The Lace Makers of Glenmara Quotes

“So you're a reader of books - and people?”
― Heather Barbieri, The Lace Makers of Glenmara

“...but destiny had a number of tricks up her sleeve, didn't she, both joyful and tragic?”
― Heather Barbieri, The Lace Makers of Glenmara

“The joy will come again, and when it does it will be all the better because of what you’ve suffered. Love is life, you know.”
― Heather Barbieri, The Lace Makers of Glenmara

“She let her mind drift, thinking about new lingerie designs, wishing she'd brought along her sketchpad. Inspiration could strike at the most inconvenient times--in the shower, in the car, on this road--but she was grateful it was with her again, an old companion with whom she was getting reacquainted, pleased to find they could take up where they'd left off, as if there'd been no estrangement at all.”
― Heather Barbieri, The Lace Makers of Glenmara

“Needles—sharps, betweens, milliner’s, darners, tapestry, embroidery, beading, for all that must be pierced and adorned and joined together Pin cushion, apple-shaped, with a felt stem, to keep pins from getting lost Thimble, your mother’s, gold, on a chain, a tiny loop soldered to the top; wear it on your index finger so you won’t prick yourself, or around your neck, to remember Measuring tape, for determining shape and size, yards, inches, centimeters, the distance from here to there Thread—mercerized, nylon silk, textured, floss Fabric, swatches and yards and bolts, wool, silk, linen, net, whatever will come next, whatever will be made The pattern? Will it come from a drawer at the fabric store—McCall’s, Butterick, Simplicity, names from your childhood, the instructions in an envelope, the outcome preordained? Or will you make it up as you”
― Heather Barbieri, The Lace Makers of Glenmara