The
Dallas Lace Society
Second
Quarter Newsletter
May
2017
Letter
from the President
Dear
Lacers,
I
hope that everyone is working on some beautiful lace and allotting
some lacing time to make flowers to send to Alamo Bobbin Lacers for
the 2018 Convention. You have probably seen the patterns that were
sent in an email, but you may also use any pattern that you like and
any color or thread that you would like. We will mail them flat to
the lacers in San Antonio, and they will pull the thread and mount
them onto stems. They will use them for bouquets on the banquet
tables and as gifts for attendees. Our dear Alamo Bobbin Lacers
appreciate any help we can give.
Arthiss
informs that we have a couple of new members: Paula Moss and Diane
Culpin. I am eager to meet them soon!
We
have signed on to lace demonstrations at the Quilters Guild of Plano
2017 Quilt Show. It will be held Friday & Saturday, August 11 &
12, 9 AM to 5 PM at the Plano Event Center, 2000 East Spring Creek
Parkway. We will send a sign-up email later in the summer.
If
you have ideas for demonstrations or other ways to promote our lace
group, please let us know.
Hope
you have a nice summer. The heat makes for great lacing weather!
Next
business meeting will be July 25, 2017.
Hope
to see you soon,
Marilyn
Upcoming
Demo Dates
Plano
Quilt Show – August 11 – 12
The
Plano Center
North
Texas Quilt Festival – August 24 – 26
Arlington
Convention Center
If
you want to demo, contact mjwaisanen@icloud.com
Library
News
The
Dallas Lace Society Library is now ONLINE at LIBIB.COM.
For
more information about the DLS Library, contact
Birthdays
May
16 – Norell Mounger
May
18 – Denise Royal
May
30 - Rowena Billow
June
2 – Hiroko Okuno
June
10 – Regina Dale
June
16 – Sunela Thomas
June
21 – Barbara Roth
July
20 – Pat Bailey
July
22 – Deborah Stone
July
30 – Dorothy Morgan
Banner
Update
Work
is almost finished! Great work ladies!
Battenburg
Cake
1
cup Butter, softened
1
cup white sugar
3
eggs
¼
teaspoon vanilla extract
2
cups all-purpose flour
1
teaspoon baking powder
1/8
teaspoon salt
2
drops red food coloring
1
cup apricot preserves
2
cups round almonds
3
cups confectioners' sugar
1
egg, room temperature
1
½ teaspoons lemon juice
¼
teaspoon almond extract
Cream
butter and 1 cup sugar together. Beat in 3 eggs, one at a time. Mix
in vanilla. Stir in flour, baking powder and salt gently. Add milk
if needed.
Divide
batter into 2 equal parts. Add food coloring to 1 part to make a
deep pink color. Grease 2 7 inch square pans. Spread batters into
pans.
Bake
at 350 degrees until an inserted wooden pick comes out clean, about
25 to 30 minutes. Let stand in pans 5 minutes. Turn out on racks to
cool.
Trim
edges from both cakes. Cut each cake lengthwise into 4 strips as
wide as a cake is thick. Trim to make strips match. Heat jam
slightly. Spread on sides to glue 2 pink and 2 white strips
together, checkerboard fashion. Spread all 4 sides of completed cake
with jam. Repeat with remaining pink and white strips. Makes 2
cakes.
To
make almond paste: Mix almonds, confectioners' sugar, egg, lemon
juice, and almond extract together. Knead until smooth, adding a bit
of lemon juice or water if too dry to roll. Add only ½ teaspoon at
a time. It will be stiff. Divide into 2 equal parts.
Roll
½ paste 1/8 inch or so thick on a surface lightly dusted with
confectioners' sugar. Cut to fit length of cake, and long enough to
cover 4 sides leaving ends uncovered. Lay cake on one end of paste.
Wrap to completely enclose all 4 sides of cake pinching paste to
seal. Roll in granulated sugar. Place with seal underneath on
serving plate, or store in plastic bag. Repeat for second cake.
Chill. Slice thinly to serve.
Workshops
Thanks,
Cathy Morris, for teaching a workshop for us in April! All
participants had a great time and learned plenty … and thanks to
Arthiss Kliever for hosting the class!
The
Fall Workshop will be taught by Louise Colgan!
This
class is scheduled for Sept. 23 - 25th
The
Liberty Lacers &
International Organization of Lace, Inc. invite you to join us for the64th Annual IOLI Convention
Sunday, July 16 - Saturday, July 22, 2017
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
International Organization of Lace, Inc. invite you to join us for the64th Annual IOLI Convention
Sunday, July 16 - Saturday, July 22, 2017
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
For
more information go to ioli.org
Next
year, the convention will be held in San
Antonio!
The
State Fair of Texas 2017
For
those interested in entering this year's competition, "Bobbin
Lace" allows two submissions. One is a piece of your own design
and making and the other is your interpretation of another's design.
For rules and submission forms and deadlines, visit BIGTEX.COM!
Membership
in The Dallas Lace Society
The
cost is only $15 a year, due Feb. 1st.
For questions, contact Linda Cole at
linda.s.cole@sbcglobal.net.
Meetings
– Every Tuesday at Forest Green Library 11 am to 3 pm
*Second
Saturday of each month from 1
pm to 4 pm
*barring scheduled
library events
Next
business meeting will be July 25, 2017
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