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Handmade bobbin lace on silk gown. Symbols of baptism are included in the lace – drops of water, shells (which are used in some traditions to splash the water onto infants), the sign of the cross and triplets of holes to represent the Trinity.

Handmade bobbin lace in silk & metallic threads. Lace made using Torchon and Gravenmoer techniques.

Handmade bobbin lace in silk & metallic threads, with added Swarovski crystals. Lace made using Torchon and Gravenmoer techniques.

Pieced and lined jacket This jacket is lined with fleece, so that you can keep warm but look elegant.

Pieced and lined. This jacket is lined with fleece for warmth, while still elegant.

Hand made bobbin lace. This necklace is worked in linen threads, in moorland colours, with coordinating glass beads.

Pieced and lined jacket This elegant jacket is lined with fleece for warmth.

Bobbin lace (hand made) and needle-felted. The swan photographs were taken at the Chicago Botanic Garden one summer evening.

Bobbin lace, free machine embroidery & book making techniques. The book demonstrates the meaning & historical usage of the work “catawampus” – diagonal; askew; awry; kitty-cornered; a fierce, imaginary animal.