[lace] Color Theory and Thread Conservation
Again from Jeri. Someone, please share this from another ISP, since we've been told AOL and Comcast do not play well together! 1. Color theory taught by embroidery and photography experts includes an explanation of what happens when a black and white photo is made of something that relies on color for impact. Colors of the same value will not show details that may be important to a design. This effect is apparent if you just put red and green of the same value next to each other (as Joy mentions), walk across the room, and squint at them. An understanding of this is of importance to anyone who is making colored lace. If your lace work is going to be photographed, you should understand colors, and visually test them side-by-side before you even begin a project. Americans who belong to IOLI can better understand this by propping up the newest bulletin (Fall 2016, Vol. 37, Number 1), with Janet Blair's lace peacock, and stepping back to view it. She has used 3 blues for the body, and used one of those blues as spots on the green tail. You can see how important the yellow outlining blue spots is. Imagine if this lovely lace was meant to be photographed in black and white! 2. Conservation warning to anyone who is using a spool of thread as a make-shift pin cushion. A long time ago, I wrote to Arachne about sticking needles in a spool of thread, in response to a magazine photograph many lacemakers might have seen. This damages thread throughout a spool or cone enough that thread may break or be weakened throughout layers wherever it has been pierced. This is a habit that can get away from you - perhaps putting needles or pins in thread that will be used at some future time to make lace or sew a seam. The weak spots will be the first to "self destruct", and none of us like to repair lace or re-sew seams. (You may use this cautionary tip in your guild newsletters.) Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - In a message dated 1/11/2017 6:31:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, joybee...@comcast.net writes: ...Even on a green curtain, red isn't as conspicuous a color as people thinkone has to know it's there to see it at all, and then it's only a vague smudge. This has a single sewing machine needle stuck in it, so I think it was intended to store spent machine needles, butI stick those into my cone of basting thread. - 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] Color Theory and Thread Conservation
Someone, please share this from another ISP, since we've been told AOL and Comcast do not play well together! 1. Color theory taught by embroidery and photography experts includes an explanation of what happens when a black and white photo is made of something that relies on color for impact. Colors of the same value will not show details that may be important to a design. This effect is apparent if you just put red and green of the same value next to each other (as Joy mentions), walk across the room, and squint at them. An understanding of this is of importance to anyone who is making colored lace. If your lace work is going to be photographed, you should understand colors, and visually test them side-by-side before you even begin a project. Americans who belong to IOLI can better understand this by propping up the newest bulletin (Fall 2016, Vol. 37, Number 1), with Janet Blair's lace peacock, and stepping back to view it. She has used 3 blues for the body, and used one of those blues as spots on the green tail. You can see how important the yellow outlining blue spots is. Imagine if this lovely lace was meant to be photographed in black and white! 2. Conservation warning to anyone who is using a spool of thread as a make-shift pin cushion. A long time ago, I wrote to Arachne about sticking needles in a spool of thread, in response to a magazine photograph many lacemakers might have seen. This damages thread throughout a spool or cone enough that thread may break or be weakened throughout layers wherever it has been pierced. This is a habit that can get away from you - perhaps putting needles or pins in thread that will be used at some future time to make lace or sew a seam. The weak spots will be the first to "self destruct", and none of us like to repair lace or re-sew seams. (You may use this cautionary tip in your guild newsletters.) Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - In a message dated 1/11/2017 6:31:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, joybee...@comcast.net writes: ...Even on a green curtain, red isn't as conspicuous a color as people thinkone has to know it's there to see it at all, and then it's only a vague smudge. This has a single sewing machine needle stuck in it, so I think it was intended to store spent machine needles, butI stick those into my cone of basting thread. - 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] Requested by Jeri
I am responding to this request from Jeri Please, someone, share this memo from another ISP Please make sure you capture The Lace Guild's face page in a permanent place - to remember Jean and David (tuck a paper copy in one of Jean's books, for example). If the face page changes, and Jean gives permission, I will tell you about the black lace tie that is displayed at the top of it. This announcement is a surprise. Jean and David Leader have been a valuable devoted-to-lace team for decades. The amount of volunteer work they do for us is nearly impossible to imagine. Rarely do lace makers have such a vast variety of lace knowledge - and ability to communicate - emanating from one couple. Leader is a most appropriate description of them, as well as being their surname! Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - In a message dated 1/7/2017 5:51:38 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, j...@jeanleader.net writes: The Executive Committee of The Lace Guild has decided it wishes a new webmaster, and therefore after today, 7th January 2017, David and I will no longer be responsible for the content or maintenance of the Lace Guild website. Jean Leader - 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:UK Trip/thanks to Jean and David
The Fan Museum in London - didn't get a chance to visit it last time I was there, but so wish I could. There's also Cecil Higgins and Bedford Museums in Bedford. Don't know how available their laces are right now, but they're interesting to visit if you're going that way, and Ampthill is right close by. Tons of historic places around the UK, and you never know what you'll discover in strange places. I stumbled on some lovely Maltese lace in an antique shop in Hastings. ... And a very hearty thanks to Jean and David for all their wonderful work on the website. It's enormously appreciated. Cheers, Helen in Frosty Duvall, WA - 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] Lace Guild website
Please, someone, share this memo from another ISP Please make sure you capture The Lace Guild's face page in a permanent place - to remember Jean and David (tuck a paper copy in one of Jean's books, for example). If the face page changes, and Jean gives permission, I will tell you about the black lace tie that is displayed at the top of it. This announcement is a surprise. Jean and David Leader have been a valuable devoted-to-lace team for decades. The amount of volunteer work they do for us is nearly impossible to imagine. Rarely do lace makers have such a vast variety of lace knowledge - and ability to communicate - emanating from one couple. Leader is a most appropriate description of them, as well as being their surname! Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - In a message dated 1/7/2017 5:51:38 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, j...@jeanleader.net writes: The Executive Committee of The Lace Guild has decided it wishes a new webmaster, and therefore after today, 7th January 2017, David and I will no longer be responsible for the content or maintenance of the Lace Guild website. Jean Leader - 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] Re: Pincushion
This morning one of my work colleagues showed me the results of the evening class for sewing that she ran yesterday. As an introduction to sewing she taught her students to make a patchwork pin cushion. In just a couple of hours they had mastered making a cardboard patchwork template, pinning fabric, threading a sewing machine and using a sewing machine. However, these new skills were not what was being talked about. What made the students really happy is that they had made something in their first session that they had only ever bought before, it worked, looked good and they made it. Perhaps that is one of the most important elements of these pin cushions; these pin cushions now hold memories Kind Regards Liz Baker www.thelacebee.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] Re: Pincushion
Joy Beeson - I loved reading all about your pincushions. The account reminded me a little of the essays we would sometimes be asked to write in lower secondary school, e.g. I Am a Pencil ð A very colourful account indeed. 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/
