Lesley's Lace

 Where else would you find a tiny glass dragon but on a tiny mushroom pincushion?

 Looks a bit like Milanese, but it is what l call 'Muaiga' lace.  The fun of this piece is that there is no pattern other than the o...

 l needed something to keep my longer tools handy without taking up space on my pillow or rolling away all the time.  This is what l made, a...

Finished my Bedfordshire style letter 'O' design and these cheeky little penguins jumped in to skate about!  

My Guiding Star Pattern, a gift in memory of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth ll I had just started making my Guiding Star when the news came in ...

I found half stitch really difficult when I started, and this is how I made sense of it. There are many ways to make half stitch for differ...

  'Starlight Kangaroo' pattern is my gift to Australian bobbin lacemakers who challenged me to design one, though anyone is welcome ...

My preference for the Empress Mills thread is based on a nostalgic fondness for the part of England where I was raised and where this thread...

I present my gift of a sunflower motif to help spread a bit of cheer.   Made with 46 pairs and cotton thread of 30 wraps per centimetre it m...

 I designed a charity ribbon pattern after being asked to sell a large donation of lacemaking equipment for Blood Cancer UK charity.   The c...

This pillow was passed to me having been rescued from being thrown away.    It was unusable due to smell and rust but I like an occasional c...

Starting a two (workers) pair edge, how I do it.  More experienced lace makers and books will show many different ways.  With no one to teac...

I always wanted to write.  Only when I became regularly trapped indoors for months on end did I get the chance.   What prompted me to have a...

 Doing a bit of maintenance on my home made bobbin winder. Nice to be using my favourite hammer again!  This winder was made as an experimen...

  Part of my lace journey involved the making of the tools. I bought a little Proxxon db250 micro lathe, three basic wood turning chisels an...

I made several of these pin cushions to fit into the space of a half block on my block pillows.  This saves space on the pillow for moving b...

Leafwing Butterfly During the lockdowns of 2020/21, l was glad l had such an absorbing craft to keep me busy.  I designed this butterfly pat...

I am a late comer to bobbin lace making. With no interest at all in making lace, one day l took myself off to a lace making demonstration in...