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Carol McFadzean ~ Devon Trolly Lace: Patterns and Lace for Queen Victoria
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David Springett ~ Bedlam, Babes and Bobbins
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Ithaca Lace Day 2008 Announcement
Come celebrate lace at the 28th Annual Ithaca Lace Day and Conference which will be held October 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th, 2008 at the Ramada Inn Airport*, 2310 North Triphammer Road, Ithaca, New York 14850. Our theme this year will be "Vote For Lace". Sponsored by the Finger Lakes Lace Guild, the Saturday exhibitions, sales room and lecture are free and open to the public.
We begin on Friday night with registration and an opening reception at the hotel. Please join us, with your guest, in greeting the teachers and vendors and in renewing lacemaking friendships. On Saturday, visitors will have the opportunity to view many exhibits and to shop at the vendors' tables. Items for sale will include a broad line of lacemaking supplies, books, handcrafted bobbins, antique and vintage laces. To help defray the cost of the event, and to support the Finger Lakes Lace Guild, donations will be accepted for lace and bobbin prizes.
At 12:45 on Saturday, Carol McFadzean will be lecturing on, Devon Trolly Lace: Patterns and Lace for Queen Victoria. Carol is currently President of OIDFA working to promote lace and lacemaking worldwide. In recent years Carol has focused her research on the laces and lacemakers of the coastal villages of Devon with special attention on the designs made for Queen Victoria.
In addition to this year's public event, seven workshops featuring teachers from England, Hungary, and the United States will be offered in many different lace disciplines. Workshop participants, friends, and families are also invited to attend a banquet dinner to be held at the Ramada Inn. Following dinner, don't miss David Springett who will entertain us with a lecture presentation titled, Bedlam, Babes and Bobbins.
A New Approach To Bedfordshire Leaves, Christine Springett
Don't miss this opportunity to study with one of England's best
lace teachers. This course will introduce you to an exciting
new way of creating a series of matching leaves in striking color
sequences using special variegated thread. Bedfordshire Lace,
but not as you know it!
PREREQUISITES: Students must be familiar with the basic skills
of Bedfordshire Lace, ie. plaits, picots, windmill crossings,
trails and of course, leaves.
Christine Springett has been making lace for more than 30 years
and Bedfordshire is still her favourite. She has written and published
a variety of lace books and Bedfordshire patterns. Together with
her husband David she ran a large bobbin business for 25 years
and The British College of Lace for 16 years. She has made a series
of Bedfordshire and Torchon DVDs. They are both supposed to be
taking life a little easier now, but they can't stop having ideas....
Idrija Lace,
Allie Marguccio
Idrija Lace of Slovenia is a free lace characterized by tapes
which meander throughout a compact design connected by sewings.
Most pieces require between 5 and 7 pairs of continental style
bobbins using a heavier cotton thread. Students will learn the
basic skills required to make Idrija Lace including the narrow
braid, corners, gentle curves, picots, plaits and sewings.
PREREQUISITES: Fundamental bobbin lace skills including Torchon.
The great-granddaughter of a Slovenian bobbin lacemaker, Allie
continues the family tradition through the study, research and
making of Idrija Lace. She has studied under the tutelage of master
teachers Stana Frelih and Metka Fortuna at the Idrija School of
Lace in Idrija Slovenia. In addition to giving weekly private
lace lessons, she also teaches bobbin lace at the Bottle Works
Ethnic Arts Center as part of the University of Pittsburgh at
Johnstown Community Outreach, and elementary age students at the
school district where she works as a librarian.
Hunnia Lace,
Ilona Simon-Tar
Don't miss this rare opportunity to study with Hungarian lace
teacher Ilona Simon-Tar to learn Hunnia Lace, Hungary's most important
and finest bobbin lace. This beautiful tape lace with a net ground
turns Hungarian folk art into bobbin lace. Rich in technique,
Hunnia Lace employs skills also found in Honiton, Milanese and
Duchesse. Students will delight in Ilona's personality and the
precision she brings to her diagramming and attention to detail.
PREREQUISITES: Fundamental bobbin lace skills.
Ilona was born in Hungary in 1926. After the 1956 Hungarian
Revolution she came to the United States and worked at Cerro Engineering
in New York City. Ilona became an American citizen in 1963.
She joined the EGA (Embroiderers' Guild of America) in 1970 where
she started to teach silk embroidery. She became a member of
the Lost Art Lacers in 1990 where she played a pivotal roll in
promoting lace in her region. She now lives in Hungary where
she continues to pursue her passion for lace through the study
of Hunnia Lace.
The Lester Eagle,
Holly Van Sciver
This beautiful mid-19th century East Midlands English lace features
pictorial motifs of cloth stitch flowers, leaves, fruits and animals.
It is worked continuously with a plaited (guipure) ground and
can be worked with and without gimp threads. Students new to
Lester Lace can select from an assortment of leaves to learn how
to add and discard pairs, manipulate the gimp, work veins at various
angles in cloth stitch elements, and invisible finishing. Intermediate
level students will make the Lester Cuff and learn how to incorporate
pictorial motifs into a guipure ground. Advanced students will
work the Eagles Head in the Lester tradition combining the skills
of Honiton and Bedfordshire in one lace, learning rolled tallies,
gimp movement and nook pins in addition to applying skills to
pattern interpretation.
PREREQUISITES: Intermediate and advanced patterns require fundamental
Bedfordshire skills.
Holly has been a student and teacher of lacemaking for over
34 years. Originally trained in England, she specializes in teaching
the 19th century English laces. She has taught and lectured in
the United States, Canada and Europe for the International Old
Lacers, regional lace guilds, national lace conferences, museums,
historical societies, universities and professional organizations.
Holly is a leader in teaching the fundamentals underlying lacemaking
theory and design. She is the founder of the Finger Lakes Lace
Guild and owner of Van Sciver Bobbin Lace, which has served to
promote lacemaking worldwide since 1981.
The 18th Century Laces of Flanders:
Binche, Valenciennes and Mechlin, Vanda
Mc Arthur
This class will appeal to the experienced lacemaker who is intrigued
with the beautiful old laces of the
Flanders region and wishes to begin to understand the "workings"
of these laces. The students will be given
a choice of one of four laces, diagrammed out, but not color coded,
from the instructor's collection. Students will be guided in the
working of the lace through the study of photocopies of the lace
and through class discussion.
PREREQUISITES: A sound foundation in the fundamental skills of
Flemish straight laces including Binche.
Vanda has been making lace for over twenty years. After teaching
herself the "basics", she began serious lace studies
by taking several yearly trips to Brugge for private lessons with
Anne-Marie Billet, which allows her to bring an understanding
of Binche reconstruction to her patterns that is unsurpassed in
the US. She has also taken classes in Bucks point from Margery
Carter and Honiton from Caroline Biggins.
Withof, Beginning and Continuing, Susie Johnson
Developed by Sister Judith and her students in the Netherlands,
Withof rapidly evolved from its Duchesse roots to become an extraordinary
contemporary lace characterized by fine threads, rolled edges,
and light and shadow in highly stylized motifs. Beginners will
spend time studying the foundation skills. This lace encourages
personal expression, something continuing students will have the
opportunity to put into practice while refining their skills and
exploring the subtle nuances of this lace.
PREREQUISITES: A strong working knowledge of bobbin lace.
Susie has been studying Withof for many years with Jeannet
van Oord, both in the US and the Netherlands, mastering the new
techniques as the lace evolved. Her work and understanding of
the lace has earned her a Withof teacher's certificate from Sr.
Judith, with whom she studied in the Netherlands. Her Withof
has been on exhibition in several countries, including the recent
OIDFA conference in the Netherlands. She co-edited Withof Duchesse
in North America and did all of the technical drawings and instructions
for the book. She has been making lace since 1981 and teaching
for over 20 years, including teaching Withof at IOLI conventions,
the Winter Lace Conference, and the Finger Lakes Lace Days in
Ithaca.
Devon Trolly Lace,
Carol McFadzean
Students will learn how to make point ground
patterns from Devon that have not been worked for over 160 years!
Recreate history! The patterns to be worked will differ from
those in the two Devon Trolly books and will suit both beginner
and intermediate level students of point ground laces.
PREREQUISITES: A knowledge of basic point ground techniques would
be helpful.
Carol has been making lace since 1985. She devotes
herself to historical research in a broad range of lacemaking
techniques. She has a special interest in designing lace as an
art form in thick thread. Carol is currently the President of
OIDFA working to promote lace and lacemaking worldwide.
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| Workshops run concurrently, so please list your choices in order of preference. Registration applications, accompanied by full payment in U.S. dollars, may be mailed in at any time and will be processed by lottery on August 15th. Applications received after August 15th will be accommodated on a space available basis in the order received. Confirmation of courses and supply lists will be mailed by August 20th.st. |
RECEPTION -- Friday, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Please indicate
number attending ______.
(Rank) 2-Day WORKSHOPS -- Saturday, 2:00 p.m. - 5:00
p.m. and Sunday, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
_____ A New Approach To Bedfordshire Leaves, Christine Springett
_____ Idrija Lace, Allie Marguccio
_____ Hunnia Lace, Ilona Simon-Tar
_____ The 18th Century Laces of Flanders; Binche, Valenciennes
and Mechlin, Vanda McArthur
_____ Withof, Beginning and Continuing, Susie Johnson
_____ The Lester Eagle, Holly Van Sciver____Beginner ____Intermediate____Advanced
_____ Devon Trolly Lace, Carol McFadzean
(Rank) MONDAY WORKSHOPS -- Monday, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00
p.m.
_____ A New Approach To Bedfordshire Leaves, Christine Springett
_____ Idrija Lace, Allie Marguccio
_____ Hunnia Lace, Ilona Simon-Tar
_____ The 18th Century Laces of Flanders; Binche, Valenciennes
and Mechlin, Vanda McArthur
_____ Withof, Beginning and Continuing, Susie Johnson
_____ The Lester Eagle, Holly Van Sciver____Beginner ____Intermediate____Advanced
_____ Devon Trolly Lace, Carol McFadzean
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| Registration Fee (applicable to workshop registrants only) | -- |
$25.00 |
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| 2-Day Lace Workshop (includes Sunday Brunch) | -- |
$135.00 |
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| Banquet Dinner and Lecture | -- |
$32.00 |
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| Monday Workshop (includes lunch) | -- |
$85.00 |
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CANCELLATION POLICY: If you need to cancel please tell us immediately so that someone else may have your place. Requests for refunds must be made in writing to the Registrar and must be postmarked by September 16th. Refunds will be subject to a $10.00 cancellation fee. We will not be able to honor requests for refunds postmarked after September 16th.