RE: [lace] lace in London
Please reply to the list - I will be in London for a week in December too. I'm also looking for Egyptian Cotton thread, as fine as possible. Any ideas welcome. Thanks Barbara Cape Town, South Africa Read our disclaimer at: http://www.picknpay.co.za/pnp/view/pnp/en/page5093? If you don't have web access, the disclaimer can be mailed to you on request. Disclaimer requests to be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] RE:cone shaped pillows
At 03:33 PM 10/3/2004, you wrote: I seem to recall that corners can be made on cone shaped rollers. ... Not sure how it works for fans though. Yes, cone rollers allow square hanky edgings to be done on a roller. I have to admit that I don't remember reading about fans being done on one, but why not? If you take a fan pattern and roll it up, keeping the top and bottom edges lined up, you get a cone. If you make a roller to fit that cone shape, then it should be possible to make the fan lace on the roller if it is a straight lace type of lace. It wouldn't work for Honiton, tape laces, or perhaps Beds, but Torchon or Point Ground laces should do fine. H..I can see another project to go on my to do list. Alice in Oregon -- with two more days of good weather before the next rain is supposed to fall. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Fan pillows
The fan I'm making at the moment is fairly small, and fits across the flattish top of an 18 cookie pillow. I can't get a pillow much larger than that, because it would strain my shoulders to reach it (I have short arms and injured shoulders!). The Kleinhout pillow has two pie-shaped movable suggestions, as you suggest, which would be ideal, but I suppose I'm thinking about flat, pie-shaped sections in the centre of a cookie pillow (with sloping sides). A cone-shaped roller sounds intriguing, but I can't work out how you would make one, or how it would fit into an existing roller pillow. I don't suppose any supplier makes such a thing? Regards, Annette, London PS I heard about Mt St Helens on the news - I hope if it does erupt it isn't too serious. Are you very near? Alice Howell wrote: This brought two thoughts to my mind. First -- the recent discussion on patterns lifting from the pillow. One reason was the conflict of putting a flat pattern on a curved pillow. A fan is a flat item. For the lace to fit best, it seems like it should be made flat. While I haven't (yet) made a fan (that class is coming next spring), I would think that the pattern would need to be worked on a flat surface as big as the fan. The bobbin area could be shaped to suit the bobbins and lacemaker. A small fan would fit easily on a cookie pillow. A larger fan may need a special pillow design. The cookie with the two or more pie-shaped movable sections is one solution. The second area of thought was the cone shaped roller. Curved items can be made on a cone that has been fitted to the shape of the pattern. The cone can be inserted into a roller pillow, or a cut out section of a cookie pillow. The working surface stays at the optimum center of the pillow, and the bobbin surface would stay consistent. A used roller pillow I acquired had a cone roller with it that the previous lacemaker had devised. If a person plans to make only one fan, a usable pillow could be constructed out of builders foam. It doesn't last for extensive use, but works well for a short time. When you all figure it out, let me know. I'll have to have a fan pillow next spring. G Alice in Oregon -- where we are waiting for the second eruption of Mt St Helens in a week. They think the next one will be bigger than last week. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Fan Pillows
Rather than having a pillow especially for fans I made an extension for my 22 inch round pillow. That sounds like a good idea. I can't make that kind of thing myself, but I might be able to find someone who can. Thanks! Annette, London - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Fan Pillows
From what I've heard, the Newnham pillows were superb - it's a shame they're not still available. The disc pillow you mention sounds a bit like the collar pillow that Central Scotland Lace Supplies do. They also have a fan pillow that sounds like the Newnham one. I've already been referred to Rosemarie Robertson, so I'll contact her and see what she has. If the pillow has a domed apron, it might be what I'm looking for. Thanks, Annette, London From: Brenda Paternoster [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [lace] Fan pillows I don't know if anyone still makes them but at one time Karl Newnham (who ceased trading many years ago, but was the Rolls Royce of pillow makers) used to make a fan pillow which was shaped like a quarter of a circle and worked like a block pillow in that it had segments that were moved along as the work progressed. He also used to make disc pillows. which were a flat disc of high density styrene/ethafoam with a collar shaped apron around it. The disc rotates as the work progresses and the bobbins rest on the apron area. Mine is only 12 inches disc diameter, but he made them up to about 18 inch diameter. I think Rosemarie Robertson of Bobbins ad Pillows makes a similar pillow, but she doesn't have a web site and my price list of hers is four years out of date! I have used my disc pillow to make a small fan, but for the large fan that I made, for Marie's wedding, I used a 24 inch cookie pillow./ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Fan Pillows
I bought an oval pillow from the lace suppliers in Scotland - the name is something like Central Scotland Lace Suppliers. It's the equivalent of a 24 inch round pillow, but with two chunks chopped off so that it has parallel straight sides. The advantage of this shape is that it's easier to reach all of the pillow, especially the centre, than a circular one. The shape almost matches a fan so would be good for that. However I'm not sure that this will meet your domed requirements, it is almost flat. I find it interesting that you want a domed pillow for Bruges bobbins. When I use Midlands bobbins I like a domed pillow, or use a flat pillow on the diagonal. When I use Binche bobbins that can roll, I prefer my pillow to be as close to horizontal as I can get it, so that the bobbins have no gradient to roll along when I put them down. I'd forgotten about CSLS. I now see they actually have a fan pillow, though it looks a bit flat. The reason I don't like flat pillows is that I don't like working with the pillow horizontal (which I have to do with Continental bobbins). I know that's what they do in Europe, but it's the lack of tension on the bobbins that bothers me - I've got used to the weight of the bobbins hanging down providing tension. Maybe I should just try and get used to working flat. Regards, Annette, London - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Australian Lace Guild Conference
In a message dated 04/10/2004 03:18:51 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Saturday, there was an exhibition of lace made by members of the Guild - including a chance for us to see the piece Medusa's head which won the John Bull trophy. I don't think so!! The John Bull Trophy was made by Jill Harward with her piece called The Hydra. There is a piece called Medusa's Ghost which won the Northumbria Lacemakers Trophy and was made by the Australian Lace Guild South Australia Branch and I guess this is the piece you mean. Jacquie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Ooops. John Bull Tropy revisited!
Of course I meant to say The John Bull Trophy was *won* by Jill Harward with her piece called The Hydra, not made by. Jacquie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] lace in London
On 4 Oct 2004, at 08:05, Barbara George wrote: Please reply to the list - I will be in London for a week in December too. I'm also looking for Egyptian Cotton thread, as fine as possible. Any ideas welcome. There's very little of anything lace related in central London, other than the VA museum, and lace days mostly stop during December /January. For Fine Egyptian thread I'd suggest mail order. SMP have 170/2 as the finest, and Tim Parker has 170/2, 180/2 and 185/2. Brenda http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/paternoster/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Lace in London
Not in London, but easily accessible... The weekend of December 4/5th is the country's largest lace fair, at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham. You can get to Birmingham in 90 minutes by train from London Euston, and the NEC has its own station. Regards, Annette - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] demo table
In a message dated 10/3/04 5:45:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I might have to cover the metal legs with a cloth if I use it at the Pioneer Days events where we are supposed to have everything in period. - Dear Janice and other demonstrators, My table has a very nice cover that might work for you. It is cranberry-colored broadcloth, and I always put a smaller lace overlay on top that just reaches down a few inches. This component covers any sewing glitches (puckers at corners?) along the top of the underskirt. For this, I purchased machine lace by the yard, cut it to the size wanted, and then fancy-cut around the solid parts of the lace motifs to make it look sort of scalloped. It's about as light-weight as anything you can get, and does not wrinkle as some other fabrics might. Gives you an example of machine lace to compare to the really delicious and interesting lace on your pillow - and from a distance it attracts attention and brings people to you. Cranberry is our color for all our display tables and covered foamcore panels, so as to present a unified appearance. If your lace club has a color scheme, this would be a good way to go. You may demo at various places, but when you get together with the group at a club demo event, it is nice. The cranberry broadcloth cover is fitted. It covers the top surface plus a seam allowance, and then a separate long piece is sewn around three sides of the top piece - to make a skirt that almost reaches the floor. This piece actually wraps to the fourth side about 2 at the top on each side where you put your knees. You could add corner pleats or gathering, but that makes more to carry, and with a light overlay of lace it is not necessary. If you let the selvage of the fabric be at the bottom, there will be no heavy hem. This is as spare as I could design it to fold and carry. An advantage is there is no fabric flowing out from the corners for people to step on, as there would be if you just used a rectangle of fabric. Also, with this cover there is coverage for a tote bag, purse, lunch, etc. under the table. When you are wearing summer shorts or skirts, it is a classy modesty panel, covering knees and anything you really do not want to display of yourself below the table. (Long sightlines -- from across the room -- can be quite amusing, rather than attractive.) This cover was described on Arachne several years ago, but you might not have been a member then, Janice. Another thing I do is carry the IOLI Directory - to look up a lace club for anyone from away who happens by -- if they are really interested in pursuing lacemaking. When you are talking with them, you can judge whether to give them the name of a lace club near them. And, you can give them the IOLI web address, if they are computer users. You won't be compromising an individual's privacy, but the interested party will be surprised that there actually is a national lace organization - as proved by the fact you have such a directory with you. Kind regards, Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Translations
Dear Lacemakers, Recently, Jeri and other lacemakers wrote about lace books not being translated in english. I think some of you will be happy to learn that one of our friends on Arachne, Magda who has written a dissertation on Mechlin Lace, Lace Lappets from the 18th Century while doing her teacher's course in the Kantcentrum in Bruges, has done an english translation of her book. The book is very informative on the subject and the pictures and enlargements are beautiful. Not much has been written on that lace and it is a good opportunity to learn more. Magda can certainly give you the information on how to get her book. Nicole Gauthier in Kirkland, Qc - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Australian Lace Guild Conference
I stand corrected - what I thought I saw at the exhibition was the silver tray awarded to the South Australian group which had John Bull Trophy engraved on it. However, I do acknowledge that the article in Australian Lace clearly says Winner of the Northumbria Lacemakers Trophy and a Medal of Excellence. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:In a message dated 04/10/2004 03:18:51 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Saturday, there was an exhibition of lace made by members of the Guild - including a chance for us to see the piece Medusa's head which won the John Bull trophy. I don't think so!! The John Bull Trophy was made by Jill Harward with her piece called The Hydra. There is a piece called Medusa's Ghost which won the Northumbria Lacemakers Trophy and was made by the Australian Lace Guild South Australia Branch and I guess this is the piece you mean. Jacquie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Cone Pillow - picture
I made one for myself for when I get better at this lace making stuff, I figure someday I may need it so I made one while I had the supplies. Lynn :) wildgun004smate - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 12:34 PM Subject: [lace] Cone Pillow - picture Dear Lacemakers, There are newbies on the list who may never have seen a cone pillow. Mine is pictured at the following address: www.lacefairy.com/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Egyptian cotton
If you are looking for mail order threads, - Lace Inspirations in Belmont, Geelong (near Melbourne) has 160/2 and 170/2 . Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also torchon House, in Adelaide has the 170/2 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your currency exchange may be better against the Aussie $ than the English £ !! Usual Disclaimers - just a satisfied customer!. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Fw: [AGENT_ORANGE_VETERANS] A poem that gives you goose bumps!
A poem that gives you goose bumps! A drunk man in an Oldsmobile They said had run the light That caused the six-car pileup On 109 that night. When broken bodies lay about And blood was everywhere, The sirens screamed out eulogies, For death was in the air. A mother, trapped inside her car, Was heard above the noise; Her plaintive plea near split the air: Oh, God, please spare my boys! She fought to loose her pinned hands; She struggled to get free, But mangled metal held her fast In grim captivity. Her frightened eyes then focused On where the back seat once had been, But all she saw was broken glass and Two children's seats crushed in. Her twins were nowhere to be seen; She did not hear them cry, And then she prayed they'd been thrown free, Oh, God, don't let them die! Then firemen came and cut her loose, But when they searched the back, They found therein no little boys, But the seat belts were intact. They thought the woman had gone mad And was traveling alone, But when they turned to question her, They discovered she was gone. Policemen saw her running wild And screaming above the noise In beseeching supplication, Please help me find my boys! They're four years old and wear blue shirts; Their jeans are blue to match. One cop spoke up, They're in my car, And they don't have a scratch. They said their daddy put them there And gave them each a cone, Then told them both to wait for Mom To come and take them home. I've searched the area high and low, But I can't find their dad. He must have fled the scene, I guess, and that is very bad. The mother hugged the twins and said, While wiping at a tear, He could not flee the scene, you see, For he's been dead a year. The cop just looked confused and asked, Now, how can that be true? The boys said, Mommy, Daddy came and left a kiss for you. He told us not to worry And that you would be all right, And then he put us in this car with The pretty, flashing light. We wanted him to stay with us, Because we miss him so, But Mommy, he just hugged us tight And said he had to go. He said someday we'd understand And told us not to fuss, And he said to tell you, Mommy, He's watching over us. The mother knew without a doubt That what they spoke was true, For she recalled their dad's last words, I will watch over you. The firemen's notes could not explain The twisted, mangled car, And how the three of them escaped Without a single scar. But on the cop's report was scribed, In print so very fine, An angel walked the beat tonight on Highway 109. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] The Triplets of Belleville
My daughter recommended this movie to us and when it came out as a DVD I bought it for DH who is an avid cyclist. It's quite odd but very amusing. Farenheit 9/11 is due out about now on DVD so as we did not get to the cinema I might fork out the money for it. It costs the two of us to go to the cinema about the same as buying the DVD, we just have to be a little more patient and wait for the release of the movie on plastic, which these days seems to come even more quickly than it used to. Janice P.S. Tamara, what class are you taking at Ithaca? Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: The Triplets of Belleville
On Oct 4, 2004, at 19:26, Janice Blair wrote: My daughter recommended this movie to us and when it came out as a DVD I bought it for DH I'm planning to whine that one out of DH as a b-day present :) P.S. Tamara, what class are you taking at Ithaca? Er g The Belleville Baby... That is, Cathy's revolutionary Rosalibre. She says the class notes - a book of 68 pages, 15 patterns, 122 illustrations (15 of them in colour) - has gone to the printers' today. It's as well that I'll be frantically busy for the next couple of days (am leaving Lextropolis on Thursday, for Pittsburgh and an overnight. Robin Panza and I are driving to Ithaca the following day), or else I don't think I could contain myself, I'm that excited! --- Tamara P Duvall http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) Healthy US through The No-CARB Diet: no C-heney, no A-shcroft, no R-umsfeld, no B-ush. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] New IOLI Bulletin
Gentle Spiders, Got my La Encajera #23 (last paid-for issue) on... Friday? Saturday? and, before I had the time to read it, today's mail brought the IOLI Bulletin. It's nice and fat (extra pages), so as to accomodate the Convention news, without losing lace content. The competition entries (Pennslvania Dutch Hex Signs) are sensational! I was relieved to see that most of them are in NL - I can drool over them in peace, without being tempted to reproduce them (always a problem with BL pieces, since I never seem to have the time for anything than my own stuff) g Haven't had the time to do more than leaf through the issue, so won't spoil everyone else's pleasure, by revealing any more secrets. But, naturally, I *did* check my own contribution; that comes even before leafing through :) Those of you who subscribe, please note - when the Bulletin reaches you - the *pricking* is positioned correctly, with the fleur-de-lys on top; it's the *photos* of the lace which are upside-down... --- Tamara P Duvall http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) Healthy US through The No-CARB Diet: no C-heney, no A-shcroft, no R-umsfeld, no B-ush. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
