Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Flowers in Thread: Butterfly Motif



Pattern and Instruction
c.2023 Victoria Ong

I made one of 3 butterflys
taught in this zoom class.

I used Cebelia 955 No. 10 (green) for base
and Lizbeth 650 Size 10 for butterfly.

There are two more variations to try ; )

Victoria Ong's Website:   https://flowersinthreads.com/#home

She also has wonderful You Tube Videos on her You Tube Channel:


Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Re-try with needle lace sampler

 Tried this again
with pink DMC 80.   Color 604.   Was able to 'see' better (instead of white fiber on white background.


Gros Point de Venise Class 2025.  
Pattern + Instructions:  Loretta Holzberger

Sessions thru Virtual Education,
The Lace Museum.

 

Friday, April 11, 2025

Edge: Bi-Color Fringe Pattern


Bi-Color Fringe lace edging, (aka Party Hats).  I'm using Yarnplayer's Fiber, Size 10 and Lizbeth Size 10, Color 602.

Pattern & Instruction
c.2021 Victoria Ong


Victoria Ong's Website:   https://flowersinthreads.com/#home

She also has wonderful You Tube Videos on her You Tube Channel:

  

Thursday, April 10, 2025

It is a start ....


A Rose for Kalofer.


FREE sessions on April April 6 ,

Taught by Joan Brash
for the OIDFA Flower Project via

Follow the links above and/or:



This is a Community Lace Project for the
2025 OIDFA Congress in Kalofer & Karlovo, Bulgaria.

This is also the #11 Lace Challenge for IOLI.

 I'm using DMC pc 5 #3689 and Lizbeth 20 #145.





 

Wednesday, April 09, 2025

Gros point de Venise Class

 Not much
accomplished during today's needle lace zoom!!   
I started the sampler (photo on right of finished piece)
and will complete it in four sessions.  Next session will be the next three rectangles. (filling)

I am using Lizbeth, Size 20, Col. 601 for the outline --
 DMC 80, Col. 5200 for the filling(s).

Gros Point de Venise Class 2025.  
Pattern + Instructions:  Loretta Holzberger

Sessions thru Virtual Education,
The Lace Museum.

 I really should have used a different color paper/card stock for the pattern!!!    Challenge to use white fiber on white pattern.



 Preparing for bobbin lace Rose for Kalofer session on Thursday.   Prep for needlelace and bobbin lace is time consuming.  Stay tuned.   The bobbin lace flowers/rose are part of a community lace project for the 2025   OIDFA Congress in Kalofer and Karlovo, Bulgaria.  Also, https://lacechallenge.internationalorganizationoflace.org/lace-challenge/lace-challenge-11 Lace Challenge #11 for I.O.L.I.  
I am grateful to Joan Brash for her pattern and sessions thru the Lace Museum.  I'd like to finish the sunflower this summer, too.   



 

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