Lacemaking Demonstration

 

Country Fair event at The Gibson Farmhouse

(within Prophetstown State Park)

Saturday, September 9, 2023 11:00 to 3:00.  

Look for us on the porch of the I. Floyd Garrott Tenant House, 

(   with a chair-caner.  )

 

            

Country Fair

The Farm at Prophetstown

 3534 Prophetstown Rd, 

Battle Ground, IN 47920

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Top photograph:    Sophie T. LaCroix pattern:  Edging or Insertion No. 1143

Lace Bits ... events, lace groups, articles, patterns, National Lacemaking Day

 

2023 Lace Retreat

October 25-27, 2023

  The 2023 Lace & Needlework Retreat

is in Baraboo, WI at the 8th & East Craft Retreat.

Join Kelli for 8 introductory classes in beginning lace knitting, shuttle tatting, Mediterranean knotted lace, cable knitting, top down socks, colorwork knitting, sashiko, and visible mending. 

Classes

https://www.atwistedpicot.com/lace-retreat

Canadian Lacemaker Gazette

Subscriptions run from July 1 to June 30th.

Quarterly publication.

Book reviews, articles, patterns, bangle exchange, Five meter club, bookmark club

and MORE.

International Organization of Lace

Annual Convention, Quarterly publication, lending library, lace competition, virtual lectures, virtual museum visits, patterns, lace vendor list and MORE.

Saturday, August 19 · 12pm CDT

Elena Kanagy-Loux and the Exploration of Handmade Lace

Eventbrite

Ticket information:    https://www.eventbrite.com/e/web-elena-kanagy-loux-and-the-exploration-of-handmade-lace-tickets-635522925177

OIDFA - International Bobbin and Needle Lace Organization

Biennial Congress, quarterly publication, patterns, and MORE.

Have you seen this sampler???

If you know the wherabouts of this sampler,

please contact Joshua Tierney

Newburyport Police Department

(978)462-4411 EXT. 1066

More Information here.

https://thistle-threads.blogspot.com/2023/04/missing-sampler-have-you-seen-it.html?inf_contact_key=fee408e616665224970ab9714de5d4cd680f8914173f9191b1c0223e68310bb1

 Loose Ends---- NPR: When crafts are left behind.

Interesting article re.:

  "Loose Ends, a program that matches volunteer knitters, quilters and other crafters with projects left unfinished when a person dies or becomes disabled"

https://www.facebook.com/looseendsproject

Sept 9, 2023 is National Lacemaking Day

https://www.laceguild.org/nld-2019

Details HERE.

August meeting:

Our monthly meeting at TAF will be held ...

August 12, 2023

9:00 a.m.

We will break for lunch and

come back in the afternoon.

[until 4:00 p.m.]

The Arts Federation (TAF)

Art Room

638 North St.

Lafayette, IN USA.

In addition to the continuation of our holiday theme 

(Bobbin Lace pattern from Doris Southard's book),

we will be planning & assigning jobs for 

the Feast of the Hunters' Moon 

(October 7-8, 2023).

We will also sign up for lacemaking demonstration times.

We welcome guests!   If you have met some of our members at one of our demonstrations, please feel free to join us.  Bring along a project or come and learn some lacemaking skills!