The Dallas Lace Society

Fourth Quarter Newsletter

November 2015

Letter from the President

Dear Members,

 
 Thank you all for your support of Dallas Lace Society.  We do make a wonderful group, don't we. 
 Congratulations to all who entered the state fair. I had fun doing it and I hope you did too. Hopefully more will give it a try next year.  The demonstration day went well too, in spite of the location. 
 Louise's Milanese class was fantastic as always and we voted, at the business meeting, to invite her back next year. I got the privilege of having her and a few of our other out-of-town members stay with me during the class. I enjoyed their company so much and we had a fun evening at the state fair watching pig races and eating cotton candy. 
 Hope to see you all at meetings and the Christmas party. 

            Marilyn

Membership in The Dallas Lace Society

The cost is only $15 a year, due Feb. 1^st. For questions, contact Linda Cole at

linda.s.cole@sbcglobal.net.

Meetings – Every Tuesday at Forest Green Library noon to 3 pm

Second Saturday of each month from 1 to 4

Important Dates

Embroiders Guild – Nov. 12 DEMO

If you want to join Dorothy, contact her ASAP at centumlittlefingers@yahoo.com

*** Christmas Party – Saturday Dec. 12^th 11 – 3 ***

There will be a raffle, door prizes, food and a Special Lace Exchange. (Bring a handmade, wrapped gift of lace to participate in the exchange.) If you have items to enter into the raffle or want to bring food, coordinate with Dorothy at centumlittlefingers@yahoo.com

 

First Quarterly Meeting 2016 - Jan. 26^th

State Fair Results

Lot 151 - ORIG DSGN PATTERN, BOBBIN LACE

1st KELLY DAY Garland, TX

2nd MARILYN WAISANEN Dallas, TX

3rd ARTHISS KLIEVER Dallas, TX

Lot 152 - ADAPTD DESGN PATRN BOBBIN LACE

1st HEATHER GONZALES Pleasanton, TX

2nd JO ANN MOZISEK Bulverde, TX

3rd MARILYN WAISANEN Dallas, TX

HM ROWENA BILLOW Irving, TX

HM ARTHISS KLIEVER Dallas, TX

Recent Acquisitions to the DLS Library

DVD, Adding Color to Torchon Patterns

Idrija Lace, Narrow Cloth Stitch by Ozki Ris

Bits of Lace-Idrija Lace Patterns by Mija Svetlik

Bits of Lace 2, Idrija Lace Patterns

Drafting Torchon Lace Patterns by Alexandra Stillwell

Weiner Spitzen by Barbara Fay Verlag

Bobbin Lace Making by Wright, Wood

The Lace Collection by Risselin-Steenerbrugen

Pillow or Bobbin Lace – Technique, Patterns, History by Mincoff & Marriage

Needle-Made Laces & Net Embroideries by Preston, Doris Campbell

Creative Ideas with Hardanger by Dorothy Wood

Bobbin Lace w/o a Teacher by Betty Alderson

The Batsford Lace Pattern Book by Nottingham

Centre d'Enseignement de la Dentelle au Fuseau

Traditional Bedforshire Lace by Underwood

Fantaisie by Kumiko Nakazaki

 

For more information contact Marilyn Waisanen at mjwaisanen@icloud.com

In 2016 contact Arthiss Kliever at arthisslkliever@gmail.com

The NEW Dallas Lace Society Logo Contest

The new logo needs to be something that could be made in lace. It should also be something that could be used on business cards, letterhead and other personalized items. Please get your drawings or rough ideas to the next meeting, January 26^th.

To contribute content or edit info, contact kelly.day@verizon.net

Summer Newsletter

Hi Lacers,
We have had three successful Saturday meetings now and are looking forward to our next one on July 12.  There has been a good mixture of beginners and those who know enough to help beginners and we are enjoying seeing what everyone is working on.

We had a productive business meeting on April 29^th.  We signed the contract to have Louise Colgan teach a workshop September 26 to 28 of 2015.  If anyone has an idea for a workshop they would like in 2014 please let me know and we’ll see what we can do.  We have five new items in the library.  We made $141.00 on lace sales at the Texas Discovery Gardens gift shop.

If you know of a member who is in need of some well wishes from us please let Rowena know.

Linda and Rita Cole found a fun thread store on Rita’s last visit to the big city.  It is Threads That Bind, mainly a quilting shop but some fun threads too.  It is on the southeast quadrant of Park and Independence in Plano.  Their website is threadsthatbindoftexas.com.  Linda has also been looking at threads at these websites:

http://www.redrockthreads.com/aurifil-thread/

https://www.valdani.com/products

www.superiorthreads.com

If you come across any interesting ideas or products please let us know so we can share them.  Susan is always looking for your photos of lace and interesting ideas to add to our website too.

Looking forward to seeing your projects,

Marilyn

Next business meeting: July 29 @ 12:30
Lace demo at the Quilt Plano: August 15-16

 

February-March Newsletter

Hello fellow lacers,

I hope that the New Year has begun well for everyone and you have found time for your lace projects.  I am so close to finishing my butterfly fillings from Louise’s Milanese class in late September…..

          Thanks to all of you for supporting your new Board.  Thankfully Debbie and Linda will continue their fantastic work as secretary and treasurer.  We are thankful to have Ellie’s burst of new energy as Vice President.  We are so pleased that Dorothy will continue writing our newsletter and scheduling demonstrations, and Rowena will continue sending greetings on our behalf.  Be sure to let us know of any ideas you may have for educational opportunities, newsletter stories, or ways to enhance our organization and build our membership.

          Keep an eye out at Dallas Morning News for an article about us written by Connie Dufner.  It should be out in February.

          Linda will be sending out the new directories and library listings soon.  If you would like a copy of my Excel sheet of library listings I can forward that to you via email.  It is handy if you would like to sort it by title, author or type of lace to quickly find an entry.  There are copies of each sort in the library bag I bring to the Tuesday meetings for your perusal.

          On January 28^th we had our first business meeting of the year.  We had a discussion about Saturday meetings and agreed that we would like to have one a month.  We are waiting for the library to tell us if we may have the room.  Thanks to those of you who sent in your comments for the meeting.  We will notify you as soon as we have the location details worked out.

          Thank you for continuing your membership in Dallas Lace Society and I look forward to lacing with you all.  Now – back to those fillings.

                                                                  

                                                                   Sincerely,

                                                                   Marilyn Waisanen, President

January Newsletter

Here is the first newsletter for the NEW YEAR. I suppose every one is over the excitement of the holidays and are ready to get back to the everyday things. I don’t know what each of you is working on, but it will be interesting to see. I still am working on the piece that Debbie gave me and it is hard to keep my attention on it. I’m afraid my tension is not very good and I keep trying to get better at it. We will have our business meeting the last Tuesday of Jan so I hope we will have a good turnout and see what is on for the coming months. 

 Your President Opal

August Newsletter

President’s Message

 

I want to take this time to thank Cathy for the Honiton workshop. I would like to say I finished mine, but that wouldn’t be truthful so I will say that it is waiting for me to find a way of finishing it and get something else on my pillow, but probably not Honton at this time. So what exciting things are each of you working on; Or are you perhaps working on those Christmas gifts for the Christmas party. Debbie is checking on where we will have it this year. So happy lacing to all

 Opal 

p.s. Oh yes and thanks Marilyn for taking charge of the business meeting for me. I heard it was a huge success.

May-June President's Message

The hardest part of being president is writing the words that will keep everyone inspired, but here goes: 

Today going through Pat's lace collection we will be remembering Pat all over again, but I know she will be happy sharing what she has left behind. Now to look forward to the upcoming events that are not that far away. Alex’s lace classes and getting to see friends and enjoy the friendships that have been built along the way. I am encouraging any one who has not yet signed up to do so soon. Alex again will be staying part of the time with me and part time with Cathy Morris so if any one has any suggestions for entertainment for the first few days I would appreciate the help on that.

Happy lacing,

Opal