Next Meeting: 6 April 2013

The next meeting of Preston Lacemakers will be held on 6 April 2013.  This will be an open meeting for you to bring your current projects and make some lace, see what others are doing and have a chat.  If anyone is interested in joining us, please pop along.

Leyland Lacemakers' Kitty Mason Course

Leyland Lacemakers have arranged a two day course by Kitty Mason, to be held 19 and 20 June 2013 in the Methodist Church, Turpin Green Lane, Leyland, Lancashire from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm.

Kitty will teach beginners to more advanced on a range of laces from Torchon to Flanders. The cost will be £35.00 including tea and coffee.  If you are interested in attending the course, please contact Kath by email, address kathgrnwd@gmail.com.

Annual General Meeting 2 March 2013 11:00

During our next meeting we shall hold our Annual General Meeting.  This will start at 11.00 am and will be followed by a jacob's join finger buffet, so remember to bring along some food and something to drink (hot drinks will be available as usual).  If you have not received your agenda and papers, contact Christine on 01772 339913 as soon as possible.

After lunch, Dianne Derbyshire will give a talk on the History of Needlelace.  She will bring samples of lace from the lace collection at Gawthorpe Hall.

Anyone wishing to attend can join the group or attend as a visitor for £1.00.

Next Meeting - Saturday 2 February 2013

Our meeting on 2 February 2013 is an open meeting for you to make progress on your own lace projects, or perhaps to put the final touches to your lace bookmark for the group's Guild piece.

Please bring along examples of your Bedfordshire lace to display in our Bedfordshire lace exhibition at the February meeting.

If you have not yet received your Christmas bobbin, Christine is hoping to remember to bring them to this meeting!!  You will also need to collect your AGM agenda in preparation for March.

If you want to have a go at lace, we'd be delighted to see you as a visitor for the day.  You can talk to members, see lace being made and have a go yourself.

Next Meeting - New Year! - Saturday 5 January 2013

Our next meeting takes place in the New Year - Saturday 5 January.

In the main this will be an open meeting for everyone to make some lace.  Ann Shadbolt will be taking a small workshop in tambour Lace.  It is difficult to obtain tambour hooks, so there are only a limited number of hooks available for those who wish to try this interesting form of lace. If you have your own tambour hook, please bring it along.

The Annual General Meeting is due to take place on Saturday 2 March.  The January meeting is, therefore, your last opportunity to submit any items for the AGM agenda.  You must give these items to Christine Keber, the secretary.

Why not do your 'bit' for the group and volunteer for the committee or any of the other posts available!  A list will be available at the January meeting for you to express your interest.

We wish everyone all the best for 2013.

Christmas Party 1 December 2012

We shall be holding our Christmas Party on Saturday 1 December 2012.  Remember to bring cutlery, crockery, a contribution to the Jacob's  Join and a gift to the value of £5.00 for the Secret Santa.  If you wish to participate, remember to bring a Christmas card for the Christmas Card bran tub.  If you make your Christmas card, why not enter it into the competition. Members will put 10p in front of their favourite card to identify the winner.  The proceeds will go to Preston Lacemakers' charity of the year - Sightsavers.  It's a 'reet good do' so come along.  If you are not a member yet, please contact pestonlacemakers@yahoo.com first.

Next Meeting: 3 November Christmas Decorations and Bucks Point Exhibition

Many thanks to all those who joined us at our Textile Open Day on Saturday 6 October and to all those members who helped to make the day a success.  We made at least £200 for Sightsavers Charity.

Our next meeting will be held on Saturday 3 November; members will have the opportunity to make Christmas decorations.  You will be supplied with fabrics and patterns to make either a Christmas stocking, about six inches long, or a heart.  If you don't feel like sewing, glue the pieces together to make your chosen shape.  Raid your cupboards and bring along glitter, beads, threads, buttons etc - whatever takes your fancy - to decorate your stocking or heart.  Audrey is hoping that everyone will take part and let their imagination run riot, because this is not a serious exercise but a fun day.

Remember to bring your pieces of Bucks Point lace for the exhibition.