Bobbins From Auction

I met a wonderful lady at the IOLI Convention in Mesa, Arizona. Cathy Kozlowski and I were in the same Binche bobbin lace class. We also had breakfast together many […]

Binche Lace Class

Binche is a dense, but fine lace that came from Belgium. The detailed pattern of perfume bottles was designed by the amazing teacher of the class, Kumiko Nakazaki. Her patterns […]

Kenmare Needle Lace Class

I got the amazing opportunity to attend the International Organization for Lace’s (IOLI) convention in Mesa, Arizona. It is no secret that I am very interested in needle lace, so […]

IOLI Tatting Article

During one of my presentations for The Adventurous Lacemakers group, I was asked to write up a pattern for the IOLI Bulletin of the interwoven tatting pattern I created. While […]

IOLI UnCon Finishing Lace Class

As previous posts have demonstrated, I was in desperate need of a lace finishing class. Thankfully, the International Organization of Lace (IOLI) offered a lot of online classes for convention […]

Background

I thought it might be helpful to tell you my lacemaking background to help you understand how I got to this point. Freda is an amazing lacemaker and was a […]