Hand Made Lace in Wheaton, IL USA

Meet the lacemakers in Wheaton, IL USA

on Saturday & Sunday:

July 25-26, 2026

12 noon - 5p.m.

The L.A.C.E. Lacemakers and Collectors Exchange Guild

(chapter of the I.O.L.I. International Organization of Lace)

will be at the DuPage County Fair,

Home Ec Building

held at the fairgrounds in Wheaton, Illinois. USA.

So stop by to visit, and see hand made lace

and give it a try!

Lacemakers will be inside the Home Ec building

(which is air conditioned)

Saturday + Sunday, July 25-26, 2026

from noon to 5 PM.

DuPage Co Fairgrounds Link

2015 Manchester Road, Wheaton, IL 60187 USA

https://www.instagram.com/lacemakers_of_illinois/

 @lacemakers_of_illinois 

 

Hand Made Lace

Meet the lacemakers in Wheaton, IL USA

on Saturday & Sunday:

July 25-26, 2026

12 noon - 5p.m.

The L.A.C.E. Lacemakers and Collectors Exchange Guild

(chapter of the I.O.L.I. International Organization of Lace)

will be at the DuPage County Fair,

Home Ec Building

held at the fairgrounds in Wheaton, Illinois. USA.

So stop by to visit, and see hand made lace

and give it a try!

Lacemakers will be inside the Home Ec building

(which is air conditioned)

Saturday + Sunday, July 25-26, 2026

from noon to 5 PM.

DuPage Co Fairgrounds Link

2015 Manchester Road, Wheaton, IL 60187 USA

https://www.instagram.com/lacemakers_of_illinois/

 @lacemakers_of_illinois 

 Emptying shuttles (again).

 

Summertime --- tat a long

at county fair with middle son, Nicholas - and DH.

Cannot resist the goats.

Outdoor free concert.

Gifts from our friend's garden.

And, there is a tat-a-long on

Mandatory A blog about tatting

Follow the link -- check it out.

http://manda-tory.blogspot.com/

 

Demonstrating at the Fair

Lafayette Lacemakers will be demonstrating

at the Jasper Co Fair on Sunday.

If you are there, swing by and say hello!

FREE butterfly pattern.   Link HERE.

Mary Elizabeth's Lace No. 10

Knitting pattern in Piecework Magazine.   May/Jun 2016

Jasper County Fairgrounds

2671 W Clark Street

Rensselaer, IN 47978

(Highway 114 between Rensselaer and I-65)

Sunday, July 15th

2-5:00 p.m.

Community Building

Porter Co Fair ---

I have posts on my other blog with all of my fair entries .... then, I remember, I have
more tatting friends who follow only this blog ....

so, to repeat ....

I had 15 entries into the Porter Co Fair this Summer.   These are the ones with tatting:

Category 1:  Arts + Crafts
Section 109 - Wearable Art
c. Accessories

Kanzashi flower (given to my MIL)

embellished with tatting and buttons

Comment Card:

Section 101 - Special Occasion (any Holiday, Special Event)

b. Tree Ornament

Tatted Bell

designed by Merie Lettieri

Section 115 - Miscellaneous Crafts

back side

front 

Mixed Media Needlecase

Comment Card says:

"very nice design

very well done

tatting!

like the way it is decorated

handy idea to store needles"

Category V - Needlecraft

Section 507 - Miscellaneous Needlecraft

b. Other (smocking, tatting, latch hook, etc.)

Mom's Butterfly

comment card

(gave this to my MIL on Sunday afternoon)

The other entries can be seen

HERE -- other blog

Lake Co Fair

Handicrafts I
Fabric - Natural Fiber Item (cotton)

I used a piece of felt for the back & then added a cord with Weeks Dye Works Pea Coat & DMC 310


Handicrafts I
Ornament - Not Specified

Lizzie Kate
for Punch Needle
Halloween Hang-Ups 2


Needlecraft I
Tatting - Not Specified Above

Fair Entry

This is my button collection display entry at the Lake Co Fair.
When it was judged, the items were leaning on the tray.
Guess when they moved the tray - stuff fell over!

This was under a misc collections category.
There were two pages of entries.
I put some tatting shuttles on display
along with hooks, ruler, small motifs.

No ribbon, but I thought the display looked nice.

Sorry about the bad photos.
The entries are in large glass display cases.

Lake Co Fair - Collectibles

My Mom & I enjoy putting displays
into the Lake County Fair.
This year,
I had four entries in collectibles:

Class 243: Buttons (9x12 display)
Third Place

Class 244: Cookie Cutters
Tori's cutters, Mom's recipe - no ribbon

Class 256: Cup & Saucer (3 sets)
I chose 3 with rose patterns
Gifts from MIL - no ribbon

Class263: Not Specified Above
Beaded Scissor Fobs - no ribbon

These displays shifted around
during the packing
and ride home

collectibles, 2008 Lake Co Fair

CollectiblesI thought it would be fun to try this section. Only one ribbon awarded. Maybe I'll do better next year!
(221) Doll/StandClothespin Dolls, made by my Mom

(243) Buttons 9x12 displayThird Place!

(244) Cookie Cutters (6)These were used by my Brothers & Sister while we were growing up

(263) Not Specified AboveThread winders

Lake County Fair - Collectibles

Buttons - Third Place
Clothespin Dolls - no ribbon
Lake County Fair, Crown Point, Indiana
August 1-10, 2008

Lake County Fair

Handicrafts II (868) Bead GlassSecond PlaceMill Hill Jeweled Bar PinFiligree Victorian Rose

Porter County Fair

Home Decorating Articles (c) PillowsThird Place
Comments by Judge:Beautiful craftsmanship. Good color and pattern choice.
Porter County FairValparaiso, IndianaJuly 18-27, 2008

Lake County Fair - Sewing

Home Decorating: 1376 Living/Family Room ItemFirst Place
Home Decorating: 1378 Home Decorating PillowSecond Place

Just a couple notes

Saturday -- I'll be at 'the clubhouse' helping make tassels for EGA. What fun that will be! And on Sunday, I'm a volunteer for check-in at the Porter County Fair, Home Ec building. Hope to see some of my stitching friends : ) Love to see what everybody is putting on exhibit.

My reading is on the back-burner. I have listened to a couple audio books while I finish up some fair entries.

Evening is very interesting to read. It floats around from various points in the main character's life. But, the author is great -- and it is easy to get what is going on here. I'll bet the movie is terrific if it is anything like this book.

I was sent an uncorrected proof - and my comments are at Bookreporter.com about Adriana Bourgoin's book Nine Months in August.

link to my comments HERE