Mary Elizabeth Barron - Our Bobowa lace teacher the beautiful Ewa Szpila & some of her brilliant work. The white piece is the piece we are making in the workshop, four hours a day for four days.

 

Mary Elizabeth Barron - First day of workshop with the wonderful Ewa Szpila in Bobowa, Poland learning Bobowa lace. It is very different for me working on a bolster with the traditional big bobbins. I seem to have become uncoordinated & struggled so much to make a very wonky tallie, very different doing them on a bolster! You will notice one perfect tallie that Ewa did to demonstrate her method of working then I tried & had to keep unpicking but it still isn't ang good. But it was lots of fun & hopefully I will improve as I go!

 

Mary Elizabeth Barron - Had a wonderful evening at the Teacher's Showcase of the International Organization of Lace Inc. Conference in Durham, North Carolina, USA. This is Bobby Donnelly's beautiful display.

 

Mary Elizabeth Barron - Had a wonderful evening at the Teacher's Showcase of the International Organization of Lace Inc. Conference in Durham, North Carolina, USA. This is Sylvie Nguyen's beautiful display.

 

Mary Elizabeth Barron - Had a wonderful evening at the Teacher's Showcase of the International Organization of Lace Inc. Conference in Durham, North Carolina, USA. This is Ulrike Voelcher's beautiful display.

 

Mary Elizabeth Barron - Had a wonderful evening at the Teacher's Showcase of the International Organization of Lace Inc. Conference in Durham, North Carolina, USA. This is Louise Colgan's beautiful display.

 

Mary Elizabeth Barron - Had a wonderful evening at the Teacher's Showcase of the International Organization of Lace Inc. Conference in Durham, North Carolina, USA. This is Rosita D'Ercoli's beautiful display.

 

Mary Elizabeth Barron - Had a wonderful evening at the Teacher's Showcase of the International Organization of Lace Inc. Conference in Durham, North Carolina, USA. This is Sally Schoenberg's beautiful display.

 

Mary Elizabeth Barron - Another visit today to the Raleigh Lace Museum in Durham, North Carolina, USA. A beautiful little private museum dedicated to the memory of a master lacemaker, Kristin S. Conrad. Hear are some more photos of her work & old pieces in the museum.

 

Mary Elizabeth Barron - Had a wonderful evening at the Teacher's Showcase of the International Organization of Lace Inc. Conference in Durham, North Carolina, USA. This is Kumiko Nakazaki's beautiful display.