Creativity was in the air in Dubbo at the weekend with the annual CraftAlive exhibit.
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The event ran from Friday to Sunday, bringing craft experts from Australia to sell their wares and teach new skills.
Organisers expected CraftAliveDubbo to draw hundreds of people from across the region, and across generations.
The Dubbo Patchwork Guild and Dubbo Embroidery Guild both had displays. The Dubbo Bobbin Lace Group was also among the exhibitors.
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Elizabeth Allen said while most people had heard of bobbin lace, they had never seen how it was done. Ms Allen and other members of the Dubbo Bobbin Lace Group were demonstrating the skill to get more people interested in the ancient craft.
"The history of it goes back 800 or 900 years that we're aware of. Queen Anne who had the big lace collar - that was bobbin lace. But our Aboriginal friends were using bobbin lace stitches to make their fishing nets 3000 years ago," Ms Allen said.
While it was an ancient craft, there are many different ways the group members make bobbin lace.
Traditionally it's made with fine thread, but Ms Allen said she enjoyed using wool.
It was a different medium and you had to be a little bit more careful with it, said Ms Allen, but it was a way to promote the wool industry.
Ms Allen said making bobbin lace was something she learnt 35 to 40 years ago. She said it appealed to her because it was something she had never done before.
"Margaret Miller, who is sadly no longer with us, she was the one who taught me. She had been doing it for a long time and loved it," Ms Allen said.
"I enjoy demonstrating to show people the craft and then hopefully in time they'll be interested in learning it."
Ms Allen said she found the process relaxing.
"People say 'how do you find time?'. If I don't sit find time specifically I find time during this like cooking dinner. You put your dinner on, and while I'm waiting for it to cook I've got a stand set up in my living room," she said.
"I've got another stand on my back patio. I take a pillow out when I'm home and want to relax."
There had been reasonably good interested in the craft during the three day expo, from a variety of ages.
The Dubbo Bobbin Group meets on the third Wednesday of the month from 10am until 3pm at the craft cottage on Cobra Street. The beginners group and the evening group meet on the first and third Wednesdays from 1pm until 8pm.
Ms Allen said people did not have to stay for the entire seven hours but were welcome to drop in at a time that suited.
Anyone who would like more information can call Ms Allen on 0408 682 968.