>Tamara said:
>> But, during my trip to OIDFA/Prague last year, one of the two examples
>> of modern lace that really caught my attention was "church windows"...
>> The entire shape of the lace piece was a ghotic window shape, with
>> Mechlin's "ice ground" (adjusted) forming the divisions between
Hi everyone
This sounds lovely:
> > mounted in little lead windows. Imagine a church window of lace!
>
> But, during my trip to OIDFA/Prague last year, one of the two examples
> of modern lace that really caught my attention was "church windows"...
> The entire shape of the lace piece was a ghoti
Hi everyone
Recalling our thread about the future of lacemaking, and the idea that
if young people aren't taking an interest in lacemaking what
then...and the general consensus that only the older people whose
children and careers are behind them have time for such curious
interests as lacemaking..
On Nov 2, 2005, at 16:47, Avril wrote:
Marcela Hovadova had an inspiring display of her lace from the Czech
Republic and her newest technique is Tiffany lace, with the lace being
mounted in little lead windows. Imagine a church window of lace!
Even though most of my own lace designs are "somew
Thankyou, thankyou Avril for sharing your event with us - imagine 1700
visitors ( have been to a lace event where there were 100... the last
one I attended, there were 15 of us!), and all the lovely laces on
display, goodies for sale..
What a great start to the darker season!
Indeed, as you take of
Hi Tiny Dell and All, You didn't say what country you live in but in the US
I find some nice pieces of lace in "Junque" stores. Not antique shops but
places with old stuff, some have different dealers with booths in one large
store. I've gotten some nice pieces from eBay
but you have to be very
Oh, Avril, it sounds like it was wonderful! Congratulations on putting
on such a great event, and good luck in "resting on your laurels" and
just enjoying the event in future years.
Robin P.
Los Angeles, California, USA
(formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
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Hi Everyone,
Just to let you all know that our lace fair was a big success again, with
approximately 1700 visitors over the 2 days. However, the five of us who
organise this event every year have now decided to retire after 18 years and
let a new generation take over. Maybe next year we can come as
Thank you, Sof, it looks like a wonderful museum.
I hope I can visit it sometime.
Bridget, in Watford, England (its raining again here too!)
on Mon, 31 Oct 2005 20:43:15 +0100
Sof wrote:
Hi everybody,
This is a french website about a costume museum near my home.
It's I think 100 km north of
