PEMBINA, N.D. -- Threads of the past run through the newest exhibit at the Pembina State Museum. The museum is featuring a collection of bobbin lace art made by the late Sister Rosalia Haberl, a ...
In 1907 Mrs. James W. Pinchot proposed to assemble a collection of arts and crafts for the Smithsonian Institution. To start this endeavor, Mrs. Pinchot and her collector friends loaned or donated ...
A gentle clacking of wooden pins filled in any conversation lulls as the MidMichgan Lacemakers held one of its first in-person meetings since the coronavirus pandemic began last year. The late Judy ...
Pauline bought this beaded lace bobbin at the Exeter Lace Day in 1994 to commemorate he birth of her first grandchild. It was painted by a lady from Dartmoor and includes the name and date of birth of ...
Lacemaking is weaving without a loom. So explains veteran lacemaker Evelyn Gant, owner of Fine Threads, as she manipulates 70 or so bobbins, each wound with a single thread, on a “roller pillow” on ...
Honiton lace has been made in the Devon town of Honiton for hundreds of years. The traditional lace can only be made with Honiton lace bobbins which have a pointed end. These bobbins are likely to ...
Huguenots’ Legacy a box of bobbins launched a quest to piece together the threads of ripon’s lost industry. Fiona Russell reports on a revival of traditional lacemaking. It was filled with lace ...
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