Hundreds of lace friends

The past year has been busy and the next year will be busier. I attended the IOLI convention in Salt Lake City in 2013. There we learned that there were hosts for 2014 & 2016, but no host for 2015. Everyone was wondering if there would be a convention in 2015. At the Doris Southard Lace Guild in August 2013, we decided to apply to co-host the 2015 convention with IOLI. In September we submitted an application. It was accepted in October. Because I was the only DSLG member to attend the 2013 convention, I automatically became a chair and fortunately Ruth Lyon volunteered to co-chair. From October through December we were negotiating with hotels. We were pleased to begin the new year with a contract with the Mariott Coralville Hotel & Conference Center. This year we've been selecting teachers and classes for the convention. There will be 18 US and 4 international teachers. The process of signing contracts with the teachers has begun. Information about the convention will be posted on the International Organization of Lace website.

Off the pillow

Monday evening I took the spiders off the lace pillow.

Ready to travel

I made a cover for the block lace pillow using the fabric that Patty Andrews brought back from Indonesia many years ago.

and more Spiders

Spiders

Monday some members of
Doris Southard Lace Guild
came over to make lace.
This was an opportunity
to get back to the project
I started at the end of
winter which is a spider
study. It is an
adaptation of:
"Spinnen Spinnen Spinnen"
by Hildegard Glos
ISBN 978-3-925184-22-2
Barbara Fay Verlag
Gammelby 2010.

Welcome to spring at our house.

The snow the last 2 nights has added to the "glacier" on our roof. It has been slowly melting and sagging farther and farther off the edge.

It is interesting to view the curve of the formation from the front door, but I don't want to be there when it finally falls.

The deer were waiting by the edge of the woods.