June Wood will be show casing the Blonde Lace Workshop
Date: 9-10 January 2021 Location: QWSFA Hall, 12 Payne Street Auchenflower Time: 9am – 4pm Costs: $45 a day per person ($90 for full weekend).
Provide your own lunch, morning tea will be provided by the State.
Requirements:
Pillow
Cover cloth
Small sized pins
Hair elastics
Scissors
Pricking already pricked
Wind 24 pairs. 100/2 Egyptian cotton – base thread (ground)
Wind 4 pairs. 100/2 Egyptian cotton – 2 are workers and 2 are passive on foot side (making them thicker than the ground thread). These must be wound with an extra thread on each, or just double the amount (ie: 4 and 4 with single thread).
Donuts:
60/2 or 70/2 – this thread is not wound on bobbins, just cut about a metre.
The Brookfield retreat is a wonderfully relaxing weekend away with fellow lacemakers. The facility is in a bushland setting and all catering is provided leaving plenty of time for lace making.
There was a workshop on beginner Chantilly Lace with Vicky Taylor
We also had a large number of lacemakers just doing their own thing – including enjoying the beautiful surroundings
Novembers Mini Workship was a cute little piece of hardanger which could be fashioned into a sissor keep.
The pattern called for 22 count hardanger (oslo), number 5 or 8 pearl cotton and number 22 or 24 tapestry neadles. With their gridded fabric in hand the attendees were quickly stiching away.
I am hoping to see the finished product at next months Brisbane meeting.
Many thanks to our tutor for the day, Liz
If you have an idea for a mini workshop you would like to teach or attend in 2017 please let us know. Contact us with your suggestions via our contact form .
Octobers’s mini workshop was a small flower in Idrija bobbin lace.
Alice Skenner who had recently attended the OIDFA congress in Europe was our tutor for the day.
The class required the usually bobbin lace equipment (sizzors, pins, small pillow) plus 8 pairs of bobbins suitable for Sew ins, a small crochet hook and size 40 cotton.
Our challenge was to complete only the very centre of the flower pattern and it seemed simple enough but there were a few interesting techniques to be learnt.
Below are a few pictures as we get started. The featured image is Alice’s beautiful completed flower centre.
