[lace] IOLI Arachne Lunch
About 35 people turned up for the Arachne lunch today, and it was lovely to meet Names , and find out they are Real people!!! There was lots of chatter, and lots of laughter, and a Lot of friendship and good will!! Jeri Ames had a Wonderful spider hat on, and there were other spiders around sitting on shoulders etc! A lot of fun. Thank you to the organizers. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, - currently in Washington DC.! - and having a Ball!!! :) - 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
[lace] Sue's mounted Lace
Well done, Sue. I am glad you got stuck into the Mounting of the lace, and am finding it a bit easier this time. I am glad i was able to get you inspired' and hope my thoughts helped! Thanks to everyone at IOLI for making my week there a bunch of very happy memories. I really enjoyed every moment of it. Liz - still swanning around USA - but in Seattle now!! - 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
[lace] Support pins etc.
I see no problem with using support pins if you need them and if they help you get your lace looking how you want it. I am sure the Ãld-timersâwould have used whatever they could to assist in making the lace. I also use coloured pens to mark my prickings before I put the contact on them. I find that helps, too â Who cares â no-one else sees the prickings, and if they do â so what?!!! (You all know I am rebellious and go âradicalâ every now and again!!! ) I worked a fairly dense Beds piece â with Overlapping 9 pin edge, and when I first looked at the pricking and tried to follow the lines of the plaits I could see where there might be a problem if I wasnât concentrating well, - so marked one âloopâ of the edge in black, and the overlapping one in red â and did that all around the pattern. It worked beautifully â I knew exactly where I was the whole time. The trails were marked in green, and I think the cloth stitch pattern bits were blue, -- whatever â it all helped me make the lace Enjoyably (which is the whole point!) When you have a forest of pins it is sometimes hard to see what is what, -- so get out the coloured pens and get some marks there before you start, so you can enjoy the journey. Who will ever know you marked the pricking first?!! - and anyone who finds out will most probably think you Very Sensible!!! Thank you for that book review on the new Korella book, Jeri. It looks like another great book. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz.. --where we had 35mm rain last evening (1â inches) - the first good rain for Ages! - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Magazines
I received the Needle ânâ Thread magazine of the Guild of Needlelaces this morning. I have not had a chance to read it yet â That is a bedtime treat!! However, I have not had the Lace Guild magazine yet â and I have not heard of any other Aussie getting it either, so it looks like we will have to wait a bit longer, for the Postal service to get them sorted and delivered! But having been the one to ask if we could be told when the magazines start circulating, I thought I better mention the Needlelace one!! Regards from Liz in warm, sunny Melbourne, Oz. - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Guild Magazine
The UKI Lace Magazine arrived in my letterbox yesterday, - at Last! What a feast of reading and pretty pictures to drool over!! Congratulations to all the successful lacemakers who submitted work for the Assessments. Very well done to you all. Regards from Liz. In Melbourne, Oz. - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Lappets
Alice â I remember you wearing lappets at one (or 2) of the IOLI conventions. I seem to remember you had a different one from your collection, each day! Everyone was looking out for you to see what you were wearing that day â lace-wise!! Next Convention I went to, I wore my Beds Dress Cap (featured on the cover of Barbara Underwoodâs, Beds Lace book!) I did mine in navy polycotton â I) I have white hair, so a white lace cap would not show up â navy shows up well!!!, and 2) Polycotton, although rotten to work with, at least never creases, - so I can haul it out of my bag, or suitcase, and it is âready to wearâ!!! I then made a mauve cap working from the same outline/shape, but in Knotted lace! The 3 tails at the back were a challenge for me â so it was a good learning piece!!! I must bring them along â if we can organize our trip over there again this year! I worked the neck tie from Mincroff & Marriage book and it always gets nice remarks, and last year I saw it made in pale colours â multi-coloured, and it was Stunning. A lot is the shape of the ends â I think it may have originally been lappet ends. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, where we have been having a heat wave. - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] RE: Writing to the list.
Thank you Jeri, and Avital, who sent to me privately about the correct address for the list. I have always been using the Arachne one, - except for this once, when the Arachne one was rejected. I have no idea why my email had all those weird signs in it. I hope it is not a permanent issue. I am now trying again, to see what happens this time! I am using the default system in W.10 for my mail, and I do Not like it. â Maybe it is because it is so different to what I have been used to, - but this has everything hidden â no contacts list I can access, and hides messages â (it seems to sort them into subject order, and hides them behind the first one, and I miss some of the hidden ones, I think. This is why I will be staying with the Digest, - I get them all in order!! Regards from Liz. in sunny, but cooler (thankfully) Melbourne, Oz. - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Magazine in the Post.
Thank you Jean, for alerting us to the IOLI Bulletin that is now (Hopefully) in the post to us all. Sorry I am so late replying â I got âwaylaidâ and then forgot!! I watch out for the Postie each day, but so far he has only brought Bills and Junk Mail, -- no nice magazine! However, being an Optimist, - I live in hope!! : ) Regards from Liz. In sunny Melbourne, Oz. - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] RE: lace-digest V2017 #47
My IOLI Bulletin & Handbook arrived this morning, -- Hooray!! So I have some good âMental Healthâ therapy/reading tonight! ð How do people manage to survive without doing any craft work? I had a neighbour whom died of boredom,, I think! That wonât happen to me â or any of you, either, I bet!!! And waiting for the quarterly magazines is part of it, - isnât it? â With so much enjoyment when they arrive!! Regards from Liz. In Melbourne, Oz. - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] RE: Convention.
I received my Convention confirmation today, too. Great!! I am joining you, Susan, in a Happy Dance!!! - I got the Wednesday trip/outing I wanted, too. Looking forward to seeing you all in Philly, soon!! I hope there is an Arachne Lunch again. It is so nice to meet Face-to-face! Regards from Liz. In Melbourne,. Oz. - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] RE: lace-digest V2017 #34
Very best wishes, Jeri, for your eye surgery. I hope all goes well for you. I am just recovering from âBack of the eyeâ surgery, - and he did the cataract while he was there! I had a filmy growth growing over the retina, and he was able to get most of it out. It should improve my vision he said. I hope so!! It is amazing what intricate surgeries can be done theses days, - though there are not many surgeons around here that can do this major eye surgery. At least I still have one good eye, - and can still make lace â although tatting is the best for me to see at the moment. Regards from Liz. In Melbourne, Oz. - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] RE: Indian Lace.
I remember Sulochona, Jeri, and was thinking of her when this thread first surfaced â but could not remember her name! (I am Not good with names â and getting worse, Iâm afraid!) We have not heard from her for Ages, and I wondered what had happened to her. I do hope she is OK. Have a good Holiday in China, David, and donât forget to send us all a travelogue as you go! (and get rid of that excess weight!!! ) Regards from Liz in Hot, sunny Melbourne, Oz. - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Arachne lunch
So sorry I just about missed the Arachne lunch - but we had to go shopping, and it was the one grumpy shuttle driver, who was on a "Work to Rule" session, I think, and would not come to pick us up from the store earlier than his 'set' time. Grrr!! Anyway, Devon came and sat with me while I ate my lunch, and showed me what she was talking about a week or so ago, about an exhibition of lace. Wow! She has the most marvelous Presentation, and it looks like an exciting project. Perhaps she will explain more, now, to us all so we can answer her original questions!! I am having a great time at IOLI, enjoying every moment, though the Tatting class - doing it the Old Fashioned way, is stretching the brain a bit. I am glad we do tattin "our" more modern way, though learning the historical way is Very interesting! I love the History of Lace, and this is just another gem to add to my knowledge. Regards, Liz in Philadelphia, USA - normally in Melbourne, Oz.!! - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Lace display
Thank you for your help in making contact with the IOLI co-chair for the Display Room at the IOLI convention. I have not been sent a display room form, - and all is well!! How did we ever exist before Arachne?!!! : ) (I wish I knew why some marks come up as gobbledegook, though, when I send to this list. Grrr!! ) Some States in Australia have had their UK Lace magazines for nearly 2 weeks, now, but those of us in Victoria and South Australia are still waiting for ours to surface.More Grrr!!! Regards from Liz. In grey, cold, Melbourne, Oz. - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Travel Pillow etc.
I have had a similar problem of needing a pillow at Conventions, -m and have taken up the Hostâs $5 offer of a foam block. I made a slightly raised fabric cover â with a variety of sized felt pieces stitched to the centre of a large square of fabric, that , when pinned on the block gave me a slightly domed area to work on â more like my usual cookie pillow at them!! It worked Very well, and I gave the foam piece away at the end of Convention, as I could not bring it home. I have not received the UK Lace Magazine yet. I keep watching for the pot, and hoping it will surface soon. Maybe this week...! Talking of Convention â I have been trying to get a form for the Lace display room at Convention, and cannot get an answer from anyone there. I have written twice to the link given on the Web site, and once to the President of the local Guild, but without an answer, and someone else sent my email address to the co-ordinator asking for one to be sent me and Still No reply. I wonder what has gone wrong, and why I cannot get a form, as I am prepared to bring a couple of pieces of my lace for the Exhibition, - as I have done in the past. Can anyone help, please? Or advise..! It seems Very unusual. Regards from Liz. In Melbourne, Oz. - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Plaited laces.
When I run out of thread, I hang the new thread on a pin , either at the back or side of the work, and then tie the new bobbin to the old one that is running out (I use a twisty or some sort to hold them together) and then work a bit further â another inch perhaps, with the double thread.. When I feel it is well secured, I throw out the empty bobbin, and continue with the new, full, one. Later on â much later on! â I trim away the ends . There may be a slight thickening of the threads in that one place, but they won't notice in the overall appearance. Love the quilts, Brian. Regards from Liz. - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
