New England Lace Group

09/22/2026

Mark your calendar . . . Registration for the 2027 Winter Lace Conference opens October 1, 2026. Check our website www.WinterLaceConference.org for more class/teacher info and to register.

Classes by Louise Colgan (Milanese), Linda Knott (Cantù), Elizabeth Peterson (Bruges & Bedfordshire), Kathy Kauffmann (Withof & Flanders), and Sylvia Fellows (Needle Tatting & Beginning Bobbin Lace) will be teaching February 12–15, 2027, in Costa Mesa. Full bios at winterlaceconference.org.

Mark your calendar. Registration opens October 1, 2026.

09/21/2026

Here are the Special Award winners from this year's Big E/Creative Arts competition. You can view all the entries on the NELG website at www.nelg.us. Many congratulations to everyone!

09/17/2026

The results of the 2026 Creative Arts competition are (finally!) available: https://showorks.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html?file=838671_2026_Handicrafts

Very many congragulations to all the winners! Photographs will be posted shortly on the NELG website.

09/17/2026

09/14/2026

Maggie Hensel-Brown's latest community needlelace project is now on display at the Columbia Gorge Museum in Stevenson, WA. The exhibit, featuring "A Sense of Place", is open until January 2027 and also includes Maggie's previous community project "Radiance".

08/01/2026

Bobbin lace has made the BBC News in the UK: https://bbc.com/news/articles/c79ge7vl18lo?fbclid=IwY2xjawTa5SZwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7g6U-ML37qGtVkNcQY5bz3VJ1hyTQJUi5NBWabru8QKcnNVbrL1i1qlRPKGg_aem_Sao9f-ab0KBg1YEsAFaJRg

The London Lace Club's members are mostly under 30, after a social media revival sparked interest.

07/24/2026

Are you regretting that you didn't go to the convention? Next year offers another opportunity, in Spokane Valley. Here is the proposed teacher list.

06/25/2026

We are deeply saddened to hear that Bridget Cook, well known lacemaker, designer, teacher and internationally renowned author since the 1970s, has died. In partnership with Geraldine Stott, Bridget was instrumental through her research and publication work in making our craft widely accessible. Bridget had been unwell for some time and moved to a Nursing home to be cared for. Sadly her stay in new surroundings was brief. It was her wish that there be no Funeral or Memorial Service.