Hello all
Lacemakers were asking about travel stands. They are so useful.
With 3 legs and an adjustable pole up the middle, and made in different
woods. There is a wooden circle at the top of the pole which fits into a ring
that is stuck onto a Torchon Pillow and secured with little
Hello Sue
My Christening Gown started out as a wedding veil for my only
daughter but as I was working with computers had tired eyes at night and
although I had already done the large spray for the back of the veil I had only
done
36 pieces for the edgings. I and my children had b
Some 15 years ago I went to the sale of the contents of a very old country
house hoping to buy some Honiton lace for my Lacemakers. The price went up way
too much for us to buy but the next week one of my Students brought the very
same lace --flowers and ferns and small animals about 3 or 4" t
I am so sorry to hear about the closure of the Hill in Abergavenny I have
enjoyed several weekends there with my friends Mary Summers and Muriel
Holmes. I started my first free style pattern a picture of the map of the
Bobbin World there. with Glenys Painter
I have taught lacemaking in
Hello Jacquie
I have used this way of tying off wherever there are two or three holes to
join or sew into. It is much neater than the bunching method that was shown
in the early Lace books. I have taught this to my students for many years and
we call it the Brussels Tie off.
Happy Laci
I must have made about a hundred Honiton pillows since I started teaching
Honiton Lace in 1981. It used to take me 3 evenings to cut up half a bale of
Barley straw with a pair of scissors and many sore fingers until I manage to
find a chaffer. I still have it now but haven't used it lately.