[lace] IOLI/Montreal -- approaching
Reading Tamara's email on her new pillow, by now she probably has it and I hope she is delighted with it. My workshop with Ulrike Voelker suggested using a block pillow, especially as she wanted us to do the first inch or so of point ground using 60+ pairs of bobbins which I would hate to pack in my suitcase. I lost one case already this year when I went to Carolina and my suitcase went to New Orleans for 3 days. Anyway, my large square 24 home made block pillow was too big for my suitcase. I did think about cutting up my new one and only but decided instead to cut up a 24 builders foam pillow I had in my stash. I got out my suitcase, laid the round pillow on top and sliced off the overhanging piece with my bread knife. Using 2 ethafoam blocks from my other pillow, I laid them in the center and level with the squared off side, drew around them and cut out the oblong . Thbread knife had not worked too well, so I went down to the basement and used DH large wood saw (don't tell him). It worked great and gave a nice even edge. Before cutting out the center, I looked around the basement and found the huge cardboard box from our newly installed shower doors, (we never throw anything away!). I cut two pieces of cardboard and glued them together with white glue (all I had). This I covered with some pieces of suede type fabric so the bottom is nicely finished. I covered the horeshoe shape foam with fabric but not before I put a layer of wool felt on the top. All this was held in place with pins. I then used the glue and stuck the top to the bottom and placed piles of books on top to weight it down and left it overnight. The next day I glued a decorative tape around the base and top to hide the gap, the tape extends across the gap on the top edge and can be pinned in place to hold the blocks in when I am using the pillow. I have nearly finished my point ground so I am almost ready to start the flower part next week. The hardest part will be deciding on my color scheme. I wonder what the security guys at the airport will think when they xray a block of foam with pins in the center and hope if my carryon gets searched they will be gentle with the block and its 120+ bobbins and fine thread. Now to look for a suitable carryon for the block that will hold it securely. I am thinking of using my hand held cooler and it can then double up in the hotel for my food. No-one contacted me about an Arachne meeting so maybe we should plan on eating lunch on Monday together in the hotel. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI Montreal (transportation)
Dear Gail and Diane, Thank you very much for your information. From the information in the IOLI bulletin I got the impression that there was no shuttle to the hotel, that I had to take the taxi. Didn't think to call the hotel. Well I called them today and found out that there is a shuttle from the airport to the hotel. It costs $13.00 CND for one way and $22.75 CND if you buy a round trip ticket. Much better price than the taxi. Now why didn't the gals running the convention check into this. When I contacted one of them the only answer I got was that it was up to me to find my own transportation. Thanks again gals. Patsy A. Goodman - Original Message - From: Gail Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [lace] IOLI Montreal (transportation) Hello Patsy There should also be a shuttle from the airport that will take you to the Hyatt. The price is usually less than half the taxi fare. Gail Young Ottawa, Canada - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI Montreal (transportation)
Hi, I'm looking to share transportation from the airport to the hotel. I understand that the cost of a taxi is about $35.00 CND. I'll be arriving at Trudeau Intl on Saturday July 22nd at 9:19 am Air Canada. I was wondering if maybe someone else might be arriving at about that same time and would be willing to share the cost of the taxi to the hotel? Or maybe, is there any club members picking up people at the airport at this time? Any and all help will be greatly appreciated. Patsy A. Goodman Chula Vista, CA, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI/Montreal -- approaching
Gentle Spiders, Today has been a great day... First, I got a phone call from Debra Jenny -- The Editor of the IOLI Bulletin -- to tell me that she's agreed to serve as its Editor for another two years. Since I think Debra's Editorship is one of the best things that could have happened to IOLI, that was very good news indeed. Second, my silk threads (Au Ver a Soie) for the Montreal class arrived. I had followed Barbara Joyce's advice and got them from the Threadneedle Street. http://www.threadneedlestreet.com/ Since I couldn't, quite, determine what my colour options were, and since I cared less than usual (I don't plan to use the class piece for anything; just for practice), I gave a her a rather vague guidance: some shade of green for the Alger, and 5 shades of pink/rose, etc Ovale, to go with it. And she came up trumps; the colours look luscious together! It's not easy to shop by mail, so when something works out beyond one's expecttions, it's like a gift :) Many thanks, Barbara, for the recommendation. I can now recommend the place too (have already written Denise to thank her). Third. Energised by those two events, I gathered my courage and finished the earrings (more wire, folks g) for the next Bulletin. They'd been sitting on my dining-room table for a couple of days, waiting to have their hanging loops made. I came up with yet nother way of doing that and, although I had tested the method once, I wasn't sure it was going to work again, never mind twice. But it did... So... I decided to go for the fourth piece of candy :) I need a _flat_ pillow for the Montreal class. But my only flat pillow, the beloved wool block one from Germany, is a 24 square which won't fit into any suitcase. No problem when I'm driving to a workshop -- it has its own bag to keep it safe -- but definitely a problem when flying. It needed a new -- smaller -- frame, into which the same blocks, but in a smaller number, would fit. I haven't done any woodwork in years, and I was never all that good at it in the first place, so I have been putting it off and putting it off. But, with the Montreal trip coming up faster and faster (only a week before I fly! Yikes!), like some demented Red Queen... The chore had to be faced. So I took myself off to a combination lumber/hardware store hoping to get all the necessary ingredients: wood, wood glue (mine has dried out, through years of disuse g) and brads for re-inforcement. I knew that store had ply-wood remnants, and hoped to find one of suitable size for the base. Whether they'd have suitable wood for the sides, I didn't know. But hope springs eternal :) So, I get in there, and explain what it is I have in mind. The owner (it's a family-owned place, not a managed franchise) says: who makes it? I make it, or you do? My jaw dropped down to my bust with surprise, and I stomp on my budding excitement (be still, my heart g), *hard*. Um... I say. It would depend... I say. When could you have it ready? I ask. And (now almost rushing the words) how much would it cost, if you did it? He asks some more questions to clarify a few points, measures the blocks which will go into the frame and says: Tomorrow morning? 20 bucks? Will it do ya? Will it do me??? I could have kissed him, if I hadn't been conscious of propriety :) It'd have been worth at least 50 bucks of aggro to me, _plus_ supplies, to make it myself. And it would have taken me much longer, too, eating into the time I need for other things. This is beyond priceless. So we shake on the deal and he says: call you tomorrow, nine-ish. I decide to push my luck... Not up yet at nine I say. When, then? he asks. Ten? Ten-thirty? I say (they close at noon on Saturdays). He gives me a wink and says that's when he'll call. So, OK... so, maybe, I shouldn't get my hopes up too high, just yet... But he struck me as a professional, so, maybe, maybe, tomorrow I can tick off _that_ item off my to do list too... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI Montreal
On Sat. afternoon, July 22, I'm planning on visiting the exhibition at the Chateau Dufresne. If anyone would care to join me, please email me privately and we can arrange a time and meeting place. P.S. The Chateau alone is worth seeing. It's like a small, European stately home. Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot/seaspray/SeasprayLaceGuild.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI Montreal
Anyone who will be visiting the Ursuline museums/collections in Ottawa or Quebec, might be interested in this video about their work. It's in French and shows mostly embroidery (some lace) but the work shown is wonderful and the video costs only C$20. You can read about it here: http://tinyurl.com/gjn8fand order it here: http://tinyurl.com/hw9ov The website is only in French and you don't seem to be able to order it from the English website, so let me know if you need anything translated. Also, in Montreal, and not lace-related but I bet we could use a lot of the threads, is an embroidery economuseum. I haven't visited it before, but it's on my list of things to do. It's called 'Economusee les brodeuses' and is a business, interpretive centre, distribution centre, creative studio and school. It is also a meeting place for those with a keen interest in embroidery. Visitors may consult the many resources in the documentation centre, which has 1,500 books, magazines and documents. Their website is: http://www.economusees.com/brodeuses_en.cfm On the metro, it's only 5 stops (with a change of line at Berri) from the hotel. Here's the website for the bus and metro system in Montreal: http://www.stcum.qc.ca/English/a-somm.htm Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot/seaspray/SeasprayLaceGuild.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI /Montreal/Au ver a soie/Kreink
Dear Arachnes, Sorry for taking so long to respond to this - I wasn't fully reading all of the postings recently. I was very busy at the end of the school year and then we went on a vacation to the west coast of Canada. Kreink is selling off their supply of Au Ver A Soie through their Yardsale on their website as they are now producing their own brands. The Au Ver A Soie is called Soie Platte but is the same as Soie Ovale. You have to buy a large number but if several people went in together it might be worth it. I've included the link: http://www.kreinik.com/kshop/home.php?cat=145 I bought some of the 50m a while ago and the colours were wonderful. The 10m selection is quite reasonably priced especially if several people go in together. They are also selling the Soie Alger but I haven't bought any of it: http://www.kreinik.com/kshop/home.php?cat=140 Hope this doesn't come to late. Cindy - in cloudy Wisconsin But that begs a question... Where do I get Alger Silk (1 strand/7) (whatever that means... 7 waht? Cm? Inches? I'm supposed to have 2 skeins of 8 meters of that, to wind on 36 bobbins)? Also, what's a good source of Ovale Silk 5 different colours (one bobbin for each colour)? Neither of them resides in my stash; for my previous experiments in coloured French laces I used Pipers silk (as required) Brenda's book (Thread for Lace -- without which, not) does have both threads listed and, I suppose, following her measurements, I could find substitutes. But -- vide above -- I prefer to stick to what the teacher tells me, the first time out. Advice on sources (preferably in US or Canada) for those threads will be gratefully received. - Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI /Montreal
Much impressed by Au Ver à Soie in Paris - there was an email waiting for me with details of UK suppliers when I got up at 8am this morning! Now I just have to decide which of the many colours I want to use... Jean - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI/Montreal Book Translation
Beth wrote: I don't have time to translate the whole book, but I have a coy of the Fouriscot Salvador book, a working knowledge of French and the International Lace Dictionary to help me with the specialist lace vocabulary, so if Dolores (or anyone else) wants a specific passage (or passages) translating I'll have a go. Thanks Beth. Would you have time to do pages 9 -14? Delores - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI /Montreal
Tamara and others, For both of the silk threads you need for your class (Au Ver a Soie and Ovale), I highly recommend Threadneedle Street in Issaquah, WA. When I lived in Maryland, I ordered from her, and now I live 20 minutes from the shop. Lucky me! The owner is Denise Davis, and the shop is filled with every fiber imaginable (almost) and every color of every fiber. It is a needlewoman's delight (my other passion). This shop conducts a huge mail-order business. The web site is www.threadneedlestreet.com. Click on threads at the top of the page, then click on Silk threads along the left side, and you'll be able to find both of the silks you're looking for. She has a toll-free number (1-800-998-5945) FOR ORDERS for US residents and takes Visa and MasterCard, as well as checks and money orders. Truly, I cannot recommend this shop highly enough. Barbara Joyce Snoqualmie, WA USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI /Montreal
On 11 Jun 2006, at 02:54, Tamara P Duvall wrote: But that begs a question... Where do I get Alger Silk (1 strand/7) (whatever that means... 7 waht? Cm? Inches? I'm supposed to have 2 skeins of 8 meters of that, to wind on 36 bobbins)? Also, what's a good source of Ovale Silk 5 different colours (one bobbin for each colour)? Neither of them resides in my stash; for my previous experiments in coloured French laces I used Pipers silk (as required) Sounds as though it's Au ver a Soie D'Alger which is a stranded thread (I've got it listed as 2S/8S but should be 2S/7S) :-( Two 8m skeins to wind onto 36 bobbins, is *either* less than 1m for each pair of bobbins, *or* you use a single strand and have plenty of length for each bobbin. Sorry, can't help with USA / Canada suppliers but others have. Brenda http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI /Montreal
On Saturday, June 10, 2006, at 10:54 PM, Tamara P Duvall wrote: Where do I get Alger Silk (1 strand/7) (whatever that means... 7 waht? Soie d'Alger has 7 strands/plies. (I never remember what the right term is.) So I interpreted this to mean that you wind with 1 ply. I must say that I think the pendant is very ugly, but I knew that when I chose the class. I'd been fooling around the Ecole de Brioude website and found the proposal for the convention. I decided that it didn't matter that I didn't like the design - I just wanted to learn the techniques. Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot/seaspray/SeasprayLaceGuild.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI /Montreal
Cluny de Brioude was my first choice for Montreal too and that's what I got (-: I've also been wondering where to get the silk so if anyone finds a good source please let me know. The website http://www.auverasoie.com/html/gb/clients.htm has addresses for distributors in the USA (Texas), Australia, Finland and Germany but nothing for the UK - just Other Countries with an address in Paris plus email address. Now I'm hoping they'll answer my email and be able to tell me where I can get it here (have to say it's not something I ever remember seeing around). Jean in Glasgow where we've been having real summer weather - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI /Montreal
I hope Chef Lo-Ré isn't going to be too upset when I choose the turf but say that it has to come with no sauces, no dressings, just plain and simple. Malvary in Ottawa (the Nation's capital), Canada - Original Message - From: Margot Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ARACHNE lace@arachne.com Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 8:03 AM Subject: [lace] IOLI /Montreal On Saturday, June 10, 2006, at 10:54 PM, Tamara P Duvall wrote: The surf is scallops, the turf is deer surlonge, which I take to be venison. Yup - it's a venison steak. I haven't been back to Montreal for 2 years, so I'll be there for 3 weeks. I've been making a list of things to do and see. The 'see' is a list of friends to visit. The 'do' is a list of many, many restaurants (and the heck with the diet). Montreal has thousands (no exaggeration) of restaurants and they have to be really good to stay in business. So I'm saving my money and I'm going to indulge. Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot/seaspray/SeasprayLaceGuild.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI /Montreal
I've bought threads from Threadneedle Street over the internet and found them to be highly efficient and helpful - and speedy . So I second Barbara's recommendation Sue - Original Message - From: Barbara Joyce [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tamara and others, For both of the silk threads you need for your class (Au Ver a Soie and Ovale), I highly recommend Threadneedle Street in Issaquah, WA. When I lived The web site is www.threadneedlestreet.com. Click on threads at the top - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] IOLI /Montreal
Second thought, my french lessons will be put to the test. Don't worry, most classes will have someone there to translate. I'll be in the lace ID class to make sure the francophones understand their anglophone teacher (it goes both ways , you know, the need to understand ...). The organisers have done a great job in assuring the presence of bilingual volunteers in all possible situations. Lucie DuFresne Ottawa Guild of Lacemakers (where our meetings are held in both French and English all the time) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI/Montreal
I came home from England and my letter from Montreal was there waiting for me. I got into my first choice which was the colored flowers in point ground with Ulrike Voelker. I have a few questions. There are 3 prickings enclosed marked level 1, level 2 and level 3, depending on your expertise. None are named on the sheets but in the written instructions is says if you work Fuschia or Arum you need picot pins size 0,85mm-1mm. I looked on the vanSciver website and did not see this size listed, any idea where I might find them? The other pins are Insect pins and fine pins 0,5mm-0,55mm. Do you think my brass buckspoint pins will be okay? I think level 3 is Fuschia but I do not see any obvious places for picots. If anyone has the new Stil Bluten book could you see if these designs are in there and, if so, are there any picots. I also wonder whether the other pricking, level 2, is Arum, it looks like a paisley shape with petals. The level 1 pricking is an edging with a four petal flower which does have picots. There are 2 copies of each pricking, one green and one white and as she suggested covering with blue film, I imagine we use the white copy for that. We are also expected to get started with the ground before we arrive so that we can spend more time on the actual design.It says not to care about the footside as this will be covered by the passe par tout later. I know the term but have forgotten what passe par tout means. Are there any other Arachne in this workshop to keep me company? Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI/Montreal
I'm not sure about the larger pins, but your brass pins are waaay too big if she wants 0 insect pins. These pins are very very fine. And they are literally made to pin insect specimen to displays. So go to your usual vendors to see if they have them, and if not, then order from a scientific supply source. I JUST this week tossed the invoice from an order I got last year... so I can't tell you where I got them off the top of my head. Clay Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA - Original Message - From: Janice Blair [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 12:25 PM Subject: [lace] IOLI/Montreal I came home from England and my letter from Montreal was there waiting for me. I got into my first choice which was the colored flowers in point ground with Ulrike Voelker. I have a few questions. There are 3 prickings enclosed marked level 1, level 2 and level 3, depending on your expertise. None are named on the sheets but in the written instructions is says if you work Fuschia or Arum you need picot pins size 0,85mm-1mm. I looked on the vanSciver website and did not see this size listed, any idea where I might find them? The other pins are Insect pins and fine pins 0,5mm-0,55mm. Do you think my brass buckspoint pins will be okay? I think level 3 is Fuschia but I do not see any obvious places for picots. If anyone has the new Stil Bluten book could you see if these designs are in there and, if so, are there any picots. I also wonder whether the other pricking, level 2, is Arum, it looks like a paisley shape with petals. The level 1 pricking is an edging with a four petal flower which does have picots. There are 2 copies of each pricking, one green and one white and as she suggested covering with blue film, I imagine we use the white copy for that. We are also expected to get started with the ground before we arrive so that we can spend more time on the actual design.It says not to care about the footside as this will be covered by the passe par tout later. I know the term but have forgotten what passe par tout means. Are there any other Arachne in this workshop to keep me company? Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI/Montreal
For point ground laces, Ulrike uses whopping great pins for the picots - much bigger than in the rest of your lace. These produce beautiful round picots Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI/Montreal
Hello Janice, I will be in the same class as you and be happy to keep you company. Your Bucks Point pins will certainly be ok and the picot size pins are used in the honeycomb like Ulrike has done in the butterfly. I have very large pins bought many, many years ago in Bruges. Gail Young from Trillium had brought what it looked like small nails last year when we did the butterfly and may be she can bring some at the convention. Aurum is not the same as #2. Nicole Kirkland,Qc - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI/Montreal
Note to self - engage brain before replying to messages! (And do not try to book a vacation on the internet and answer lace emails simultaneously)! Last message should have said that Ulrike recommends whopping great pins for honeycomb! These larger pins produce beautiful large honeycomb holes. Sorry for any confusion caused! Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI/Montreal
I have some of those large pins, just have to remember where I put them. I bought them for doing large picots in Russian but as they make such large holes I have to watch which pillow I use them on. Janice Sue Babbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Note to self - engage brain before replying to messages! (And do not try to book a vacation on the internet and answer lace emails simultaneously)! Last message should have said that Ulrike recommends whopping great pins for honeycomb! These larger pins produce beautiful large honeycomb holes. Sorry for any confusion caused! Sue Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI /Montreal
congrats on getting the course you wanted. The manufacturers of the threads are Au ver a soie . See: http://www.auverasoie.com/html/gb/sch_bou.htm for d'algers, which is 7 stranded and http://www.auverasoie.com/html/gb/p_soie.htm for Ovale So you will need to google for au ver a soie suppliers in the USA. Holly doesn't seem to carry d'algers or ovale Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] IOLI /Montreal
Tamara, Looks like we'll be in class together! I've managed to figure out that Alger's silk is a french brand of silk embroidery floss. As to availability in this country, I have feelers out for it. Will let you know. As to your other questions, I had the same ones, but since I'm pretty much a self-taught lacer, I was too embarrassed to ask. Thank you for putting them out there. I figured once I had the skeins of floss in hand, split the thread out to singles, I'd take a stab as to how much to wind on the bobbins. I know nothing of the teacher, but am wondering if she doesn't realize that materials that are easy for her to get in France, doesn't mean the same for us. Second thought, my french lessons will be put to the test. Beth McCasland Metairie, Louisiana where it's muggy and hot and muggy [Original Message] From: Tamara P Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace Arachne lace@arachne.com Date: 6/10/2006 8:59:06 PM Subject: [lace] IOLI /Montreal Gentle Spiders, Since I filled my Montreal application with only one workshop (no second or third choices), I was waiting for the notification with not a little trepidation; putting all one's eggs into a single (however lacy) basket carries certain risks with it... :) But the fully stuffed envelope arrived today and I got what I asked for: 24 hrs of Cluny de Brioude with Nathalie Bailly. A happy hoppity (still mostly on one foot) was duly enacted, making my DH think I lost the remaining two marbles :) The notification was accompanied by the class pattern -- a cute pendant, using 42 bobbins and many colours. I can already see the potential of turning the pendnt into wire lace but I'll wait till I've learnt all I can from the workshop about the techniques themselves _as intended_ by the teacher, before I start fiddling with it. I find it easier to be on the same page with the teacher in class, and use what she has to impart as the springboard later, at home. But that begs a question... Where do I get Alger Silk (1 strand/7) (whatever that means... 7 waht? Cm? Inches? I'm supposed to have 2 skeins of 8 meters of that, to wind on 36 bobbins)? Also, what's a good source of Ovale Silk 5 different colours (one bobbin for each colour)? Neither of them resides in my stash; for my previous experiments in coloured French laces I used Pipers silk (as required) Brenda's book (Thread for Lace -- without which, not) does have both threads listed and, I suppose, following her measurements, I could find substitutes. But -- vide above -- I prefer to stick to what the teacher tells me, the first time out. Advice on sources (preferably in US or Canada) for those threads will be gratefully received. PS I don't know whether there'll be no vegetarians at the Convention or whether their food at the banquet is pre-determined (wonder what they're getting?) but the dedicated carnivorae like myself have two _superb_ choices; none of your traditionally institutional chicken and/or beef for the international lacemakers... The surf is scallops, the turf is deer surlonge, which I take to be venison. Wow!!! Reminds me of the time I flew Air France and, for once, actually enjoyed the flight because of good food (and even better wines g), even though the occasion for the flight was not at all happy. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI Montreal
I just got my confirmation for the IOLI Convention in Montreal and I'm really happy. I got my first choice course (Cluny de Brioude) and tour (Quebec City). Has anyone else heard yet? Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot/seaspray/SeasprayLaceGuild.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI Montreal
I just got home and was going to send a happy dance e-mail. I got my first choice Chantilly/Blonde. Malvary in Ottawa - Original Message - From: Margot Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ARACHNE lace@arachne.com Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 1:31 PM Subject: [lace] IOLI Montreal I just got my confirmation for the IOLI Convention in Montreal and I'm really happy. I got my first choice course (Cluny de Brioude) and tour (Quebec City). Has anyone else heard yet? Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot/seaspray/SeasprayLaceGuild.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI Montreal
Hi, Well for sometime, I was very Unhappy. My first two, and half of my third choice was cancelled. I don't remember what was wrong with the forth choice. I think it was a bobbin lace that I decided I didn't want because I didn't want to carry a pillow plus a stand all the way from southern California across the USA and across a border. Now I'm very happy. ( I recently received a copy of the Book of Fans for my birthday.) I had requested Carrickmacross for my classes. Today, I received the IOLI confirmation that I'm in the class. And in the book is a beautiful fan done in Carrickmacross that I now want to make. So now I'm doing the happy dance. Patsy A. Goodman Chula Vista, CA, USA TatPat1, NATA #333 AKA - Queen Tat Pat of the Red Hat Lacers - Original Message - From: Margot Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] I just got my confirmation for the IOLI Convention in Montreal and I'm really happy. I got my first choice course (Cluny de Brioude) and tour (Quebec City). Has anyone else heard yet? Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI Montreal hotel rate for seniors
BlankMargot, thanks for the info. How old is old enough for the hotel to consider you a senior and offer a special rate? I don't know if I'm there yet but I'm getting closer every day. Ruth in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/gif which had a name of Blank Bkgrd.gif] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI Montreal Convention
A hint to save a bit of money: I just checked with the Hyatt Regency reservations centre. If you are of 'a certain age' (as the French say), the Seniors' rate is about C$6 a night cheaper than the convention rate, and you get a better room. Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot/seaspray/SeasprayLaceGuild.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI Montreal Convention
Margot wrote: A hint to save a bit of money: I just checked with the Hyatt Regency reservations centre. If you are of 'a certain age' (as the French say), the Seniors' rate is about C$6 a night cheaper than the convention rate, and you get a better room. What is that certain age in Canada. I have just qualified for the Kohl's senior rate with my birthday last week (62) and finally got my British pension sorted out. I will be receiving the princely sum of 15gbp a week, but better in my pocket than theirs. :-) Plus it will be backdated for two years because I dragged my old feet. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI Montreal Convention
On Monday, January 16, 2006, at 08:57 PM, Janice Blair wrote: Margot wrote: A hint to save a bit of money: I just checked with the Hyatt Regency reservations centre. If you are of 'a certain age' (as the French say), the Seniors' rate is about C$6 a night cheaper than the convention rate, and you get a better room. What is that certain age in Canada. I have just qualified for the Kohl's senior rate with my birthday last week (62) and finally got my British pension sorted out. I will be receiving the princely sum of 15gbp a week, but better in my pocket than theirs. :-) Officially it's 65 (for pensions and the like) but businesses, museums, theatres, etc. set their own standards. So it can vary from 55 to 60 to 65. I don't know what the Hyatt's criteria is - young desk clerks take a look at my white hair and don't ask any questions!!! Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot/seaspray/SeasprayLaceGuild.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI Montreal
I know that for those of you who were able to go to Denver it will still be fresh in your minds, but the post from Janice yesterday about the 2008 convention has made me stop and think that everything is very quiet about Montreal. I'm sure that they were being diplomatic and waiting for this year's event to be all done and dusted, but now.. Do we have a spider in the camp for Montreal? Will there be any tantalising titbits coming our way? Will there be an arachne event? In anticipation, Jacquie in England I'm not on the organisation committee but the Ottawa Guild of Lacemakers (of which I am president) is helping out. Specifically, we are busy making special surprises for the banquet, organising a day trip to Ottawa (several museums and lots of lace), making sure that there is sufficient english spoken and written so that no-one feels lost, and several other tasks that I will speak of as soon as I can. Ottawa is a short trip away from Montreal (1.5hrs) and quite do-able in a day. Last year, I and a friend would go to Montreal every 6 weeks for an all day Binche lace class intensive. Quite do-able. Montreal is a cosmopolitan city and most francophones speak english. Certainly, every attempt is being made to assure efficient communication in both of Canada's official languages (french / english). The Canadian dollar is strong at the moment but it is still a fraction of the American dollar, so should be a blessing. Simon Touston lives in Montreal, so do several bobbin makers. The styles made are mainly continental, especially french (bayeaux / normand) but other styles are made as well. Quebec bobbin makers use beautiful woods and often laminate them. There is also a wonderful carver of traditional french chip carving who makes boxes, bobbin stands and lace measures (the rectangular gauges that permit the measurement of lace lengths). Trillium Bobbins is from Ottawa and will be in Montreal for the IOLI. So probably will be the Atelier de Penelope, a fine embroidery supply store from Quebec city. So for those of you looking for unusual and local things, you will not be dissapointed. So, as I learn that certain activities are confirmed, I will let arachneans know. Lucie DuFresne president, Ottawa Guild of Lacemakers Ottawa, Canada - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI Montreal
I know that for those of you who were able to go to Denver it will still be fresh in your minds, but the post from Janice yesterday about the 2008 convention has made me stop and think that everything is very quiet about Montreal. I'm sure that they were being diplomatic and waiting for this year's event to be all done and dusted, but now.. Do we have a spider in the camp for Montreal? Will there be any tantalising titbits coming our way? Will there be an arachne event? In anticipation, Jacquie in England - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
