Finished!

Beginning Needle Lace Star 

Pattern + Instructions:  Loretta Holzberger c.2022

Loretta's Custom Stitchery

Sessions thru Virtual Education,

The Lace Museum.

This star has DMC Cebelia outline fiber (size 30) and filling stitches are DMC Cordonnet Special 40.  

I used 26 gauge wire for the outside of the star.

 

Beginning Needle Lace Star: Finished one of 2

DMC Cebelia 20 - Star Outline (couched), 

and I used DMC Cebelia 30 for the filling stitches.

Now to 'finish' the second star ....

Beginning Needle Lace Star 

Pattern + Instructions:  Loretta Holzberger c.2022

Loretta's Custom Stitchery

Sessions thru Virtual Education,

The Lace Museum.

 

Beaded Cat (gift from Melody)

Christmas 2021 dorset

Beginning Needle Lace Star

Two Tier Hanging

tatted icicle

 

Needle lace Star Sampler

This star has DMC Cebelia outline fiber (size 30) and filling stitches are DMC Cordonnet Special 40 .

DMC Cebelia 20 - Star Outline (couched), 

and I used DMC Cebelia 30 for the filling stitches.

Star Points:

Double Buttonhole Stitch

Triple Buttonhole Stitch

Pea Stitch

Knotted Buttonhole

Point de Grain

 Starting the padding around the star.  It is a process!!!   In our session, there were a couple ways to 'end' the star.   So, I'll try both ways.

Beginning Needle Lace Star 

Pattern + Instructions:  Loretta Holzberger c.2022

Loretta's Custom Stitchery

Sessions thru Virtual Education,

The Lace Museum.

 

Tatting: Beaded Path Bracelet

I used Lizbeth Size 10, Color 627.

I had made a blue bracelet

a few years ago.   I like the #627 color,

made a nice piece.

Pattern:   Beaded Path

c. Marilee Rockley

Annie's Tatting:  Tatting

With Beads Jewelry.

ISBN:  978-1-59012-671-4

Yarnplayer's blog - LINK.

Beginning Needle lace Star

Fourth Point complete on both star projects.

Beginning Needle Lace Star

from Class Three.

Pattern + Instructions:  Loretta Holzberger c.2022

Sessions thru Virtual Education,

The Lace Museum.

My book arrived!  Can be ordered by the author -

Loretta Holzberger.  Link Below.

https://www.facebook.com/LorettasCustomStitchery/ 

Nice instructions / videos on the RSN site -which includes needle lace stitches.

https://rsnstitchbank.org/

"25 new stitches have been added to the RSN Stitch Bank, bringing the total to 475. Each stitch entry contains information about its history, use and structure as well as a step-by-step method with photographs, illustrations and video"

Additional source for stitches:

  

Project Gutenberg files

has included diagrams and instructions

from The Complete Encyclopedia of Needlework.

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/20776/old/20776-h/chapter_13.html

 

shuttles and needle lace

Tatting Shuttles with a pic. & you can

get them, too.   Lots of designes to choose from.

with or without pic.

The Knotted Vine, Etsy.

Beginning Needle Lace Star 

Pattern + Instructions:  Loretta Holzberger c.2022

Not much to show, added the 

Knotted Buttonhole Stitch

to the 4th point.  (Cebelia 30).

Class sessions thru the

Lace Museum, Virtual Education.

Lots of holiday festivities going on!

Festival of Lights

more pictures - HERE

 

Loretta Holzberger: Needlelace Star Sampler

Beginning Needle Lace Star 

Pattern + Instructions:  Loretta Holzberger c.2022

Started a 2nd Star (sampler).

This one has Cebelia outline fiber (size 30) 

and filling stitches are

DMC Cordonnet Special 40.

I messed up the 3rd point on the first star - and

struggled with the Cebelia.

I watched the video of the third session

Lace Museum, Virtual Education.

It is wonderful to take zoom classes and have the recording of the session to refer back to.

The final filling stitches will be knotted buttonhole (mine look wimpy so far) and the Point de Grain.

 

Ready for the final session ....

 

DMC Cebelia 20 - Star Outline (couched)

 I'm using DMC Cebelia 30 for the filling stitches.

Double Buttonhole Stitch

Triple Buttonhole Stitch

 Pea Stitch

Ready for the final session which

will be Knotted Buttonhole and Point de Grain.

(plus finishing the edges and cutting loose from

the paper)

  Beginning Needle Lace Star 

Pattern + Instructions:  Loretta Holzberger c.2022

Sessions thru Virtual Education,

The Lace Museum.

 

Needle Lace: Star

The needle lace star is slow going.

DMC Cebelia 20 - Star Outline (couched)

 I'm using DMC Cebelia 30 for the filling stitches.

Double Buttonhole Stitch

Triple Buttonhole Stitch

(3rd one will be Pea Stitch)

  

Beginning Needle Lace Star

from Class Two (of 3)

Pattern + Instructions:  Loretta Holzberger c.2022

Sessions thru Virtual Education,

The Lace Museum.

Off the Loom ...

EDITED ... 2:32 p.m.

 

Teneriffe Lace Sunflower (kit) c.2020 Heirloom Arts

Kit and Instruction:  Joan Brash

https://teneriffelacekits.com/

Kit included EVERYTHNG. (Excellent) Instructions, Teneriffe Loom,

DMC Coton Perle 8, Col. 972, Lizbeth, Twirlz, Monarch, Czech beads,

Needles, Filament for beading.   Joan's kits are wonderful.  When I visit her site, I want to purchase all of them.

 pretty with the beads ...

There are so many lace sessions to choose from.

Check them out, here:   https://thelacemuseum.org/virtual-education/.    

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In response to question, I did hope to put

sunflowers into a shadow box.   They sell them at Michael's (perhaps other places).

Front Opening Shadow Box.

I have sunflowers completed, I have partial sunflowers, and instructions/patterns to launch.   

I want to do the Endruck's sunflower - another link here, finish my beaded lace bobbin with sunflower pattern,  needle lace sunflower, zwirnknopf button set, small grapevine wreath, and (floral) buttons.

I also have some tatted stars and needle lace stars in the works. And a bobbin lace star (design by Karen Thampson) on Alex Stillwell's Wordpress Site.  

I don't know what other artists do with their lace - I usually give most away.   Recently, though, I have had a 'theme' of sunflowers in different patterns that I'd like to arrange (somehow).

Sunflower: Teneriffe

Teneriffe Lace Sunflower (kit)

c.2020 Heirloom Arts

Kit and Instruction:  Joan Brash

https://teneriffelacekits.com/

Kit included EVERYTHNG. (Excellent) Instructions, Teneriffe Loom,

DMC Coton Perle 8, Col. 972, Lizbeth, Twirlz, Monarch, Czech beads,

Needles, Filament for beading.

Now off the loom!!

Now preparing for the next zoom session.

There are so many to choose from.

Check them out, here:   https://thelacemuseum.org/virtual-education/

 

WIPs: Sunflower and Star

Teneriffe Lace Kits

c.2020 Heirloom Arts

Joan Brash

Teneriffe Lace Sunflower

Petals complete - now to finish with Twirlz fiber on the outter rings.

 from Class One (of Three).

Beginning Needle Lace Star

Pattern + Instructions:  Loretta Holzberger c.2022

Sessions thre Virtual Education,

The Lace Museum.