Joyce has always had an interest in Lace, brought up in Nottingham in England at a time when lace was still a major industry there, she was surrounded by people who were employed in the Lace industry, some as outworkers and others operating the machines making the lace. A trip to England in the 1970's included a visit to her birthplace which rekindled the passion. On our return to Australia, Joyce found that there was a demand for lace, especially amongst the Craft minded, and started a small factory in Sydney, making the frilled and fancy laces to fill the demand. When other wholesale companies discovered us, we began to receive requests to supply them. One of our major customers was based in Brisbane and when the Expo 1988 was on, we decided to combine business with pleasure and visited our customer and the Expo. We arrived back in Sydney after the three days, having decided that the Gold Coast was the place to live and have been based there since 1988. It was at this time that we first heard that there was to be a Craft Show in Melbourne, we went down to have a look and have been doing the Shows ever since. We introduced the concept of Knitting with Lace at that first show, and I am glad to say that it has provided countless ladies with a great deal of pleasure, not to mention the money raised by those ladies for some very worthy causes. Our son Robert joined us several years ago and with Joyce can be seen at all the Craft shows. With youth and vigour on his side he gets saddled with all the driving and most of the work in setting up and taking down. 2012 will be our 24th year and it always nice to see the return of customers from previous years.
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