Suffolk Lacemakers’ AGM
Date: Saturday, May 21, 2016
Place: Wickham Market Village Hall
Wickham Market IP13 0HE
Time: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Website: http://tinyurl.com/hss9vyb
Event: Display of birds and animals.
Fees: £3.00 members, £4.00 non-members
Cheques payable to Suffolk Lacemakers, send SAE to Contact
Contact: Pat Hansford, 9 Salehurst Road, Ipswich, Suffolk IP3 8RT
Telephone: 01473 727953
Croydon Lacemakers’ Lace Day
Date: Saturday, May 21, 2016
Place: The United Reform Church
Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, Surrey, UK CR0 5LP
Time: 10:00 AM until 4:00 PM
Speaker: Jo Mabbutt, “All That Glitters is Not Gold – Gilded Lace”
Vendors will be present
Tickets: £5.00
Cheque payable to Croydon Lacemakers. Please include SAE to
Mrs M. Stone, 189 Hillbury Road, Warlingham, Surrey CR6 9TJ
Contact: Sue Steele 0208 681 7067
The Croydon Lacemakers celebrated their 30th anniversary in 2012.
Birmingham Millennium Lacemakers Lace Day
Date: Saturday, May 14, 2016
Place: South Yardley Library
Yardley Road, Birmingham B25 8LT, UK
Time: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Scheduled: Free and Easy
Tickets: £2.50 at the door
Information: Sue Kalra, suekaira@btinternet.com, 01902-843195
Sheffield Lace Makers’ AGM
Date: Saturday, May 14, 2016
Place: Ecclesall Parish Church Hall
Ringinglow Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S11 7PP
Time: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Website: http://tinyurl.com/zmjrdbf
Visitor’s charge, £1.00
Contact: Phyllis Brown 0114 236 7236 or rhandpmbrown@waitrose.com
Any lacemaker is invited to come.
Sheffield Lace Makers is a friendly craft group of amateur lacemakers who enjoy meeting together 5 times a year, 10am-4pm on a Saturday. There is a small charge for annual membership. The group also meets in Rotherham, please contact for details. 2013 was their 40th anniversary.
Thameside Lacemakers Lace Day and AGM
Date: Saturday, May 14, 2016
Place: St. Clements Church Hall
London Road, West Thurrock, Grays, Essex RM20 4AL
Time: 10:00 AM to 4.00 PM
Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/7gaafy7
Speaker: Lacewing Designs
Tickets: £4.00 member, £5.50 non members
including tea/coffee/biscuits/cakes
Cheques payable to Thameside Lacemakers
Contact: Cheryl on 01375 374824
Thameside Lacemakers is a non-profit organization that gathers together every couple of months to share, explore and create handmade lace and needlework items.
They are based in southern Essex County in the United Kingdom.
North Cheshire Lacemakers Lace Day and 14th AGM
Date: Saturday, May 14, 2016
Place: The Community Centre
Lower Robin Hood Lane, Helsby WA6 0BW
Time: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Website: http://tinyurl.com/ono25pb
Speaker: Terashina Roberts, “The Silk Road to Brimingham from China”
Talk starts at 1:30 PM.
Supplier: Poly Jane Yarns
AGM Competition theme – Birthdays
Tickets: £2 members, £4 visitors
Payable at the door, including tea or coffee.
Information: 01829 752558
The North Cheshire Lacemakers Group meets at Helsby Community Centre, Helsby, Cheshire, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm on the 2nd Saturday in January, March, May, July, September and November usually with a speaker and a lace supplier.
February, April, June, October and December meetings are from 10:30 am to 3:30 pm on the 2nd Friday. Friday meetings are usually spent making lace and chatting. There is no meeting in August but a trip may be arranged. Further information about the group and how to join can be found on their excellent website.
New England Lace Group Retreat and Workshops 2015
Date: May 13-15, 2016
Place: Sacred Hearts Retreat Centre
226 Great Neck Rd, Wareham, MA 02571
Website: http://tinyurl.com/gl84o8c
Flyer: New England Lace Group web v2
Information and Registration: nelgretreat@gmail.com
203-876-8314 or 203-500-1100
Registration is open through May 1st. (apologies for the late notice)
The New England Lace Group invites you to attend their Annual Retreat & Workshops at the Sacred Hearts Retreat Centre, Wareham, Massachusetts. Workshops include:
Louise Colgan, Milanese Lace
Holly van Sciver, English laces, including beginning, intermediate or advanced Torchon, Beds, Bucks, Lester, Honiton, Russian, Hungarian, contemporary lace and more.
Workshops are full and a wait list has been started.
The vendor will be van Sciver Bobbin Lace.
Augusta Auctions – May Catalog & Discovery sales
Date: Catalog auction May 10, 2016
Place: Sturbridge Host Hotel Ballroomo
Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Preview: May 10 at 1:00 PM. No preview for the Discovery portion.
Time: Auction begins at 4:00 PM
Web Catalog: , http://tinyurl.com/hcjjjx7 for a searchable index. Final prices will eventually be posted on the web catalog.
Specialists: Karen E. Augusta, karen@augusta-auction.com, 802-376-9988
Bob Ross, bob@augusta-auction.com, 802-376-7166
Other Phone: 802-463-3333
This is actually a two-day event, and is held during the 2016 Brimfield Antiques and Collectibles show (May 10-15) . The first day are the lots in the catalog. The second day (which begins on the 10th and continues to the 11th) .they just open boxes and start selling
There’s lace scattered through the lots, but the two main pieces of interest are:
lot 1004, triangular Brussels bobbinlace shawl
lot 1005, Point d’Angleterre narrow scarf. No dimensions given
Bidding: Absentee bids for catalog lots only http://tinyurl.com/jepq6md. No phone or internet bidding. All winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer’s premium. They do take credit cards.
I Encuentro Nacional de Bolillos, Cruz del Humilladero (Málaga, Andalusia)
Organizers: Ayuntamiento de Málaga
Date: Saturday, May 7, 2016
Time: starts at 10:00
Place: AVV El Martinete
Website: http://tinyurl.com/ztrqyj5 http://tinyurl.com/jp98yxv
Information: Not much.
Cruz del Humilladero is one of 11 districts in the city of of Málaga (district 6). This Encuentro is part of the XVIII Semana Cultural, which runs from May 3-8, 2016.
V Encontre de Bolilleres La Pobla Llarga (Ribera Alta, Valencia, Valencian Community)
Organizers: Confraria de la Mare de Dé dels Desemparats
Collaborators: Asociació Cultural Bolilleres La Pobla Llarga
Date: Saturday, May 7, 2016
Time: starts at 9:30
Place: al Carrer Major
Website: http://tinyurl.com/jaj9g2z
Information and Registration: Teresa at 697900267
10.00 EUR fee, which includes lunch (ham sandwich), and other food.
There is also an exhibition at the Casa de la Música.
Took a while to find information on this one.
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