Next Meeting: Saturday 4 June 2016 Members' Display of tatting items

Members are asked to bring all things tatting to our next meeting on Saturday 4 June 2016 for the Members' Display.  Bring examples of your work, favourite books, equipment and any other tatting related items.  As always, if you can attach your name to your items or place a label with your name and some explanation with the display, it will make it more interesting for others.  We then have a tatting workshop in July for anyone who has been inspired to have a go or to develop their skills.

Next Meeting 7 May 2016 - Members' Display and Sales

The next meeting of Preston Lacemakers will take place on Saturday 7 May 2016.  The meeting has no formal content, so please bring along your current project and an example of your work for the members' exhibition.  Jacqui Southworth will be bringing along items for sale, so this will be a good opportunity to buy any equipment, thread etc that you need or just to treat yourself.

If anyone is interested in making lace and would like to attend, this would be a good opportunity to chat to members and see the wide range of lovely projects currently being undertaken by individual members.  If you are interested in coming along and having a try at lace yourself, please contact Carol Fenlon, telephone 01695 728320 or email prestonlacemakers@yahoo.com to ensure that lace equipment is available.

Guild Lace Magazine Article Lace 162 April 2016

The Lace Guild, website www.laceguild.org, produces a quarterly magazine full of interesting news, articles and patterns for lacemakers.  In this month's issue of 'Lace', number 162, there is an interesting article about Preston Lacemakers' 30 birthday celebration.  This is accompanied by a lovely photograph of our members with the 30th anniversary lace bunting, together with three photographs of detailed pieces of beautiful lace.  On the inside front cover, there is also a photograph of the quilt and the silk stole made by the group for previous commemorative events.  Well done Preston Lacemakers.

Next Meeting: Members' Display - Show and tell

Our next meeting will be held on Saturday 2 April.  Bring along your 'Show and tell' item for the members' display. There is no speaker or workshop, so bring along your current project and have a chat.  Anyone interested in lacemaking is welcome to join us as a visitor.

Next Meeting: 30th Anniversary, AGM and Jacob's Join

Thanks to those members who brought along their beautiful work for the members' display in February.

Our next meeting takes place on Saturday, 5 March 2016, when Preston Lacemakers celebrates the 30th Anniversary of the group.  The AGM will take place and there will be a Jacob's Join following the meeting.  Wishing all members have a super time.

Next Meeting: 6 February 2016 Members' Work Display

Our next meeting takes place on 6 February 2016.  Please bring along pieces of work depicting Family: relatives, birthdays, christenings and weddings for the members' display.  Other members would find it interesting if you could bring a note to put alongside your work giving your name and your reason for selecting your item(s).  As always, we shall be making lace, so if you are interested in lacemaking, do come along and have a chat to some of our members.

Next Meeting: 9 January - NOTE CHANGE OF DATE

Thanks to the committee for organising the Christmas Party, a 'reet good do', and to Marian for the lovely bags that she made, one for each member, as a gift from Preston Lacemakers.

Our next meeting takes place on the SECOND SATURDAY IN JANUARY, 9 January.  It is an open meeting, so bring your lace along.  You will need to give the committee any motions that you wish to be decided at the AGM.  This will be your last opportunity to present items for the AGM, although you can have issues discussed after the AGM in 'Any other business' in the Open Meeting.  For issues discussed in the Open Meeting, a decision might need to wait until the next AGM, depending upon the nature and content of the issue.  Please consider standing for the committee and submit your nominations for the committee at this meeting.

With best wishes to everyone for the New Year.