Motifs and small pieces

Clear plastic ballerinas in arabesque and pirouette positions with white lace skirts, with gold or silver detail
Ballerinas designed by Harlequin Lace

A small circular piece of lace using white and gold threads with a border of gold beads
Christmas decoration designed by Christine Springett
Miniature curved bunting made of lace. The nine pennants are in three shades of dark pink
Milanese bunting designed by Bonito Crafts

Mistletoe, pattern from the Lace Guild magazine

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Various motifs designed by Jo Firth, Elizabeth Burgess and MJ Parr
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Designed by Jo Firth
A small lace flower made of variegated pink thread with a round dark pink bead in the centre.
Designed by Biggins
Torchon lace butterfly with ground, spiders and whole stitch edge. Worked in teal and silver thread.
Designed by Kath Wurbacher, details on this post: https://catternlace.wordpress.com/2014/05/07/torchon-butterfly/
The outline of a teapot made in white tape lace.
Tape lace teapot

I’m Catherine

Welcome to Cattern Lace, a site dedicated to a love of lacemaking. Here, I will share projects, inspiration and and tutorials to help you get started with lace and to document my own lacemaking journey.

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