Lafayette Lacemakers: 2025

Saturday, July 12, 2025

Lace Bits

Tippecanoe Co. 4H Fair

July 18-26, 2025

Details:

https://www.homeofpurdue.com/events/annual-events-and-festivals/tippecanoe-county-4-h-fair/

Fundraiser for Bulgaria - OIDFA. https://oidfa-usa.org/

August 3-8, 2025

Dallas, TX

Lace Contest, Lace Display,

Classes, Vendors, Events on-line:

https://convention2025.internationalorganizationoflace.org/

https://www.oidfa.com/

Classes 11-14 August 2025

Tour 19-23 August 2025

Details:

21st OIDFA Congress 2025

August 13-17, 2025
Allegan County Fairgrounds
https://www.michiganfiberfestival.info/

September 11-14, 2025

Details:

https://www.palmettotatters.org/palmetto-tat-days

PTG Tat Days 2025
Rhapsody in Tatting
Ridgecrest Conference Center
Ridgecrest, NC 28770

UPDATED .... "Tatting Corner Tat Days 2025 - "The Rocky Horror Tatting Show" (or "Tatting Goes To The Movies") is up and running for registration on the website! I have rescheduled the event to October 16 through 18 here in Chesterfield, at the Mill Creek Civic Center just a couple of blocks from the shop. Come join us - it's sure to be loads of fun this year!"

https://www.tattingcorner.com/
https://tattingcorner.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=63&products_id=10871

The Tatting Corner Tat Days
October 16-18, 2025

https://tattingcorner.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=63&products_id=10871

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

FREE Class: Hands-on Lacemaking sessions

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

July Meeting Announcement

Revised 9 July 2025:

(*see below)

The Lafayette Lacemakers Chapter

of the International Organization of Lace

will meet on

Saturday, July 12, 2025

9:00 a.m. - 12 noon.

Location:

The Arts Federation - TAF

638 North Street

Lafayette, IN USA 47901

765.423.2787

https://theartsfederation.org/

Please enter the building through the side door that faces the alley, and use the parking lot that's between the alley and 5th street.
https://theartsfederation.org/

Please bring show-n-tell and feel free to bring a project to work on. Members are encouraged to share lace news, books, magazines, and ideas.

Guests are always welcome. If you are interested in lace,

or have met some of our members demonstrating in public,

feel free to join us.

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Tentative Schedule for the remainder of 2025:

July: Teneriffe Lace kits

(https://teneriffelacekits.com/index.php)

Workshop and Feast Planning

Aug: Materials preparation for

September workshop

Members: bring cover cloths and items

to be used in September.

Sept: Beginning Bobbin Lace workshop, two sessions.

+ finalize feast planning

October - NO CHAPTER MEETING

October 11-12: Feast of the Hunters' Moon

Demonstrate Lace making

Nov: Continue Bobbin Lace from September workshop,

last chapter meeting of 2025

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*Photograph at top of post:

Traditional Teneriffe Lace Patterns.

c.2019 Heirloom Arts

https://teneriffelacekits.com

Kit includes custom loom, needle, fiber, + four patterns/instructions.

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Annual Chapter Dues $10

It is time to Renew your Membership.

July 2025 - June 2026

Annual Dues are $10.00.

We Welcome new members.

Lafayette Lacemakers, Inc., is open to people interested in any aspect of laceand lacemaking. We extend our invitation to you to become better acquainted with lace.

Lafayette Lacemakers provides support + resources for new lacemakers.

Becoming a member of the lace group

will not only put you in touch with other lace makers,

but keep you up-to-date on what is happening in the lace world.

Please contact

Membership Chair

with comments/questions

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Email Carolyn at lacedobes (at) aol (dot) com.

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The Lafayette Lacemakers Chapter

of the International Organization of Lace

meet monthly on the Second Saturday,

January thru September, and November.

at 9:00 a.m.

Location:

The Arts Federation - TAF

638 North Street

Lafayette, IN USA 47901

765.423.2787

https://theartsfederation.org/

Please enter the building through the side door that faces the alley, and use the parking lot that's between the alley and 5th street.
[https://theartsfederation.org/ ]
Programs at these meetings include beggining lace making, sharing ideas on techniques, planning hands-on workshops, lace identification, and studying types of laces
and their place in fashion + history.

Guests are welcome to attend twomeetings before joining our chapter.

Sunday, June 1, 2025

June Meeting Announcement

The Lafayette Lacemakers Chapter

of the International Organization of Lace

will meet on

Saturday, June 14, 2025

9:00 a.m. - 12 noon.

Location:

The Arts Federation - TAF

638 North Street

Lafayette, IN USA 47901

765.423.2787

https://theartsfederation.org/

Please enter the building through the side door that faces the alley, and use the parking lot that's between the alley and 5th street.
https://theartsfederation.org/

Please bring show-n-tell and feel free to bring a project to work on. Members are encouraged to share lace news, books, magazines, and ideas.

Guests are always welcome. If you are interested in lace,

or have met some of our members demonstrating in public,

feel free to join us.

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Tentative Schedule for the remainder of 2025:

June: Lace In (bring a project)

workshop + feast planning

July: Teneriffe Lace kits

(https://teneriffelacekits.com/index.php)

*see below

Aug: Materials preparation for

September workshop

Sept: Beginning Bobbin Lace workshop

+ finalize feast planning

October - NO CHAPTER MEETING

October 11-12: Feast of the Hunters' Moon

Demonstrate Lace making

Nov: Continue Bobbin Lace from September workshop,

last chapter meeting of 2025

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*Photograph of teneriffe kit for meeting:

Traditional Teneriffe Lace Patterns.

c.2019 Heirloom Arts Joan Brash

Kit includes custom loom, needle, fiber, + four patterns/instructions.

https://teneriffelacekits.com/

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Photograph at the top of post:

Teneriffe Lace Sunflower (kit) c.2020 Heirloom Arts

Kit and Instruction: Joan Brash

https://teneriffelacekits.com/

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Lace Bits

Revised 12 June 2025 and 19 June 2025 7 July 2025

June 5, 2025

OIDFA Spain

June 6-7, 2025

Link here: https://www.hoosierhillsfiberfestival.com/

https://thehaan.org/

The Haan Museum

Night and Day Lace Marathon

Recorded sessions available for ONE YEAR. Begins june 21, 2025.
https://the-lace-museum-shop.myshopify.com/collections/night-and-day-a-lace-marathon

SOL LACE DAY with PARAGUAY will be hosted by ZOOM, on Saturday, June 21st.

USA/Los Angeles (PDT) 6:00am - 6:00am

USA/NYC (EDT) - 9:00am - 9:00am

UPDATE -----

Link to the event:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86868024568...

Meeting code / meeting code:

868 6802 4568

Password / password / password: 442382

Don't forget to download the Zoom app for this meeting!. / Don't forget to download the Zoom app for this meeting! / Don't forget to download the Zoom app for this meeting

[Close to the date, 72 hours previous, the link to the virtual event will be available in our social media: Facebook ELIZABETH HORTA CORREA or NHANDUTI DE ATIBAIA and Instagram @rendatenerife]

June 21, 2025

https://theartsfederation.org/

Facebook group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1003829889635732

UPDATED .... "Tatting Corner Tat Days 2025 - "The Rocky Horror Tatting Show" (or "Tatting Goes To The Movies") is up and running for registration on the website! I have rescheduled the event to October 16 through 18 here in Chesterfield, at the Mill Creek Civic Center just a couple of blocks from the shop. Come join us - it's sure to be loads of fun this year!"

https://www.tattingcorner.com/

https://tattingcorner.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=63&products_id=10871

The Tatting Corner Tat Days

October 16-18, 2025

https://tattingcorner.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=63&products_id=10871

Tippecanoe Co. 4H Fair

July 18-26, 2025

Details:

https://www.homeofpurdue.com/events/annual-events-and-festivals/tippecanoe-county-4-h-fair/

August 3-8, 2025

Dallas, TX

Lace Contest, Lace Display,

Classes, Vendors, Events on-line:

https://convention2025.internationalorganizationoflace.org/

https://www.oidfa.com/

Classes 11-14 August 2025

Tour 19-23 August 2025

Details:

21st OIDFA Congress 2025

September 11-14, 2025

Details:

https://www.palmettotatters.org/palmetto-tat-days

PTG Tat Days 2025
Rhapsody in Tatting
Ridgecrest Conference Center
Ridgecrest, NC 28770

Finger Lakes
Lace Guild Lace Days 2025

Registration open:
https://www.fingerlakeslaceguild.org/laceday

News: fiber arts group. Meets in Bloomington.

This group meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month from 3 - 4:30 p.m., excluding holidays and museum closures. The group will meet in the Roehm Family Art-making Studio, located inside the Simpson Center for Education on the 2nd floor of the Eskenazi Museum of Art.

https://events.iu.edu/artmuseum/event/1926179-common-threads

Facebook link. https://events.iu.edu/artmuseum/event/1926179-common-threads

2025 Calendar of Events

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.