[lace] Bedfordshire vs Early lace

When I first came across Bedfordshire I knew it as Beds-Maltese and I have never had a reason to consider it as anything other than a guipure lace with its origins in the 19th century. The extensive use of plaits does give it a superficial resemblance to the 16th century bobbin laces which

[lace] bowing off

Most early bobbin lace is continuous, ie all threads are added at the start and remain in use until they run out and are replaced, with no pairs added or removed as the work progresses. However in the 1630s there was an abrupt change in style which involved working in sections, adding and

[lace] Battle of Britain lace

I know many lacemakers are interested in the Battle of Britain Commemorative Lace Panels, despite their machine, rather than hand, origin, so I thought I should pass on the rather scanty details of a new book on the subject that I was shown this week. The book records the location of all

[lace] Lace Gone Wild

Voluntary Arts Week is being celebrated across the UK and Ireland when those who enjoy participating in any form of art or craft are encouraged to get out and about and share their enthusiasm. Northumbria Lacemakers' contribution to this event is Lace Gone Wild, an outdoor exhibition in the

[lace] Lace Exhibition in Twickenham

There is an exhibition opening on 30th October and running until 25th January 2015 at the Stables Gallery, Twickenham near London (TW1 3DJ). The exhibition is titled 'Lacemakers', and the blurb says 'A contemporary open exhibition celebrating work made of or inspired by lace'. This is the

[lace] Re: lace-digest V2014 #46

In a message dated 06/03/2014 14:04:49 GMT Standard Time, owner-lace-dig...@arachne.com writes: Why do European lace experts assume that people who speak and read English are not interested in the lace history of the countries where lace originated? Many people have raised valid points

[lace] Bucks point for church lace

Hi Dot, Think twice before you use Bucks Point for church lace: one of the saddest pieces of lace I have ever seen was a Bucks point border on an altar cloth in a Suffolk church. So much work had gone into the lace, but it had absolutely no impact for anyone sitting or standing in the body

[lace] Re: lace-digest V2012 #168

In a message dated 22/01/2013 11:32:48 GMT Standard Time, owner-lace-dig...@arachne.com writes: I have been taking my lace while traveling for a good decade I always have needlelace and tatting in my bag and often have a travel pillow if I am going to be away for any length of time. Over

[lace] Lace Dealer's Pattern Book

Veronica Main has asked me to pass on the information that the new edition of The Lace Dealer’s Pattern book, with accompanying DVD, will be published on 12 November, and can be purchased from the Luton Culture website (price £19.99 plus pp). In appreciation of their generous support of the

[lace] ruffs

Liz asks how many yards to make a ruff. When I was approached by the costume group at Buckland Abbey, (Devon, England) to make the lace for a reproduction of the costume worn by the second Lady Drake, they asked for 6 yards; this I did and the ruff looks very effective (at least it does in