The Women United Through Handcrafted Lace and Embroidery (WUTHLE) helps Ilongga ex-Hansenites (people cured from leprosy) and their families learn the craft of lacemaking, which serves a dual purpose: ...

By reviving decades-old lace patterns and sharing the history they’ve ... like merchants’ records of bobbins.” Grace, who has been making lace for three years, said their interest in the craft began ...