Friday, March 15, 2024

Tatting: Shamrocks


This is one of Gina's (a.k.a. The Tatting Goddess) Tatting Patterns.
She posted about the shamrocks, HERE.

Many of her patterns are now located on Jane Eborall's web page.
New Link(s) to:

 

Saturday, March 9, 2024

Lace Bits




 71st Annual I.O.L.I. Convention

Co-hosted with the Music City Lacers

Monday, July 1 to Saturday, July 6, 2024

Nashville, Tennessee USA

Link HERE for details.


Public Day Information:


FREE and open to ANYONE AND EVERYONE! Bring your family! Bring your friends! Spend a couple of hours viewing the AMAZING works of art our teachers produce!! Visit our Vendor Hall…oh, so MANY goodies!!! Visit our Display room where lacers display their work.
Are you a “crafty” person? Maybe you’re not but want to see something different AND FREE!
Come one. Come all! You’re invited to the 71st annual International Organization of Lace, Inc. (I.O.L.I.) Public Day. Hosted by I.O.L.I. and the Music City Lacers. Entry is free.
Imagine: Enter into a kaleidoscope-fantasy entryway with July 4th balloons EVERYWHERE. Smell the popcorn, hear the music. Then as you walk along the aisle, view the Bobbin Lace, Tatting, Knitting, and SO MUCH MORE. Teachers (20+ teachers from so many different lace disciplines) displaying their designed and worked art pieces.
Proceed into the vendor room where there is something for everyone; books, tools, finished items for sale, mementoes, jewelry…oh, so much more!!! Then, when you can tear yourself away from all the goodness, proceed out the door down to where you can partake of a bag of popcorn and a glass of lemonade. REMEMBER: only the first 50 get the free popcorn and lemonade.
Maybe then, you follow the signs to the display room where people have set up displays for their art. Spend some time here and marvel at the talent, the colors; the DIVERSITY of lace.
Come early!! Stay Late!!! We hope to see you there.
Events to see: The Teacher Showcase, the Vendor Hall, and the Display Room. So much to see. So little time to see it in!!
WHEN: July 5th, 2024, 6p.m. to 9p.m.
WHERE: Franklin Marriott Cool Springs Hotel
700 Cool Springs Blvd
Franklin, TN USA
(615)261-6100

I
"llinois Fiber Festival 2024!
We hope to see you at Copper Creek Church,
2202 W Curtis Rd, Champaign IL USA
61822,
Saturday, March 16 from 10-4.

There will be over a dozen vendors showcasing the best of the best of fibers. They’ll be something there for everyone including yarn, roving, fiber batts, rug yarn, finished goods, yarn bowls, and CLASSES. Our offered course schedule is impressive but limited"




Hoosier Hills
Fiber Festival

Held in Franklin, Indiana, at the Johnson County 4-H Fairgrounds

250 Fairground St, Franklin, IN 46131   

Free Parking & Free Admission


May 31-June 1, 2024





July 11-13, 2024

Seventh Annual
Tatting Corner Tat Days

Chesterfield, Indiana USA

Details can be found on their web site - Link Here.        https://tattingcorner.com/








Friday, March 1, 2024

March meeting: Note the Earlier Time

 




Our March program will be

a bobbin lace heart


March 9, 2924
8:30 - 11:30 a.m.


The Arts Federation (TAF)
Art Room
638 North St.
Lafayette, IN USA.

Please bring your show-n-tell.    You are always welcome to bring your
current projects in progress.    Please share new books, ideas, fibers!!

 Guests are always welcome.  If you are interested in lace, 
or have met some of our members demonstrationing in public, 
please feel free to join us. 


Members, check your email for details.


Our April meeting will be at a different
location -- TBA.
The topic will be bobbin lace mystery stitches.
We will create ornaments
from the bobbin lace samples.




Sunday, February 4, 2024

Meeting Announcements + OIDFA Lace Information

Post edited 14 Feb 2024:  

UPDATE:  The March meeting will be 8:30-11:30am -- note earlier time.  Topic- bobbin lace heart.   Our April meeting location TBA, & the topic will be bobbin lace ornaments created with 'mystery' stitches.





Our February program will be

Creating a bobbin lace heart


February 10, 2024
9:00 a.m.


The Arts Federation (TAF)
Art Room
638 North St.
Lafayette, IN USA.

Please bring show-n-tell, share new books, ideas, fibers.      You are welcome to bring your current projects to the meeting.

We welcome guests!   If you are interested in lace, or have met some of our members demonstrationing in public, please feel free to join us.   

Members, please watch your e-mail for pattern prickings and instructions.


The topic for March Meeting 
will be bobbin lace mystery stitches.
We will create ornaments
from the bobbin lace samples.

REMINDER:   The March meeting
will be from 8:30-11:30 a.m.



The 2023 OIDFA Congress Pattern Book  is available for sale – purchase digital or printed versions: https://www.oidfa.com/shop  


 Information for the OIDFA Virtual Congress 2024 is on the website.  Registration starts February 5.  Registration is open to anyone.  Attached is the list of lectures and classes.    www.oidfa.com


Save the Date:

21st OIDFA World Lace Congress and General Assembly 2025
It is official!  OIDFA Congress 2025 will be held in Bulgaria – Karlovo & Kalofer. Congress dates are 16-18 August 2025.
The Congress includes Bulgaria’s national lace festival on 15 August 2025 and continues with exhibits, lectures, events, vendors, and Congress.
See OIDFA Bulletin 3 for more information.
Courses: 11-14 August 2025
National Lace Festival: 15 August 2025
Congress: 16-18 August 2025
Tour: 19-23 August 2025



Thursday, January 11, 2024

Meeting Announcement


Due to the weather, the January Lafayette Lacemaker's meeting has been cancelled.

Saturday, December 30, 2023

Virtual Education thru The Lace Museum

WOW - have you seen all the lacemaking classes on-line?


Which includes a couple of FREE programs:

 Register for FREE session.
Register for Maggie Hensel-Brown’s Community Needle Lace Project



 Register for FREE session.

Register for Stitches to Stories: An Introduction to Reading Lace


 

Friday, December 1, 2023

Lace Bits: Advent Calendar


 

Jean Leader writes: Once again David and I have produced a Lace Advent Calendar which you can

For anyone not familiar with it, starting from December 1st there is a window
that can be opened with a new lace picture every day, patterns on two of the
days (they have different coloured numbers), and a competition that you can
complete when all of the days with clues have been revealed.
Spread the word and have fun







Saturday, November 25, 2023

Lace Bits .... St Catherine, patron saint of lacemakers, celebrates her Feast Day on November 25 -- Virtual Lace Education -- Bobbin Lace Patterns -- Needle Lace


Community lacemaking with Maggie Hensel Brown and an opportunity to celebrate St. Catherine's Day. 

Full details of Maggie's Community Lacemaking Project can be found here: https://www.maggiehenselbrown.com/community-lacemaking

She needs hundreds (if not thousands) of needle lace leaves as per the description on her website to create a work of art to be exhibited in Sydney Australia in May. Leaves must be received by March. 

This effort is also being supported by the IOLI in the form of a challenge. https://lacechallenge.internationalorganizationoflace.org/

Perhaps your group would like to assemble and learn how to make the needle lace leaves via videos and written instructions on Maggie's website. Every contributor will be listed and acknowledged in an effort to recognize lacemakers who have so often been anonymous.



 Save the Date:  Lace Lecture


 St Catherine's Day - Nov 25th.   
St. Catherine, Patron Saint of Lacemakers.

Don't miss the Intermediate Tatting Class sessions via The Lace Museum Virtual Education.   
Join via zoom in the comfort of your own home!!!   Taught by Kelli Slack.    There are some nice holiday sessions listed too -- check it out ; )










Monday, November 20, 2023

Season's Greetings:



We will be meeting in person as a group
next year 

   January 13,  2024.

We will gather at 9:00 a.m. to socialize and make lace.

Location:   The Arts Federation (TAF)
638 North St.
Lafayette, IN USA

We welcome guests!   
If you have met some of our members at one of our demonstrations, please feel free to join us.   Bring your latest project(s)!

Members:  please watch your email for additional details.

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Photograph:
Tatted Spiral Ornament.
Exclusive pattern from Lafayette Lacemakers newsletter.
Design by Carolyn R.

 

 

 

Saturday, November 18, 2023

Lace Bits


https://www.maggiehenselbrown.com/community-lacemaking

The community lacemaking project will be a single, large piece of lace to be exhibited in Sydney in mid 2024. It will measure at least three square metres.

 

A tapestry of small needle lace motifs, designed and pieced together by Maggie Hensel-Brown, but made by hundreds of others.


Please visit their website to learn more & participate!!