Re: [lace] Lace makers in Bulgaria?

2015-07-22 Thread Sue Harvey
Thank you Antje, I have just spent an enjoyable afternoon looking at Bistrapisancheva.com . What an inspiration her bobbin lace is, as you said not conventional but beautiful and very different makes me want to branch out and try something vastly different to any lace I have ever made. Sue M

[lace] Lace makers in Bulgaria?

2015-07-20 Thread Sally Jenkins
Hello, I will be in Bulgaria for the Koprivshtitsa Folk Festival next month. Does anyone know if there will be lace makers there (and how to find them)? The festival does not seem to have a website; the main attraction is folk dancing but I would expect other folk arts too. There is a town

Re: [lace] Lace makers in Bulgaria?

2015-07-20 Thread AGlez
Hello Sally, I have just spent a day with a Bulgarian lacemaker friend who came to visit me in Spain. She is called Bistra Pisancheva ( http://www.bistrapisancheva.com/index.php?/bobbinlace/) and makes really interesting lace, not at all conventional. She is also very good making Kene, a needle