Rochelle said "The press release might have just said the lace was appliqued and left it at that. Now there might be an opportunity to build on the interest and get more people doing lace, which after all is what we really need."
At our Lace Day in June, Lacemakers and Collectors Exchange, we held a beginner class and several ladies signed up for it just because of the royal wedding dress. We had them working the simple torchon snake - at which at least one was disappointed that she couldn't make the 'fancy' lace like the dress but after getting halfway down the snake pattern, she was ready to give up. Whether it was too simple or just too mind-blowing working time involved [3 hours], I'm not sure. She did not finish and we haven't seen her since. However, the interest was there for the rest of the ladies and they all were determined they could conquer bobbin lacemaking. Altho we only got 2 to sign on as members, the other ladies were thrilled to have done the whole snake. We can hope the others will come back in the future to learn more of lacemaking. Jane O'Connor [email protected] New Lenox, IL USA Life is full of surprises. ________________________________ - 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
