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Lorelei Terry Halley
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- Mount Prospect, IL
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Truly beautiful. I love the embroidery you added to the piece. Hugs Judy
Hi everybody
I just found a website with fantastic rosaline bobbin lace, a rare form that we usually don't see.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/lace/rosaline-EN.html
Your lace is lovely. I can't imagine how much work something like that has to be. Well done!!!
Vera
thanks for the link to the Edelweiss stitch diagram.
Vera
It looks like your crosses have the lacy edging. I'm going to have to try that. Nice pictures.
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- What aspect of textiles are you interested in?
- I design and make embroideries. My favorites are pulled thread work and Hardanger embroidery. I am in the process of writing lesson materials which I intend to put on my website, now under construction. I started a little pulled thread work 30 years ago, but have been doing more of it the last 4 years.
- Where did you learn your textle skills?
- I've learned everything from books. Occasionally I find patterns on the internet. I learned basic surface embroidery from Jacqueline Enthoven's book. For pulled thread I like Moira McNeill & Fangel Winckler. For Hardanger I've used the new Anchor book publ 2005 , Sigrid Bright (Dover reprint), Gina Marion and a few leaflets I found in craft shops.
- Anything else you want to say to introduce yourself to the group??
- I am also an avid bobbin lace maker, designer and teacher. Please visit my new website.
- Blog:
- http://www.lynxlace.com
Lorelei Terry Halley's Photos
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New Website
Today I published my new website: http://www.lynxlace.com
It has 900+ photos: bobbin lace old and new, needle lace antique and by living lace makers designers, filet lacis, tenerife. I have also added more installments to my pulled thread tutorial. Parts are still under construction. : ) / \ / \ (That's me doing my happy dance.)
It has 900+ photos: bobbin lace old and new, needle lace antique and by living lace makers designers, filet lacis, tenerife. I have also added more installments to my pulled thread tutorial. Parts are still under construction. : ) / \ / \ (That's me doing my happy dance.)
Posted on October 23, 2009 at 5:03pm —
Pulled Thread Bookmark 2
BOOKMARK 2
To work this bookmark you will need another part which is in the stitchinfingers site: photo 2 in my album "Pulled Thread Bookmarks". The jpg file below is the pattern. Some common stitches like chain stitch and buttonhole stitch are not described because diagrams are readily found in books and other internet locations.
http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/photo/albums/pulled-thread-bookmarks
Each of these bookmarks took me about one day to make, so they are good for trying out some pull… Continue
To work this bookmark you will need another part which is in the stitchinfingers site: photo 2 in my album "Pulled Thread Bookmarks". The jpg file below is the pattern. Some common stitches like chain stitch and buttonhole stitch are not described because diagrams are readily found in books and other internet locations.
http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/photo/albums/pulled-thread-bookmarks
Each of these bookmarks took me about one day to make, so they are good for trying out some pull… Continue
Posted on May 1, 2009 at 5:00pm —
PulledThread Bookmark 1
To work this bookmark you will need several parts which are all in the stitchinfingers site: photo 1 in my album "Pulled Thread Bookmarks", my blog posts (on my profile page) Pulled thread tutorials 1, 2, 5. The jpg file below is the pattern. It should be possible to print the relevant parts. Some common stitches like chain stitch and buttonhole stitch are not described because diagrams are readily found in books and other internet locations.
http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/photo/albums/pulled-… Continue
http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/photo/albums/pulled-… Continue
Posted on April 30, 2009 at 6:00pm —
Pulled Thread Beginner's Piece #2
Pulled Thread Beginner's piece #2 uses stitches which appear in rows 2 and 4 of the yellow sampler: ringed back stitch and 4 sided stitch. However in this piece the 4 sided stitch is worked over 3 threads instead of 4, but you can still use the diagram for row 2 of the yellow sampler. The ringed back stitch will use the same stitch diagram as in the yellow sampler.
One difference in this piece is that since all the stitches are worked over 3 threads (an uneven number) the exact center of the pi… Continue
One difference in this piece is that since all the stitches are worked over 3 threads (an uneven number) the exact center of the pi… Continue
Posted on February 24, 2009 at 1:00pm —
Pulled Thread for Beginners Piece #1
This little square piece uses only the easiest pulled thread stitches and is quick to make. I used linen which is about 21 threads per inch, and DMC Cebelia #30 for the stitching. The finished piece is 4 7/8" x 5 1/8". It was supposed to be square--the myth of evenweave.
In the diagram below each square on the graph paper represents 2 threads by 2 threads.
The red stitches are wave stitch.
The yellow-orange stitches are 4 sided stitch worked over 4 threads.
The purple stitches are 3 pulled sat… Continue
In the diagram below each square on the graph paper represents 2 threads by 2 threads.
The red stitches are wave stitch.
The yellow-orange stitches are 4 sided stitch worked over 4 threads.
The purple stitches are 3 pulled sat… Continue
Posted on January 27, 2009 at 7:00pm —
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- At 4:56am on November 21, 2009,
marisa landa-love said…
- Thanks for the info. I am going to learn to do (some form of!) lace to add to my embroidery wall hangings, so i will definitely check out your link. i have a big firm pillow that i'm going to start with as a pincushion. i have a wall hanging that needs something more at the bottom so i think i will try lace and stumpwork and my usual embroidery.
- At 4:24am on November 20, 2009,
- Thank you for complimenting my wall hanging! I'm fascinated by all your lace! it's beautiful. Does it take much longer than embroidery to do that? It seems so intricate. Do you just hold it carefully to get the uniform shape? How do you keep it from unraveling? (I will be looking up lacemaking today if you don't want to answer all my questions!)
- At 7:37pm on November 19, 2009,
PattyD said… - Lorelei,
I find it hysterically funny that the embroiderers love the iris and the lacemakers are less infatuated. I remember putting it up on the communion table at Easter and it was mistaken for a live flower, which says something. I tweaked the pattern slightly and put the ajours in the yellow throat of the lower petals because I thought all that cloth stitch was boring. Also fiddled with the colors a bit.
- At 7:24pm on November 19, 2009,
PattyD said…
- Hi Lorelei,
The Painted Beds is from the book "A Bedfordshire Lace Collection". It is the pattern titled "August" by Michelle Tudor from Victoria, Australia on pg 62. Cathy Belleville made the evil suggestion when she saw it being made that since I had started in yellow thread that the barley really ought to be in in gold. Well, that cooked it. If the barley was gold, then surely the poppies should be red and then... I tumbled down the slippery slope and there you have it. All the colors except yellow are silk and the yellow is cotton.
- At 10:40am on November 15, 2009,
Nola Roberts said… - Hi I got that pattern out of a book we purchased. Am going to our group tomorrow so will get the name of the book for you. Sorry so long in replying. regards Nola
- At 12:23pm on November 13, 2009,
Peta Stuart said… - You are welcome going to look at your website.
Peta
- At 12:39pm on November 12, 2009,
Nola Roberts said…
- Found your website very full of great interesting data about bobbin lace. I love History of needlework and lace. Good work and congratulations. Nola
- At 10:18am on November 12, 2009,
PattyD said…
- I have some more tricks in my bag. Right now I am finishing ornaments for the lace Museum in Sunnyvale to sell to help keep a roof over their heads.
- At 9:57am on November 12, 2009, Nola Roberts gave Lorelei Terry Halley a gift…
- From the Gift Store
- At 6:49pm on October 17, 2009,
Anne Gailhbaud said… - Dear Lorelei-- "it a roll of cloth stitched to the previous row to make it hold together? "/ YEs you do the question and have the answer. I have made perhaps 20 and you will have today an other photo.
-- This must have taken very careful control. **YEs, but it's not difficult.
--What on earth did you do when you had to stop and rest?
**When I must rest, I must rest and the fabric stays for me. I can going eat or sleep. Will you try to do one?
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