Here are some of the pieces of lace I've made. Click on images to see whole piece and/or better photo.
| Pattern from Vanda MacArthur via FLLG Lace Day conference. Worked 2008–2018 (with many interruptions), in Danish unboiled silk. | |
| Lace 5, pp. 80–83, Binche II by Michael Guisiana. Worked 2006–2008, in Egyptian cotton. |
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| "De Trompet". Worked June 2004 to March 2005, in Egyptian cotton. |
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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. I will need 6 to 12 yards to fully trim an 18th century style sacque gown (see swatch of fabric). You can see the lace in progress on the pillow, at 6+ yards on February 18, 2006. Here it is at close to 7 meters on November 11, 2008, the day that I started cutting the lace; here are trimmed sleeve flounces, one set flat and one ready to sew onto the gown sleeve. | 
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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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| Cat and mouse wedding hanky set of handkerchief and pocket square,
worked 2019–2022: Main design is from Inge Theuerkauf's tierisch flandrisch. Large bolletje, bolletje-as-ball-of-yarn, bolletje groups, angle for narrower section, and general placement of bolletje elements designed by me. Idea for mice by me, designed with major assistance from Kumiko Nakazaki. I ended up covering the bad join with a small 3D lace element. | 
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Patterns from The Lace Samples from Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1789–1790 by Karen H. Thompson.
| Ipswich Library of Congress #21, pp. 66‐7, completed in March 2022. Detail images: one, two, three, four, five, six. | 
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| Ipswich Library of Congress #19, pp. 40–3, completed 19 April 2022. Detail images: one, two, three, four, five. | 
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| Ipswich Library of Congress #10, pp. 54–5, completed 21 May 2022. Detail images: one, two, three, four. | 
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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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| Cat, worked sometime in the 2010s: | 
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| Ladybug, from issue 2/97 of Lace Express magazine, completed in 2001: | 
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| Pricking from ...?, fillings altered by me, worked in 2018 or thereabouts: | 
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| Hanky, works well for a wedding, with detail of corner, completed 11 October 2010: |  
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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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| Pricking from The Bobbin Lace Manual by Geraldine Stott, worked 1990-something: | 
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| Little Hearts of Denmark from The Technique of Tønder Lace by Inge Skovgaard. I've done this piece half a dozen times; it makes a great edging for a wedding hanky. | 
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