[lace] Identifying a piece of lace

2010-08-15 Thread Lorelei Halley
Nathalie What Patty said was right. This is Russian style bobbin tape lace, made by a beginner who doesn't have good technique yet. Calling it Russian style only means a set of technical and design characteristics. There is no way to know where it was made. Similar lace is made widely in centra

[lace] IOLI Convention

2010-08-15 Thread crclausen
My daughter and I went to the convention this year in Portland. We want to thank the people who did the convention. Everything was very well done including the classes and tours. The hotel staff were super nice and the river view was beautiful and peaceful. You thought of every thing includi

[lace] Re: dentifying a piece of lace

2010-08-15 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Aug 15, 2010, at 3:33 PM, Lorelei Halley wrote: > Nathalie > What Patty said was right. This is Russian style bobbin tape lace, made by a > beginner who doesn't have good technique yet. Looking at the piece I had an impression that it was lack of *judgement* rather than skills, which was a