Dear Spiders,
My Lace Guild magazine arrived yesterday and I was over the moon to see the pattern and working diagram of Christine Johnson's Medieval Garden and for which Christine was awarded the John Bull Trophy for 'lace by a lacemaker who is not a teacher'. I just had to write to thank Christine, who I think is a member of Arachne - she will not know me, I am generally a 'Lurker' but I felt compelled to write to Christine for being so generous in submitting this pattern to the magazine and the time spent originally working out a coloured diagram of the technical drawing. I first saw the photo of the finished lace on the back of issue Number 151 and just 'drooled' over it and wished it was a pattern available to us. Well my wish came true as here it is, looking absolutely beautiful again in the current issue. I have been floundering a bit for the past five or six months due to some sad family circumstances and doing a little bits on pieces already on the go but none of them seem to pull me in to get enthusiastic again. All I keep saying to my friends is that I need 'inspiring' but had no idea what to do, that is until I opened the Lace Magazine yesterday and Woo Hoo! I cannot possibly do any justice to your amazing piece Christine but you have spurred me on and at last I have found my 'get-up-and-go' and diving into my cupboard for a spare pillow, bobbins and thread!! I cannot wait to get started J I guess this is also giving advance warning to Jacquie Tinch, our lace tutor just what I will be turning up with in class - she is probably turning a nice shade of puce at the thought - only joking Jacquie, she relishes a challenge! That's it and all that is left is to say once again a huge thanks to Christine for unknowingly lifting my spirits. Jill In Redhill, Surrey in the UK, where it is a Bank Holiday (Public Holiday) and the sun is shining - usually Bank Holidays are notoriously a wash-out - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
