Lafayette Lacemakers: bobbins

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Friday, August 1, 2025

August Meeting Announcement:

The Lafayette Lacemakers Chapter

of the International Organization of Lace

will meet on

Saturday, August 9, 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.

Our 2025 meeting schedule:

August:

Materials preparation for

September bobbin lace workshop.

Members: please bring items needed for September's session. Bobbin Lace cover cloths, pillows, etc.

Check with Carolyn ...

September:

Beginning Bobbin Lace

Finalize feast planning

October:

NO CHAPTER MEETING
October 11-12: Feast of the Hunters' Moon

November:

Continue Bobbin Lace - beginner & skill building

from September workshop,

last chapter meeting of 2025.

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Small Lace Samples are needed for

Lafayette Lacemaker cards.

Please keep on creating small lace samples, for the cards, handed out at lace demonstrations .... and turn them in at monthly meetings.

Feast: Lace samples need to be 'period correct' so be conscious of color + don't get too fancy w/patterns.

As always, keep track of your volunteer hours and turn in those hours at the monthly meetings.

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Bobbin Lace Holder Pattern -- link HERE.

Monday, October 16, 2023

Lace Bits: Beginner bobbin lace, Lace Groups, lace videos, tatting patterns

A simple fish -- bobbin lace for beginner
Follow the link ABOVE for
a bobbin lace fish pattern & instructions.
"beginners pattern suitable for everyone"

We have just added another beginning bobbin lace class with Karen Thompson to our online class schedule. The practice session is Monday, October 30th and the class starts Monday, November 6th, so there is just enough time to register and receive your kit. Register with the link below, or at https://thelacemuseum.org/virtual-education/. If you have any questions, please email VirtualWorkshops@thelacemuseum.org.

A 12-Hour Introduction to Bobbin Lace

Course Description: An introduction to bobbin lace basics from winding the bobbins and learning the basic movements to making 4 samples, each building on the skills already learned. Each session is preceded by a 45-60 minute practice session that covers 2-camera setup, kit contents and how to wind bobbins before class.

Level: Beginner

Registration Fee: $75�Kit: $75 All supplies are available in a kit OR you can use your own bobbin lace tools.

Workshop Dates: 4 Mondays – November 6, 13, 20, December 4, 2023�Workshop Time: 9:00 am – 12 noon PST�Practice for this session: Monday, October 30 from 9:00 am – 10:00 am PDT�

https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSdguZzMcfdCyw.../viewform