Royal Geelong Show 2018 - lace entries

Pleased to find that I had won 1st prizes for my bobbin lace entries in the Royal Geelong show. Good news is that I had the incentive to finish 2 items, I usually need a "push" to complete my projects.



Honiton lace, design by Cynthia Voysey



Bedfordshire lace butterfly, design by Jean Leader

September 2018 Smalls challenge

OK, at last another finish albeit a small one!! Now on to more finishing!!

Julie's April 2018 smalls challenge

Dont fall off your chairs, here is a post from me after a long break!!

Here is my smalls challenge, a pair of ornaments I FINALLY finished.

Not sure where the year has gone, but hopefully I will post more often in future!

June Smalls challenge

Not sure what happened, but haven't managed a smalls challenge since February!!

Anyway heres what I made for my friend Sally in USA for a Christmas in July exchange, a hardanger ornament and a Torchon bobbin lace ornament

Below is my start on a 40 count Cluny tapestry. It's just mesmerising. Sorry too impatient to get it the right way up LOL!!

February 2017 challenge

Here at last is my Feb challenge, a bookmark pattern in blue and silver with white snowflakes!

I've been busy continuing with some larger hardanger projects I started some years ago. Really enjoying them!!

January Smalls Challenge and January WIP

I've managed a finish of a Smalls ornament as you can see and also have had a productive month getting a lot of progress on my Teddies picture. Of course some backstitching to do still, but most of the cross and half stitches are done!!! Glad I posted a picture before I re-started this old project, good to see progress.

Now for February, I will move on to another WIP, this time a dragonfly by Nora Corbett. I have two dragonfly patterns by Nora, this is the first one I started. Lots of nice metallics and beads.

Another finished lace piece

I decided to practice some more mounting of my lace onto fabric (handkerchief linen), so managed to finish the lace edging below. I'm quite pleased with how it looks, there are plenty more edgings to finish though!!

I made this piece of lace long long ago, but its quite a pretty piece

Above is my first foray into reticella, its on 32 count linen with Perle threads (8 and 12). It was rather fun to make and hopefully will become a pincushion.