Minnesota Lace Society August 2018 Meeting: August 13 th at 6:45pm Location: South Haven Apartments Program: no program Summer Meetings: Summer meetings will be held the 2 nd Monday of the month at 6:45 in the community room of South Haven Apartments. The address is 3400 Parklawn Avenue, Edina 55435. You will need to buzz our member, Angela Stalheim, in apartment 711 for door opening. There is a kitchenette, the room is attached to a patio, and there is a grill available if you want to bring something to make for yourself for dinner, or something to share, it's fine, but not required. There will be no business at the summer meetings, so please bring projects to work on. Membership Renewal- Membership dues are payable in September for 2018-19. Dues are $25.00 or $5.00 for a young lace maker. Attached is a membership form. This form needs to be filled out each year so that we have current contact information. An updated roster will be sent out with the September newsletter. North Star Farm Tour- northstarfarmtour.com The members of the North Star Farm Tour will be holding their annual self-tour weekend event on 11 family owned farms all within an hour of the Twin Cities, Saturday and Sunday, September 29 & 30, 2018, 10 am to 5 pm. Member farms are looking to partner with individual artists or guilds to provide fiber demonstrations ranging from spinning, weaving, knitting, crocheting to finished items. If your guild or individual fiber artists would be interested in participating, please respond with your contact information (name, email, phone and demo you would offer) to me, Sharon Mulhollam, at smulhollam@textilecentermn.org, by Monday, July 30, 2018. See the above web site for information on each farm participating in the tour, a map and other information about the weekend. Minnesota State Fair Demonstrations- The State Fair will be starting soon. If you can, plan on demonstrating. Demonstration hours- Make sure you let Pam Tucker know the number of volunteer hours you do. This also includes preparation and driving to the events you demonstrate at. These hours help keep the IOLI s nonprofit status. Hours that should be included travel time, preparation time, time spent for officer duties Art at St Kate s Volunteers- Thanks everyone who volunteered on Saturday at St Kate s. it was a beautiful day and a nice crowd of people visiting our tent! 1
Ladyslipper Winter Retreat 2019- There has been some interest in extending the length of the retreat. We have done some research and would like to plan a retreat that would be of the most interest to the majority of participants. A Survey to be sent out. Please respond expressing your preferences. Your response will show how many people would actually be interested in staying a full week. Ironwood Springs requires minimum numbers per their contract requirements, this survey will help determine if there is enough interest to offer an extended retreat. Your response is important in getting a say in what will be offered for the 2019 Winter Retreat. Heritage Lacemakers, Fergus Falls MN- The Heritage Lacemakers are celebrating their 20 th anniversary this year. Lynn Fumuso sent a congratulations card on behalf of the MN Lace Society. This is the response- Howdy!! Thanks to you and the Minnesota Lace Society for the lovely and thoughtful card!! It s hard to believe we ve been together for 20 years already. It is such a blessing to get together with other enthusiasts and foster the making of lace. Thanks, again, and greetings to all in your group. Blessings from the Heritage Lacemakers, Congratulations to Salina Michael- Salina is one of our Young Lacemaker members and a former co-op student. She won Grand Champion at her county fair for her beautiful bobbin lace! She s still too young to go on to State Fair with her work, like most Grand Champions do, but we re cheering, Salina - you re a grand champion in the Minnesota Lace Society! The pattern she did is from Kloppeln 3 o Philanthropic project Festival of Trees Hand-made lace stars are still needed to decorate the tree for the Festival of Trees. The stars can be made with any color thread, beads can be included and no bigger than 4. Sue Rypka is collecting the finished stars. Any extra stars will be donated to Bundles of Love for their craft fair and auction. ********************* 2
Bobbin Lace workshop by Dagmar Beckel The class has not been re-scheduled. Lynn will work with Dagmar to find some future dates for the class. Beginning Bobbin Lace Class Anne Stepan will be teaching a beginning bobbin lace class at the Textile Center. See their web site for details and registration. Programs 2018-19 Nancy can always use program ideas. Let her know of any ideas or interests you might have for a program. Programs should be 15 to 45 minutes in length. Some of the programs for the coming year will be in the September newsletter. Textile Center News- Textile Center enters into purchase agreement for 3300 University Ave Textile Center is pleased to announce that it has entered into a purchase agreement with United Properties to acquire 3300 University Ave SE. Located at the foot of the Tower Hill Park along Clarence Ave SE, this property has a two-story, 31,000 square-foot building and a parking lot that can accommodate up to 40 vehicles. Textile Center would operate out of its current location for the next few years during an intensive period of fundraising and planning, and eventually renovation. If all goes well, closing could be as early as this fall. Important Parking Changes at Textile Center The Textile Center has purchased a new parking lot, located at 3018 University Ave. SE (just two doors east of Textile Center). The new lot will be available for use by Textile Center patrons starting March 1. The purchase of this new lot assures we have a base of parking available for everyone using Textile Center s facilities. DO park: In the lot directly behind our building at 3000 University Ave SE In the new lot at 3018 University Ave SE Look for bright GREEN signs! DO NOT park: In the lot next to our building (behind Best Care) In the lot next to Best Care (formerly Nano Systems) Violators may be towed 3
Textile Center Classestextilecentermn.org Mini Knotted Jewelry August 7 Sustainable Wardrobe July 23 27 Beginning Bobbin Lace September 19-October 24 Anne Stepan Check the website for other classes and workshops. ********************* IOLI news- Kumiko Nakazaki Workshop October 19 22 2018 Kumiko Nakazaki will be returning to the Chicago area for a workshop October 19-22, 2018. Kumiko is an internationally well-known lace designer and teacher who has taught extensively in Europe, Japan and the United States. She will be teaching the following lace techniques Binche, Binche design, Flanders, Duchesse. If you would like more information, please e-mail Anne Stepan. Pam Tucker keeps the officer information up to date on the IOLI website. The email addresses for the officers remain the same and are passed from one person to her successor. IOLI Facebook Check out the IOLI Facebook page. There are pictures and other items posted by members. 2018 IOLI Convention Co-hosted with the Alamo Bobbin Lacers July 22-28, 2018 San Antonio, Texas El Tropicano Riverwalk Hotel Several members from our group attended this year s convention. They have posted some of their work and pictures of the sites to see around San Antonio area on Facebook. ********************* Twin Cities Tatters Meet on Saturday once a month at the Moundsview library from 10am-12 Contact Michelle Vitt at vitt@minnehahaacademy.net to get on the emailing list. Anyone interested in tatting is welcome! ******************* The German Lace Shop, www.kloeppelshop.de puts out a monthly bobbin lace pattern for free http://www.kloeppelshop.de/gratis-kloeppelbrief/ 4
If you are involved with anything that is lace related, such as demonstrating, teaching, mentoring - let Anne know and she will put it in the newsletter. Let everyone know what you are doing to promote these wonderful crafts. If there are websites with free patterns for the type of lace that you like, please let Anne know so that she can look at these sites to get patterns for this newsletter. 5
MLS 2017/2018 Calendar of Activities & Events DATE TIME EVENT INFO LOCATION Aug 13 th 6:45pm No program Sept 10 th 6:45pm pending South Haven Apartments, Common Bond Community South Haven Apartments, Common Bond Community Oct 8 th 6:45pm pending St. Anthony Park Lutheran Church Officers for 2017-2018 President: Rhonda Grobe Vice President: Kianna Fowler Treasurer: Ellen Healy Secretary/Newsletter: Anne Stepan Demos / Website: Pam Tucker Education: Lynn Fumuso Education / Programs: Nancy Wellington Textile Center Liaison: Anne Stepan Minnesota Lace Society, 3000 University Ave SE, Box #1, Minneapolis, MN 55414 http://www.minnlacesociety.org/ 6