Meetings
Poole Bobbin Lace Circle meets at St. George's Church Hall, Oakdale, Poole, BH15 3EU
The next meeting is on Saturday 7 March 2026 at St George's Hall.
PBLC programme January to July 2026
Poole Bobbin Lace Circle meets at St. George's Church Hall, Oakdale, Poole, BH15 3EU
Meetings will be held on the first Saturday in the month beginning on 3rd January 2026 and then
on 7th March, 2nd May and 4th July which is the AGM and only open to Members .
All meetings will be from 2.00pm to 4.00pm.,Visitors are welcome for which a charge of £2.50 is made.
There will be a Pillow Party held in the morning of the same day as the meetings from 10.30am to 1.30pm at which Members pay £4.50 and Visitors £5.25.
On Saturday 7th Febrary there will be an all day Pillow Party from 10.30am – 3.30pm for which there will be a charge of £7.00, at St. George's Church ,Oakdale, please note there will be no Pillow Party in April as the first Saturday will be Easter Saturday.
As stated above Meetings and Pillow Parties are open to all Members and Visitors except the afternoon July AGM which is Members only.
Tuesday Self Help Group for PBLC Members of all abilities meets every week from 10.00am to 12.00 noon again at St George's Church, a charge of £3.00 is paid. Beginners are also welcomed at these meetings as there is a small tutored group, for which an additional charge of £4.00 is payable.
For more information please contact: [email protected]
Click on the Programme link below for more details.
PBLC Constitution - click here for the link
PBLC holds an annual Lace Day in June.
Click here to view the Programme for 2025-26
Lace Challenge 2025-26
This is PBLC's 4th Lace Challenge.
The challenge was to make a square in any lace, any colour, and max 3.5in square. It could be a coaster, a Christmas decoration, or anything you could think of.
Lots of patterns were available, particularly in the Christine Springett books. There were some on our website too.
There were 4 prizes of Chocolate Oranges as before. This time the groups were
The winners were
The challenge was to make a square in any lace, any colour, and max 3.5in square. It could be a coaster, a Christmas decoration, or anything you could think of.
Lots of patterns were available, particularly in the Christine Springett books. There were some on our website too.
There were 4 prizes of Chocolate Oranges as before. This time the groups were
- an unmounted square
- a mounted square (a coaster, wire surround for a Christmas decoration, a frame.....)
- your own design
- and your ticket number ‘raffle’
The winners were
- An unmounted square - Jean Organ
- A mounted square - Jenny Lewis
- Own design - Jane Cox
- Ticket number raffle - Sue Baker
The photo below shows a collage of many of the entries
The gallery below shows the three winning lace entries.
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Click on the photos for more details.
Some Events from 2026
January 2026
At the first meeting in January the speaker was Emma Cross, the Chair of Trustees for the charity Downright Perfect. PBLC's charity for the year is Downright Perfect. Emma gave us such an informative talk explaining that Down Syndrome is not a disease or illness but a condition. Down Syndrome was first described by an English physician John Langdon Down in 1862. Hence the name Down Syndrome or Down's Syndrome.
Photo of Emma and advertising information for Downright Perfect. Click on the photos for the full image.
Photo of Emma and advertising information for Downright Perfect. Click on the photos for the full image.
Click here to view more photos in the Photo Gallery