Christine is currently on a cruise and may not have email. She is on
Arachne so she will get your message. In 'real life' Christine is a
talented and generous lacemaker. She gave a wonderful presentation in
February on the use of Gimps. The presentation was at a NSW Lace Day.
She is going to give a lecture on her work on Tonder Lace at the NSW
October Lace Day and in November will give us a 2 day workshop on gimps.
She acts as 'mentor' to most of us at the Epping Lace group. I wish
there were more people like her!
As an aside, the NSW Lace Days this year are featuring our local lace
researchers, we have had Barbara Ballantyne talking on Irish Crochet,
Rosemary Shepherd on early laces. In June we will have Annette Meldrum
talking on Boris lace followed by a workshop in August on Boris Lace,
and Christine in October. We are blessed that some of the best
researchers are locals!
Anna in Sydney where winter has come!
On 4/05/14 3:40 AM, Jill Harward wrote:
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
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