mem_somervilleMy supervisor is unimpressed with my second #Carrickmacross lace attempt. She also stole the sleeve for the new #SalemMA witch embroidery scissors when I wasn't looking.
More #Carrickmacross #lace by Theresa Kelly, who was the teacher for the beginner class and designed the piece I did.
If you want to see other examples of #Carrickmacross there's a site by a woman who wrote a highly recommended book on it.
The "demo" page has some video. #lace
I did my first #Carrickmacross lace this week. It's really an odd construction. You place pattern + netting + fine muslin in a sandwich and work through it all. Later you cut away either fabric or netting or both.
I don't have the right scissors, but otherwise I was able to do the beginner piece. Mistakes were made. But I liked it.
Archiseek1915 – Chapel, St. Louis Convent, Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan
Architect: John J. McDonnell
Part of a complex of buildings from the 1880s through to the 1960s secondary school building. A project of around six years, tenders being sought in 1909, the foundation stone being laid in late 1913, and the fina
https://www.archiseek.com/1915-chapel-st-louis-convent-carrickmacross-co-monaghan/
#ArchitectureOfMonaghan #1915 #Carrickmacross #CoMonaghan #JohnJMcDonnell18571924 #StLouis
