Category: Needle Lace

17/7/2022 0 Comments

Lace for Dolls & Doll's Houses - Ann Collier

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Batsford Ltd; Reprint edition (1 Jan. 1997)
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0713480572
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0713480573

Lace for Dolls & Doll's Houses by Ann Collier
Over 45 decorative patterns in Bobbin & Needlelace

From 1/12 scale dolls and dolls houses to larger collectable dolls, Ann takes you through the process of deciding on the piece you wish to make to creating it.

Basic lacemaking skills are assumed for this book.

If you are interested in 1/12 scale dolls and dolls houses, this make a great addition to Ros Snowden's books

What works well?

The colour photos of the finished lace are very clear and illustrate the prickings well along with the working diagrams

Anything that we need to take into consideration?

This book is out of print but occasionally appears second hand.

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15/7/2022 0 Comments

Colour in Lace - Ann Collier

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Batsford Ltd; 1st Edition. (1990)
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0713463945

Colour in Lace by Ann Collier
Ann takes you through how she designed some key pieces from her collection and then offers the pattern. Techniques used are bobbin lace, needle lace ad carrickmacross.

What works well?

The book illustrated throughout with colour photos

Anything that we need to take into consideration?

This book is out of print, but occasionally it comes up second hand on eBay and lace suppliers.

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Bees, Birds and Butterflies in Lace - Edna Sutton and Mary Moseley

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Batsford Ltd; First Edition (5 Sept. 1991)
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0713463651
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0713463651

Bees, Birds and Butterflies in Lace by Edna Sutton and Mary Moseley
For each of the bees, birds and butterflies, the patterns are offered in different lace styles so you can make a bee in Torchon, duchess, Irish or needle lace.

What works well?

The book illustrated thrthroughout with black and white photos and drawing

Anything that we need to take into consideration?

This book is out of print, but occasionally it comes up second hand on eBay and lace suppliers.

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Lace Fans - Ann Collier

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Batsford Ltd; First Edition (1 May 2002)
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0713487348
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0713487343

Lace Fans by Ann Collier
Ann Collier has had a life long passion for lace fans; bobbin lace, needle lace, she has designed and made countless fans.

This book shows off many of Ann's collection of fans along with designs and patterns for 20 of them to make yourself. They cover a number of techniques including both bobbin and needle lace.

What works well?

The book illustrated through out with colouurr photos.

Anything that we need to take into consideration?

This book is out of print, but occasionally it comes up second hand on eBay and lace suppliers.

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29/9/2021 0 Comments

A Wider View - Barry Biggins

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Greenhill Lace School (1 Jan. 1995)

A Wider View by Barry Biggins
Designs suitable for: Bobbin & Needle Lace, Embroidery & Quilting

Caroline and Barry Biggins were both qualified art teachers and this comes through in both Barry's bobbin painting and their designs in their Honiton lace book - New Patterns in Honiton Lace

This book, self published a few years after their Honiton book shows off Barry's beautiful drawing skills.

What works well?

The drawings are clean and well thought out

Anything that we need to take into consideration?

This book is not a book of patterns, but contains line drawings that could be adapted.
Each drawing comes with a dotted version, but the introduction makes this clear that these are not prickings but suggestions as to dot placements.
This book is currently out of print, but is often available on from online booksellers and on eBay

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17/1/2021 0 Comments

Elizabethan Lace - Gilian Dye

Publisher : The Elviston Press (2 Sept. 1995)
ISBN-10 : 0952270935
ISBN-13 : 978-0952270935

Elizabethan Lace by Gilian Dye
This was Gillian Dye's first book on historical lace that led to her further series of 5 books on the subject
Whilst the techniques do cover the basis for lacemaking, this book is for an adventurous beginner as it includes high levels of picots and plaited lace.

Gilian goes on to explore these historical laces her series on sixteenth and seventeenth century bobbin lace

What works well?

The key techniques are clearly illustrated with black and white diagrams
The pattern for the front cover purse is provided as the original pattern from Le Pomple.

Anything that we need to take into consideration?

Whilst this book does include two chapters on needle lace along with a chapter on cords and laces, it is predominately bobbin lace based.

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Lace for Dolls & Doll's Houses - Ann Collier

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