Congress on-site tour – day 4
DAY 4: Thursday, 10 August, 2023 On the fourth day we will go to Aquileia, an ancient Roman city. In the 2nd century the city was large and prominent, as one of the world’s largest cities at that time, with…
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Milanese Lace from the Ursulines’ Convent of Gorizia – Course on site
Tutors: Federica Geotti and Antinisca Vicentini, Lace teachers from the Association Fuselliamo, Gradisca d’Isonzo, Italy Participants will learn some Milanese stitches reconstructed from a lace of the Ursuline nuns dating back to the 18th century. Pattern and technical drawings, in the international…
Congress on-site tour – day 3
DAY 3: Wednesday, 9 August, 2023 We will start the day visiting Škocjan Caves, a very special natural phenomenon found on UNESCO’s list of World Heritage sites, with the biggest underground canyon in the world, as well as many stalagmites,…
Aemilia Ars Needle Lace – Course on site
Tutors: Lace teachers from Associazione I merletti di Antonilla Cantelli, Bologna, Italy Aemilia Ars is a needle lace from Bologna, a town in northern Italy. It originates from Reticella, but quickly developed into Punto in aria based on famous pattern books…
Congress On-site TOUR, Day 1
After the onsite Congress, you are invited to join an exciting five day Congress Tour (7 – 11 August, 2023) around south-western Slovenia and north-eastern Italy. The rich program includes visits to exhibitions and museums, especially those with a lace…
A Rose, the Flower of Nova Gorica – course on site
Tutor: Simona Strgulc Krajšek, Lace teacher, Ljubljana, Slovenia As Nova Gorica is also known as ‘The City of Roses’, we selected a lace with a rose motif, from the catalogue of the company DOZ which operated in Ljubljana from 1919…
Three Pairs Flanders Stitch – On-site
Tutors: Manuela Benfatto and Patrizia Cattarossi, Lace teachers from the Association Fuselliamo, Gradisca d’Isonzo, Italy This technique originated in Gorizia during the 1930s. It is the most typical of the laces from Gorizia and it is worked with 3 pairs of…
Pattern Folder
Entries are being accepted for the Congress Pattern Folder. All entries must be received by 1 April, 2023. The pattern should be for either bobbin or needle lace, or a combination of both techniques. This lovely piece by Amanda Binns…
Introduction to Bobbin Lace – Virtual
Karen Thompson, USA; Linda Kay Benning, Assistant 10, 13, 17, 20 July Learn the basics of lace from winding the bobbins to the basic movements as you complete 4 samples, each building on the skills already learned. The class is preceded…