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Charter Chapter of International Old Lacers, Inc.

The guild’s purpose: Promote interest in fine old laces and to preserve them for posterity; study the history of lace; learn the names of laces; make laces; and hold lace exhibits. Meetings are held from 9:30 AM to 3:00 PM on the third Saturday of the month at: Pasadena Christian Church 789 N. Altadena Drive, Pasadena, CA 91107 There are two exceptions: Annual FLG Lace Day replaces the November meeting and the December meeting is held on the first Saturday of December. President: Julia Brock Membership VP: Joanne Andre Program VP: Maria Provencher Secretary: Lynn Oliver Treasurer: Alan Brown Historian: Lucie Cofield Refreshments Coordinator: OPEN Demonstrations: Bill McConnell Demo Hour Queen: Rita Taylor Lace Day Co-Chairs: Julia Brock, Joanne Andre Newsletter: Virgadean Richmond Librarian: Vibs Clausen Website: Rayne & Lance Wilcox Please submit newsletter information: virgrich94@hotmail.com by the 4th Saturday of the month. For more lace info please see FreeLaceGuild.org or InternationalOldLacers.org

Upcoming September 15Upcoming September 15Upcoming September 15Upcoming September 15thththth!!!!

What you will need: Tatting thread #70, or left over crochet thread size #20 or #30 (don't go out and buy any, I have plenty) crochet hook #8 or #10 If your eyes are getting a little older like mine, use larger threads and a hook that will work the thread easily. I won't tell. I will provide: child's cap pattern (the round part of the crown can be made as a doily if you want) written instructions for 5 "sprigs" or maybe more and some really terribly, tacky jokes, some Irish

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Dear Fellow Lacers, Thanks for all who braved the heat and showed up for the Aug. meeting. We had some lively visiting and a peek at the goodies from the convention. Thanks to Lucy and Julia who showed their goodies. Freeway should be proud that Lucy and Julia won in the Olympic bobbin lace competition (ask us about the obstacles and to see our medals). We did not fare as well in the knitting relay. Lace Day is coming Nov. 3, 2012. Keep that date open and be thinking of how you can help. We need helpers in many areas: Donating cookies and treats, Ordering and picking up lunches, Teaching classes, Set up and Clean up, Raffle table and donations. If you can help for an hour to a bunch let us know. We have jobs for every skill level. Sign-ups will be at the Sept. meeting. The Lovely Lace display at the Rengstorff House in Mountain View is looking for lace to show. Entry information will be available at the meeting in Sept. Looking forward to seeing you in Sept.

JuliaJuliaJuliaJulia PS I have some great news about Lace Day… see you at the meeting on the 15th

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The August 19, 2012 meeting of the Freeway Lace Guild was called to order by President Julia Brock at 10:45a. The minutes were corrected as follows: “Bill will teach the crocheted cap at the September 15 meeting,” not at Lace Day. Further general corrections to the newsletter; Bette Crowell spells her name with an ”e”, not a “y” and Rita Taylor would like her position listed as “Demonstration Hours” rather than Demo Hour Queen. Thank you to Virgadean Richmond for undertaking the position of Newsletter Editor. Bugs are still being worked out. Committees: Treasurer: Alan reports a balance of $11,189.40. Library: Vibs sent a selection of bobbin lace books with Joan T. and Joan will take any returned items to Librarian Vibs. Hospitality: Joan W. will not be able to continue, so we need someone to oversee the coffee/tea pot and basic supplies. Members will continue to bring scrumptious treats and garden goodies to share. Demonstration Hours: Rita says that only four members reported demonstration hours last year! While some members split their hours among different lace groups, this is still unusually low. Last year we had over 1000 hours. She brings the Demonstration Hours notebook to meetings. Each member has their own individual page to record any demonstration hours. If it makes it easier, record your hours on a sheet at home so you won’t forget in case you miss a meeting. You can always email or snail mail the information sheet to her. We’re good at sharing but lousy at paperwork. Demonstration hours and sharing with the public are part of non-profit obligations and the Freeway Lace Guild’s mission. The info is sent to IOLI each Spring. IOLI presents certificates to and recognizes chapters for their volunteer hours at Convention. Program: September 15 Bill will teach an Irish crochet cap. There was a picture of the lovely piece in the August newsletter. Lace Day (November 3, 2012): The flyer was sent. Raffle prizes are being collected. Theme is Things That Fly. Announcements: ����Fliers for Fine Fabrics Show in Santa Barbara, Louise Colgan’s Milanese class at The Lace Museum and Lacy Ladies of AZ Lace Day were available. ����FLG has two keys to the church. Julia wound up with both. Not a good idea. Lucie agreed to take the spare one. ����Pete Alderson of Snowgoose is in poor health. Two women from Arizona have taken over the business. IOLI Annual Meeting: Lucie attended the IOLI meeting. She accepted our certificate for volunteer hours. The decision to change the name passed; International Order of Lace. A contest for a new logo will be held. Members should check their Bulletin for details. Convention attendees were polled regarding their desire for class certificates; yes -100, no-27, don’t care 300. The final installment of the Lace Poppy Challenge was held. It began at LA 2009 with 14 entries and has continued since then. This year there were 42 entries. Well done! IOLI Convention: Julia and Lucie attended along with about 15 FLG members. They shared goodies and events. Nancy Evans has a new Lace ID book. The star theme carried throughout many of the treats. It was on the tote bag and the pin, of course. The lace stars that we made were attached to a large tatting bag. They received about 600, enough so that each bag had two. In the spirit of the Olympics, they conducted their own in tatting, crocheting, knitting and bobbin lace events. Tatters had to use lanyard plastic. Crocheters duplicated vintage potholders in twenty minutes from a picture. Julia and Lucie and a third left-handed lacemaker made up a knitting relay team. It was done standing, each row was different and it involved a spatula? Ask them. Bobbin lacers received laminated paper fish bobbins with elastic thread which made tensioning a challenge. Julia placed first, Lucie second. Great job FLG! The audience also had an event of their own, memorizing a crocheted flower pattern. IOLI 2013 will be hosted by the Beehive Lacers in Salt Lake City, Utah. We’re told that there will be four tatting teachers, but no needle lace is planned. Show ‘N Tell: Bette-Nancy has a new hat made from a Lester lace cuff inspired by Bill’s caps. She also finally made a cross stitched Altoids can for herself, after years of stitching them for the rest of us. Rita-is making headway on the wedding garter. It is coming along nicely. Cindy-brought her lovely, large framed cross stitch Day Fairy. She will be working a companion piece. Lucie-brought wire bobbins from Bruce (bobbin maker) to test-lace, German insect pins which are more reasonably priced, a cute moose from Mall of America and lace stamps (for scrap booking, not mailing). She took a Chantilly class from Ulrike Voelckler and discovered that several who thought they were making a beginning pattern found that it was more advanced. Julia-shared the Bucks piece that she made in Jean Leader’s class. She also made lace jewelry to wear at the convention; a necklace and earring set that she designed. Bobbins she purchased were a Will & Kate, a QE2 diamond jubilee commemorative, a modern hedgehog and a Minnesota commemorative. The meeting was

adjourned at 11:30. Submitted,

Lynn L. Oliver,Lynn L. Oliver,Lynn L. Oliver,Lynn L. Oliver, Secretary

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Dorothy Candalaria Passed away Aug 20th from Cancer. She was a longtime lacemaker and will be missed.

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Lace detail of purse - Brigitte Bergman

Doll dress – Julia

Lace Convention favors

Olympic bobbin lace – Julia, Lucie

Butterfly cross Stitch - Cindy

Guild Hours Certificate

New bobbins – Julia

New bobbins – Lucie

Lace loot from convention

More convention loot!

Lace bonnets – Bill, Nancy

Bucks lace bonnet – Nancy

Bucks lace – Julia

Necklace set – Julia

New lace ID book

Next year’s Lace Convention – Utah!

Maria’s CornerMaria’s CornerMaria’s CornerMaria’s Corner Future Programs (all classes $5): Maria Provencher maria@provolace.net or 714.961.8698 October – Bobbin lace to be determined November – Lace Day (no regular meeting)

What’s Happening in Your Neighborhood?What’s Happening in Your Neighborhood?What’s Happening in Your Neighborhood?What’s Happening in Your Neighborhood? Los Angeles County Fair (Pomona) August 31 - September 30 We need someone to coordinate bobbin lace at the Fair. We are also looking for bobbin lace pieces, so finish up those projects and don’t be shy about entering them.

Southern California Fair (Perris) Oct. 6th – 14th Demonstrators needed on both weekends Contact Kathy Lowe 714-474-7498 thegatekeeper@yahoo.com

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