4 Honeycomb Heart Start with the two direction edge.  I used an extra twist before the outer pair of passives to make a featured vein in t...

  3. Butterfly Swirl Third variation in the Hug of Hearts series.  This pattern uses a half stitch edge to fill the wider edge.  Place pin a...

  2 Firework Heart Start in two directions as shown in the Border Heart video.  Twist the worker once between the two passive pairs.   Add t...

1. Border Heart  I have been using up end threads on little projects for a while and realized I had built up quite a few of these little hea...

One, two or three ring bauble with up to two rows of sequins and a tiered sequin centre.   I have placed the worker paths on this pattern as...

A Wriggly Warm Coat for this little decorative figure made with bright red thread, glitter thread, sequins, and a fluffy bobble. This is a r...

I have been learning how to make Idrija lace, still only a beginner in this particular lace and I don't yet know all the techniques.   H...

Magic Threads are used for adding new pairs at pins, or for the sewings of ends of lace together without having to search for those little p...

A visit to the vintage market at my nearest town, I found this lovely old thread box.  It was well worth the money I paid considering it als...

You can now follow my blog! I have added a 'Follow' button at the bottom of the blog.   I must admit I did wonder how people followe...

The time has come for me to master the slip knot occasionally used in some types of lace making.  The bobbin lace I prefer uses a new thread...

Bend with One Pin. Continuing to work from the book - Idrija Lace - Narrow Cloth Stitch. Page 20 My Youtube Video here https://youtu....

Dipping into one of my favourite little bobbin lace books,  Jean Leader's 'Introduction to Bedfordshire Lace',  I treated myself...

I wanted to learn more about making Idrija lace and I needed bolster pillows to make the practice strips and little motifs from the book.  M...

Turning a Square Corner and Working Bars Pattern worked from the book - Idrija Lace - Narrow Cloth Stitch Using 5 pairs of bobbins, this pra...

Working through the books by the Idrija Lace School, I made little videos for our group to explain the different techniques.  Many look like...

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...