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  • IOLI NEWS

    September 25, 2012 11:58 AM | Deleted user
    From my understanding - the convention was a success!  Glad so many members took part in the event and classes.

    Next year's convention is the 60th Anniversary and will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah - on August 4 - 10, at the Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel.  It will be hosted by Beehive Lacers  - Teachers are already listed - follow the link.

    There are two items that they are in need of:

    1st - Ideas for the new logo to go with the new name - International Organization of Lace. Inc.  Submit them to Shemene Peckman email her vicepresident.ioli@gmail.com

    2nd - Submissions are requested such as patterns, hints and tips from each chapter to be included in the 60th anniversary CD that is given out at the convention. Submit them to Marion Jones email mjones9@aol.com

  • IOLI - Certificate of Achievement

    September 24, 2012 11:34 AM | Deleted user
    Congratulations to all our Volunteers!

    This is our Certificate of Achievement from IOLI for the volunteer hours that were collected by NELG during 2011.  We contributed over 1,000 hours during that time.

    We appreciate your efforts to continue to meet our mission of "promoting the making, study and collecting of handmade lace".

    PS this will be our last certificate with the old name!  

  • Demonstrating

    September 21, 2012 10:04 AM | Deleted user
    Dear Friends:

    I will be demonstrating @ the following venues from present - November:

    the Garrison House in Chelmsford, MA  2-5 on 9-30-12
    Stow MM First Patriots reenactment (Medford/Malden, MA) on 10-13
    Samuel Fitch House in Westford, MA 10-14, 10-21, 10-28, 11-11, 11-18, 11-25
    Fiber Arts Festival on 11-03 & 11-04 (Big E/Springfield)

    I know that Linda Lane will be joining me for some of it; any lacemakers that wish to join me would be very welcome.

    Linda Sheff

  • Volunteering at the Big E

    September 17, 2012 3:55 PM | Deleted user
    Big E opened last Friday - Our Jeanne G. (in pink) was there to welcome fair goers to the New England Building aka Creams Puffs.  

    She said the first day was so much fun.  She met lots of interested individuals and passed out over 25 of our brochures.

    If you have volunteered with Jeanne, then you've had the pleasure of meeting her husband, Cressy who has taken this and other pictures for NELG.  Thank you Cressy!  Thank you Jeanne for being at the fair and promoting lace and NELG.

  • Under 40 International Symposium of Young Lace Makers

    September 16, 2012 8:13 PM | Deleted user
    Need a little trip?  Need to get some lace?  Check out this event!  April 2013 - in Pavia, Italy (just south of Milan) there is going to be this gathering.

    Their purpose..... "The symposium aims to encourage communication amongst young lace makers and to safeguard and promote this rich textile tradition as a form of creative expression."

    It looks exciting and I wish I could attend.  Click here for more info.

    Image from http://data.un.org

  • How's Your Thread Stash?

    September 16, 2012 11:19 AM | Deleted user
    Have you looked at your thread stash lately?  How is it being stored?  Do you remember what the heck that spool was for? 

    How about a Purge the Stash event at an NELG meeting?

    Several of my knitting and crochet groups do a "purge the stash" at meetings.  It allows other members to try out a type of thread without having to buy an entire skein, trade threads, and it get's those small ones out of your place.  Whatever is left is donated to a Senior Center and preschools for craft projects.  Great part now  - you have room for something new!

    Image courtsey -FreeDigitalPhoto.net- Wool by Dino DeLuca

  • Monthly Meeting

    September 13, 2012 10:54 PM | Deleted user
    Everyone should have received the notice for this month's meeting to be held Saturday.  It is the first meeting of our new year.  We open with a business meeting.  and then the day's program.  

    We will be having  Henrietta Curtis speak with us about lace.  She has attended a couple of CT Lace Days and is such a lovely person.  She has a wide knowledge in fiber arts and is a joy to be with.  She is bringing some old pieces - so bring your white gloves.  If you don't have any, NELG will have a small supply of them.  The cotton white gloves are on sale at Walgreen's this week!

    See you on Saturday!


  • Creative Arts - Big E

    September 11, 2012 9:38 PM | Deleted user
    The results are in!  You can find the Best in Division winners and Sponsor winners by clicking HERE.

    Congratulations to all the winners!   Each of your entries are just amazing.  We have quite a wide variety of lace, from traditional to modern.  Thank you so much.  The Division winners are Gail for Adult and Maira for Youth.  Click Here to see their entries.

    All the entries have been photographed and will appear by Wednesday.  Here are some preliminary stats - we had a total of 38 entries this year.  Here's where the entries were - Preliminary - check the Big E site for the Final Results:
    6 Bobbin Lace, Original
    24 Bobbin Lace Adaptation / published pattern
    1 Needle Lace, Original
    4 Needle Lace Adaptation / published pattern
    - Combined Lace , Original
    1 Combined Lace , Adaptation / published pattern
    - Tatting, Original
    1 Tatting, Adaptation / published pattern
    2 Beginners, any Lace
      

  • Great Link

    September 11, 2012 12:30 AM | Deleted user
    Lace is everywhere.  I was reading along on the Ning site and found this album on Flickr that has hundreds of pictures.

    Need some inspiration - click and enjoy!

  • Creative Arts - Big E

    September 09, 2012 6:52 PM | Deleted user
    Yesterday was the final day to submit entries to Division 4 - Lace for Creative Arts at the Big E.  I spoke with Jane, at the fair grounds, she said we rounded up the lace entries to 45!.   Great Job Everyone.  I appreciate the hundreds of hours of your creative work to produce these entries.  I'm sure there will be plenty of ohhs and ahhs  by the patrons of the fair.

    Check back to the website late Tuesday night or Wednesday to see the pictures of all the entries.  I plan on being at the fair to photograph them 1st thing Tuesday before Winann gets there to organize and stage our exhibit.  (She does such a great job!)

    As we await the judging (on Monday), thank you once again for entering in the Fair this year.

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