Had a lovely time Friday night with the Pittsburgh Lace Group and Pompi Perry's lecture. They were very welcoming to a visiting lacemaker. Pompi's slides were most helpful in illustrating her discussion of polychrome blonde. I was just sorry I wasn't able to take her workshop yesterday and today. Her class demonstration samples were great too! What a lot to learn in the future!
Robin P. was lovely to meet in person, and very helpful in looking at the lace books and deciding what is worth looking further at. Tracy the Lacemaker had sent some of her inventory (she was up with the tatters in Hector), so I had a book fix before Denver. Snowgoose had been coming to the Fiber Arts Fiesta in Albuquerque (end of May every other year) but we won't have a lace vendor this year. However Louise Colgan will be judging the lace entries and leading a Milanese Workshop, so we still feel blessed. I was even able to pass on a substitution. Having used my suitcase space for nephew's graduation present, there was no room for a lace pillow, so I planned to make a quick pink polystyrene insulation block pillow for the hanky I planned to work on for my cousin undergoing chemo. We picked up pizza on the way home from the airport and I decided the 18" pizza box was faster than constructing a plywood box for the blocks. Picking up clean boxes from the pizzeria the next day and a little bit of duct tape later, I was in business. Betsy decided that was a fine tip to use in a pinch later. Even carried the pillow to nephew's soccer practice, and spread the knowledge of bobbin lace a little further. Actually one of the moms had seen lacemaking in Bruges, so knew what I was doing, but I sat between two dads and answered questions. Beth from Albuquerque (temporarily in Pittsburgh) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
