just for fun, when i started lacing, i started photocopying out the pieces that "appealed" to me and noted on the back the book and date. i made up a binder eventually because there are so many good patterns out there. As i look through the book (about once every 4-5 months), and the picture calls to me, i write how i envision the finished product being used on the back of the copy. then, when i think i have a venue for something like your clock or box, i go to the back pages and flip backwards just looking at my notes to see if i ever thought one of the patterns would work for that. of course, i drool and when i find one that i selected over perhaps many years ago to do for the clock, i have what i need. another option - and i have backtracked and done this - is to add the readied pricking and instructions behind the copy with a blank page at the back for my "notes" into a pocket sheet protector. the binder got really bulky fast, but i was ready to do the project almost immediately (had to wind bobbins) when i got the bug to do it. You could go back through your books and start something like this for the next time you are in this place. Since you are going to be looking for something now, take a half a day per book and with today's computers and scanning, it would be a breeze to put a start to a binder for yourself. It is my hope chest with lots of treasurers. Happy lacing.
Hugs, Lin and the Mali Overton, NV USA On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Sue <hurwitz...@btinternet.com> wrote: > I bought two fabulous items last weekend and both need lace inside to > complete > them, but I know I want something that I enjoyed working but which really > looks good when done and mounted. One is a box which now holds my bobbins > and also bits and pieces of findings, hair slide backs and other little > things > like bells I have added to christmas bell pieces of lace. The lid is a > wooden > frame with glass to show off whatever goes in it, be it a photograph, cross > stitch design or lace. it is quite big at 11 inches square. > The other is a clock and we pick a design and then consider another. I > think > it will be sometime before I get started at this rate. I do need to > complete > the current strip which is half done at the moment as I need to free up > the > bobbins and also the large block pillow. > I would love to know how others get their creative minds to decide on one > design when so many wonderful patterns exist. > > Sue T > Dorset UK > www.hurwitzend.co.uk > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent > -- Hugs, Lin and the Mali *Inside every older person is a younger person -- wondering what the hell happened. * - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
