*I'm in the sea of the last hurrahs attendant on my forthcoming (and
*nerve-wracking for a reluctant driver like myself g) trip to
*Maryland
*on Friday for the Chesapeake Region Lace Guild's Lace Day (at the
*Baltimore Museum of Art, April 2).
T - I am absolutely green with envy. I SO want to be
I saw a brief web article about a piece of lace designed by Emily Hobhouse,
during the Boer war or perhaps more specifically after the Boer War. I have
been in touch with Janis Savage who sent me a copy of a newspaper article re
this lace. It is termed Wag-n-bietjie, which is
Afrikaans for a type
In answer to Laurie's question about the proximity of railroad stations, the
textile curator Anita Jones responded, The Penn Station is only 5 mins or
so south of the Museum by car or taxi. BWI is about 15-20 mins from the
Museum. I have never used the rail station there, but I imagine you
As a former museum employee, I want to add--don't tell this to the guards
around the exhibit. Ask to see the director, to tell him/her how much you
enjoyed the exhibit. At my museum, the director's office was right up front
and any visitors could walk in and express their feelings. And he
*The curator informs me that she has told the museum that lace
*enthusiasts
*are a smaller, but very devoted group. I hope that those who
*attend and who
*enjoy the exhibit, over 50 items in several rooms, express
*enthusiasm to the
*upper management of the museum as it will bolster the position
Greetings!
I promised to report back after test-driving the international square
bobbins that Tamara was generous enough to send me. I mentioned to her that
I'd like to keep the tradition of passing these bobbins on to someone else
who might like to try before buying. She whole-heartedly
Members may wish to bring their own magnifiers for viewing items in the
exhibit. Please use only hand-held magnifiers, not ones on a stand, as the
lace
will be mounted behind Plexiglas and that can be scratched by the legs of a
stand device placed on the surface. Photography for personal
At 3:06 PM -0500 3/30/05, Laurie Hughes wrote:
Not to be crass and speak of crude money and ethereal lace in the same
breath, but I've always found that a donation, of virtually any size, speaks
volumes to curators who are always concerned about making ends meet, buying
new acid free paper,
Here is a reminder about the Prairie Mill Lacemakers having their 5th Lace-In
on Saturday April 2nd 10am to 5 pm at Midway Village and Museum, Rockford,
Illinois. It is part of the Fibre Arts Faire being held that weekend. We
would once again like to invite any lacemakers to come and join us.
The Lure of Lace Books
I've a bookcase of tomes on the subject
Not sorted, just there to be browsed.
I've folders just bursting with copies
At least they're quite happily housed.
I've enough lace related work projects
I know I must do 'fore I die.
But whenever I spot something new out
A strange
Noelene's poem reminded me of an acronym that I heard at my needlework
guild meeting last week. We all know UFO (unfinished objects). Well
add SABLE to your list (stash absolutely beyond life expectancy) SABLE
describes both my needlework and my lace stashes perfectly!
Margot Walker in
Helen wrote:
Ooh, I like that bracelet!
Before I really get started, the cane ground crossing is much like a
windmill crossing but with twists everywehre?
Cane ground has more stitches!
In a windmill crossing the pairs are used as if they were single
threads and you work a cloth stitch with a pin
I recently picked up two post-it notepads at a needlework shop, one of which
had SABLE, though with a slight variation (Stash Accumulated Beyond Life
Expectancy). The other was SEX (Stash Enhancement eXpedition)...g She/He
who
dies with the most thread/books/bobbins/etc./etc. wins? (-:
Just to remind everyone that not all U.S. lacemakers live north of Baltimore,
I'll be flying up for the day from Raleigh, North Carolina--but I'll be driving
when I go up later in the month for two wonderful workshops!
This certainly sounds like it's going to be a *very* exciting event.
Sue
that one day's mistake might turn out to be another day's revelation...
:)
This is SO true. I bought the Tebbs book, some 20+ years ago, I've never
made lace from it - so far! However, now I look at the patterns from the NL
point of view, and there are some great ideas there, so maybe it was
A couple of weeks ago I stowed the seat that was in our hallway, and
replaced it with a bookcase - It's not as deep as the chair and gives more
room to move around in the hall was my reasoning to DH. Then I collected up
all the lace books which didn't have a place on the two existing bookcases,
I laughed and laughed!! Noelene, you are truly the bard of all lacemakers!!
As a new lacemaker, I was told two things: you will never have too many
bobbins. And, as far as books go, Tamara advised me Get'um while you
can! While the first lesson was adhered to with wild abandon for several
And to add to Tamara's list of who's flying in from where, there's
Nancy Pye who's coming in on Saturday from Canada! -- Aurelia
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On Mar 30, 2005, at 19:19, Clay Blackwell wrote:
On the BOOKS issue, however, I have not yet reached the
saturation point. When I devoted a spare room in my house to my
office/lace room, I put in a large bookcase. It housed all of my
professional books, and a couple of shelves of lace books. As
I had a stray thought that I want to toss out to you.
Does the time spent making lace in the public lobby of a hotel count as
demo time in our guild log book?
What do you think?
Alice in Oregon -- where the sun peeked through for a few minutes but more
rain is coming.
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Dear Martha.,
. but this time it was a small kangaroo (well, maybe a wallaby - we don't
know the difference up here), just lolloping along the hallway, peering in
the doorways! After I left, someone told me there was a joey in a pouch
at the nurses' station, but I was in too much of rush to
Dear Secret Pal,
Thank you for the lovely parcel, The Bobbin will be added to my next project
and will be treasured. The Bookmark and coaster from the Motor Museum were
snatched up by my husband who loves cars so they have found a very good home.
The ladybird is so cute thank you, and the soaps
Dear Alice,
Absolutely, without a doubt! Lacemakers always have a good time together
and that is a PR plus. Imagine the impression of a quiet group, toiling
away, not responding to bystanders would make. We enjoy lacemaking and it
should show. We enjoy talking to the public and that makes
I think they went through the line about three times before the rope
finally broke and the child with the bat pulled off the blindfold and
beat the thing to pieces.
This comment brings a smile to my face. The first time I made a pinata I
just flew by the seat of my pants, thinking I can do that.
On Mar 30, 2005, at 19:19, Janice Blair wrote:
I am a little naive when it comes to finding out how to save on
various items but this week I felt quite proud of myself. My
connection charge for DSL went up at the end of my year contract with
SBC from $26.95 to $49.95!
Where and when I grew up,
On Mar 30, 2005, at 2:52, Jean Nathan wrote:
It's pay-as-you-go, and both DH and I took it out with us if we were
out alone
mainly to be able to get in touch with home or call the breakdown
service if
needed.
That is, *precisely*, how DH and I were going to use ours, once we
decided - after 2
Had some new-on me jokes; can postpone old but good ones yet a
while.. :)
From: L.F.
After retiring, I went to the social security office to apply for
Social Security benefits. The woman behind the counter asked me for my
driver's license to verify my age.
I looked in my pockets and realized
From: L.F.
God was just about done creating man, but he had two things left
over in his bag and He couldn't quite decide how to split them
between Adam and Eve. He thought He might just as well ask them.
He told them one of the things He had left was a thing that would allow
the owner to pee
As said previously I've got 2 mobile phones.
The brick is on Cellnet. It was free. Calls are 50 pence per minute within
the UK, but charged by the second, so a 15 second call costs 12.5 pence. I
put GBP10.00 of call payment on it, and for the first couple of years, I had
to top it up with a
I have just found out how to add to the webshots gallery but can anyone tell
me how to remove pictures ? as one I have put on is coming up all wrong and I
thought I would try again.
Shirley in Corio Oz.
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I am a little naive when it comes to finding out how to save on various items
but this week I felt quite proud of myself. My connection charge for DSL went
up at the end of my year long contract with SBC from $26.95 to $49.95! I saw
in the newspaper that they will be offering a much cheaper
Simply go to the picture in gallery mode (ie all the thumbnails). Underneath
it says edit and to the right of edit is an X. Click on that X
If that doesn't work tell me which of your pictures you don't want and I'll
delete it for you
Sue
I have just found out how to add to the webshots gallery
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