Re: [lace] Duchesse-Sluisse on eBay

2004-12-11 Thread Jean Leader
At 11:58 am -0500 10/12/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Elaine Merritt, Devon Thein, Jean Leader, Angela Thompson, Collectors: What do you think of this item and the pricing? I've had a look at eBay (not something I do very often) and I'd agree with Barbara Joyce $350 sounds unreasonably high for

[lace] Stuff to make me homesick

2004-12-11 Thread Pene Piip
Hi to all fellow-spiders, Today has been a good day. The sun was shining this morning the Postman, who I think is a lady, delivered my Australian Lace magazine a note to say that there was a parcel for me waiting at the Tartu Post Office. When I opened it I found that my friend, Laurie Hughes,

Re: [lace] Re: Duchesse-Sluisse on eBay

2004-12-11 Thread Ilske Thomsen
Hello Lacefriends, This is a nice piece, but not much vatieties in it. I have never seen such a long piece at our lace dealers in Germany but I know that the longer pieces are in proporsition to shorter ones often are more expensive. And if there are few pieces of one lace type on market they

Re: [lace] Royal Train (Gawthorpe Hall)

2004-12-11 Thread Jeriames
In a message dated 12/10/04 1:22:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At the moment the Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth collection is unavailable to be viewed because it is being catalogued. They have received a lottery grant to help get all the items in the collection catalogued.

[lace] For Sulochona

2004-12-11 Thread David Collyer
Dear Sulochona, Could you please contact me - my email to you is bouncing. David in Ballarat - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] another UFO becomes a FO

2004-12-11 Thread Janis Savage
After 3 1/2 years of sporadic work, I finally finished my version of Miss Channer's Mat in time for our exhibitions in October this year. I had it quickly framed for the exhibit in Johannesburg and then straight on to the Pretoria Lace Guild's exhibition. I was not entirely happy with the framing

[lace] Re: lace-digest V2004 #403

2004-12-11 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Cherish the Past, Adorn the Present, Create for the Future - from the cover of the booklet. What a nice sentiment. As is the Lace Guild's Custodians of the past and Guardians of the future from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Miss Channer's Mat

2004-12-11 Thread Evelynn McCain
I would love to see Janis Savage's version of Miss Channer's Mat. Does anyone know where you can get this pattern? I have really enjoyed looking at all the beautiful lace photos all of you have posted. Thank you for being an inspiration. It is great to see so many lace sites on the

Re: [lace] Miss Channer's Mat

2004-12-11 Thread Dmt11home
In a message dated 12/11/2004 8:53:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I would love to see Janis Savage's version of Miss Channer's Mat.Does anyone know where you can get this pattern? Don't ask. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing

[lace] Re: going from Torchon to Bedfordshire

2004-12-11 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Dec 11, 2004, at 4:04, Jean Leader wrote: At 9:55 pm -0500 10/12/04, Tamara wrote: I thought Jean Leader also had a book on beginning Beds (which would be another one I could recommend sight-unseen, based on the clarity of her books that I do own), but it's not listed in the IOLI library. It

[lace] Lace Exhibitions

2004-12-11 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Hear hear, Noelene. I go positively green with envy sometimes!! You folks Up Top (well, we are supposed to be Down Under!!) don't know how lucky you are, to have access to museums which show lace, exhibitions, etc. I managed to get into an exhibition in Canberra last year - just by chance I

[lace] going Torchon to Beds.

2004-12-11 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Get Barbara Underwood's book Introducing Traditional Bedfordshire Lace in 20 Lessons. If you can do basic torchon, you should be able to move on to Beds lace without any difficulty. The stitches - cloth stitch, half stitch, and the foot stitch (edge stitch) are exactly the same, it is only the

Re: [lace] going from Torchon to Bedfordshire

2004-12-11 Thread Steph Peters
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 21:08:13 -0500, Gina wrote: I'm (still) a beginner at lace. So far I've completed the exercises in the Torchon Lace Workbook, and I thought to go on to Bedfordshire. I tried it using the book Technique of Bobbin Lace, and was totally confused, so I went back to the Torchon

Re: [lace] Lace Exhibitions - Lighting Solution

2004-12-11 Thread Jeriames
In a message dated 12/11/04 6:06:22 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I managed to get into an exhibition in Canberra last year - just by chance I found it was on, (Petronella Wensing's display), but the previous Lace Exhibition was some 8 or 9 (or more) years ago, when

Re: [lace] Museum Collecting Policies

2004-12-11 Thread Jeriames
In a message dated 12/11/04 12:06:45 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I checked - 2-3 yrs ago - with a museum of her choice, about a possibility of giving it the collection or, at least, the best bits of it (there was a lot of decent machine-made stuff there, and some

[lace-chat] Re: lace-chat-digest V2004 #214

2004-12-11 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Thank you all for a humourous end to the day. I have had a good laugh, and feel SOO Much better! :)) from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, where it is hot and humid , and we may get a thunderstorm overnight. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Stuff to make me homesick

2004-12-11 Thread Pene Piip
Hi to all fellow-spiders, Today has been a good day. The sun was shining this morning the Postman, who I think is a lady, delivered my Australian Lace magazine a note to say that there was a parcel for me waiting at the Tartu Post Office. When I opened it I found that my friend, Laurie Hughes,

[lace-chat] Questions to Ponder

2004-12-11 Thread David Collyer
Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are flat? Why do banks charge a fee on insufficient funds when they know there is not enough? Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet? Why doesn't glue

[lace-chat] Christmas Poem

2004-12-11 Thread David Collyer
A Politically Correct Christmas Poem Twas the night before Christmas and Santa's a wreck... How to live in a world that's politically correct? His workers no longer would answer to Elves, Vertically Challenged they were calling themselves. And labor conditions at the North Pole, were alleged by

[lace-chat] Humour

2004-12-11 Thread David Collyer
Subject: Fw: Pasta diet and carbs ITALIAN PASTA DIET IT REALLY WORKS !! 1) You walka pasta da bakery. 2) You walka pasta da candy store. 3) You walka pasta da ice cream shop. 4) You walka pasta da table and fridge. Also CONCERNED ABOUT TOO MANY CARBS IN YOUR

[lace-chat] Re: Re: identity cards

2004-12-11 Thread Joy Beeson
At 11:18 PM 12/10/04 -0500, Tamara P. Duvall wrote: Having *uniform* ID cards is, in a way, a step *up* in openness; the govt keeps tabs on us all (as it has always done), but, finally, admits to it. Making them act as though they were ashamed of it is a first step. Pretending that it's