Back in the 1950s, when other kids were collecting bottle caps, Cecilia Diaz was collecting lace. “I’d go to farm sales with my parents and find little-bitty pieces of lace to buy for myself,” said ...

She searches the world over for fine heirloom lace to add to her vast collection and to embellish her couture bridal designs. Pat Kerr, one of the most noted fashion designers combining heirloom laces ...

When Mary Salmon of Northville looks at a piece of vintage handmade lace, she sees much more than carefully crafted, delicately beautiful geometric patterns spun from threads. What she sees, instead, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." It's no secret that Ree Drummond is inspired by vintage dinnerware when she develops The Pioneer Woman ...

Robin Lewis has a mission. She aims ”to give life to this obscure art, to blow off the dust and bring it into the 20th Century.” ”This obscure art” is bobbin lace, also called pillow lace, bone lace ...

When Susan M. Sutherland Barnes was working on her fine arts degree in fibers, shewould occasionally cross paths with her ceramics instructor at St. Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Ind. “You’re a potter ...

Contemporary home decor is yielding a little this season to a more traditional style evocative of the Edwardian and Victorian eras. We're seeing steamer trunks used as tables, Victorian illustrative ...