Lafayette Lacemakers: Meeting Announcements + OIDFA Lace Information

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

Pattern: hlglace.org

Christmas Heart by Lise Thomsen

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

Link here

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

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Lace Challenge Guidelines

The challenge is open to any lacemaking technique and to all members of Lafayette Lacemakers. The Theme of the Lace Challenge is Jewelry. There is no time window on when items were made. Items must be made by the person submitting. The challenge is open to any lacemaking technique and to all members of Lafayette Lacemakers. Items may be original designs or patterns from published sources. For items made from published sources, reference to the pattern source must accompany each item. There is no limit on the number of items one person may enter in the challenge. We will display items submitted to the challenge in one of the display cabinets at the West Lafayette Public Library. The date when we can get the display cabinet will determine the deadline for the challenge. note that, due to space limitations, all items submitted to the challenge might not be displayed at the library.