The display area was just amazing! The variety of laces brought for display was great. There were so many beautiful items, wire lace, 3D roses, a tablecloth, just to name a few. It was great to see examples of lace types I hadn't seen before. I brought some of my tatting, and a scrapbook I'd made after last year's trip to Ithaca.
The shopping was fun at Holly's tables, Kenn's tables and others. Mr Abei had brought some lovely little pin bowls to use instead of pincushions, they have a hole thru the center bottom to pin thru onto your pillow. Lots of lovely woods to choose from! I am most happy to have Angela's Romanian Point book, it's just as wonderful as it sounded! Now to make time to do some of it.
Several tables of vintage and antique lace and bobbins. Out of print books, I was able to find out about some treasures I got at a tag sale there. Lovely commemorative bobbins with a nice Ithaca Lace Day charm on the spangle. Karey Solomon of Tatting Times was also there, so I had the chance to renew my subscription.
My class was continuing Withof Duchesse with Susie Johnson. I learned a lot and remembered (with help) things I had forgotten! Got to meet some fascinating lacemakers, one that lives less than an hour away from me!!!
Wandering thru the other classes was most interesting. I had not seen Chrysanthemum lace before, it is so pretty! Something to try in the future..... The Normandy Blonde and Polychrome de Courseulles was absolutely amazing! The lecture caught my attention, and then seeing it in the classroom, WOW! Such fine work!
What an experience to be immersed in lace for a long weekend. I'm looking forward to next year already...
Sumac in southern VT where the leaves are falling.
Susan G. MacLeod
Dummerston, VT USA
www.sover.net/~sumac
- To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
