Saint Nick Christmas offering

Rose Anne shared this Christmas postcard she made with us. 

Machine needle felting and hand embroidery

Background has iron on stabilizer for free-hand machine felting process, then outlined with hand embroidery. 

Fly stitch embroidery for tree and circle frame with French knot berries.

Tree top is a crystal heart with ribbon bow for top.

Lace Collar or Cuff

Gerdine shared this sample of Irish Crochet from County Antrim, Northern Ireland circa early 1900’s. 

Leaves and grape motifs are connected by clone stitches and a crochet edging.

What is it?

Gerdine brought in a stack of round crochet motifs that are mounted on fabric inserts.  One of us thought it is a pin cushion.  Others thought the collection of motifs were stacked together to be used for a larger project later.

What do you think?

Irish crochet

Circa 1900

Country Antrim, Northern Ireland

Possible child’s collar

Gerdine shared this lace sample from the early 1900’s.  We think it may be a child’s collar.

Rose and three leaf clover motifs

Clone stitch ground

Scalloped crochet edging

Irish crochet from County Antrim, Northern Ireland

2011 Lace Guild Advent Calendar!

Our friends at the Lace Guild posted their 2011 Holiday Advent Calendar.

Some of the hidden treasures are not just the photos – there are a few patterns too.  Check it out every day to see what’s new.

There’s also a competition.  Just answer five easy questions relating to the pictures in the Advent calendar.  Details are available on their website.

Photo credit / pattern

Mary’s Lace

Mary is the host of the Northern Lights Lace Makers monthly get together at St. Peter's Anglican Church. 

Here you can see her adding 40 pairs of bobbins to her new Bedfordshire bobbin lace project.

November 2011 Newsletter

Click here for a PDF version of our November 2011 Newsletter.

This coming Sunday is our regular lace group get together.

Sunday, November 27, 2011

St. Peter's Anglican Church

755 Elm Street at Grant Ave, Winnipeg

Time: 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm

Parking is along the west side of the building.  Hope to see you there!  If you want to drop by for a shorter time, Mary puts the kettle on for tea around 3:00 pm.  Dainties are welcome, optional.

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If anyone has some older Canadian Lacemaker Gazettes or other lace/tatting magazines no longer needed, please consider donating them to our library.  Thanks to Gerdine Strong for donating the binder of I.O.L.I. magazines!  A real treasure… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

December: Christmas Day falls on the last Sunday of the month.  Happy Holidays!  Next meeting is Sunday January 29, 2012. 

Here’s a lace cookie recipe from Debi at Nordic Needle:

Oatmeal Lace Cookies

• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoon vanilla or almond extract
• 6 Tablespoon all-purpose, unbleached flour
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 2 cups quick-cooking oatmeal

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cream butter and sugar until light yellow and fluffy. Add eggs, vanilla and cream until well combined. Add flour, salt, and oatmeal and mix well. Spray parchment paper with oil spray. Drop by teaspoon onto parchment lined cookie sheets. These cookies should be very flat and delicate so do not spoon more than a teaspoon of dough on your cookie sheet. Leave at least 3 inches between the cookies because they will spread out.

Bake 9-11 minutes until edges are golden brown, but not too dark. Let cool completely until edges are completely set. Using a thin spatula, lift off cookies off the sheets. Store in an airtight containers or freeze, if you have any left!

This is a traditional Swedish cookie that was served several times at camp. It is light and airy, resembling somewhat a punched or cut out paper snowflake.