On July 27, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., a Lacey Victorian Style Earrings workshop, presented by SuZ McManus, will take place at the Bement-Billings Farmstead Museum, located on Route 38 in Newark Valley.
Participants will use two-hole beads, a modern adaptation of a historic style. There will be color choices. This is a modern translation created using modern innovations for the type of earrings worn by the Victorian ladies. They would have loved the modern two-hole beads. These are not copies, but are impressions of the style using newer two-hole beads.
Beading was a very serious subject to Victorian ladies who had the time to indulge in it themselves or the wherewith to hire a well known beader doing the work for something special. It might be a Christening gown, a ball gown, a wedding gown, or mourning garments.
The cost of the workshop is $15 for members of the Newark Valley Historical Society, and $20 for non-members. Scholarships are available. Call Leslie to register at (607) 427-8373 by July 17.
To learn more, visit www.nvhistory.org.
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