Thanks to Susan Hottle. Topic changed, for our archives. Please remember that Stumpwork utilizes needlelace techniques in many imaginative ways. It was my good fortune to spend some time talking with Tricia Wilson Nguyen at the Winterthur Museum Needlework Conference in October 2014. She was a most informative speaker on the subject, "The Workers Behind the Work: 17th Century Caskets and the People Who Made Them". In this case, the caskets were tabletop containers for a young woman's small treasures, fitted out with cabinet doors, mirrors, and drawers, all covered with embroidery and stumpwork. If you read her blogspot, you will learn a lot about working with materials that are often difficult to obtain today. Because of this, she has hired a number of professional crafts people to make all manner of miniature things that are needed to "finish" her projects. Kits are available, because the individual would find it next to impossible to source some things like tiny hinges and keyholes. (You'll find she sells small packets of spangles for period laces.) Tricia is also behind the Layton Jacket which was recreated at Plimoth Plantation (Plymouth Rock - where the Pilgrims landed in what is now Massachusetts). Our Devon worked on the gold lace for this. The original jacket and portrait are at the Victoria and Albert Museum. She has also written and designed quality needlework projects for specialty magazines, and so forth. This amazing woman has a PhD in Engineering, and our technology members will find her background of interest. It runs throughout her blog and older blogs. If you don't read all the way down on the current pages Susan provided, you will not learn (in right column) that Tricia is dyslexic. If you know someone who is dyslexic, Tricia's success might be useful for overcoming some of the challenges. I am not a medical person, but find what Tricia has been doing day-by-day to be quite astounding, magical and inspiring. You don't have time for lace? Look at the family, businesses and many projects (including a newly-minted patent) she is able to keep afloat! thistle-threads.blogspot.com Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center --------------------------------------------------------- . In a message dated 5/10/2015 10:22:11 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, hottl...@neo.rr.com writes: Hello All! There's a charming stump work queen dressed in needle lace at thistle-threads.blogspot.com. Enjoy! Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla, USA
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