Monday, October 18, 2010

My Fantastic Weekend

This beautiful book was the last gift from my greatly missed Mother-in-law.

It has been the soure of the best weekend I've had in a very long time.

Let me explain...


The Australian email ring Gumnuts called for participants to a workshop, in Melbourne, Victoria.


The workshop tutor was to be Yvonne Scheele-Kirkhof - the author of this book!


LOML knows that I love this book and suggested that I find out more about the workshop

- an invitation that was never going to be ignored!!

And so, my Christmas pressie has been attendance at the workshop in Victoria ... yaayyyyyyy!!!!


Let me show you the progress on day 1!


Not much, I hear you say???


Well no...but there was a lot of mind-bending happening and many new techniques learned...I have never made Withof lace before, you see.


Here is the result of the 2 days!


Not perfect, I know, but with practice, this type of lace will become a favorite.

I feel it in my finger bones :)


Travelling to Victoria meant 2 hours on a plane, 20 minutes on a bus, 40 minutes on a train, an evening in a motel room, and several hours hanging around in airpot lounges


- What is a girl to do?!?!?!?


TATTING of course!!!


Bookmarks 15, 16 and 17 for my 25 motif challenge!


(You thought I had forgotten, did'nt you Sharon VBG)

This is one of Lace Lovin' Librarian's favorite patterns at the moment, and I have discovered why!


It is "Stumpy"


I have made them all in perle 8 verigated thread - just odd bits left over from some bobbin lace projects.



Throw in meeting 4 Gumnuts among the 11 Victorian Lacemakers, an entertaining evening with one Gumnut and her husband and watching Yvonne throw the bobbins as she demonstrated various techniques and you may understand why this post is thus titled!!
Happy lace making to all my bloggy friends...hope you are enjoying your lace as much as I do at the moment!

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Show time!

Here is a new page I put together in my scrap booking album for FIL.
I will be showing my customers how to do this surprisingly simple page at my end of month workshop...hope they enjoy!
I entered this page in the local Show and Won! such a simple page and the reward very unexpected!
Here is my tatting entry, with it's new ribbon :)
... and my wire lace entry...also with a decoration.

I entered 2 other pieces of lace, but gave 1 away before I could take a pic, and have plans for the other, which means I cannot share here for now.
Although I have been very busy with my lace, there is much I cannot share just yet.
Sending hugs to all my bloggy friends, with hopes that your lace is growing, threads never breaking and pins never bending...