The 98 Lace Group

Welcome

The 98 Lace Group is a fellowship of lacemakers with varied textile backgrounds, united by a common goal of giving modern lace a livelier public profile. The group was set up following a meeting in London in 1998, although members are distributed throughout the British Isles, maintaining contact through our newsletter — ‘Network’. We offer an annual residential weekend with a workshop led by a well-known tutor in design or textiles and allied crafts. Additional meetings are arranged regionally at exhibitions, museums and other events, with the aim of inspiring members to produce original work, pushing forward the traditional boundaries while demonstrating the relevance of lace today.

Selections of lace that the group has exhibited can be found on our Gallery pages. Gallery 4 is from our display at the Fashion, Embroidery and Stitch Show at the NEC, Birmingham in March and the National Needlework Archive in April 2011; Gallery 3 is of lace exhibited at the Red House Glass Cone, Stourbridge from March to June 2010; while Gallery 2 features lace from displays at the Harrogate Lace Event and East of England Lace and Needlecraft Fair in March and May 2010. Gallery 1 is of lace at the 2008 exhibition in the De Morgan Gallery in London. A CD featuring lace from the exhibition at the De Morgan Gallery is also available.