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| bedfordshire lace patterns: A Bedfordshire Lace Collection Barbara M. Underwood, 1995 A selection of Bedforshire lace work which includes 67 prickings and tips on working the patterns. |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: Lace for Children of All Ages Christine Springett, 1989 |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: Bedfordshire Lace Patterns Margaret Turner, 1986-01-01 |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: The Lavendon Collection of Bobbin Lace Patterns Valerie Harris, 1987 |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: Introducing Traditional Bedfordshire Lace in 20 Lessons Barbara M. Underwood, 1993 Offers a graded course essential for the newcomer to Bedfordshire lace, and provides a thorough grounding in the techniques and step-by-step instructions to help provide the skills for tackling Bedfordshire patterns independently. |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: The Bobbin Lace Manual Geraldine Stott, 1988-01-01 Step-by-step instructions, carefully graded projects for creating Torchon, Bedfordshire, Braided, Modern, other exquisite laces. 26 patterns including motifs for bookmarks, edgings, inserts, corners, medallions. 229 illustrations, including over 50 3-color stitch diagrams. |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: Advanced Bedfordshire Lace Patterns , 1989 |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: 75 Quick & Easy Bobbin Lace Patterns Veronica Sorenson, 2030-01-01 This multi-language lace book provides the enthusiast with a collection of 75 quick and easy bobbin lace patterns. The (mainly) small designs are worked in a range of styles: Bruges Flower, Schneeberg, Russian Tape and Free, plus Torchon, Honiton and Bedfordshire The patterns assume a certain level of skill but each one is graded according to experience and ability (beginner, practitioner and advanced). They include: Baby bear, circles, parasol, swans, Russian lace sampler, tortoise, wedding garter, frame, seashore edge, fleur de lys mat, summer daisies, wedding handkerchief, dolphins, lily bud, square mat. |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: Bobbin Lace Brigita Fuhrmann, 2012-08-15 Modern, step-by-step approach shows how to create every variety of bobbin lace, from the simplest stitches to the most challenging patterns. Suitable for needleworkers at all levels. 279 illustrations. |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: The Technique of Bobbin Lace Pamela Nottingham, 2001-06 This work contains a progressive series of patterns to work through, starting with clear geometric shapes which gain in complexity until the reader can master the most lavish of the traditional designs. |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: Lace Identification Gilian Dye, Jean Leader, 2021-11 What is that lace? How old is it? Has it been made by hand or machine? What would it have been used for? These are the types of questions that this practical guide sets out to answer. Lavishly illustrated, it shows you how to identify the sort of lace that you might find hiding away in drawers and cupboards, or buy at a vintage textile fair. It deals predominantly with the hand-made and machine laces of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Topics covered include an introductory survey of the different types of lace, their history and construction; guidelines for a systematic approach to lace identification and advice on cleaning and storage; chapters on the different types of lace: bobbin lace, needle lace, craft laces such as crochet and tatting, machine lace and lace based on tapes and nets. There are exercises on distinguishing similar pieces of lace made using different techniques and there are illustrations of how lace has been used and of some of the tools used in the making. Written by experienced lacemakers Gilian Dye and Jean Leader, it presents items from their own collections to illuminate and inspire others who wish to know more about this fascinating textile. Lace Identification is a complete guide to the beauty of this stitch craft, and will richly reward all those who study the treasures they may own. |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: Turning Lace Bobbins David Springett, 1995 |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: Advanced Bedfordshire Lace Patterns 2 Ann Day, Margaret Tite, 1996-01-01 |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: Lessons in Bobbin Lacemaking Doris Southard, 2012-03-08 Superb step-by-step guide enables even beginners to create beautiful lace according to age-old technique. Edgings, doilies, squares, petals, picots, more. Projects graded, simple to advanced. 249 illustrations. Bibliography. |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: Torchon Lacemaking Jan Tregidgo, 2010 Essential materials, equipment, and techniques to this beautiful skill are explained step-by-step in an indispensable guide for all lacemakers, textile artists, and designers Torchon lacemaking is a textile art steeped in tradition--the skills required are often perceived by beginners to be well out of their reach. This practical book describes those skills step-by-step, making them accessible to all. It explains traditional techniques through a series of specially designed samplers. Although color is not traditional in bobbin lace, it has been used here to great effect so the path of each thread can be clearly followed through the sampler. Essential equipment and materials are described in detail. This book also offers instructions for a super-beaded sampler, advice on adapting and designing patterns, a guide to joining and mounting lace, troubleshooting hints, and information on suppliers and museums with lace collections. |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: Seven Centuries of Lace Maria Margaret Pollen, 2019-12-06 Maria Margaret Pollen's 'Seven Centuries of Lace' is a comprehensive exploration of the history and intricacies of lace-making spanning over seven hundred years. This book delves into the evolution of lace techniques, patterns, and cultural significance, providing a rich tapestry of information for both scholars and enthusiasts alike. Pollen's meticulous research and engaging narrative style bring to life the artistry and craftsmanship of lace, making it a valuable resource for anyone interested in textiles and design history. Drawing on a wide range of sources, from historical documents to contemporary interviews, 'Seven Centuries of Lace' offers a deep dive into this timeless art form that continues to captivate audiences worldwide. Maria Margaret Pollen's passion for lace and dedication to preserving its legacy shines through each page of this landmark book, making it a must-read for anyone curious about the beauty and complexity of lace-making traditions. |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: 100 Traditional Bobbin Lace Patterns Geraldine Stott, Bridget M. Cook, 1994-02 Instructions, diagrams for creating Bucks Point lace designs, including Little Diamonds, Jewelled Primrose, Grape Hyacinth, many more. |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: Whitework Inspirations Inspirations Studio, 2020-04-14 8 fabulously beautiful whitework embroideries to stitch, from some of the world's most talented designers and the world's leading embroidery magazine. Whitework embroidery traditionally features beautifully intricate designs using white thread on white background fabric, examples of which can be found in many cultures across the world. Without the addition of colour, the fabric surface is ornamented with high-relief stitching, cutting, pulling or withdrawing threads with some styles utilizing all these techniques. Whitework Inspirations highlights the very best whitework has to offer in both design and technique. Featuring talented embroidery designers Kim Beamish, Deborah Love, Judy Stephenson, Christine P. Bishop, Susan O'Connor, Patricia Girolami and Luzine Happel, this special collection, including a tablecloth, table mats and sachets, has been curated into one publication. With 8 stunning whitework projects to make, there are clear step-by-step instructions, pullout patterns, a stitch guide and all the information you need to stitch them. Discover the origins, stitches, techniques and designs that are uniquely whitework, and learn how to make your own beautiful works of art. |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: The Dictionary of Needlework, an Encyclopædia of Artistic, Plain, and Fancy Needlework, Church Embroidery, Lace, and Ornamental Needlework Sophia Frances Anne Caulfeild, 2024-04-11 Reprint of the original, first published in 1882. |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: Lace Santina M. Levey, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1983 This work covers the period from the early-16th century to World War I and is arranged chronologically to accommodate the underlying changes in fashionable dress and the lace worn with it. Within each chapter, the different types of lace are dealt with one by one. |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: Practical Skills in Bobbin Lace Bridget M. Cook, 2005-03-01 This comprehensive guide provides the lacemaker with step-by-step instructions and illustrations on the techniques which make up this type of lacemaking. Divided into ten easy-to-follow sections, alternative methods of construction are closely examined and explained. Bridget M. Cook begins with starts and edges, describing the techniques of replacing threads and adding pairs, joinings, sewings, connections and crossings. Additional information is provided on picots, tallies and venetian cords, plaits and braids. Other sections look at carrying pairs, raised work, corners, curves and holes, endings, moving work under construction and the mounting of completed lace. Practical Skills in Bobbin Lace will help all lacemakers to increase their repertoire of techniques. Comprehensive guide to bobbin lace construction new in paperback Includes techniques for making lace fashion accessories |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: Bobbin Lace Flowers Doris Olsen, 2008 LACE & LACEMAKING. Flowers are very graceful. This book collects together 20 flowers, some life-like and some fantasy. It features photographs and step-by-step instructions. It is suitable for both beginners and more experienced needlecrafters. |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: Miniature Bobbin Lace Roz Snowden, 1998 A collection of 42 projects in 1/12 scale lace. Advice covers equipment, beginners' braid, stitches and techniques, followed by pieces for every room in the dolls' house. The projects include curtains, shawls, bedspreads, parasols and a tablecloth. |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: The Lace Dealer's Pattern Book Veronica Main, 2012 |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: Making Lace with Little Grey Rabbit Dorothy K. Cox, 1983 |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: Needlework as Art M. Alford, 2016-07-13 Needlework as art is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1886. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature.Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future. |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: Lace Patterns of the Italian Renaissance Susan Johnson, 2019-01-14 This collection of extraordinary lace pattern illustrations dating from 1598 are the work of Isabella Catanea Parasole, a Roman artist, lacemaker and embroiderer. The classic motifs, borders and scenes can be easily adapted by modern needleworkers for embroidery as well as the traditional lace techniques they were originally intended for- Reticella, bobbin lace and crochet. |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: The Lacemakers of Calais Gillian Kelly, 1990* |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: Lace, Its Origin and History Samuel L. Goldenberg, 1904 |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: Withof Lace Trude v. d Heijden-Biemans, Yvonne Scheele-Kerkhof, Puck Smelter-Hoekstra, 1991 |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: Amazing Lace Matthew Potter, Jacqui Hayes, 2014 |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: Milanese Lace Patricia Read, Lucy Kincaid, 1988 This illustrated book is designed to show lacemakers of all levels to make the decorated braids of the kind first used in early Milanese lace. More advanced instructions are then given showing how to work the same braids into original pieces. |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: Art Deco Knits Jemima Bicknell, 2019 The jazz age of the 1920s and 1930s is a particularly inspiring period in fashion design, well-known for its intricately embellished fabrics and elegant detail. Art Deco Knits aims to inspire the modern knitter who wishes to create a vintage-inspired wardrobe, or simply add a touch of Art Deco glamour to their knitting. Featuring valuable information on styles and silhouettes, fabrics and finishing techniques, this beautifully illustrated book celebrates the joy to be found in creating knitwear inspired by this most popular of eras, when fashion and self-expression became accessible to more women than ever before. Topics covered includean introduction to the fashion and style of the 1920s and 1930s; tips on choosing yarns and adapting patterns to fit an Art Deco aesthetic; a collection of Art Deco-inspired stitch patterns; beading and embroidery techniques for creating uniquely embellished knitted fabrics; finishing tips and techniques; nine original patterns. |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: Decorative Braids for Milanese Lace Jane Read, 2021-10-15 The two books of Milanese Braids, 'Milanese Lace: An Introduction' and 'New Braids and Designs in Milanese Lace', both by Read and Kincaid (1988; 1994), have long been out of print. To make the braids available to a new audience, we reproduce them here, together with about forty new braids that were not included in earlier books. The braids are drawn from both Milanese and other continental braid-type laces. This is intended to be a reference book and it is hoped that it will stimulate creativity and encourage lace makers to develop new designs for modern use. |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: Bedfordshire Lace Jean Leader, 2021-02-22 Bedfordshire lace became popular in the fashions of the second half of the nineteenth century because of the beauty of its bold-open designs, often with elegant floral motifs, and it continues to fascinate and captivate lacemakers today. This practical book is dedicated to the novice and experienced lacemaker wishing to learn these techniques so as to realize this elegance for themselves. Information is given about the equipment needed for bobbin lacemaking, how to make a pricking (the pattern on which the lace is made), and how to wind thread on the bobbins. Instruction explains how to work cloth stitch and half stitch, plaits, windmill crossings, picots and leaf-shaped tallies, and how to finish a piece of lace. There is a series of twenty-six patterns, some traditional and others designed more recently. These are supported by instructions, photographs and diagrams. The patterns include small motifs, edgings - some with corners for handkerchiefs - butterflies and, finally, three exquisite collars. |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: English Women's Clothing in the Nineteenth Century Cecil Willett Cunnington, 1948 |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: Traditional Bedfordshire Lace Barbara M. Underwood, 2012-11 Bedfordshire lace, its history, and its fine and varied designs—particularly those of Thomas Lester and his sons, lacedealers in Bedford for nearly a century—have attracted growing interest and many new practitioners in recent years. One attraction of the Bedfordshire technique is its flexibility, which offers the lacemaker a certain freedom in deciding the method of working. This book is based on the author's extensive teaching experience and research into authentic traditional methods. The text sets out the techniques and shows how to apply them to different parts of the pattern. The lace ranges from small motifs to fine edgings, elaborate collars, and other dress accessories worked by the author and her students -- rear cover. |
| bedfordshire lace patterns: 100 Traditional Bobbin Lace Patterns Bridget M. Cook, Geraldine Stott, 2014-11-24 Here is a collection of 100 traditional patterns for Bucks Point lace, one of the finest laces In England. The diagrams are colour-coded for clarity, and each pattern Is printed in detailed, diagrammatic form. There is one pattern on each page or on adjacent pages with its relevant pricking and an actual-sizee photograph of the completed piece of lace. The number of bobbins and the thread used are also noted. Not only are there 100 traditiooat patterns contained within this book. but the majority have an unusual or interesting feature in their construction not readily observed or pethaps fully appreciated at first glance. Some of the patterns have been sligltly adapted from the original to complement modern threads and all have been painstakingly researched from various museums. Lace makers, from those just starting to the experienced, will find here a wealth of readily understandable patterns at thetr fingertips. |
Bedfordshire - Wikipedia
Bedfordshire (/ ˈ b ɛ d f ər d ʃ ɪər,-ʃ ər /; abbreviated Beds) is a ceremonial county in the East of England. It is bordered by Northamptonshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, …
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Bedfordshire is a county of England. Its county town is Bedford. It borders Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire (with the Borough of Milton Keynes) and Hertfordshire. …
Bedfordshire - Wikipedia
Bedfordshire (/ ˈ b ɛ d f ər d ʃ ɪər,-ʃ ər /; abbreviated Beds) is a ceremonial county in the East of England. It is bordered by Northamptonshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, …
Bedfordshire | England, Map, History, & Facts | Britannica
Jun 9, 2025 · Bedfordshire, geographic and historic county and former administrative county of the southeastern Midlands of England. The administrative county was abolished in 2009, and …
THE 15 BEST Things to Do in Bedfordshire (2025) - Tripadvisor
Things to Do in Bedfordshire, England: See Tripadvisor's 256,206 traveler reviews and photos of Bedfordshire tourist attractions. Find what to do today, this weekend, or in June. We have …
17 Amazing Things To Do In Bedfordshire (2025 Guide)
Jan 16, 2025 · Bedford is the historic county town, and where you’ll find some key Bedfordshire attractions. There’s the Bedfordshire Museum, John Bunyan Museum and the Cecil Higgins …
Places to Visit in Bedfordshire - VisitEngland
Discover the best things to do in Bedfordshire over three bucolic days. What to expect? Bridgerton houses, market towns, safari parks and the best restaurants in Bedfordshire. Just north of …
Bedfordshire Villages | History & Beauty In The Heart Of ...
Apr 13, 2024 · Bedfordshire, a county of almost 670,000 people, boasts not only a rich history but also an array of picturesque villages that capture the essence of rural England. Here are …
Bedfordshire - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bedfordshire is a county of England. Its county town is Bedford. It borders Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire (with the Borough of Milton Keynes) and Hertfordshire. …
