An 85-year-old lace maker has said she is "very honoured" to be made an MBE but has no plans to retire after working with lace for 60 years. Sheila Mason, from Wollaton in Nottingham, has been ...

Only few people know the thrill of seeing their artwork on a U.S. postage stamp. Trenna Ruffner, a bobbin lace maker who lives in Grosse Pointe Park, happens to be among that relatively small number ...

Tessa Waugh meets Cluny Lace, the only company flying the flag for British lace. Ilkeston in Derbyshire might be the historic centre of British lace-making, but, nowadays, there’s only one company ...

Men who make bobbin lace organized their first meeting in Slovakia in Krakovany near Piešťany. Making bobbin lace is usually considered the domain of women. Matej Pisca, one of the organizers, grew up ...

Making lace by hand is so time consuming few people are interested in it anymore, a Geraldine lace maker says. Lace is believed to have originated in Europe in the early 16th century and some patterns ...

New bursary lifts the veil on Ireland’s rich history with lace Carrickmacross lace maker Theresa Kelly. Photo: David Conachy. The Carrickmacross lace technique was used in Kate Middleton’s wedding ...

The laces made in Belgium during World War I are an important part of the lace holdings of the Division of Home and Community Life’s Textile Collection in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American ...

The next generation of lace-makers are being encouraged to take up the craft to keep the skill alive. The Aragon Lacemakers, external in Bedfordshire are putting on two sessions in the county for ...