Gallery
Club Meeting and Display : June 2019
The last meeting before our summer break was an opportunity to showcase the work we had been doing over the last months.
A wide range of skills and expertise, types of lace, use of colour and themes were on display.
Tatted Lace
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- Detail from Robina’s East Gate Tatted Bracelet (inspired by the East Gate at the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh). The flowers are attached to a plaited bobbin lace base.
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- This motif using split rings was designed by Robina for a Ring of Tatters competition. The pattern was published in their Spring 2014 Newsletter.
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- The earring was made by Robina for a Ring of Tatters competition.
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- Robina made this bracelet using a celtic tatting technique.
Crochet Lace
Alison Tolson’s Commemorative Bobbins for Edinburgh Lace Day 2018 (the poppy was chosen as it was the 100th anniversary of the end of WW1)
Knitted Lace
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- Knitted lace made by Rhoda
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- Detail of some more of Rhoda’s knitted lace
Christmas Club Meeting Display 2018
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- A selection of items on display . . .
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- One of our Young Lacemakers brought along the butterfly she is working on – nearly finished! Well done, Ruby!
Lacework from Currie High School Self-Led Evening Class : December 2018
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- Liz has made a great start on her new project
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- Linda can see the end in sight (almost!)
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- Gillian’s piece should be ready for Christmas
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- Leona trying to reproduce the colours of this tile
Indie Burgh Craft Crawl Event at AKVA Bar : July 2018
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- AKVA Bar – evening event
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- Edinburgh Lace Club display – raising the Club’s profile
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- Izzy and Leona man the display and answer the many questions from interested crafters
Leith Academy Lace Workshop : November 2018
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- Happy faces on St Cattern’s Day during our weekend Lace Course
Edinburgh Lace Day : October 2018
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- Flier
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- Jean manning the display table
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- A selection of display items
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- Some novel ways to display lace
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- Lace used in many ways
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- Liz’s dominoes
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- Some items from the Young Lacemakers
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- Lisa Mason’s talk about Jean Muir’s life and work
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- Describing Jean Muir’s styling
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- Look at how the wool fabric drapes
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- Actual Jean Muir dresses for us to handle!
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- Close up of the dresses
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- Form an orderly queue to handle the dresses!
Clones Lace Workshop 2017
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- Our first pieces – necklaces
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- Some of the elements we needed to learn
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- Looking at some of the samples Maire had brought with her
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- Maire showing her collar
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- Maire showing her fingerless wedding glove
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- Close up of collar
Lace Inspirations Exhibition 2015
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- Overview of Exhibition
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- Inspirational Edinburgh Exhibition Entries
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- Rhoda’s winning lace from June 2015 competition
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- Here be Dragons! table
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- Animal masks by Robina
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- Close-up of wildcat needlelace mask by Robina
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- Heart of Midlothian by Jean I
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- Alison’s Red Letter Day
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- Cockerel by Louise
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- Detail of Binche mat by Margaret B
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- Detail of Carrickmacross christening gown by Cherrie
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- Ladybirds by Cherrie
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- Coasters by Morag
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- A visitor working on the ‘Have-A-Go’ pillow
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- The ‘Have-A-Go’ pillow snake labelled with contributors’ names and mounted in a glass-topped silver tray for posterity
