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Hi folks,

http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org/html/warm/main.htm  may be a great resource for our Links page.   These are patterns that are out of copyright date.  

Visit her website......

http://walldecor-laces.weebly.com/lace-with-coconot-shell1.html

This is only One of several collections...  

Tremendous work

For those of you who would like the Patterns from the Idrija School of Lace, Slovenia book by Bridget M Cook and Metka Tratnik go to the following website to get a reprinted copy that Bridget is selling:  http://www.bridgetmcook.uk

Last month the Italian Needlework blog had a piece on the use of needle lace by Ferragamo on his shoes.  There are some good pictures of a couple of pairs that are delightful as well as a translation of an article that Jeanine wrote for Giuliana Ricama.  See the September 15 post on http://italian-needlework.blogspot.com/ .

Enjoy!

Need to take about six minutes out to watch this amazing bobbin lace creation......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1&v=

Truly a gift.......... interesting artist.....

I had a great time as usual!  Great to introduce folks to lace making.  Next Year they are celebrating  the 100th year.   Hmmmm  needs to think about this!!  

Opening dates of the fair 9/18/2016 to 10/04/2016....   read more about it  at  http://www.thebige.com/ese/news/ese-begins-countdown-to-100th-anniversary/

The following email was sent to us by the Director of Public Events at Old Sturbridge Village:

 

I just wanted to take a moment to send all of you a big thank you for our inaugural Craft: Beer and Trades at Old Sturbridge Village.  I just came from a wrap up meeting with our upper management and they asked me to pass along their thanks as well.  From all standpoints we considered the event a great success and hope you enjoyed being a part of it as much we enjoyed hosting it.  I heard nothing but positive comments from our guests regarding the event and a large percentage made it a point to tell me that we need to do this again,  Our social media has been on fire about the event as well and we certainly seem to have hit a chord that resonated with our guests. So with that being said I am pleased to tell you that we plan on offering and expanding  this event in 2016.  I will be in touch  with invitations early in the year but for now please save the date of September  10 & 11 for our second annual Craft event.   Again , I can’t thank you enough for helping us make this unique event so special.  I couldn’t have done it without you.

 

At Plimoth Plantation this past weekend we encountered the people who made all the re-enactor's clothing by hand. They had some wonderful resource books that also included pictures and prickings for accompanying lace patterns.

I found the books on the website: theschoolofhistoricaldress.org.uk. There are 4 of them titled Patterns of Fashion 1-4. They are available on Amazon.com for $20 to $30 each.

Through the Lace Digest, I found yet another source for antique patterns that can be downloaded.  I won't vouch that it is a perfect site since the first one I clicked on seemed to have a password for unknown reason.  What is particularly interesting about this site is that in addition to English language publications a lot of the books are in French and German as well as a smattering of other languages.  The site is antiquepatternlibrary.org .

Just checked the Big E website for Competitions, Creative Arts Division 4 - Lace...........  taking a deep breath!.......  there is the drum roll and the suspense..........  http://www.thebige.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/004laceres.pdf   to find out who's who this Year.  Hope to see some of you there and demonstrating how we make beautiful lace!