I will have a day in London and was wondering if there are any book shops in
London that would have a good selection of lace books.
Elizabeth Kurella
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These days, Foyles in Charring Cross Road would be my first thought however
even in the heydays of lace books they tended to only stock batsford. With
the move to independent published and foreign published books I fear the
choice is limited. I fear that the chances of finding any even in the
Please let us hear of special lace-content exhibits in the world.
Closing July 14, 2013 is the exhibit Treasures of the Royal Courts at
the VA.
I am sending this to Arachne for any travelers going to London before the
14th of July. If you have not had enough of this period in history
Arachnes have been quiet, so I am sending something special for those who
enjoy research.
For those of you with sophisticated tastes and unlimited funds, or simply
interested in fashions for inspiration - elaborate embroidery that could be
adapted to lace designs, for example:
I'm
Hi,
I am going to be in London, Feb 6 and 7 with DH, and wonder if there is
anything lacey I should look into. I could not see on the VA website if the
Lace Gallery is still available. I think our hotel is within walking distance
of the VA and I have some time on the Monday morning when I can
On 23 Jan 2010, at 16:33, Janice Blair wrote:
Hi,
I am going to be in London, Feb 6 and 7 with DH, and wonder if
there is anything lacey I should look into.
I love to visit the Fan Museum in Greenwich. http://www.fan-
museum.org/Greenwich is a great place to wander around and
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Hi,
I am going to be in London, Feb 6 and 7 with DH, and wonder if there is
anything lacey I should look into. I could not see on the VA website if
the Lace Gallery is still available. I think our hotel
Dear Lacemakers,
Anyone planning a visit should know there is a small gift shop in the Fan
Museum. I was able to purchase fan books, and also lovely Swiss hankies
embroidered with fans. Back home, I gave these to a lacemaking friend and
received
one back with added lace edging.
(I suppose
At 8:37 am -0400 8/8/06, Vibeke wrote:
When you are in the Greenwich area do also try to see Ranger's House
in Blackheath, with the Suffolk Collection of Elizabethan and Jacobean
paintings with lots of lace.
This collection of paintings has been moved and is now in Kenwood
House, Hampstead,
Jo,
Something not lacey at but definately worth doing is the London Eye -
and it's good in the autumn, as central London has such a lot of trees
that in summer you get to see lots of green but not into the gardens of
No 10 Downing St or Buckingham Palace, which when the leaves have
fallen
When you are in the Greenwich area do also try to see Ranger's House
in Blackheath, with the Suffolk Collection of Elizabethan and Jacobean
paintings with lots of lace.
Greeting
Vibeke in Copenhagen
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As my husband and I are planning a
4-day tourist trip in October to London, I googled Arachne's last year
archive for lacy things in London. Knowing him I won't be able to make a
detour to for example
As Jeri mentioned the Knitting and Stitching Show will be on and I'll be
going on Oct. 13. There will be lace there and 100s of dealers of all
sorts - to me, it's heaven on earth!!! The Fan Museum in Greenwich is
always worth seeing, even if the exhibition at the time you're there,
doesn't
At lace class last night, one of the women mentioned that her husband was
making a business trip to London and that she would like him to bring home a
lace
making gift for her. Can anyone recommend sources for supplies in London?
Sue in New Jersey
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Can anybody tell me where Dora Smith lives?
Her remarks are very strange and to me offensive.
I am very sorry for all the victims of the bombing, having experienced
something
like it many years ago.
Dora Northern
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Dora Smith
tools and rain gear LOL!
Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, Texas
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Perhaps Dora is right now shrivelling up in mortification ...
Carol - in Suffolk UK - very glad that daughter wasn't in London yesterday,
and praying for all those injured and bereaved.
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My thoughts and prayers are with all of you during this time. Please let us
hear from you when you can.
Anne in Austin TX
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My thoughts and prayers are with all of you during this time. Please let
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And mine, as well, from the NW USA. God be with us all in these sad and
frightening times.
--Sue from Montana
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From South Africa I add my thoughts and prayers to those of Anne.
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Tygerberg
I'm sitting here at work, wondering whether anything's happened to my sister.
She lives in the Lewisham area and commutes by tube every day to her job at the
Bureau of Statistics in Westminster. I don't have her work number or e-mail
address with me because I never dreamed I'd need them. DH is
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I'm sitting here at work, wondering whether anything's happened to my
sister. She lives in the Lewisham area and commutes by tube every day to her
job
at the Bureau of Statistics in Westminster. I
After having had a similar tragedy in Madrid, I know exactly how one feels.
I have no words to say how upset I am to see this happen again. And I keep
asking myself why is it possible that there are people in the world who like
doing such wrong to other people.
I do hope nobody in this list or
What a horror. My heart goes out to any and all that are affected by
this tragedy, whether you have a friend or loved one hurt or (like
Avital) have a friend or loved one at risk that you need to hear from.
Robin P.
Los Angeles, California, USA
(formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
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! I'm thinking, my knapsack is jsut about large
enough for bicycle tools and rain gear LOL!
Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, Texas
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Okay, Dora, it's now raining here in Austin--finally! Hope you've got your
rain gear. LOL
Anne in Austin TX
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Good morning All,
I have just come back from a quick weekend visit to London and would
like to comment quickly on this before posing a question. I did some of
the touristy things on Saturday and Sunday, the London Eye, (
brilliant) The Buckingham Palace tour (fabulous) then on Monday before
Thanks for the info.
I'll be going to London later this year so I'm collecting any info that
I can.
If anyone has any tips for a first time traveller to London I'd love to
hear them, (especially about cheap places to eat).
Feel free to email me off list if you like.
Thank you.
Onaree
Jean
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