Here are some of the pieces of lace I've made.
| "De Trompet", worked June 2004 to March 2005: |
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Note: in the 18th century, blonde was sometimes made on a 60° grid, and sometimes made on a 90° grid.
| Blonde fans with ground trail and half stitch diamonds, worked Oct 2004-(ongoing). I reconstructed the pattern from lace trimming a mantua in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum (accession number T.44-1910), from a photograph in Fashion In Detail From the 17th and 18th Centuries by Avril Hart and Susan North (Rizzoli, New York, 1998, ISBN 0-8478-2151-X), p. 91. The original has workers and gimps of green and salmon pink rather than blonde, bronze, and copper. You can also see the lace in progress on the pillow, at 6+ yards on February 18, 2006. I will need 6 to 12 yards to fully trim an 18th century style sacque gown (see swatch of fabric). | 
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| Iris medallion, pattern from Designs in Point Ground Lace from Australian Wildflowers by Elwyn Kenn, p. 75: |  |
| "Kommetje & Bolletje", completed in August, 2000: | 
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| Leaf spray, pattern from New Braids and Designs in Milanese Lace by Patricia Read and Lucy Kincaid, p. 47, worked August-September, 2000: | 
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| Rooster, worked Oct. 2000 to Jan 2003: | 
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| Ladybug, from Lace Express magazine, completed in 2001: | 
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| Pricking from 101 Torchon Patterns by Robin Lewis Wild, fillings altered by me: | 
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| Pricking from 101 Torchon Patterns by Robin Lewis Wild, p. 102, fillings altered by me: | 
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