Janice, the display room was just beautiful, and I never even noticed
that things had been pinned in place!! I was too busy admiring the
amazing array of lace!!
Clay
Janice Blair wrote:
Clay wrote:
<As far as our own Lace Day events go... (and this was also brought up
just a day or two ago...), I suggest that as we are at the mercy of
venues which also bring in "the public", (and who knows... perhaps our
own members?), we need to be careful about how we display our hard
work. While it is a sad reality, the fact is that our beautiful lace
may be irresistible to a very small number of viewers. Therefore, I
suggest that it be contained in large and difficult-to-conceal items,
such as scrap-books or framed pieces, or items of clothing that would be
difficult to spirit off in a handbag.>
When we demonstrate at an outdoor local event we put our display on a table
and lay the flat lace such as bookmarks, doileys and hankies down. We then
cover it with a decorating drop cloth. You can buy very thin clear dropcloths
from Home Depot or the like. We pin the dropcloth to the tablecovering over
the items. 3-D items such as framed pieces go on top of the dropcloth and are
harder to pinch. I usually have one of my very first torchon bookmarks pinned
to my pillow so that anyone can handle the lace. It is hard to believe people
will steal bobbins off pillows if they have no use for them, but harder to
imagine other lacemakers being so mean.
We had a beautiful display room a convention in August and the laces were
pinned in place to avoid sticky fingers, plus there was always at least one
person on duty keeping watch. I would like to thank all those who brought
their lace to display for us because the room would have been pretty empty
without their donations.
Janice
Janice Blair
Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
www.jblace.com
www.landoflincolnlacemakers.com
http://www.lacemakersofillinois.com
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