Links to Other Guilds and Groups
We have over 115 members, 70-80 of whom meet bi-monthly at Churchdown Community Centre, Parton Road, Churchdown, Gloucester GL3 2JH.
Our membership covers Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Somerset, Oxfordshire and even Norfolk!
The Australian Lace Guild
The Australian Lace Guild was formed in N.S.W in 1979 to meet the needs of all those interested in lace. The Guild was incorporated in Victoria on the 14th Aug 1985.
The aims and objectives of the organisation are to: promote lacemaking as a craft throughout Australia and to unite people interested in all forms of lace and lace making.
Members include toolmakers, collectors, and historians as well as those actively engaging in making lace. The annual membership subscription entitles members to four issues of the quarterly Guild Journal Australian Lace.
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The New Zealand Lace Society
The New Zealand Lace Society was founded in 1982 and aims to promote the craft of lacemaking, encourage and promote good craftsmanship and design in lacemaking, and establish sources of material, equipment, and publications used in lacemaking.
The society publishes The New Zealand Lacemaker magazine three time a year for members. The magazine is full of information on events, articles about lacemaking, patterns, reviews, suppliers and contacts for local groups and the national society.
email info@lace.org.nz
The Westhope Group was founded in 1989 to bring together lacemakers wishing to take forward traditional lace skills into modern textile art.
Members come together once a year to share knowledge and expertise, obtain an objective assessment of their work and ideas and discuss matters relating to general and specific lacemaking problems. The Group’s name is taken from Westhope College in Shropshire (UK), where the meetings are held.
Over the years the annual meeting has provided a considerable stimulus to group members, who share a fascination with the diversity of lace and related textiles and are keen to preserve traditional techniques, while developing lace as a recognised contemporary art form in the 21st Century.
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Lacemakers of Puget Sound
The Lacemakers of Puget Sound is a group of enthusiastic and talented lacemakers. Formed in October 1983, the group has approximately 70 members, representing a wide range of interests in lace, from lacemaking to lace collecting. Our guild meets monthly in Kent, WA, and we also have smaller local groups. For information about our meetings, demonstration locations and dates, and much more, see our website: https://www.lacemakers.org/
We'd love to welcome lacemakers who are visiting the Pacific NW.
The Lace Museum USA
The Lace Museum is located in “Silicon Valley” in the USA (the greater San Francisco, California area). Local visitors are welcome to exhibits, tours and in-person instruction, and since 2020 the museum has specialized in presenting online lace classes to students throughout the world.
Online classes range from complete beginner to intermediate and advanced, with instructors from the US, Canada, UK and EU (so far). They include bobbin and needle laces, crochet, sol lace, tatting, sprang, and more. Students love the close-up view of instructors’ hands, weekly classes with time for homework, and recordings available to replay while doing their homework.