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31/1/2021 0 Comments

Instructions in the Art of Making the Buckingham Pillow Lace - Georgina M Roberts and Alexandra F Stillwell

Publisher : Salex Publishing (April 16, 2007)
ISBN-10 : 0955469422
ISBN-13 : 978-0955469428
Instructions in the Art of Making the Buckingham Pillow Lace by Georgina M Roberts (1926) edited by Alexandra F Stillwell (2007)
Born in Tasmania, to missionary parents, Georgina Roberts came to the East Midlands in 1863 and became involved in the lace industry there.

A founding member of the Midland Lace Association, along with Catherine Channer and Ella Harrison, she was concerned with the plight of the lace workers, who at the time were some of the poorest in society.

Worried that the skills were declining, Georgina started to write a book to capture these skills and create a teaching book.  She failed to finish the last chapter and left it as a series of numbers of stitches.  Dieing just two years after the cover was printed.
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Alex Stillwell became aware of this manuscript whilst researching and writing her her book on Geometrical Lace.

Using Georgina's own phrasing for the text, Alex trued up the patterns, created the missing diagrams, reworked the samples and commissioned the photograph so that this book could be rediscovered by all lacemakers.
What works well?
  • Filled with black and white diagrams and photos, the techniques shown are straight forward to follow.
  • This book takes you through a step by step process to learn Bucks Point.  ​
Anything that we need to take into consideration?
  • This book is still in print and available from the author, herself.  
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