Lesley's Lace

Everyone has their own ways of finding inspiration for designs and following it through to a finished piece of lace, this odd way has worked...

Update with pattern here    https://lesleyslace.blogspot.com/2025/06/foggy-foget-me-not.html First wobbly steps of little Forget-me-not, or ...

I remade this Torchon style spider bookmark which I designed early on in my bobbin lace making journey and found that I still enjoyed a bit ...

I e xperimented with adding as many sequins as I could on my 'Adventurous Seahorse' design which is part of the 'Adventurous Aq...

Mixing art styles as well as lace techniques, this design features Honiton 4 and 5 pin holes and Blossom ground.  A little sprinkle of Bedfo...

Although originally designed as more seaweed for the Adventurous Aquarium series, I  found this pattern was very handy for experimenting wit...

A question from a lacemaker who was struggling to learn how to make tallies because of the arthritis in her hands made me think about how I ...

 Block pillows are my favourite for many reasons. My first block pillow was donated to me years ago and it holds a special place in my heart...

Experimenting with my pattern for the Adventurous Seahorse, I changed the thread to white 28wpc Egyptian Cotton and increased the number of ...

I originally designed this little heart to use up the threads left on my bobbins after making larger patterns.  It soon became a project in ...

Two pairs of lovely Duchesse bobbins came into my possession which created a need to try out a bolster pillow.  All the sawdust and cutting ...

My word but it was cold this morning!   I took my 'fresh off the pillow' squirrel into the garden so I could take it's photo aga...

Single Thread Picot on YouTube I made this video to remind myself a much as anything. A couple of times I have had to look up, or ask how t...

  Just for fun, I recreated this little Christmas tree decoration in lace. Dipping a toe into the world of tape laces, I made a tester piece...

I started by using up old scraps of fabric, then I was buying more fabric to cut up, only to sew it all back together...madness!     Using t...

The Adventurous Aquarium is growing! This fish sparkles with sequins, beads and thread, there should be enough glitter for the magpie in all...

Another pattern to play with.  I used honeycomb for the filling with two twists throughout the ground.  You could work this without the twis...

This is a version of the Beaded Bracelet in an earlier post which uses the same loop and button fastening and the same way of adding and thr...

 Leaf Tally Fish, a new addition to the Adventurous Aquarium. Print out at A4. Add pairs for the fins and for the inside edge passives of th...

My new Beaded Bracelet pattern introduces a few new techniques which are also shown as videos on my YouTube channel.  The beaded bracelet pa...

Teeny owls checking out the new Christmas Star fresh of my pillow.   I used a few new techniques and enjoyed the challenge of figuring out a...

Moving pictures, how very modern!   I have had a go at making some youtube videos to help with making my seahorse and, hopefully, other begi...

Continuing with the aquarium theme, l drew an ellipse shape to make into fishes.  Threw in seed beads, chevron braids, sequins and a variety...