Quite extraordinary! How did you come across that film site, Avital?
Sue
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I was taught to make needlelace without using a pillow, and did all my City
and Guilds pieces that way. When I came to try it on a pillow, I found that
hard and have never adapted to it. I guess it's like learning on Midlands
bobbins and then someone suggesting you try continental - or vice
If you want black silk, you could try:
http://www.thaisilks.com/
they have a good range of silks (and silk mix fabrics) including black
fabrics
Sue
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SMP lace sells needlelace pillows for £4 uncovered (£8 covered)
See
http://www.smplace.co.uk/sfr_cat.htm
Sue (in snowy Illinois)
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Jenny
Your webpages are spectacular - and you are so prolific. I hope the surgeons
can sort your eye problems out properly and get you your vision back soon
Sue
URL: www.brandis.com.au/craft/lace
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Ok everyone! There have now been enough hints about this year's Sweet Briar
week. Are there any places left - and if so, what are the classes?
Sue
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Subject: Re: [lace] Lace At Sweet Briar
Hi Sue -
I'm taking the hint, and won't be so bold in the future...
But, if you're interested in the brochure, I can send you one (if you'll
send me your
I have been busy knitting too - having made sweaters for my husband and son
for Christmas. The one for my son was so much liked by them both that I have
bought more of that yarn to make one in it for my husband. The yarn is so
soft to the touch and a delight to knit, but you have to keep it
So the options for that seem to be try and find as fine a linen thread as
possible, enlarge the pattern and see if I like what I get. The hang-up
there is that I'm unsure of how to enlarge the pattern. Can I just put it
on my scanner and enlarge it that way? How do I determine how much I need
So do I. Couldn't resist adding to all the Sue messages!
Sue
(in Chicago, but originally from the Wirral, England)
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I say the same!!
Sue in East Yorkshire
On 1 Jan 2009, at 15:02, Sue wrote:
Just to wish all my fellow spiders a very Happy, Healthy and
I will have to ask the group for the Arachne album areas password as it
has slipped my mind.
http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Use your link or:
http://www.webshots.com/homepage.html
Username: Arachne2003,
Password: honiton
Sue
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My husband's hobby is miniature war-gaming. He's not particularly into this
period, but may be able to identify them himself or ask his friends to
help. Send me the pictures and I'll see what he can do
Sue
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There are more, but the ones that first spring to mind are:
http://www.lacysusan.com/index.html
http://www.vansciverbobbinlace.com/
http://www.lacemakerusa.com/
http://www.snowgoose.cc/
Sue
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Welcome back, Lorelei. Good to have you back in our community again!
Sue
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What about SMP lace?
http://www.smplace.co.uk/sfr_cat.htm
They look fairly similar to Ann Keller's style.
or Snowgoose basic wooden bobbins:
http://www.snowgoose.cc/cgi-bin/miva?Merchant2/merchant.mv+Screen=CTGYStore_Code=SCategory_Code=B2
Hope this helps
Sue
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Beautiful piece. Avital. Also one of my favourite passages from Scripture!
Changing blades frequently is very important in cutting paper. hope you can
find an X-acto substitute, as I don't think we can send them into Israel
easily!!
Sue
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If you are able to read this, Comcast black-listed my account last week (and
also a non-lacemaking friend). I had to phone them and they changed the
settings to allow me to receive messages again. I suspect it is all part of
their latest upgrade :(
Sue
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What I've never known is what was the white crepe which they trimmed their
silk garments with? it's often puzzled me, but I've never searched about it.
Anyone know?
Sue
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You can't print a rectangular Bucks pattern on one grid - as you have
discovered when you turn the corner the grid angle will change. If you were
working at 52 degrees then having turned the corner it will be 90-52 degrees
ie 38 degrees. The corner will need to be carefully designed to transition
Definitely not fray check - it goes yellow after a short while.
Sue
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From: Rhiannon Mann
To: arachne
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 3:20 PM
Subject: [lace] dilema
Hello to you all,
I have some ends from sewing out which have come undone from their
Size 0.4mm hook works fine in most beads other than sizes 14 or 15 beads.
You have to be careful not to split the thread but it is possible, and
probably the fastest approach
Sue Babbs
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Susan is going to North Wales, so Manchester airport is much nearer than
Bristol. It's the English Lace Guild's annual summer school that she is trying
to find out about.
Sue
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How lovely that they are interested. Yes, I've seen people working on the
opposite side of the same pillow. I'm sure it's harder but better than
nothing while you get them started.
I taught children in an after-school class at the local school for a few
years, and found the attached fish
There are two other books you might find helpful:
Weddings, Christenings anniversaries in Lace ed. by Bridget Cook.
Orange Blossom lace - a collection of coordinated lace wedding accessory
patterns. Produced by Wollongbar lacemakers. Patterns by Pat Milne.
They may both be in the UK Lace
I second all that. Mine has just arrived, and indeed is a collection of
lovely Idrija patterns. I have already worked some Idrija lace and enjoyed
it so am thrilled to have more patterns, especially 2 wonderful cockerel
designs. What fun!
Thank you so much for doing this
Sue
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Clicking on the link to the right of the picture where it said delete seemed
to work! I think the notecards have gone now
Sue
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To: lace-chat
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 9:44 AM
Subject: [lace-chat] Fw: webshots problem
I meant to
Easy to do if there are passive pairs at the edges, as you can just add an
extra passive pair on each side. With 16 pairs instead of 14 total:- if there
are 4 passive pairs on either side of a central pattern braid, you will now
have 5 passive pairs on each side, not 6.
You'll need to remember
Are you aiming to have a finished length of 80cm exactly? If so have you
allowed for shrinkage in your prickings? There will be some. Think around
10%.
Being lazy(!) I prefer the option of having just 2 or 3 prickings and
rotating their usage on the block pillow as needed. Sometimes putting
Have you tried pushing your edge pins right down into the pillow? That can
help
Sue
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We do have PIN nos with our US credit cards, but don't use them, as we still
sign slips of paper / machines. So it may be that people just don't remember
their PIN when they are in the UK and therefore can't use them
Sue
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I certainly much prefer to pay by direct debit - and do so! I know that way I
don't have to worry if I am away on vacation etc - or lose the slip - or
forget to write the cheque. Then I always get my copy of the magazine without
a problem. I recently dropped my YLM sub, as I am no longer teaching
Mine arrived in IL about 10 days ago (Issue 131 - July 2008)
Sue
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From: Diana Smith
To: Arachne
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 5:40 AM
Subject: [lace] Newsletter
Has anyone in the UK received their Lace Guild magazine yet?
I'm wondering if I forgot to
How many would you expect this to serve?
Sue
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From: Lorri Ferguson
To: Vickie McKinney ; Lace Chat ; Alice Howell
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 9:37 AM
Subject: Re: [lace-chat] What are Grits?
Alice has asked for the recipe. I will send it to the list for
The first time I had grits was at an inn in North Carolina and I was
fascinated to try them. They were white and very watery as served there; like
a very liquid porridge. I love porridge (oatmeal to Americans), but did not
like these grits.
Since then I have had them in Virginia and they were
The way I was taught to get prickings to line up correctly was to put a pin
through a pinhole in the top pricking, and then through the corresponding
pinhole on the bottom pricking. Do this for at least two pins across the
pricking. Then pin down the new pricking at the sides. Afterwards you can
I have a Viking machine and don't know about Bernina feet. I believe there
are proper feet to do small pleats if that is what you are looking for, but
if all you are trying to do is gather fabric, like in the skirt of a dress,
the simplest thing to do is to zigzag over cord (eg heavy crochet
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Subject: [lace] teddy
Hi
I must appologise for this posting I was wanting to put it on the non lace
chat, I did try to put lace chat before the
As my son is about to leave for 8 weeks in London, this thread has been very
helpful. I found this page about ATT calling cards (which you can get from
Target also). This page gives you the phone number to dial from abroad to
use your ATT card to pay
http://www.usa.att.com/traveler/index.jsp
Definitely one piece with two corners - then there are only one send of
ending threads to deal with!!
Sue
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Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 8:28 AM
Subject: [lace] lace edging
Hi Spiders
I am making a cloak
Annette,
That is absolutely stunning. Beautiful work. I hope it was well admired at
the wedding. Did you design it yourself as well?
For those who haven't yet looked the link is:
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/563766994EMHAeq
Sue
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One of my pupils has difficulties (like me) with the terms right and
left.
By accident i came up with lift the underneath thread pass the gimp
through and this seems to have stuck in her mind so much more successfully.
Once started she is fine with the rest of the process. Lifting the
Madeira Tanne 30 is 29 wraps /cm
29 wraps/cm
Bockens 90/2
Bouc 80
Fresia 80/2
Goldschild 10013 (Nm60/3)
Pellava 100/3
DMC Lin a Tricoter 50
Madeira Tanne/Cotona 30
Presencia Finca Bolillos 40
Giitermann Jeans
Sewswell Ukanboil - single strand
Mulberry Silks 100/3
Kreinik Soie
How exciting! Bev's raffle prize has just arrived, and I am thrilled. I
collect postcards (and have done since I was a little girl). I now have 4
more lovely black and white lace cards to add to my collection. And such a
cute crocheted teddy bear! Also a neat fridge magnet from IOLI in
I wanted to know if anyone lifted the drain cover to rescue the little ones!
Sue
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I think it was David who posted a message about putting Vick on the sole of
one's feet at night. I forwarded it to my mother who has had a persistent
cough for eight years, next month. The doctors have been unable to stop her
cough, and it is assumed that it is in someway related to her asthma
I've just been to the website to join this user group, but couldn't see any
mention of it. Where do we find it, Ruth?
Sue
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Subject: RE: [lace] RXP user group?
Here it is - go to
http://www.webshots.com/homepage.html
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Twilley's Gold Dust is available in my local embroidery shop here in IL. It
is softer than Kreinik metallics, and fairly thick. At a guess thicker than
DMC perle 8.
Which thickness gold dust does the pattern call for?
Sue
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Malcolm Fielding in Australia used to do exquisite mother and babe bobbins,
in different woods. If your friend contacts him, he might agree to make what
she wants.
http://www.thelacebobbinshop.com/mainframe.htm
Sue
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My optician / optometrist (depending on country) has created my a pair of
bi-focals, focused at the correct distance for my lace pillow. The lower
part of the lens is magnifying for when I scrunch in close to see what's
gone wrong!!
I took my lace chair and pillow into his office to help him
I don't have any copyright answers, but your mentioning old literature
reminded me that you may not know abut the following website:
http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/lace.html
Many lace books and pamphlets which are out of copyright have been scanned
in and put up on this site.
I find these grounds take an awful lot of concentration to make - and I
liked Martina's idea of making a note if you got interrupted!! I usually end
up undoing the row!
Sue
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While in Normandy, you might also want to go to Alencon (needle lace) and
Argentan - assuming there are still lace museums in either place. Also
there's an interesting linen museum somewhere in the area between Bruges and
Calais, but I can't remember it;s name. Maybe some of our French friends
Mould?
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Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 2:59 PM
Subject: RE: [lace] Wilder ground
calls it Schammgrund
What does Schwamm- mean.
Schwamm is close to a dutch
Yes, the need for a kiln is a problem.
Also at least when I worked with PMC a couple of years ago, the drying time
was an issue. You needed to work very quickly as the clay dried out very
fast, and became unworkable. Maybe they've improved it.
I found that if the work was too fine, the
Go for whatever filling you like!!
One way to test it out, is to take a photocopy of the ground you want to
use, at about the right scale.
Copy the unicorn pattern and cut out the area where you will put the new
gourd.
Put the photocopied ground under the unicorn. This will help you see if
Ones which spring quickly to mind are:
Eeva-Liisa Kortelahti patterns for pictures from the Gospels eg the woman at
the well, the good shepherd. Many of these are available individually and
some are in her books.
15 lace patterns of crosses - Jenny Kroops
Chad - Celtic cross in lace -
I can answer some of your questions.
Oh I see that Bev has just replied so here's the bit she missed out, that I
know the answer to:
knipschaar = a motif in diagonal half stitch which is separated in two with
a row of closed pin stitches placing the gimp above and under.
I am amswering
http://www.lacerxp.com/
The website says:
Exporting to Another Application
One of the most useful new features in Lace R-XP is the ability to
export your designs to another application such as Microsoft Word or Adobe
Photoshop. Lace-XP exports in the standard PDF and EPS
I suspect that as I bought my copy in England and now live in America, I
will have to prove proof of purchase in some way. All the documentation I
received when I bought Lace 2000 was by email, which isn't much in the way
of proof!
So I guess I will have to return my copy of the disk to get
Ilske
I think you need to click on your sub-directory first, and then on
upload more
add files
choose the names of the files you want to update
check that the album title is correct with your name in it
then click upload at the bottom of the page.
Finally click on save all edits and view album.
Thank you so much - that explains why there were cards from Cairo and allsorts
of other places.
Sue
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Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 2:10 AM
Subject: Re: [lace] ANZAC Day
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Also
I have collections of postcards from each of my grandmothers from around the
time of the first world war.
These include 8 embroidered cards sent in 1917 from somewhere in France to
my paternal grandmother from Tom whom she married in 1922 (at least I've
always assumed it was the same Tom!)
Also
Being too lazy to get up and check - I am pretty sure there is also a Milanese
pattern called running river
You might find something helpful on this site:
http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/lace/index.htm
Sue
(born the other side of hte Mersey in Wallasye, but now living in Chicago
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It looks as if my husband will need to buy a laptop for business purposes, and
all the ones I have seen in the local shops now have Windows Vista as an
operating system ( which I am not keen on following the problems setting up my
mother's computer last year!)
As we would also use this computer
Holly van Sciver carries Filato di cantu 30 in white and ecru according to
her website:
http://www.vansciverbobbinlace.com/2Threads.html
I am emailing her too so that she knows you might contact her
Sue
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I belong to the North Suburban NeedleArts Guild, to the north of Chicago and
am the only lacemaker amongst them at present. On Tuesday at our regular
meeting, I had several people come up to me and ask if I had seen the
lacemaker on TV. It clearly has caught people's attention
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Tunegarn carries some Tonder patterns:
http://www.tuneweb.jtac.dk/Kataloger/Tonder%20Katalog1-2udg%20TG.pdf
I couldn't see the ones you are particularly after in their catalog, but
they are very helpful if you email them
Sue
I am looking for a source of historic Tonder patterns.
http://tinyurl.com/3dmmwr
It should work a lot better without the asterisks
Sue
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I have a feeling that the painting you are describing was painted by Roy
Hirst, but the only reference on Lace magazine's index is to an article
about Barbara Roy Hirst - issue 71 page 6.
I can search this index by title or author. Lacemaker is too vague - almost
every other article includes
Hi Laurie,
This looks like a vice to hold the pins/needles below it.
Possibly a seriously mishandled pricker! Where all the pricking needles have
got badly bent! Grin!
More sensibly - I think Clay is right
I agree, it's for sewings. With an eye, it's a Lazy Susan, without an
eye, it's a
Glad to know you are still on arachne, Jean. We haven't heard from you in a
long time
Sue
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I've uploaded it to my album (Jean Nathan) on Arachne webshots.
It shows everything quite clearly and even her body position is natural
looks as if she knows what she's doing, so perhaps the actress, Linda
Bassett, really is a lacemaker.
She's even got the facial expression right - down
These are 5 feet by 13.5 inches wide. It is called HOT covers.
The other good thing about it is that it is re-positionable (for when you
fail, like me, to stick it down evenly / without bubbles the first time!)
Sue
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I usually plait between sections where I am going to cut the lace. I make
the lace long enough to work into the seams of the pillowcase (allowing for
shrinkage) and then plait down for an inch or two before starting the next
piece of lace. It saves re-winding and is psychologically less
A little brush made by Avon, which is very good for brushing pillows.
I like Container Store's lint pick up rollers:
Our Lint Pic-Up® adhesive rollers quickly remove lint, dust, and pet hair
from clothing, upholstery, and other surfaces in one easy motion. Perfectly
safe for use on the finest
I searched the index of issues 1-100, but Sharon Scothern was not included
in that. SO the pattern is after October 2000
Sue
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Shouldn't have relied on search and find! here's the entry:
Scothern Sharon Lace Guild Challenge - DIY
Bookmark, also letter in 77/12 75/9
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Deborah lists issues in the Lace guild Index, by issue number and then page
number within that issue. This was what I was quoting from.
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The elusive little grey rabbit has at last been found hiding amongst
bigger lace books. Knowing the colour of spine to look for really helped a
lot - even so it took several attempts as it was not where it should have
been at all! Thank you for your help
Sue
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I wonder if anyone can dig me out of a hole? I need to know what date
the Essex Lace Makers are having their Lace Day and AGM in May. I know
10 May 10am-4pm Witham
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What mom's say in a day set to the William Tell Overture!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oK7WskpqNc
Sue
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Our current cat has a variety of names:
Adinsh Opal Sophia being its pedigree name (which is never used)
Astrophe (the name we call it most)
Tubs (what our son calls it most)
AK (quick abbreviation for Astrophe Kitten - even though she's 14 she still
behaves like a kitten)
FOOF (because it
I am trying to track down my copy of this on the bookshelf, and can't see
it. It is a long time since I saw it and am wondering if anyone can confirm
that I am looking for an A5 (approximately) booklet, with cardboard cover.
Does anyone know what colour the cover is?
Sue
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Thank you for that very quick response. Now I know what I'm looking for! I
think I might have both (but am not sure!)
You're up late!
Sue (in Chicago at dusk)
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Subtle differences - mandolin is the instrument; mandoline the cooking tool
Sue
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To me a mandolin is rather like a banjo and certainly does NOT have
any blades. So I've no idea what you're talking about :)
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Cat survey? I hadn't seen anything about this. I have one - a British Blue
who flew from England to Chicago with us
Sue
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Devon suggested that the website should include details of speakers at the
IOLI convention.
I would find love to see photographs on all the pages describing the lace
classes (not just some of them), so that I could see what each teacher
proposed teaching. This would help me to make a much
We were married by Archbishop's license - it's a fun document! You needed one
to be married in an Oxford college chapel - Merton, in our case
Sue
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Daphne
Do you have the latest version of Adobe Reader 7.0 on your computer? this
should enable you to open any pdf file.
It is available free at:
http://www.adobe.com/
Sue
I have been having a rotten time trying to print tatting
patterns.
I have asked two ladies. One of which
a long time
to buy it!!!
Sue
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From: Jane Partridge
To: Sue Babbs
Cc: lace@arachne.com
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 10:39 AM
Subject: Myth or Mystery CD
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I bought this CD a couple
Depends what you want to make with it as to whether you want to separate it or
not. Sorry to be unhelpful sounding, but you can alter your pricking size to
suit many threads. Perhaps if you told us the make of thread - and the length
of it - we could make suggestions as to what you want to do
I bought this CD a couple of months ago from the Lace Guild and have finally
got round to
trying to open it, but I can't get it to work. It has the following files on
it.
b22-01c.jpg
mormcd1.cdr
mormcd2.cdr
mormCD3.cdr
mormcd4.cdr
I can only get it to open the .jpg file out of these. It seems
Yes, Jeri, there is a book solely about the work of Milca Eremiasova.
It is called Milca Eremiasova - Rec Krajky (The language of lace) and it is
truly inspirational. To my mind she really is a lace artist.
It is published by Anna Halikova, Ceska palicka 2002. There is no ISBN no. in
it that I
It's a piece by Milca Eremiasova (sorry I don't feel like tracking down all
the accents for her name). She is a Czech lace artist.
There is a photo of the piece in the biography of her lacemaking, on page
37, but no pricking. It is dated 1997. If anyone tracks down a pricking I,
too, would
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Tamara wrote:
So here goes a question: What do you call a ground which is constructed
as follows:
Whole Stitch (CTCT, or TCTC), Pin, Whole Stitch...
And Bev replied:
I call it CTCT, pin, CTCT ground ... ;)\
I'm with
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Sue Babbs
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I know - my plan (if I ever start the piece of Binche I dream of doing) is
to get it finished in Bruges. And they don't even charge a fortune for
overlapping and mounting. I have no great desire to spend the time sewing -
and practising to get a good result - when I can pay someone else to do
1) Winding bobbins
2) Final sewing together
3) Tallies (leaves, squares, triangles, any other type)
The above aren't exciting, but what I really don't like doing are large
areas of cloth stitch. There's not enough challenge or interest value in
working them.
Sue
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I was amused when looking at the map to see that I have been relocated to
living in the middle of the neighboring town's golf course!
Sue
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