Lesley's Lace

An inexpensive way to try out tape laces using scrap paper to convert an unspangled Midlands bobbin (or skewer). I am starting to learn Idri...

Continuing the Torchon Sampler, a cloth stitch diamond and a simple spider are added into the practice strip.  The ground (stitches which fo...

This design is inspired by a brooch made by Boucheron around 1900. Originally made in enamels, precious and semi precious gems and gold, it...

Multicoloured leaf tallies open up a whole world of floral delight by giving tallies different colour edges,  I have always liked the look o...

It was the Forget Me Not season, a soft low cloud of delicate, soft blue, Forget Me Not (Myosotis) flowers had been left to grow wild where ...

In a moment of madness, I bought this set of napkin holders at a local antique market.  I don't even own a napkin, and neither do I ente...

The first steps in bobbin lace are the most important.  The first two techniques - cross and twist - are the staples of bobbin lace making a...

When I was little, I was surprised when this crochet dress was sent to me from a distant Grandma I had only seen a few times. It was very s...

Working colours into Cluny/Beds style Muaiga lace using plaits and leaf tallies. There are more technical points in multicoloured lace than ...

The Flower Bed Cartouche pattern in the previous post was adapted to create a similar flower bed, this time with a few more techniques, thre...

This colourful little cartouche, filled with flowers and seedbeads can be adapted for yardage, or extended into a bookmark, replacing the se...

 This piece felt more like a craft project than bobbin lace because of all the sequins!   Sitting in my pattern 'to do' pile for nea...

A teeny dragonfly, ideal for using up those thread ends and practicing leaf tallies.  Print at A4 Version 1 The simplest way is to start wit...

A dip into the world of extreme tally making.    I saw a post about wire bobbin lace making where the tallies had beads inserted into the ce...

A little diversion for me from the last few weeks of learning Bucks Point.  My hand drawn design filled in with honeycomb and triangle groun...

How to make your bobbins disappear. These any size two fold bobbin books hide themselves away in bookshelves.   I couldn't resist this t...

A little play on words to start with - freize and freeze with these bright, joyful flowers often appearing through the frost and snow.  We l...

Time to play about with a pattern again.  This little motif has been sitting in the wings, waiting for it's turn to get some attention. ...

All year long I make bobbin lace, why?  So I have lots of curly thread ends to play about with at Christmas of course 😄 This fun decoration...

A grubby plastic bag, thick with dust, was pulled out from under the market stall.   "Been hoping you would come in today" the lad...

The rain is being driven hard against my window, storm Bert is half way through and the lights are flickering.  I got up early because the s...

This is a new technique to me.  I only knew of 'dancing spiders' or circles made with trails before.   Slincas use turning stitches ...