Author: Gabriela Avram

  • The Programme of the Amazing Lace Symposium 2025

    The Programme of the Amazing Lace Symposium 2025

    The 2025 edition of the Amazing Lace Symposium will take place on Saturday, 22 February 2025, in the Absolute Hotel, from 10am to 5pm. Here’s the programme for the day: MORNING SESSION 11:05 – 11:20 Break LUNCH in the Harry’s on the River Restaurant – 1:05-2pm AFTERNOON SESSION There will be 7 tables with 10…

  • Amazing Lace Symposium Open Call

    Amazing Lace Symposium Open Call

    The Symposium will take place on 22 February 2025 at the Absolute Hotel Limerick. We will have a new room configuration – round tables with 10 seats (banquet style). We will also have a pop-up exhibition on the tables around the room circumference, like in previous years. We are also proposing a new format: talks…

  • Limerick lace classes new term

    Limerick lace classes new term

    A new term of Limerick lace classes is starting in January 2025. You can join either a morning or an evening class. Beginners are welcome in both classes. To confirm your interest, please register and we will get in touch with more information. There’s no need to register if you were attending our classes during the autumn…

  • Laces of Ireland stand at the Knitting & Stitching Show in Belfast

    Laces of Ireland stand at the Knitting & Stitching Show in Belfast

    At the beginning of 2024, the Guild of Irish Lacemakers was contacted to discuss the opportunity of having a stand at the Knitting&Stitching Show in Belfast from the 7th to the 10th of November 2024.  The Knitting and Stitching Show used to come to RDS every year, and it was a huge event for every…

  • South Armagh Lace Collective visiting Limerick

    South Armagh Lace Collective visiting Limerick

    This post was published first on Laces of Ireland. Between 4 and 6 October 2024, a delegation of The South Armagh Lace Collective came to visit Limerick , following the invitation of Friends of Lace Limerick.  Day 1 of the visit was spent in the Limerick Museum, studying and discussing pieces from the Florence Vere O’Brien and…

  • South Armagh Lace Gathering

    South Armagh Lace Gathering

    This post was published first on the Laces of Ireland project website. On 21-23 June 2024, following the invitation received from the South Armagh Lace Collective,  a delegation of Friends of Lace Limerick , including Susan Frawley, Fidelma Cosgrave, Toni O’Malley, Eva Ryley, Marina Poster and Gabriela Avram, undertook a trip to Culloville in South Armagh. On the…

  • The Programme of the Amazing Lace Symposium

    The Programme of the Amazing Lace Symposium

    This is the final version of the programme: The Symposium will take place on Saturday, 23 March 2024, at the Absolute Hotel in Limerick. Friends of Lace Limerick will be at the venue from 9am, to welcome the participants and facilitate setting-up the pop-up exhibition. The symposium will open at 10 am, with a welcome…

  • Limerick lace classes starting in January 2024

    Limerick lace classes starting in January 2024

    A new 10 weeks term of lacemaking classes focusing on Limerick lace will start on Tuesday, 9 January 2024. The classes will take place on Tuesday mornings from 10:30am to 12:30pm in a location on Dock Road, Limerick. The classes are taught by Toni O’Malley. Complete beginners are welcome. A beginner kit will be provided.…

  • Announcing our keynote speaker for the Amazing Lace Symposium

    Announcing our keynote speaker for the Amazing Lace Symposium

    This post is part of a series of posts detailing the talks and panels scheduled for the Amazing Lace Symposium 2024 on 23 March in the Absolute Hotel. To see the whole programme, go here. Our keynote speaker for the Amazing Lace Symposium is Bairbre Guilfoyle. The title of her keynote is: ‘Lacemaking in Ireland:…

  • Amazing Lace Symposium 2024

    Amazing Lace Symposium 2024

    Friends of Lace Limerick in collaboration with Limerick Museum are delighted to announce a new edition of the Amazing Lace Symposium for 23 March 2024 in Limerick. We aim to start at 10am (or 10:30) and finish before 5pm. Two previous editions took place in October 2018 and November 2019. The venue is the same: The…