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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Northern Lights Lodge, post: 1962633, member: 13464&quot;]Hi Bev,</p><p>There <b>are</b> still pockets of lace makers in Belgium and other places, and there are still public displays of lace making...but, on certain days, rather than all the time. </p><p><br /></p><p>Just like in the U.S. There <b>are</b> lace makers; but most tend to demonstrate at an event or occasion rather than just sit out on the sidewalk and demonstrate. I think it is not so much a street &quot;craft&quot; anymore. It is a real bother to pack up your pillow and move it!</p><p><br /></p><p>Part of the reason is that those &quot;elderly&quot; ladies sold their lace for DIRT cheap; now any modern pieces that are sold are really, very very expensive....if they are for sale at all. Most lacer&#039;s I know, won&#039;t sell their work for any price!</p><p><br /></p><p>I know that a lot of Chinese export bobbin lace was for sale in the U.S. back in the 80&#039;s... simple patterns, quickly worked... not quality pieces. </p><p><br /></p><p>In a way it is a shame that more _aren&#039;t_ out there demonstrating... as the more exposure the public has, in regard to how laces are worked... the more the interest grows and the more &quot;valuable&quot; their knowledge and their work becomes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry... I tend to get on a soapbox... </p><p>Thanks for your comment... it is well taken!</p><p>Leslie[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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