Ink Spot Series

 The Ink Spot Series began with three bobbin lace pieces that were described in this blog in 2020 in the entry Point Fusion.  I decided that I wanted to make a fourth piece in that series using needle lace techniques.  The blossoms were made by hand as in Tenerife needle lace.  The leaves were made by machine on water soluble fabric.  The ink spots image was transferred to a piece of fabric for the background.  

Point Fusion

 In May I attended my first online class which was originally scheduled for Chicago in June.  It was a lace design class with Pierre Fouché.  We did a lot of doodling on a 4 sheets of grid that we attached.  We were learning to repeat motifs and join them in all possible ways.  

For my inspiration for designs, I chose a piece of freezer paper that I had used as a drop cloth when I was applying spots of ink to fabric a couple years ago.  

Then I chose some parts and arranged them in a circular format that had been suggested for this class.  We were working with a grid that is well-suited for hexagons.

This was the basis for 3 designs.

The first has large and small snowflakes (or spiders) within the hexagons.   

The second has long narrow hexagons within the regular hexagons.  

The third is based on Mechlin ground.  The shared sides of hexagons are CTTPCTT at both pins.  

Another assignment was to try making a design using different stitches to provide the shading.  

My sample used a pear.  Here's the pear on the pillow in process.  

Here's the finished pear.  

Splat!

 I began making masks.  One day my husband asked if I could put his own design on a mask.  He came back later with his design.  

Bookmarks & Coasters

 From January into April I worked on coasters and bookmarks using up scraps from the stash.

Liptov Lace Biscornu

 For the 2019 Christmas tree I made 2 squares of Liptov lace and stitched the edges together matching corners to mid-points like a biscornu.  

Three Blue Tube Men & 2020 Disintegration

 

Look carefully to see the 3 blue tube men across the bottom.

This piece had no title until I decided that it represents this year.  

These were exercises from classes with Jan Beaney & Jean Littlejohn many years ago.  I decided to have them framed for the 2020 CVCEGA exhibit which was cancelled due to COVID-19.

Drawn Thread

 This drawn thread hand towel was started long ago and finished in 2019.