Needle Lace for Community Lace Project

 I admit not having much needle lace experience.

The beginner instructions are step-by-step & I'd like to participate.

This Community Lace Project is interesting to me.

Leaves!!!   I found the information in the IOLI link and Maggie Hensel Brown's page.

From Facebook:     Community lacemaking with Maggie Hensel Brown an opportunity to celebrate St. Catherine's Day. Full details of Maggie's Community Lacemaking Project can be found here: https://www.maggiehenselbrown.com/community-lacemaking

She needs hundreds (if not thousands) of needle lace leaves as per the description on her website to create a work of art to be exhibited in Sydney Australia in May. 

Leaves must be received by March. This effort is also being supported by the IOLI in the form of a challenge. https://lacechallenge.internationalorganizationoflace.org/

Perhaps your group would like to assemble and learn how to make the needle lace leaves via videos and written instructions on Maggie's website. Every contributor will be listed and acknowledged in an effort to recognize lacemakers who have so often been anonymous.

 

What is the Community Lacemaking Project?

fixed link --

Please visit the Maggie Hensel-Brown web link above.

to find out more about the Community Lace making Project!!

https://www.maggiehenselbrown.com/community-lacemaking

https://www.maggiehenselbrown.com/upcoming-events

"The community lacemaking project will be a single, large piece of lace to be exhibited in Sydney in mid 2024. It will measure at least three square metres.

 

A tapestry of small needle lace motifs, designed and pieced together by Maggie Hensel-Brown, but made by hundreds of others."

 

Mail !!

New Tatting tools & fiber to try .... 

 

Intermediate Tatting - 2nd session

 In our 2nd session (zoom via The Lace Museum virtual education, we learned floating rings, split rings, self closing mock rings --and with the beads, can create a bracelet.    Also, suggested we use her patterns and add beads to our charms.  (stay tuned)

For practice pieces, I used Lizbeth size 20 - Color 622 & Color 614.

Session instructor Kelli Slack.

Pattern Kelli Slack Designs c.2023

Kelli Slack Designs web site link.

 

Lace Bits .... Clover clips

I didn't know .... that Clover made these smaller size clips.

I had the Jumbo clips, and the Medium sized clips,

but this smaller size, recently acquired,  -- they are THE BEST.

Who knew?  My third helping hand ... 

Can get them 

easily thru Amazon,

and local craft stores.

 

Lace Bits . . . patterns

 I found myself "waiting" and tatted

this butterfly .... from the 

 Starlit package.   

Pattern also in the Handy Hands catalogue.

link HERE.

(look in the pdf, page 2).

Did you see the pumpkin edge pattern .... Quaker Pumpkin Edging by Vicki Clarke 2023

On the Victats blog?  Link to Victats blog.

Awesome tatting ....   Quaker-pumpkin-edging

Follow the link above  .... and, just sayin', I want to tat the hearty butterfly -- https://victats.blogspot.com/search?q=Hearty+butterfly    

Hearty Butterfly pattern link.

ALSO - a pattern I have been eyeing .... Lavender Sachet on the https://casaerba.blogspot.com/ site.

It is under free patterns - need to scroll down the page a bit.   Or look HERE, to see a

 tutorial:  https://casaerba.blogspot.com/2013/09/tatting-lace-and-hiking-northern-alps.html.   

And a version of the pattern that has beads ..... beautiful tatting.

Lace Bits .....

 

maimai kaito - If you haven't visited her you tube area -- go now

and check it out!!!   https://www.youtube.com/@maimaikaito

Lace Bits ....

Lace Sampler

"Among the Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust collection is an eclectic group of items the Webb family brought with them when they emigrated from England to Ormondville, Southern Hawke’s Bay, and of particular significance is a beautiful hand-made lace sampler."    Link Above to article.

Winter Lace Conference:   Butterfly Lace Contest ... details in this link.

https://www.winterlaceconference.org/winter-lace-contest

February 16-18, 2024

Winter Lace Conference (Link below).

2024 Winter Lace Conference

"Tatting Corner Tat Days 2024 will be held from July 11 through 13, 2024.

The theme will be "Games Tatters Play".

Mark your calendars and join us!

Look for registration after the first of the year."

I.O.L.I. Members

The Fall Issue is available on the

website.

https://www.internationalorganizationoflace.org/

EDITED 01 Oct 2023: For those with a digital subscription -- having difficulty printing Kumiko's Demekin fish pattern .... " printing Kumiko's Demekin fish pattern.  For that reason I have loaded the larger PDF's of that pattern into a folder on the website."

Lace Sampler

"Among the Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust collection is an eclectic group of items the Webb family brought with them when they emigrated from England to Ormondville, Southern Hawke’s Bay, and of particular significance is a beautiful hand-made lace sampler."    Link Above to article.

Fifth Tatted Charm . . .

Split Rings.   I used Lizbeth, Size 20, Color 650.

Pattern:  Split Ring Star

by Kelli Slack c.2023

Intermediate Tatting:  Beyond Rings, Chains, & Joins

Kelli Slack Designs

www.kellislackdesigns.com c.2023

 

Fourth Tatted Charm . . .

Two-Dot Picots !!    I used Lizbeth Size 20, Color 621

Changed the picots in this pattern.

Pattern Josephine Knot Quatrefoil by

Kelli Slack c. 2023

Intermediate Tatting:  Beyond Rings, Chains, & Joins

Kelli Slack Designs

www.kellislackdesigns.com

This is another practice 'tat' from our first session.  Learned A LOT.

I used Lizbeth, Size 20 Colors 622 + 614.

The Intermediate Tatting, two sessions (two hours per session),

are offered via zoom thru the Lace Museum, Virtual Education.  There are multiple classes/workshops listed - some holiday theme, too.

The first session covered a variety of tatting.   Josephine knots, Dot picots, Double and Triple picots, Lock joins, Zig zag chains ... with more to come (beads, floating rings, split rings, SCMR, etc.).  Then, you can practice what you've learned with the charm patterns - clip the charms to a bag, necklace, etc.

 

Third Tatted Charm . . .

Josephine Rings !!   I used Lizbeth, Size 20, Color 615.

(Adjusted the pattern to create five points) 

Josephine Knot Quatrefoil pattern

by Kelli Slack c.2023

Intermediate Tatting: Beyond Rings, Chains, & Joins

Kelli Slack Designs

www.kellislackdesigns.com

practice ... practice ... practice

 

Second Tatted Charm . . .

Double Picots!!  I used Lizbeth Size 20, Color 630

Double Picot Butterfly Pattern 

by Kelli Slack c.2023

Intermediate Tatting: Beyond Rings, Chains, & Joins

Kelli Slack Designs

www.kellislackdesigns.com

This was my practice piece from our first class session.

Double and Triple picots.

Second class coming up on Wednesday.

More butterflies - pretty lace samples.