Hello to you all out there, I have run across a book in my library with a print date of 2002 in Denmark by Brigit Poulsen titled "LAY THE TABLE-WITH BOBBIN LACE." It has every think from table runners to napkins to placemats,etc,etc. The lace is beautiful and not only for the contest but I am going to do it for my own table. It has been stuck on one of my book shelves and I am happy to have found it and using it. Thanks to Brigit and happy lacing to all you gentle "Spiders." Mary Derrick Southern Regional Director or Jacksonville ,FL
Tamara P Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:On Sep 1, 2005, at 5:30, Ilske Thomsen wrote: > Under /www.internationaloldlacers.org/index.html#Lace%20Contest > you find all you must know for that contest. In my opion everything is > clear. So it was in mine (mostly; given that I've never seen a "table ribbon" before... ) But since the definiton of the contest/rules elicited so many questions, that part had been re-written (by a far-flung committee; ain't e-mail a *marvel*? ). The new version is not yet reflected on the website (I just got it from Debra today), but will appear in the Bulletin (which went to print today) as follows: > The contest: Table ribbon (a very narrow table runner) 35 to 45 inches > in length (89-114cm), the width may vary from 3.5 to 5 inches > (9-13cm), any technique, any size or type of thread (including wire), > at least two colors. The lace cannot be mounted or attached to fabric > nor framed or laminated. All sides of the lace have to be finished; > the sides are part of the design and will be evaluated. The entries > must be two-dimensional, not assembled into three-dimensional > structures. Three-dimensional (textural) effects characteristic of the > lace technique used are permitted, as are embellishments such as > beads. Hopefully, it'll make things clearer still... And Debra and I (and the organising committee) are working on making entries for the non-US (Canadian and European) members easier, without having to pass them back and forth through borders and customs... With luck, Debra will be able to collect all the *US* entries, photograph them before the Convention, and fly to Montreal with them (we may have to chip in for customs duty, as well as overweight luggage, if y'all use too many beads/jewels ). But, hopefully, *Canadians* won't have to send their entries to US (thus avoiding extra postage, and sparing Debra having to pay customs duty on them *as well as* having to haul them to the place of origin)... It would mean that she'd have to photograph those *during* the Convention (thus cutting into her own "Convention time"), but there's never a perfect solution for everything... -- Tamara P Duvall http://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] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
