Mary Elizabeth Barron - Working first divided sections. Can you see what it is yet? The plan is to make this & then enlarge the design ten times & make this using the thread I create from clear plastic packaging. If I can get them finished in time, I plan to send them to be displayed at the World Lace Festival in Bobowa, Poland, 6 to 9 August 2026.

 

Mary Elizabeth Barron - Top edge with crescent edging. The plan is to make this & then enlarge the design ten times & make this using the thread I create from clear plastic packaging. If I can get them finished in time, I plan to send them to be displayed at the World Lace Festival in Bobowa, Poland, 6 to 9 August 2026.

 

Mary Elizabeth Barron - Finished the outer circle & now ready to work the final part the stars. This is the Idrija lace piece with Allie Marguccio from the Lace Marathon with the Lace Museum, which was live mid last year. I am only now getting back to working through the lessons.

 

Mary Elizabeth Barron - So pleased I started the moon from scratch, this one is so much better as in my haste to get as much done as I could before going away, I missed so many subtleties! This is the Idrija lace piece with Allie Marguccio from the Lace Marathon with the Lace Museum, which was live mid last year

 

Mary Elizabeth Barron - Ewa Szpila is a very talented Polish lace maker, designer & teacher. She both exhibited & taught a workshop, with her daughter Malgorzata Szpila, at the first Biennial of Contemporary Lace Conference Girona, Catalonia, Spain 2025. It was so lovely to meet you, Ewa, & see all your beautiful lace!

 

Mary Elizabeth Barron - Mercè Rovira (Conference organiser) generously invited me to stay for a few days after the first Biennial of Contemporary Lace Conference Girona, Catalonia, Spain 2025. We went to her beautiful country home where she had plenty of her beautiful contemporary lace displayed

 

Mary Elizabeth Barron - Maria Jose Marti Villena a talented lacemaker from Barcelona, Spain. I met Maria at the first Biennial of Contemporary Lace Conference Girona, Catalonia, Spain 2025. She had a beautiful display of her lace & was wearing her lace! Thankyou for sharing your lace with me, so lovely to have met you!

 

Mary Elizabeth Barron - Some of the beautiful lace in Mercè Rovira’s (Conference organiser) flat in Girona. She made it all except the antique lace handkerchief & the crochet curtains. The shoe is amazing!

 

Mary Elizabeth Barro · Malgorzata Szpila is a very talented Polish lace maker, designer & teacher. She exhibited, had work in the fashion parade & taught a workshop, with her mother Ewa Szpila, at the first Biennial of Contemporary Lace Conference Girona

 

Mary Elizabeth Barron - first Biennial of Contemporary Lace Conference Girona, Catalonia, Spain 2025. I was fortunate to be able to observe at her masterclass workshop on her revolutionary freeform bobbin lace techniques which blew my mind, opening a whole world of creative possibilities! Bistra is an immensely talented

 

Mary Elizabeth Barron - Some of the fabulous lace installations around Girona during the first Biennial Contemporary Lace Conference Girona, Catalonia, Spain 2025. The lace makers of Girona are very innovative & proactive!