Welcome to the Lace Guild
Home of both Traditional Craft and Textile Innovation
The Lace Guild is the largest lace organisation in the United Kingdom and is an accredited museum with a large collection of lace and associated artefacts. The Guild produces two quarterly magazines, Lace and Early Days in Lacemaking, and publishes books of lace techniques and patterns.​ Our aims are to:
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To provide information about the craft of lacemaking, its history and use.
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To promote a high standard of lacemaking.
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To encourage the design, development and professional presentation of lace.
Lace 199 is now out!
Apology for Page Duplication in Lace 199:
We would like to sincerely apologise for the duplication of page 45 on page 47 in this issue of Lace. Due to a proofreading error, this page was mistakenly repeated, and as a result, a different piece of lace was omitted from page 47.
We understand how important every page of our publication is to our readers, and we regret any confusion or inconvenience this may have caused. We are reviewing our processes to ensure that this does not happen again in future issues.
Thank you for your understanding and continued support.
New bobbins for 2025-26!
The triennial exhibition is now open!
TREASURE
16 July to 9 August 2025 Open Wed-Sat 10am to 3pm
at the Glasshouse Heritage Centre, Stourbridge DY8 4HF
Our Magazines
We offer two quarterly magazines to members of the Guild, published at the end of July, October, January and April.
Lace is the main magazine, 64 pages of articles, community news and patterns.
Early Days In Lacemaking is aimed at novice lacemakers, and contains around 30 pages of mostly easy patterns.
Our Museum and Library
Our Shop
We sell our own books, bobbins and accessories, as well as second hand books and lace equipment and back issues of the magazines.
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Shop with us online, by phone, or in person at The Hollies.
Current Exhibition at The Hollies
98 Lace
2 August to 25 October 2025
Members of this national group come from across the UK, and all enjoy designing and making laces with a modern flair using a range of techniques.
Often taking up a thematic challenge or working to imposed design themes, the scale of their finished works ranges broadly from the small to the very large. Because of the limited size of our Display cases, we have requested that their selection of works to exhibit will be subject to a restriction on dimensions to enable a concentration on their smaller pieces.