In a message dated 10/12/04 5:17:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> There is information on Halas lace in Pat Earnshaw's > "Outlines and Stitches: A Guide to Design", added to the title is: > "with special reference to Halas Needlelaces". My copy was > printed in 1992, ISBN 0-9513891-4-9. The book has directions > for making Halas lace with lots of stitches shown, quite a few > modern patterns and lots of pictures of beautiful NL. Quite a > few of the pictures are of Halas and other Hungarian laces. > > After seeing the Kalocsa Lace in this book I was tempted to sign > up for the class in Harrisburg but students signed up for my class > so I was busy. I think they didn't have the class which is too bad. > Kalocsa combines NL and embroidery in very bright colors! > Dear Jane and others interested in Kalocsa, The name of the teacher, I believe, was to have been Eniko Farkas. I met her through the Embroiderers' Guild and have privately corresponded with her in the past. There are Arachne members who might enjoy looking at the following web site: http://www.nyfolklore.org/pubs/news/nlsu98/farkas.html After you've read this section, you can click on "Crossing the Border: Stories of the 56ers" to learn more about the people who escaped. If you want a very serious version of the story of the Hungarians during the Revolution, you can read one of James Michner's books: "The Bridge at Andau", Random House, 1957. You will then know more about the very brave and talented lace makers and embroiderers amongst us who escaped in 1956. There is no mention of needlework skills in the book that I recall. Back to Eniko, who lives in the Ithaca New York area. If you are very eager to learn Kalocsa techniques, it seems to me that you might contact the person who determines the faculty selections for the Finger Lakes Lace Guild's annual Lace Days in Ithaca to see if she might teach In a future year. Or, perhaps you can arrange private instruction, Jane. When in Hungary a dozen years ago, I went to Kalocsa. To speed the process, they were using old treadle sewing machines for the lacy sections. It is the machine-made versions that are sold in tourist shops in Budapest. However, the lacy sections would have originally been made by hand. It seems to me most should technically be called embroidery, as they definitely resemble Richelieu and are worked on a pre-existing ground fabric from which sections are cut away after the stitching of reinforced outlines is completed! The fillings on the nicer versions are needle lace, sometimes very beautifully worked. Earnshaw writes about this in a section she calls "Other Hungarian lace forms" at the back of her book. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
