Jean, The two patterns from the book shown on your pdf are beautiful. Are there any diagrams in the book or is it just prickings and photos?
The little doiley is something I might like to make even though I am not that keen on using lace doiley's around the house. I do have a number on show that are different types of lace, so I can use them as a teaching tool to visitors. I do get some people who ask if I made the full length Edinburgh machine lace curtains up at the windows in my living room and dining room. My Realtor boss tells me they will have to go when I want to sell my house as people like uncluttered windows these days. (I even have them in the full length windows in the garage as my Mum told me the front windows covers should all match. Does anyone else have lace in their garage? :-) ------- <I have checked with Avital and she is happy for me to announce that I have just published a book of floral Bucks Point patterns designed by Joyce Symes, a British lace maker and teacher, who died from breast cancer some years ago. I went to several weekend courses with Joyce when I fairly new to lacemaking and was saddened by her death. When I later heard that Joyce's daughter Maggy wanted to publish her mother's patterns to raise money for cancer research, I was pleased to be able to help her. For various reasons it has taken rather a long time to get the patterns into print but now that the book is here I hope that it will be enjoyed by all lovers of Bucks Point lace. All the profits Maggy and I make from the sale of the book will be donated to further cancer research. You can find out more about the book and how to order it online on my website at http://www.jeanleader.co.uk/publications/floralbuckspoint.html Jean > Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
