Dear David
Jean Horne and Mary Hughes wrote the Little Lace Book series in the 1980's.
I have the original master copies from Mary and have reprinted them.
There are 12 or 13 in all. As both Jean and Mary are in their 80s now,
they cannot make lace any more due to eyesight problems and do not need
to make money from these little books, I usually buy them a nice box of
chocolates when I have some more printed. If a lot get sold, I just
might make enough to buy them a bottle of whisky each.
They now cost about R15.00 which in any other currency is only worth a
few cents.
Jean started the Witwatersrand Lace Guild in 1980 and we are celebrating
our 35th birthday this year.
Mary used to paint the most beautiful bobbiins as well as make lace. Her
husband Harry used to turn exquisitely fine bobbins too in indigenous
wood. Harry sadly passed away about 5 or more years ago but the
lacemakers here were spoiled by the 2 of them for many years.
Greetings from
Janis Savage
in Honeydew, Gauteng, South Africa
where we are having a mostly mild winter now.
On 2015/07/21 02:25 PM, David C COLLYER wrote:
Dear Friends,
Recently my older sister returned from a trip to the UK and gave me a
delightful little book on lace which I haven't heard mentioned before.
It's called "The Little Lace Book of Flowers" by Jean and Mary.
--
Janis Savage
t/a The Lace Place,
P O Box 2126,
Honeydew, 2040,
South Africa
www.thelaceplace.co.za
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