Born in 1885 in Nebraska, USA, Macie Alice Heater, the lacemaker, born in the family
Heaters, that came to America from Germany as mercenary soldiers during
the Revolutionary War. They stayed in America and worked as coal miners
and some as farmers, mostly in Pennsylvania and Nebraska.
She
lived nearly 90 years and during that time moved from Nebraska to Idaho
to Seattle and finally Santa Fe, after New Mexicowhere she remained
until her death.
She was a superb seamstress and used her skills
to make most of the family clothes. Nothing was ever wasted and in
these pieces she were many bits and pieces of laces - some hand made and
some commercially made. She sew, embroider, look for the garden and
cook. She was skilled at them all. She was also very skilled at crochet.
These pieces of terneriffe are from Pam Harris Grammie's old steamer trunk that remained at Santa Fe.
Pam believes the only time she would have had the luxury of time to create
these lace pieces would have been between 1899 - 1904 or between 1930 -
1945. Except for these short periods and the years spent in Santa Fe, 1945 to her death, her life was very difficult and her energies most
likely went into work and survival. For a broader date we can use 1899 to
1945.
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Lacemaker: born Macie Alice Heater |