A Guide to embroidered laces.

Margaret Stephens has just brought out a gem of a book on embroidered laces.  It is like a Reticella type lace  but worked within fabric after the cut out squares are stitched around. Continue reading →

Christmas Decorations – A Lace Guild Publication.
A5 format, colour, cardboard cover, 34 pages.
Contains many great ideas for decorations, from starts mounted in bangles, mostly in Torchon bobbin lace – just one tatted bell.  Cost 9 Pnds 94p Continue reading →

27 Earring Patterns for pierced and unpierced ears.
A Lace Guild Publication available from the UK Lace Guild.
A5 format, coloured, cardboard cover. 52 pages. 10 pnds 92p including overseas postage.
Another of the UK Lace Guild’s most useful little Continue reading →

More Bookmarks

More Bookmarks, published by the U.K. Lace Guild
A5 format, coloured, cardboard cover. 32 pages.  9 Pnds 94p including overseas postage.
A most useful little booklet, containing 21 bookmarket patterns.  Mainly Torchon, but also Honiton, Beds, Continue reading →

Weddings  published by the UK Lace Guild 2011

Soft cover, 44 pages, A4 size

This is a lovely book containing 20 patterns in different techniques for all members of the wedding party and guests.  Although aimed at weddings, Continue reading →

Floral Emblems of Australia in Point Ground Lace
By Heather Billington.
Self-published by Heather, see Suppliers pages.

Spiral bound, clear plastic front, cardboard back.  65 pages, in Colour.
This books contains hexagonal designs for the floral emblems of Continue reading →

The Fan Collection by Katherine Gentelli
Available from Kate at $35 + P&P.  Email pklgentelli at gmail.com

The Fan Collection comprises 19 Torchon lace patterns which are a mixture of fans and other items such as edgings or bookmarks Continue reading →

These 3 small books are a joy to read.  They are filled with history, as well as photos, patterns, and working diagrams.  They are great to just sit and read, besides making the lace from her patterns.

Mrs Continue reading →

Antique Lace Patterns

A4 sized soft cover book of about 48 pages, with a 5 page introduction, and a bibliography.

The author is a freelance artist, designer and illustrator, who is also involved with the International Design Library.  She Continue reading →

Point Ground Patterns, Book 2
Techniques & Original Designs.
By Karen Blum
Available from the Australian Lace Guild, S.A.Branch
A4, soft cover, 44 pages.  $20 plus postage.

Posthumously produced by Karen’s husband Ron and Daughter Sharon, and available through Continue reading →