[lace] Miss Channer - Crowood web site
In response to Lynn's information about Crowood not being able to identify the title, I've sent them all the information about the mat i.e. the fact that it was a supplement, the format it took, what was printed on it, the paper folder it came in, e.t.c., publication details of In the Cause of English Lace (which, of course, they already have) in the hope they can find it. I added that there are some lacemakers who would sell their grandmothers to get their hands on a legal copy! It's quite possible that Ruth Bean didn't include the mat as part of the sale of their business, in which case that edition is lost forever, but at least we'll know that that avenue can't be pursued further. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Compagnie des Indes
Hello everyone, Many important lace manufacturers were member of the Compagnie des Indes ( India Company), with sales room in Paris, rue de Richelieu 80x-apple-data-detectors://0. One of the lace manufacturers was Georges Martin. Although the French East Indian Company stopped in 1875, I have a postcard which mentions Georges Martin, Conpagnie de Indes 1904. I wonder if the lace was continued to be traded by the Compagnie des Indes even after 1875. Does anyone have a clue? Thank you :-) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Miss Channer - Crowood web site
It's possible that Ruth Bean was licenced,by C C Channer's heirs, to use the pricking, but the copyright remained with her heirs. If that is the case then only the artwork for the Ruth Bean version will be copyrighted to Ruth Bean's heirs. Brenda On 8 Jan 2014, at 08:16, Jean Nathan wrote: It's quite possible that Ruth Bean didn't include the mat as part of the sale of their business, in which case that edition is lost forever, but at least we'll know that that avenue can't be pursued further. Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Miss Channer's mat, copyright
Yes, it's in copyright until the end of 2019. I was burning too much midnight oil! Brenda On 8 Jan 2014, at 01:16, Clay Blackwell wrote: Make that 2019... Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Miss Channer - Crowood Website
I've already had a rely from Crowood: Thank you for your reply. We understand that Ruth Bean published it as a supplement to the title In the Cause of English Lace, however, so far we have been unable to trace the artwork for it. Yours Ken Hathaway Whether that means they'll continue looking is unclear. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Print On Demand books
Hi Arachnids Thank you for your replies regarding spiral bound books and for the recommendation for thicker covers. I will pass that on. to my printer. Happy lacemaking Alex - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] print on demand
As Susan says, quite a few books have changed over... 2 on a 'lacy theme' that spring to mind are Tatting Collage and Mastering Tatting, both by Lindsay Rogers. I have both of these books and they certainly lay relatively flat and are just as easily handled as any other book! The only other 'binding' that I would 'enjoy' is the idea of Ulrike Voelker where she produced the torchon books in ringbinders. This is also extremely useful to the lacemaker as it also lays flat! On demand book publication in A4 or the american equivalent could be good, as the purchaser could provide her own binder then she or he could colour coordinate according to the type of lace inside the folder!! As for Noelene, if you do produce another book Noelene, we all need to know about it and how to get hold of it! Sue in East Yorkshire where it's dryish, sunny and not particularly windy at the moment!! (But don't tell it, otherwise it will revert to 'something horrible'!) On 7 Jan 2014, at 23:48, hottl...@neo.rr.com hottl...@neo.rr.com wrote: May I add, the A to Z books have changed over the years from basic spiral bound to spiral bound with a spine cover. This is a much more robust format may solve the issues that Jacquie has identified. My Tatty Blog http://pigminitatty.blogspot.co.uk/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] print on demand
- Original Message - From: hottl...@neo.rr.com Subject: [lace] print on demand May I add, the A to Z books have changed over the years from basic spiral bound to spiral bound with a spine cover. This is a much more robust format may solve the issues that Jacquie has identified. From the Country Bumpkin website describing their book on Beading: Semi-hardcover, Concealed spiral binding, 228mm x 218mm wide, 128pp Country Bumpkin are a big oganisation and will of course have huge print runs compared to those of us going down the POD route to republish popular out of print lace titles. Cost is the main issue and the books have to be for sale at an affordable price and will naturally be very small print runs, which of course makes them more expensive. A hard cover would be very nice but also expensive, which is why we are all going for paperbacks. My mother always told me as a child when I wanted something It's all very well having champagne tastes but not much good if you only have lemonade money! There are so many pros and cons and with postage being so high for all of us, weight has to be a very serious consideration. It's no use producing a beautifully covered book if everyone is going to complain about the cost of postage. I do have several of the Country Bumpkin spiral bound books with the heavier weight covers but they are not too much thicker than an ordinary laminated paper cover. I am currently waiting for a quote from the printer before I can make the decision to go ahead with my own POD so am naturally very interested in all opinions being currently posted.. However, I have quickly discovered that there is more to this than initially meets the eye and there are restrictions as to what I would like, compared towhat is afforable to all concerned. Catherine Barley Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] print on demand
Sue said The only other 'binding' that I would 'enjoy' is the idea of Ulrike Voelker where she produced the torchon books in ringbinders. This is also extremely useful to the lacemaker as it also lays flat! The main problem with this style for me is that it takes up more room on the shelf. Not only is there the bulk of the binder itself, it also increases the size from standard A4 to A4 plus some top and bottom and extra at the spine for the rings, so it no longer fits on the same shelf with tight A4 book spacing.  A secondary problem is that UK standard two rings don't give the pages anything like the same level of support that spiral bound does and so pages are at more risk of damage. The pages (of my Grounds volumes at least) are punched for multi-ring binders but the only one of those I have I bought in France - chosen for a pretty cover I didn't realise until I was home that it is 4 not 2 rings.  Are they standard on mainland Europe or was this an anomaly?  No doubt they are available in the UK; I'll have to look but I bet they're going to be pricier than a standard two ring binder, and of course that adds to the cost of the book. This is my only gripe about Ulrike's otherwise excellent books, the range of shapes and sizes from thin A5 through A5 height but square, to A4 and on to boxes of loose pricking and unboxed A4 sheets which need a ring binder making them bigger still. As so many of her books cover more than one lace style they are easiest filed together, but the large shelf gap needed for the A4+ ones is wasted on the shorter styles. Also don't forget that although A4 is the European standard both the non-metric USA and the metricated Canada use 'letter' as their default office paper size, so if they can get A4 folders at all, they probably have to pay a premium for them, in the same way we have to here to get anything in 'letter' format. Jacquie in Lincolnshire - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Crowood books
Dear Friends, publication details of In the Cause of English Lace (which, of course, they already have) in the hope they can find it. I added that there are some lacemakers who would sell their grandmothers to get their hands on a legal copy! I bought this book from Crowood about 2 weeks ago with full Master Card details etc. Then just a couple of nights ago I received an email from them saying that the book is no longer available and that nothing will be deducted from my Master Card! What a pain!! David in Ballarat, AUS - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Re: Book bindings
Just to add another opinion to the discussion on book bindings, I always prefer a paperback to a hardback for reasons of weight and space. Karen in Malta - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Susan Cox laces at the Bonham's auction on January 21st
Claire Browne, the textile specialist at Bonhams just wrote to me saying that Roger Cox has just given permission to identify the laces in the upcoming January 21st sale belonging to his wife Susan. They are lots 315, 324, 325, 327 and 338. Note also that a substantial number of fine pieces in this auction belonged to Ann Collier. I've got a more complete notice on this auction on LaceNews at http://tinyurl.com/ltdjk4a Laurie http://lacenews.net Laurie Waters lacen...@gmail.com, lwaters...@comcast.net http://lacenews.net/ http://lacenews.net http://www.pinterest.com/LaceNews/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Miss Channer's Mat
I have been reading the dozens of messages regarding Miss Channer's mat and I can only think that this must be the holy grail of lacemaking. Sorry to be so ignorant but what is so special about it and if someone has the pricking would it be so terrible a crime to let somebody else borrow it for their own use and who is going to know anyway? Surely if whoever is the original owner of this pattern is so bothered about it why is there nowhere to purchase it from and why do we only hear from them in a law court. If it is such a huge project I can't imagine there will be that many people wanting to do it. I'm sure plenty of people will tell me I'm missing the point. I probably am. Ann - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Forthcoming sale of lace effect belonging to the late susan Cox
Dear friends I too have received an email from Claire Brown Textile Specialist at Bonhams, about the forthcoming sale of lace effects belonging to the late Susan Cox. She has confirmed my belief that non of the items in the collection have any connection with the Dr Spriggs collection. It was my understanding that they were on perrmanent loan to The English Lace School and do know that when the school closed they were then house at Rougemont House , Exeter and have been advised that the collection is now at Allhallows Museum, Devon. (see below). Catherine Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.com Dear Catherine, Please excuse this out-of-the-blue message. I came across a post from you on an online lace forum, regarding the next Bonhams Textiles sale on January 21st and the speculation that some of the lots may have belonged to the late Susan Cox. I am now able to confirm that five lots did belong to her - lots 315, 324, 325, 327 and 338 and I am about to add the provenance to our online catalogue. But I do not believe there is any connection between the items we are selling and the Dr Spriggs collection. I hope this clarifies the situation and feel free to confirm this information on the online forum, as I do not have access to comment on it. The Bonhams sale is available to view online here: http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21727 and the Textiles are lots 303 to 417. Best wishes, Claire Browne, Bonhams Textiles Specialist - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] print on demand/ringbinders
Hello Jacquie and everyone Indeedy, this is the case. I repunched the holes of the first part of Ulrike's Torchon to fit one of our standard North American ring binders; the pages stick out the top but they are useable. The second one is in a proper A4 binder I pinched from work, from the purchasing department. It has stunning photos on the cover of survey instruments made in Germany. At least the pages are useable and protected (and the binder is super sturdy!). I haven't bought part three yet, but a dear friend in Europe contributed a plain binder. I swapped something of equal value including the postage. I recall from our searching high and low that a stationery chain in the US has A4 binders but purchasing was difficult by mail. On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 4:07 AM, laceandbits laceandb...@aol.com wrote: Also don't forget that although A4 is the European standard both the non-metric USA and the metricated Canada use 'letter' as their default office paper size, so if they can get A4 folders at all, they probably have to pay a premium for them, in the same way we have to here to get anything in 'letter' format. -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
RE: [lace] print on demand/ringbinders
In the UK Staples carries both two- and four-ring A4 plain cover binders in two, possibly three thicknesses. Rymans might also carry them. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] A 4 ring binders
Bev and anyone else, I got my A4 binder from Staples, on line but no problem. It has four rings which match the holes in Ulrike's folders quite perfectly. I ordered the three-inch size, which holds all three of the folders plus a bit extra for all the stuff I added to it, like prickings and notes. Tess - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Re: A 4 ring binders
Hello Tess and everyone Yes, it is possible. It is the shipping to my address in Canada bit that was difficult ;) If anyone does know a source in Canada, please let me know. On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 10:30 AM, Tess Parrish tess1...@aol.com wrote: Bev and anyone else, I got my A4 binder from Staples, on line but no problem. -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] A4 binders
For US lacemakers... A good source for A4 binders is Amazon. Wilson-Jones is the brand I've purchased. They're sturdy and well-made and have pockets. Ulrike's Torchon series fits in the 2 binder. The 1 isn't quite big enough. Another source is Staples. They have them on-line, but you might be able to go into a store and ask them to order it for you...it may prevent having to pay shipping. Peg at the Library in Cleveland Ohio...now off to read... - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] print on demand/ringbinders
The problem with ring binders is that after a while the pages can 'drop' within the binder and start to pull in the holes causing the to tear. I used to put all the pages into plastic pockets, within the folder to give more stability but then found that the photocopies or printing stuck to the pocket. However, these days I buy archive quality pockets that don't do that but I have a number of prickings where I have had to go over and add back in some dots from the early days. Kind Regards Liz Baker - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Spiral binding
Happy New Year, everyone! I like the idea of spiral binding when it comes to being able to open the book to work from it or to copy a pattern. I also see the problems with not being able to see what the book is. We use binding systems at work, so I'm somewhat familiar with them. You don't always need to use a clear plastic cover page. We use sheets that are a little heavier than card stock that wear very well. I've taken a few of my pattern books to OfficeMax. For a few dollars they'll punch and bind them either spiral or regular combs. So if the digital printer can't do spiral binding there's always an outside option. Peg on my lunch hour in Cleveland Ohio where it's a positively balmy 22F...as opposed to -6F at this time yesterday. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Lace Everests. Was Ms Channer's mat
Dear all, I have led you astray with my Everest to be conquested. The floral bucks fan was sold by Christine Springett but designed by Bridgett Cook. I got the pattern out to check it for a fellow spider and realised my mistake. Also I've just seen that it only take 77 pairs. I'm feeling quiet positive that with my lovely fan pillow I could do this now. Hubby has asked for a big piece for his coffee table (I've a lovely pattern from an old Anna of Brugge flower lace that would be right for him) so perhaps this can be my end of year piece ... Erm after I've done the 10 stars for the Xmas mobile! Kind Regards Liz Baker - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] print on demand
Hello All! For Catherine other lace authors, I did not intend to add to your angst over publishing issues! I should have used a different example as I had no idea that Country Bumpkin is a big company. You made me think of two embroidery authors who have self published their coil bound books do not have the covered spine. That said, a quick Google search brought up more results than I could ever read in a day regarding POD coil bindings. One discussion on Create Space Community in 2011 informed me that coil binding requires more labor the unit cost (in 2011 USD) is $1.30 to $2.50 higher. It noted that coil bound books are more difficult to store, display, shrink wrap ship. It would seem that a covered spine would overcome those drawbacks. Another site--Book Patch--specified that the maximum page count for perfect bound books 8.5x11 is 310, all other sizes 880 pages. Spiral binding maximum page count is 880. Perhaps this is another reason why some lace! books are published in odd sizes, in addition to aesthetic reasons? Another site--Formax--mentions short run printing, as in 100 or 1,000 books instead of 10,000. Although they are in the US, there is convenient contact info we ARE a global economy! And what about ebooks? Mary Corbet (www.needlenthread.com) has been using this format, although I don't know to what level of success. Lastly, I would urge our very excellent designers authors to consider Six Degrees of Separation to help solve the puzzle. Networking does work! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_separation This discussion has allowed our designers/authors to explain the limitations they face but it's also given them valuable customer feedback. Customers want quality ease of use at a reasonable price. The last time this issue was aired, I thought that a consortium of authors had been developed to pool information so that each did not have to plow the same ground. If not I were an author, I would email or phone some POD publishers inquire about a covered spine coil binding. Perhaps a short print run in the US could serve US/Canadian customers, while a publisher in the UK could supply the UK beyond. Best wishes--I truly want you to succeed in publishing your books!! Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] print on demand/ringbinders - Torn Holes
Dear Liz, Office supply stores have little packages of adhesive-backed round rings (shaped like Life Savers candy, with holes in the middle) made of a non-tear material that you can stick over torn holes to reinforce pages in your lace binders. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center --- In a message dated 1/8/2014 2:15:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, thelace...@btinternet.com writes: The problem with ring binders is that after a while the pages can 'drop' within the binder and start to pull in the holes causing them to tear. Liz Baker - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Fw: [lace] Spiral binding
Adding to this you could use coloured card to denote various type of lace, ie red, yellow, blue and green etc. I have done this and typed the name on the front first. Sue T Dorset UK Happy New Year, everyone! I like the idea of spiral binding when it comes to being able to open the book to work from it or to copy a pattern. I also see the problems with not being able to see what the book is. We use binding systems at work, so I'm somewhat familiar with them. You don't always need to use a clear plastic cover page. We use sheets that are a little heavier than card stock that wear very well. Peg - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] A4 binders
Prices change frequently on Amazon, so it may be of interest to owners of Ulrike's loose-leaf publications to know that 3 Wilson-Jones A4 binders are currently $19.19 (35% off), meaning that right now they cost less than either the 2 or 1 sizes! --go figure. And free shipping if you are a member of Amazon Prime.  Thanks for suggesting Amazon--the 3-size at Staples is $28.69 plus shipping.  Nancy Connecticut, USA From: Witchy Woman wytchy...@sbcglobal.net To: Arachne Group lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, January 8, 2014 2:09 PM Subject: [lace] A4 binders For US lacemakers... A good source for A4 binders is Amazon.�Wilson-Jones is the brand I've purchased.�They're sturdy and well-made and have pockets... - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] print on demand/ringbinders - Torn Holes
Ah yes Jeri, Had a bad experience with those in my student days. I spent a whole week adding them to my textbook that came in a ring binder and went to pull it out after the holidays, got it jammed in the bookcase and came away with a ring binder empty of everything but hundreds of reinforcement rings. Probably a once in a lifetime experience but I was traumatised for a ling time afterwards Kind Regards Liz Baker On 8 Jan 2014, at 19:51, jeria...@aol.com wrote: Office supply stores have little packages of adhesive-backed round rings (shaped like Life Savers candy, with holes in the middle) made of a non-tear material that you can stick over torn holes to reinforce pages in your lace binders. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Looking for Bridgett Cook
email address. If someone has it could they please off list send it to me so I can contact her. This is the second time I have had to send this message. I am getting really tired of Spambot. Arachne list is the only place where my emails keep coming back as undeliverable. Why is it happening in the past couple of weeks. Has something changed on Arachne Emailing? Wind To Thy Wings, Sherry New York, US of America celticdreamwe...@yahoo.com http://celticdreamweaver.com/ http://celticdreamweave.blogspot.com/ Nata 616 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Print On Demand books - Shelving
In a message dated 1/7/2014 5:37:10 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, laceandb...@aol.com writes: As a teacher carrying books around, I do try to be very careful to give my spiral and comb bound books support from more traditionally bound ones. They are also harder to push into a gap in a very full bookcase! If you produce a spiral bound book, please make sure you opt for an extra heavy cover sheet front and back as this makes a vast difference to both the feel and the durability of the book. Jacquie in Lincolnshire Shelving solutions I have found for spiral shortcomings cost a lot more than would a normal hardback book. An additional concern: Some people put books in tote bags with their lace pillows or supplies. If jostled, the spiral and comb bound books are much more likely to damage lace threads! For spiral, I prefer books that have a hard rounded cover over the spirals. Title can be seen on spine, and nothing to damage adjacent books on the shelf. The Royal School of Needlework has chosen this method of binding for their series of Essential Stitch Guides. (One of these is Stumpwork, a technique that uses needlelace stitches.) Search Press publishes and binds these and a number of other books in this way. They cost about $22 in U.S./Canada, 11 pounds in U.K. There are a lot of people privately publishing books with weak covers that have steeper prices. As a responsible collector of books, I then have to add costly protection so they will not self-destruct. For Ulrike's great variety of book sizes and loose pages, 15 years ago I bought plastic boxes 12 1/2 x 10 x 2 with hinged lids, and stuck her name on the edges that equal book spines. The same are used for Springett's variety of books that are too thin to stand on their own. Alas, this style of box is no longer available. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace Embroidery Resource Center (4,000 books) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Crowood books
I've just checked the book is available at the Book Depository http://www.bookdepository.com/Cause-English-Lace-Anne-Buck/9780903585262 free postage to Australia Hope this helps Anna from a wet Sydney On 9/01/14 12:49 AM, David C COLLYER wrote: Dear Friends, publication details of In the Cause of English Lace (which, of course, they already have) in the hope they can find it. I added that there are some lacemakers who would sell their grandmothers to get their hands on a legal copy! I bought this book from Crowood about 2 weeks ago with full Master Card details etc. Then just a couple of nights ago I received an email from them saying that the book is no longer available and that nothing will be deducted from my Master Card! What a pain!! David in Ballarat, AUS - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] print on demand
I have a notebook which has 5 rings at the top and 9 at the bottom with a space so that a label can be put on the spine. It also has a firm cover and when closed the rings only stick out a little at the back and not at the sides at all, which means it doesn't catch on things when put on a shelf. Because it is rings the pages open flat. You can see an example at the site below - called an Account Record Book (an account of rather than financial accounts). http://www.buyonlinenow.ca/buy/blueline-account-record-book-BLIA7903C01.asp Malvary in Ottawa where it was only -13 today with a wind-chill of -21, but I still have a skating rink for a driveway. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
