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April alphabet challenge – L is for lace

This is a tiny cushion made for a bride with a piece of handmade antique lace. The lace is old – the item itself new – the pin to be borrowed and returned to the giver and the whole thing … Continue reading

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Know your bobbins!

It still amazes me that lace was so valuable in days gone by that smugglers in Rottingdean and Saltdean smuggled lace from Europe. Lace makers made black lace in Lumb Bank cottages for mourning clothes in Victorian times. For many … Continue reading

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