Canadian Lacemaker Gazette

Photo: Lace at the Slovenian Pavilion, Folklorama 2017 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

The Gazette website has received visitors from many different countries. Having connections world wide has been encouraging! Here is a list of countries in order, as recorded from the website stats. The Gazette has reached people from 111 countries to date!

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We have many lace groups in Canada! The groups  are listed on this website as well as in the Gazette editions. We hope there will be an increase in connections across Canada. Some may be looking for a group. Others are independent and may be interested in visiting a group some day.

For contact with lace groups in Canada, see group websites, blogs, etc. or send an email to: clgeditor @ gmail.com. Many thanks to all the people who assisted with this project!

Connections are important. Here is an interesting article published recently by newspapers in Ontario. Other articles about lace in Canada can be posted in the space below, please let us know.

√ https://www.therecord.com/news-story/9044470-keeping-the-art-alive-handmade-lace-is-a-rare-delicate-craft/

New! Below is a link to an article on lacemaking in the Yukon. We are excited when the Gazette is recognized as a resource that supports lacemaking in Canada!

√ Lacemaking in the Yukon – Yukon News (yukon-news.com)

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If you have a business that should be listed, email the Gazette office for details. Advertisers receive quarterly editions which include your company information. Email: clgeditor @ gmail.com

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Go to the website above and choose translation.

Check out the Catalog and the new publications.  There are some interesting patterns listed as well.

See the information about the next Congress in 2024!

New! Fan in Torchon is available from the Kantcentrum. The pattern is in 6 languages: Dutch, French, English, Italian and Spanish.

Visit the website and choose translation. 

√ https://www.kantcentrum.eu/

If you are visiting Belgium, check out the Kantcentrum lace school and their museum in Bruges. Lacemaking demonstrations happen in the afternoon. More details are on the website.

Starting a new lace group? We have listed 40 known lace groups in Canada so far. The groups vary in size. Some are looking for more members. Others are full and could form another new group if there is interest. Let us know and we will add your group to the list! See the current Canada group listing below.

British Columbia

• A Peace of Lace Group – Renate Giesbrecht, Fort St. John BC

• AbbeyHill Lacers – Kathy Kasatkin, Abbotsford BC

• Chilliwack Lace Club – Mondays 12:00 – 2:30 pm. Blanche Meints, Chilliwack BC

• Cowichan Valley Lace Club – 2^nd Wednesday. Teresa Legault, Duncan BC

• Denman & District Lace Club – Tuesdays, 1 – 4 pm. Sharon Whiteley, Cumberland BC

• Richmond Area Lacemakers – Maureen Tweedly, Richmond BC

• Vancouver Lace Club – 4^th Thursday. Betty Ewing, Vancouver BC

◊ Website:  http://vanlaceclub.wordpress.com

• Victoria Lace Club – 1^st Monday, 10:00 – 2:00 pm. Margaret M. Victoria BC

◊ Website:  https://victorialaceclub.wordpress.com/

Alberta

• Cleardale Lacers – Erika Preus, Cleardale AB

• Prairie Sky Lacemakers – Sheila Harper, Edmonton AB

◊ Website: www.prairieskylacemakers.ca

• Re-think Lace Group – Ghislaine Cleiren, Calgary AB

• Wild Rose Lacemakers – Janet Astle, Calgary AB

Saskatchewan

• Saskatoonberry Lacemakers – Ulla Nielsen, Saskatoon SK 

         Manitoba

• Borderline Lacemakers – Paula Case, Lyleton MB

• Brandon Lacemakers – Rita Snoeck, Brandon MB

• Northern Lights Lacemakers – Last Wed. of the month 9:30 – 11:30 pm. Jocelyn Froese, Winnipeg MB

◊ Blog:  northernlightslacemakers.blogspot.com

◊ Facebook: www.facebook.com/NorthernLightsLacemakers

Ontario

• Avon Lacemakers – Tuesdays, (2nd and last) 1 – 4 pm. Stratford ON

◊ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/622740817865508/

• Bytown Lace Guild – 3^rd Sunday, 1 – 4 pm. Malvary Cole, Ottawa ON

• Georgian Bay Lacemakers – Monday aft. Johanna Brown, Owen Sound ON

◊ Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/Georgian-Bay-Lacemakers-677530588951650/

• London Lacers – Sat. or Sun. 1:30 – 5:00 pm. Pamela Glew, London ON

• Lupins & Lacemakers – First Thurs. 10 – 3 pm. Theresa Lawrence, Kingston ON

• Manitoulin Lace Makers/ International Lace Camp – Gore Bay ON                  

     ◊ See The Manitoulin Expositor website for articles on lace camp.

• Niagara Lacemakers – Nancy Pye, Fort Erie ON

• Ottawa Guild of Lacemakers/ La Guilde des dentellières d’Ottawa – 2^nd Thursday, 7:00 – 9:00 pm. Couviges every third Saturday of the month, Nicole Ladouceur, Ottawa ON

◊ Website: www.ogl-gdo.ca

• Peterborough Lacemakers – Josie Hancock, Ennismore ON

• Rose City Lacemakers – Julie Nicholls, Windsor ON

• Sault Bobbin Lace Makers – Diane Beckett, Sault Ste. Marie ON

• Simcoe County Lacemakers – Cindy Rusak, Bracebridge ON

• Toronto Lacemakers – Once a month, with a winter break. Debora Lustgarten, Toronto ON

◊ Facebook:  www.facebook.com/Torontolacemakers

 Québec

• Association des dentellières du Québec inc. – 4e samedi du mois, Lise Gosselin, Saint Lambert, Montréal QC

◊ Website: http://dentellieresquebec.com

• Couvige des dentellières et brodeuses du pays des Bleuets inc. – 1er jeudi de chaque mois, Sept.-Juin) Christianne Lapointe, Alma QC

◊ Website: http://paysdesbleuets.blogspot.ca

◊ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/470445256333522/

• La Guilde des dentellières et des brodeuses inc. – 1er samedi de chaque mois, Annie Cloutier, Québec QC

◊ Website:  http://www.guildedentellieresbrodeuses.ca/

◊ Facebook: www.facebook.com/guildedentellieresbrodeuses.ca/

         New Brunswick

 • New Brunswick Lacemakers – Johanna Hildebrand, Hanwell NB

      Prince Edward Island

• Prince Edward Island Lacemakers – Cheryl Wolthuis, Beach Point PE

           Nova Scotia

• Fortress of Louisbourg Lacemakers – July 1 to Labour Day

◊ Website: www.parkscanada.gc.ca/louisbourg

◊ Facebook: www.facebook.com/FortressOfLouisbourgNHS

• Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers – Second Sunday of the month, 10-4 pm. Josée Poupart, Dartmouth NS

◊ Website: www.seaspraylaceguild.wordpress.com

• Strait Lacers – Wednesdays, 1 – 4 pm. Donna Bullerwell, Pictou NS 

        Newfoundland

 • Avalon Lacemakers – Joyce Owers, St. John’s NL 

           Yukon

• Lacing Under the Midnight Sun – Julie Ourom, Whitehorse YT