Lenka's Way of LaceNew School of Lace Newsletter – Spring 2017
Spring is finally here and with it fresh energy for new starts and great plans. New School of Lace is ready to make the best from bright natural light, longer days, and of course, all the spring colours and shapes that are finally everywhere around us! In April and May we plan many activities locally and some online, and we would be happy to…
New School of Lace Newsletter – Winter 2017
New year is here, and it is ours to fill with love and lace! If we had our normal winter weather (where is rain when we need it?), the classes would have already started. Now we have to wait till the next week. On a positive side, the snow and ice awakened a wonder of nature dressed in sparkling crystals, just in time for…
New School of Lace – December 2016
New School of Lace – December 2016 Our November workshop was full of stars and brought colours and shine to lighten up the fall grays. It was great to see many enthusiastic lacemakers working on their lacemaking pillows, weaving delicate plaited lace ornaments with braids, picots and tallies. Those stars will brighten the Christmas season, and awaken memories of old traditions of handmade ornaments….
New School of Lace – September 2016
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS FOR LACEMAKERS: One Day Workshop: “Let’s TesseLace!”– Sunday, September 18, 2016 – Ocean Park, Surrey One Day Workshop: “Falling Leaves” – Sunday, October 16, 2016 – Ocean Park, Surrey, BC One Day Workshop: “Christmas Ornament” – Sunday, November 20, 2016 – Ocean Park UPCOMING WORKSHOPS FOR COMPLETE BEGINNERS: One Day Workshop: “Falling Leaves” – Sunday, October 16, 2016 – Ocean Park, Surrey, BC ONGOING WEEKLY CLASSES IN FIBRE and WIRE LACE:…
New School of Lace Schedule: Summer & Spring 2016
Workshop schedule for summer and fall is posted and there is a lot to choose from for beginners as well as experienced lacemakers. Please read, decide and mark your calendars! Or even better – register now to reserve your seat in one, more or all creative lace workshops. UPCOMING WORKSHOPS FOR LACEMAKERS: One Day Workshop: “Flowers and Butterflies” – June 12, 2016 – Ocean Park, Surrey One…
New School of Lace Newsletter – Spring 2016
Creative lace ideas are just like cherry blossoms – they wait and hide until all conditions are perfect, and then they burst out and cover everything with delicate petals… That’s why so many blossom motifs find their way into lace designs, as the lacemakers try to save those precious moments in their work. And there is hardly any better technique for this purpose than…
Waves – Offering to the Moon
New work featured in the Gallery :
Lace for Beginners: Workshop, March 18, 2016
Flower Earrings – Bobbin Lace in Wire for Beginners is offered at Fibres West 2016! Workshop description: Lace made from simple braids is the easiest lace to learn, because everybody already knows how to make a braid! And that’s also how bobbin lace started – from braiding – more than 500 years ago. Braid work contains all basic stitches of bobbin lace, and those…
The Chicken or the Egg? Workshop, March 13, 2016
Welcoming spring is the most delightful activity in many cultures. On the West Coast of Canada, it means an end of long rainy winter days and arrival of sunlight and all other colours that go so well with our greys and greens. We cannot wait and the upcoming workshop is all about joy of working with coloured wires and beads and making everybody around…
