakers with matching t-shirts. Groups of
lacemakers with banners on their tables - what a wonerful sight. Lots of
fantastic lace being worked and lots of lace being displayed. The camera was
well used and I'll be putting photos up on the PBLC site shortly. We stopped
and chatted (well sort of) to many of the lacemakers and my supply of
spangled bobbins was given away very swiftly. Most of the lacemakers were
not familiar with Midlands bobbins and found them fascinating.

5 hours passed quickly and we headed back to the train early so as to beat
the rush. A fantastic day, one which I hope to repeat another year. Now I'm
looking for lace days nearer home in the south of Spain - not sure when and
where they happen.

Sorry to have gone on so long

Pam Mattioli
In sunny Vera Playa, Almeria, Spain

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[lace] Lace Day In The Pines

[Ruth Hickman]

Hello Lacemakers 
  The Bluebonnet Lacemakers are having their 5th annual Lace Day In The Pines.
 
 
Lace Day In The Pines Saturday June 12, 2004
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
First United Methodist Church
Nacogdoches, TX

   Admission is $1. and Lunch is available for $5. or you can go to the next block and 
eat at one of the vendors that will be at the Blueberry Festival. 
 
 In addition to the lace day and the festival there will be a quilt show in the same 
church  They will be in the gem down stairs and we will be upstairs,  (we have an 
evaluator) :)
 
We will have vendors  (Lace & Such, Unique Expressions, Knotwork Lace Tools, Don's 
Bobbins, Siren beads, and Cheryl's Beads and Baubles),  and a demonstration by Glenna  
and a small work shop on how to make the net pillow sweeps. Lots of Lace to look at 
and lots of lacemakers to visit with and oh yes a raffle for lots of goodies and a 
goodie bag when you sign in. 
 
If you would like more information contact me  (Ruth Hickman) at the address below and 
I will send it to you.
 
 
Hope to see some of you there




Ruth Hickman
Nacogdoches, TX
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[lace] Lace Day and Lace Fair

[Jane Viking Swanson]

Hi All,  I tried to send this last night but got knocked off-line : (
*
Hi All,  I writing with a request - can we please have a report on Ann
Collier's talk in Wales and Sandi Woods class in Denmark after they happen?
I love Ann Collier's books and I'm very tempted to buy Sandi Woods books
even though I don't do BL, her designs are so graceful and her color sense
is wonderful!

The next best thing to being at both events will be reports to arachne!

Jane in Vermont, USA where the sun shone again today with only brief
sprinkles of rain!
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[lace] Lace Day and Lace Fair

[Micki]

|
| As one who travels mostly by armchair, I  appreciate comments and
| reports about lace days, conventions, and other get-togethers  - not a
| rundown of what the speaker spoke, necessarily, but the little things,
| like how many attended, in what sort of place, and what the weather
| was, if you saw someone wearing a particularly special piece of lace,
| if travel was complicated, or direct, if there were new lacemakers, or
| other Arachnes - and some descriptives - the speaker was fascinating,
| and one bit I thought was most interesting was..(etc.).


Bev in Sooke BC,  we have a lace weekend coming up middle November here in 
the Scottish Highlands.  As I am interested in design I have listed myself 
for the Lace Design class.  it has some snappy name which eludes me at the 
moment.

I will happily report on the weekend - in general - since as a lace rookie I 
havent got enough knowledge yet to comment on anything else . 
Torchin lace is starting to lose its terrifying aspects for me and I look 
forward to the day when I will transfer my attention to Bucks. but first I 
want to 'knit' torchon into my bones so that it becomes a pleasure to do, 
from beginning to end.

The highlands of scotland have put on its autumnal finery and the light is 
so sharp and crisp

Micki
from Loch Ness, Drumnadrochit 

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[lace] Lace Day in Southern California??

[cynthiadew1]

Is there going to be a Lace Day in Southern California this year?  I haven't 
needed to attend in a few years and remember there usually being one in 
November.  Anyone have any info?
 
Thanks.

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[lace] Lace Day - Vancouver, BC Area

[Adele Shaak]

Hello everyone:

Just wanted to announce that the Richmond Area Lacemakers (near 
Vancouver, BC, Canada) will be having a Lace Day on Sunday, November 
19th. Normally I wouldn't bother the list with this news, but we do 
want to get the word out to people in Seattle, Victoria, and other 
places close enough to make it a day trip, and we don't have enough 
time to get the word out using our regular channels.


Anyone who wants to come can e-mail me if they like, and I will forward 
the PDF file of our official announcement and a map to the venue.


Adele
North Vancouver, BC
(west coast of Canada)

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Re: [lace] Lace Day in Catalunya.

[Spud Islander]

That was a wonderful and colourful description Jenny!  I could feel the warm 
sunshine and imagine all the sounds and sights!  We can hardly imagine the 
numbers of lacemakers and suppliers - as we have so few lacemakers and 
spread apart by quite a distance over here!


Thanks for sharing!

Nova (west coast of Canada)


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I thought I would just write a note to say how our lace day went


What a laugh we all had at these majorettes, they were men
dressed up with curly blonde wigs, make up, white socks and plimsolls
prancing about and generally making everyone laugh a lot




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[lace] Lace Day in Virginia Beach

[Tamara P Duvall]

Gentle Spiders,

My ISP had problems during the past weekend and some messages seem to 
have gone into a black hole in cyberspace; could be that's why I 
haven't seen anything here on the subject. But in case, nothing had 
been written...


I'd like to thank Land House Lacers for organising a very enjoyable 
Fall Lace Day this past Saturday. Everything -- from mini-workhops 
through vendors and lecture and goodie bags to sweet-treats and raffle 
-- was as smoothly woven together as a nice piece of lace.


I enjoyed every minute of it but the really high point of the day was 
finding that Cherry Knobloch had made enough of her porcelain lace to 
sell and brought it to the event. I'd fallen in love with it from the 
day I saw her early experiments:

http://community.webshots.com/user/CherryJene
and, ever since, had a hard time restraining my impatience to *own* a 
piece. Now I have three :)


Cherry, could you, *pretty please*, update your website and include the 
newer pieces?


Many thanks, Land House Lacers, for a job well done!
--
Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
 
 


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[lace] Lace Day in Virginia Beach

[Cherry Knobloch]

Thanks to Cindy, and Tamara and Clay for their kind words about my ceramic 
lace. I must give lots of credit to Cindy and Tamara for prodding me out of 
my comfort zone and giving me the courage to show and sell my stuff. This 
gives me more room to make more!


I'm building a web site and should have it finished in a few more days. My 
DH is running plumbing to the studio and installing a counter and sink. I 
have to build a clay trap for under the sink and replace the heating 
elements in the kiln and I'll be back at work out there.


I'll let you all know when the site is up and running.

Cherry Knobloch
Chesapeake, Va
USA

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Re: [lace] Lace day in Spain

[Antje González]

Hello Jacqui, Ann and all Arachneans.

Being a Spanish lacer I would like to make some comments about our lace
meetings here in Spain, as I feel that it is not much known abroad.

Lace has been made in Spain for centuries, but depending on the part of the
country you go to, you will see many different types. You have visited the
South, and there, same as in most Spain, they work with thick thread (number
50 or 40.. even thicker in some cases) especially when they are making
edgings for tablecloths or sheets... The lace most women make is for home
use, for practical use, so the thread cannot be fine, as the lace would get
spoiled in the first wash.

We also use the long vertical pillow, and big wooden bobbins, which have the
perfect weight to keep the thick thread.

But if you go further North, for example to Barcelona and that area, you
will see a lot of blonde and other laces made with hundreds of bobbins and
very fine thread. And also finer bobbins, but wooden too, and no spangles at
all.
  When you talk about the lack of coloured threads to be sold: traditionally
we have always been working just with white and ecru, or black in some
cases. We are starting to introduce some colour because of the influences of
abroad. We see colour in magazines and books... but we are accepting colour
slowly. I suppose this is the reason that sellers don't sell much coloured
threads.. because we don't buy it normally.

The noise you noticed in the meeting is just a characteristic of how the
Spaniards are: we are much noisier than any other European people... Go to a
restaurant for example, and you will feel this too. Or in the streets, we
talk loud, and can hear perfectly the conversation of others who are near
us. In fact, when we go to other parts of Europe, we feel inhibited in a
restaurant or in the underground... because nobody speaks. Just different
cultures!

I also want to add that from May to December (aprox.) you will be able to
attend a lace meeting in Spain if you visit us, as there are many, in most
cities now.

Many greetings to all Arachneans...

Antje González, in Guadalajara, Spain

http://antje.gonzalez.iespana.es/

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[lace] Lace Day, South Wales, UK

[Scotlace]

The Border Lacemakers 2008 Laceday will be held on Saturday 1st November at  
The Beaufort Centre, Beaufort Road, Newport (off the B4596, Caerleon Road) from 
 10.00am to 3.30pm.
 
The speaker is Mrs Judi Grant talking about the quilt collection at the  
American Museum, Claverton Down, Bath.
 
Suppliers in attendance:-
 
Crystals and Ice (beads), Jo Firth, Matthew Hester, Stuart Johnson,  Lacewing 
Designs, RHS Engineering and Wellhead Books.
 
Admission is 5.00 GBP (which includes morning and lunchtime tea/coffee) and  
tickets are available from:
 
Jenny Hester, Cedar Bungalow, Clytha Park, Abergavenny, NP7 9BW.
 
Please enclose a S.A.E. and make cheques payable to 'Border  Lacemakers'.
 
Raffle to be held in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support
 
Patricia in Wales
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[lace] Lace Day trips from London?

[Elizabeth Kurella]

I will be in London this coming week --

It seems I have a free day on short notice on Thursday Oct. 2

Can anyone advise on easy train day trips from London to see/study antique lace?

Tried contacting Higgins museum in Befford  and it sound like there is very 
litle lace on permanent display — can anyone advise me more specifically, or 
perhaps about the Luton museum?

Elizabeth Kurella

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[lace] Lace Day - Portland Lace Society

[lacelady]

The Portland (Oregon) Lace Society will have their annual Lace Day on October 
1st at the Sellwood Community Center from 10am till 3pm.

Anyone in the area that day is welcome to attend.  Contact me off the List if 
you need information.

Alice in Oregon -- where tomorrow we receive our new all-electric car.  DH will 
be in car heaven.

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[lace] lace Day in New Jersey

[LaBobbins]

Dear Spiders, 
 Just to let you know, the Metropolitan Chapter of the International Old 
Lacers in New Jersey, are having a Lace Day on Saturday, November 1, 2003.  It is 
to be held at the Elks BPO Westwood Lodge, 505 Kinderkamack Road Westwood, NJ 
07675.
  There will be 4 dealers there and on Sunday they will be holding workshops, 
prior  registration is required.  If you are in the area on Saturday please 
stop in.  The theme for the lace day is On the Wings of Lace.  See you there!
Yours in lace,
Laura Oppedisano
New Jersey

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[lace] Lace Day in Shrewsbury this Sat

[Libby Inglis]

Hi All,  just a quick reminder of Shrewsbury Lacemakers' Lace Day on Sat 12th
March at St Nicholas Church Hall, English Bridge, Shrewsbury. 10.00 to 4.00
Suppliers and speaker Heather Toomer. All welcome.
Libby in currently sunny Shrewsbury, Shropshire UK

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Re: [lace] Lace Day and Lace Fair

[Scotlace]

Jane Viking asked for a report.  I do try to report on our Lace Day talks and 
have done so in the past but sometimes the words of the talk are meaningless 
without the illustrations.  Last year Christine springett talked about 
Bedfordshire Lace but her talk was geared to her slides and couldn't be reprted 
without them.

Patricia in Wales
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Re: [lace] Lace Day and Lace Fair

[bevw]

On 10/21/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jane Viking asked for a report.  I do try to report on our Lace Day talks and
> have done so in the past but sometimes the words of the talk are meaningless
> without the illustrations.

As one who travels mostly by armchair, I  appreciate comments and
reports about lace days, conventions, and other get-togethers  - not a
rundown of what the speaker spoke, necessarily, but the little things,
like how many attended, in what sort of place, and what the weather
was, if you saw someone wearing a particularly special piece of lace,
if travel was complicated, or direct, if there were new lacemakers, or
other Arachnes - and some descriptives - the speaker was fascinating,
and one bit I thought was most interesting was..(etc.). Admittedly
some of us have the gift of the gab and typing fingers (and don't seem
to know when to stop, speaking for myself entirely), most of the time
'less is more' -  a few lines of about how the event 'was' is perfect.
And I thank you all who post about them.

--
bye for now
Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada)
Cdn. floral bobbins
www.woodhavenbobbins.com

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Re: [lace] Lace Day in Virginia Beach

[clayblackwell]

Thanks, Tamara, for bringing this up!

I agree that the Lace Day at Virginia Beach was wonderful!  Kudos to Linda 
Young and all the members of Land House Lacers for their hard work which paid 
off!

I'm also very impressed with Cherry's porcelain lace!  I now own a little piece 
of porcelain Flanders!  AND...  yesterday, I trotted out to my local "Michaels" 
to find the frame she recommended.  It was no longer on sale, but I got it 
anyway...  and it was still a bargain.  And even better...  Cherry has agreed 
to bring her things to "Lace at Sweet Briar" next year!!

Clay

--
Clay Blackwell 
Lynchburg, VA USA 


-- Original message -- 
From: Tamara P Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 

> Gentle Spiders, 
> 
> My ISP had problems during the past weekend and some messages seem to 
> have gone into a black hole in cyberspace; could be that's why I 
> haven't seen anything here on the subject. But in case, nothing had 
> been written... 
> 
> I'd like to thank Land House Lacers for organising a very enjoyable 
> Fall Lace Day this past Saturday. Everything -- from mini-workhops 
> through vendors and lecture and goodie bags to sweet-treats and raffle 
> -- was as smoothly woven together as a nice piece of lace. 
> 
> I enjoyed every minute of it but the really high point of the day was 
> finding that Cherry Knobloch had made enough of her porcelain lace to 
> sell and brought it to the event. I'd fallen in love with it from the 
> day I saw her early experiments: 
> http://community.webshots.com/user/CherryJene 
> and, ever since, had a hard time restraining my impatience to *own* a 
> piece. Now I have three :) 
> 
> Cherry, could you, *pretty please*, update your website and include the 
> newer pieces? 
> 
> Many thanks, Land House Lacers, for a job well done! 
> -- 
> Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/ 
> Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) 
> 
> 
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Re: [lace] Lace Day trips from London?

[Malvary Cole]

One thing that springs to mind is "Imagine - Lace at Waddesdon Manor" which 
is on until October 26th.  Not sure how you get there, but it might be worth 
looking into.  I went by car and enjoyed the exhibit.


Malvary in Ottawa where we have a beautiful warm late summer day.

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[lace] Lace Day in New Jersey - time

[LaBobbins]

Sorry I forgot to mention the time for the Metro Lace Day in
Westwood New Jersey.  It will be open from 10-3.  See you there!
Laura Oppedisano 

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Re: [lace] Lace Day in Shrewsbury this Sat

[Sue Clemenger]

Oh my, don't I wish I could be there! I've been to your lovely corner of 
the island (albeit in September), and had a very nice time.  I even 
bought my first pair of fancy bobbins there--they are made of ebony, and 
I put black and white spangles on them, to remind me of the old 
buildings in your town.
--Sue (who lives many, many miles away in almost-springlike Montana, 
where the first tulips and daffodils and crocus are starting to poke out 
of the ground)

Libby Inglis wrote:
Hi All,  just a quick reminder of Shrewsbury Lacemakers' Lace Day on Sat 12th
March at St Nicholas Church Hall, English Bridge, Shrewsbury. 10.00 to 4.00
Suppliers and speaker Heather Toomer. All welcome.
Libby in currently sunny Shrewsbury, Shropshire UK
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[lace] Lace Day in Bergen County, New Jersey

[Regina Haring]

If you are in the area of Westwood (Bergen County), New Jersey on Saturday,
November 5th, we invite you to visit our Lace Day, which will again be held
at the Elks BPO Lodge on Kinderkamack Road in Westwood.

There will be demonstrations,an exhibit, and a class for children. Susan
Wenzel and Kathy Kirchner will vend. Regretfully, this will be Susan
Wenzel's last vending anywhere, and we shall miss her.

On Sunday, November 6th, there will be an adult beginners' class taught by
Lynda Barber as well as a Milanese class taught by Myra Petretti and a
Schneeberger class taught by Pat Morris. For these classes pre-registration
is necessary.

Full information is available on our website:
http://www.metropolitanchapterioli.org

Regina Haring
Nanuet, NY

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[lace] Lace Day at the Baltimore Museum of Art

[Tamara P Duvall]

Hello Gentle Spiders,
I just came back from my first ever Lace Day organised by the 
Chesapeake Region Lace Guild, and, as Mary Tod and Laurie Hughes have 
said, it had been a splendiferous occasion.

We started it with a breakfast - lots of sweet stuff, gotta get that 
adrenaline flowing - followed by the business meeting, followed by 3 
hours of demonstrations, inspecting the wonderful Cone Collection of 
Lace and the "Inspired by Lace" textile installations of Piper Shepard 
and inspecting the goodies both at the vendors' stalls and in the 
Museums shop. These delights were followed by more: a lecture by Ilske 
Thomsen ("At a Glance: Lace in Fashion"), followed by a - sweeet - 
reception (gotta replenish all that adrenaline )

Laurie has already talked about the exhibit itself (though she didn't 
mention spotting one hankie mounted with the raised work "face to the 
wall ), and I second all she'd said. It was lovely, the lace was of 
excellent quality and, although as usual I felt I could have spent 
*more* time studying the pieces (at least the BL ones, which are have 
more personal appeal), at least I didn't feel like I should have got a 
permission to pitch my tent in the Museum for a couple of weeks. The 
amount of lace displayed was was "almost doable" even in the short time 
I had, and would have given a non-lacemaker a good overal introduction 
to different techniques at their best.

I considered getting lunch on the premises (Devon had kindly offered to 
tack me onto her reservation as had my hostess, Vicki)) but decided 
that having a couple of cigarettes instead would be both cheaper and 
faster; I was nervous about being on time for my demo hour, especially 
since I had to assemble my table (I'm just too short to work at those 
provided). And I was a little nervous about demonstrating at all; this 
was only my second time, and the first time, I positioned myself 
"strategically" - slightly behind Cay and Louise (Hume), so as not to 
be too easily accessible for questions :)

This time, I also did my best, but my best wasn't good enough  
Aurelia (Loveman) had her dream fulfilled - there were many and many of 
us showing that lacemaking, in all its forms, was definitely *not* a 
"dying art". But that also meant that, whichever door the museum-goers 
used to move from one part of the Museum to another, they were likely 
to see us; we were - literally - all around (a glassed-in atrium, 
which, under different weather conditions would have given us 
spectacular light, but, despite the rain gave perfectly good one) :)

I managed to arrive almost half an hour early and assembled my table 
without any trouble (for once ). Unpacked all my paraphernalia, 
unpinned my covercloth, untethered my bobbins and plunked my plaque 
next to me. The plaque said: "We don't make mistakes; we do variations" 
and the lace I was demonstrating is a simple, two-colour edging which 
will go around it (one day in a distant future ) Perhaps the plaque 
was a mistake - people noticed it, and laughed, and would start asking 
questions the moment they read it.

I only managed to do one repeat in the 80 minutes (at home, it takes me 
about 45; I timed it, and a good thing too, since people asked about 
*that*). And, towards the end, I'd have sold my (non-existent ) soul 
for a glass of water - it seemed to me that I talked, and talked, and 
talked, almost non-stop, and I'm not used to that.

But the questions were intelligent and sensible, and it turned out I 
was able to answer most of them although, in many cases, I'd refer them 
to the exhibit (either: "go see it" or: "go back and look again", 
depending on what their answer to my "have you seen it?" was) for more 
illustrious illustrations of what I was doing and talking about. Only 
once or twice did I stumble over vocabulary - I learnt lacemaking in 
English, so Polish words don't come to mind first, unbidden, the way 
they do in other circumstances. Only twice was I asked "where do you 
come from?" and, as both times, the comment was: "I love your accent", 
that was OK. Only once did I see a roll of the eyes and an overdone 
shrug of indifference - from a 16-17yr old male, in response to his 
mother's? excited: just look at that! She stopped and watched and asked 
questions, he propped the wall "patiently" waitng for her to be done. I 
suspect he must have had plans for that Saturday other than going to a 
Museum :)

To compensate, I got one - maybe 20-22 - young lady who was so fired 
up, she took the CRLG leaflet onto which I tacked on the Arachne 
address (just in case you find a teacher but she can't answer your 
questions fast enough, because you're only meeting once a week). *And* 
I got *lots and lots* of positive comments on my "a la Rosalibre" pin - 
both from lacemakers and the general public. General public was 
immediately referred to the exhibit to look for other examples of 
3-dimensions in lace, lacemakers to the vendors' room for the book :)

By ten-to-

Re: [lace] Lace Day on Artisan's Row at Pennsic

[Susie Rose]

Greetings Lady Kyrstyan!

This is so kewl!  I hope everyone has a fantastic time!  I'm saving to go to
Pennsic next year.
 
Hugs, Susie Rose  
My Etsy store:  http://www.susierosedesigns.etsy.com
 My Blujay store: http://SusieRose.blujay.com




--- On Fri, 6/17/11, Chris Vail  wrote:

From: Chris Vail 
Subject: [lace] Lace Day on Artisan's Row at Pennsic
To: l...@dont.panix.com
Date: Friday, June 17, 2011, 6:46 PM

This message is aimed at any lacemakers on the list who are associated with
the Society for Creative Anachronism, and who may be attending Pennsic on
August 8th. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, just ignore this
email; I'm trying to get the word out as far as possible, as there's been a
change in coordinator, and I'm making up for lost time :)

We are scheduled to have a full, fun day of lace
making and display on Monday, August 8th in A&S tent #5 . To
that end, I would like to invite any and all lace makers to join in! The
tent
will be ours roughly 9-5, and you may come for as much or as little of that
time
as you would like. This would be a great time to get together with other
lace
makers, share ideas and questions, put faces to names, and otherwise just
have
an excuse to carve out some dedicated lace time in what is often an
overly-busy
Pennsic. If you just want to drop off some samples for display, but cannot
commit time, that's fine too; just make sure you come back for your stuff!

If possible, I would like to have some idea who might be coming and when, so
I
can gauge body count and lunch breaks if possible. Also, if you have an area
of
expertise or interest in teaching something specific, that would be good to
know
so that we can refer people who may have specific questions or interests to
the
best people to help. Please email me off-list at gypsy.vail (-at-) gmail.com
(obviously, please reconfigure the address appropriately). If you have
comments
or suggestions, just drop a line to that address as well.

Also, please pass this on to any and all lace related lists or friends that
you
know who may not be on this list. I look forward to meeting as many of you
as
can come. It was a blast last year, and I'm hoping it will be more of the
same
this year too.

As a note, if you have previously sent information this year to Arrienne of
Ashford (lat year's coordinator), *please resend* to me if at all possible.
I'm afraid I'm not in a position to get any pre-existing information from
her.

 Kyrstyan Makfall, Middle Kingdom fiber geek :D
or Chris Vail, as the rest of the world knows me, in northern Illinois

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