I agree with Faye. The Australian Lace Guild has just held its annual conference in Western Australia, on the far side of the continent from where I live.
When we arrived at the end of a five-hour flight, we were given the usual bag with maps of the city, tourist information and various other useful items in it. As I dug into mine, I discovered a simple, hand-made lace bookmark, made by one of the local lacemakers. The bookmarks were anonymous - no indication of which lacemaker had made which one - but I would've loved to have known who made mine, so that I could write a thank-you note to her. Yes, I could've sat down and said: "oh, the tension isn't perfect" or "it's only a simple design", but what I appreciate about this offering is that someone, somewhere, sat down and spent hours of her precious time making an offering for another unknown lacemaker - she has given something of herself to me, and that is what I value immensely. Ruth (Sydney, Australia) ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Faye Owers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Arachne" <lace@arachne.com> > Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 9:04 AM > Subject: Re: [lace] Christmas card exchange > > > Hi Lacemakers > > Are we as lacemakers losing the meaning of Christmas as a time for sharing, > we are all of differing standards with our lacemaking and I for one am just > happy to have been thought of by a lacemaker somewhere else in this large > world of ours. I would be happy with what ever is sent. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
