MLS conducts classes and presentations for members and the community. These may be provided from our members, and from time to time we have non-members providing the event. These get togethers are on various lacemaking techniques or themes, and they may be held anytime throughout the year. When we need to charge a fee to attend, we generally offer tremendous discounts on the tuition cost. Contact the Education Chair with questions.
Community Events
Lace History and Combining Lace with Quilting, Tuesday, October 27th from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Waseca, MN
The Minnesota Lace Society is pleased to join The Stitchers in Time Waseca Quilters on Tuesday, October 27th. After their short business meeting at 6:30, we’ll provide the group and guests with a general presentation about lace and its history, emphasizing different kinds of lacemaking techniques, and providing examples of combining lace and quilting. You’ll be able to attend at the Tranor Campion Building (next to Sacred Heart School) on 4th Street Northwest in Waseca. We will also be demonstrating to the group how several techniques are made. You will be able to visit tables with needle lace, bobbin lace, tatting, and examples of other lacemaking techniques are also planned. You’ll be able to recognize the different techniques as we take some of the mystery out of lacemaking.
MLS Sponsored Classes
Tenerife, Saturday January 9, 2027 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. CT (registration open)
Our group is sponsoring a virtual class on the lacemaking technique of Tenerife, presented by Joan Brash. Tenerife is one of many Sol (or ”Sun”) laces, made on a radial warp loom using weaving and knots. It’s easy to learn the basics, then you can keep exploring the possibilities forever. Tenerife is a perfect portable “pocket project.”
Information on Tenerife Lace on Wikipedia
There are open registrations, and the public is welcome to attend. Contact the Education Chair for information.
Intro to Sprang, September and October 2026 (in session, registration closed)
Six weekly Zoom sessions with Carol James on Wednesdays, starting September 23
Date/Time: Six Wednesdays, starting Wednesday September 23, 2026, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. CT
Instruction will be by Zoom, and each class will be recorded so you can watch over and over. PDF instruction sheets will be available on a specially dedicated web page for you to peruse, as well as additional videos. Each week’s instruction builds on what we covered last week. Optional homework assignments help you to practice and better master the technique. Students purchase a kit prior to the course, included in the price. The kit includes with an already warped sprang frame, a copy of Sprang Unsprung by Carol James, and the DVD Introduction to Sprang, assorted other bits, access to a class web page, as well as six weekly Zoom sessions of two hours each.
Note the variations of the weave showing openwork and more dense cloth.
At I.O.L.I. Convention, July 2026
2026 Classes
This year’s class offerings to members and the community included a two-session course in Nanduti in January and February, three multi-session courses from June to September in bobbin lace, needle lace, and tatting. Members also teach other classes when the community is interested in providing community events.
Watch our site for future classes.
If you’d like to be notified of new class offerings or community events, please send us a note. Contact Us