This is Marilyn’s hand embroidering. She uses a neat light box contraption that sits right on the embroidery. Marilyn lives locally and is planning to come to Plymouth to embroider for a few days in between sessions. (Yay!)

 

Many thanks to Linda F, who in the comments yesterday offered us the loan of a beginner bobbin lace pillow and some bobbins, when we get to the point of starting the lace. That’s very kind of you, and I will let you know as we get closer if we can use your tools. Carolyn is continuing to do some samples, and Tricia and Mark will be heading up to do some research at the MFA within the next week or so. The spangles have to be made before we can begin the lace (HA, here I go with the “we”again. I may embroider but there’s really no chance I’ll be making lace). On the original lace the spangles were strung on the thread used to make the lace, not sewn onto the lace afterwards.

 

That’s where we stand today. Ten months and five days to go.