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Western New York Lace Guild

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Western New York Lace Guild

A group of people dedicated to the study, creation and preservation of all forms of lace.

10/21/2026

October has been the beginner class month for us! With 3 bobbin lace key fob classes at the Shirley Chisholm (Audubon) Library and this bobbin lace bookmark class at the El Museo Art Gallery in Allentown. We were happy to be part of their 'textile tuesdays' teaching bobbin lace. Everyone did a wonderful job what a great group of talented fiber artists.

09/23/2026

A few pictures from our last 2 meetings. Pat Pike finished the Teneriffe star celebrating the US 250. I love how my design turned out, the original concept was more complicated but this version was streamlined and effective. (Design by Susanne Sardella). And we held a bobbin lace class exploring 'magic threads'. We used Gillian Dye's 2nd beginner pattern from her book 'Beginning Bobbin Lace'. It worked out great because we were able to start and end the piece even in our 2 hour evening meeting.

08/22/2026

New members and new bobbin lace makers entered the Home Arts competition of the Erie County Fair. Both Clara Canfield and Ariel Webb received honorable mentions, for brand new lace makers it was quite a good showing. I'm excited to see what we can do next year!

08/22/2026

So the WNY lace makers have been so so busy there has been no time to post. Yesterday we demonstrated at the Erie County Fair in the Historical Building. We brought along our key fob pillows for beginners and had several takers with 3 completing their fobs. The weather was great and the 3-6pm time slot seems like a winner.

06/10/2026

A few name tags made at our reccent meeting. The petite needle lace flowers we made at our May meetings work perfectly for decorating name tags.

05/21/2026

Our Tuesday night meeting featured Joan Brash's popular petite needle lace flowers. A few flowers are based on traditional designs and some are Joan's creation. We had a sizable 13 students over the 2 meetings, three brand new to needle lace. I can't wait to see them all and what our lace makers will do with them. Our June meetings include the opportunity to create name tags a perfect place for a little flower. Joan created patterns for Lizbeth 10, 40 and 80 we started with the largest thread. Needle lace is extremely portable and these little guys just mount up, before you know it there's a garden.

05/04/2026

Our Saturday meeting was Joan Brash teaching her petite needle lace flowers. Joan's original class used size 80 tatting cotton but she kindly re-sized all the flowers to use size 10 Lizbeth cotton or 40 or 80! Some of these flowers are based on traditional needle lace flowers which decorate laces such as Alencon. A few Joan just created! This is pretty much just buttonhole (or blanket stitch) once you get the concept they can work up quickly and are lots of fun. A second class will be held Tuesday May 19th 6:30-8:30 pm both new comers to the class and those who took the first class are welcome. There is a small kit fee and if you need a kit you must email [email protected] by 5/13. Meet us a Unitarian Universalist Church of Amherst 6320 Main St Williamsville for this and other exciting laces!

04/16/2026

This month our lace guild contributed to a new public needle lace project lead by Maggie Hensel-Brown for the Columbia Gorge Museum columbiagorgemuseum.org This project titled 'Lacing Communities Together' features needlelace triangles designed by Maggie and meant to be made by beginners and experts alike. Even if you have never done needle lace before you can be part of this community project. We had several brand new lace makers and with Maggie's excellent videos and pdf's we were able to make lots of progress. Finished pieces were from Susanne Sardella (triangle with stripes) and Vickie Okerlund (Pine tree). If you are interested in trying just email [email protected] we can help!

04/11/2026

The WNY Lace guild is offering a free introductory class in bobbin lace making. Learn the basic stitches while making a simple key fob. All materials are provided (with the pillow and bobbins on loan). This class is appropriate for adults and teens. Bobbin lace is a weaving technique, the basics are easy to learn. We are holding free classes at the Shirley Chisholm (formerly Audubon) Library. Spaces are limited so please call the library 716-689-4922 to reserve your place at one of the sessions.
Tues April 21 12:30 PM - 2 PM or
Tues May 5 6:30 PM - 8 PM or
Tue May 12 12:30 PM - 2 PM

If you sign up and are unable to come please call and cancel since we may have a waiting list. If you are unable to make these times but would like to try, email us at [email protected] we'd love to teach you!

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