One of Nottinghamshire's most distinctive crafts is at risk of dying out if new people are not trained, enthusiasts say. Bobbin lace-making is a centuries-old hand technique that evolved into machine ...

A lacemaker who learned her craft from her mother has made her own spectacular wedding dress, an homage to tradition and culture, using ovals of lace made by lacemakers from 15 different countries ...

When Mary Salmon of Northville looks at a piece of vintage handmade lace, she sees much more than carefully crafted, delicately beautiful geometric patterns spun from threads. What she sees, instead, ...

The laces made in Belgium during World War I are an important part of the lace holdings of the Division of Home and Community Life’s Textile Collection in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American ...

It is no coincidence that the Dallas Lace Society counts among its members a mother of 10 and several women fluent in multiple forms of needle arts. Lace making is a labor of love that demands ...

Only few people know the thrill of seeing their artwork on a U.S. postage stamp. Trenna Ruffner, a bobbin lace maker who lives in Grosse Pointe Park, happens to be among that relatively small number ...

Philomena is perhaps one of the last of the Bruges lace makers in Kochi. The 78-year-old from Aroor is known for her complex patterns using 26 bobbins. Lace-making and hand embroidery came to Kochi ...

Lyn Bailey believes the first time she saw someone making lace was when she was a child visiting Belgium. And she’s been fascinated with it ever since. “Lace is my passion,” says Bailey, of Lancaster ...