[lace] 2017 Arachne Bookmark Exchange

2017-05-02 Thread Lorri Ferguson
Catching up today after my daughter's wedding on Sat. and in the mail I received a lovely Pt. Ground bookmark from Jacqui Southworth. Completely laminated for unlimited use, it has yellowgimp flowers with orange centers and green gimpcircles and triangles around the honeycomb edging motifs. Very

Re: [lace] Cecil Higgins

2017-05-02 Thread Helen Clarke
Thank you, Louise. It was certainly time to update their display system. I do think it is a great shame that so much of the lace has now been lost to most visitors. It is great that they have occasional events though casual visitors are unlikely to know about them. I looked at the Luton websit

[lace] Cecil Higgins

2017-05-02 Thread Louise Bailey
Hello Helen, Yes the Cecil Higgins reopened in 2013. Here's the website http://www.thehigginsbedford.org.uk/default.aspx?page=0. There is one small display in the upper gallery. The middle picture on their "about us - redevelopment" page gives you an idea of the display pods. Gone are the old s