[lace] Table bands
I've been browsing through my old collection of Anna magazines, and have found two lovely table bands. One is in April 1997 issue - a fairly simple Torchon piece when made in Linen 50/3 with 33 pairs of bobbins measures 8.5cm wide by 105 cm long. The other is in October 2000, and is more a combination of Beds leaves, plaits and picots. This one was made in 17/2 linen with 28 pairs of bobbins and measures 10 cm by about 100 cm. In this case the band has been mounted on a strip of linen fabric, but it would great just like it is. The length in both cases would, of course, be adjustable. I am pretty sure either of these bands would meet the criteria (both are a feast for the eyes, although of very simple design). Now, if I could only afford to belong to the IOLI as well as my Australian lace groups! Noelene in Cooma [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: IOLI contest entries
On Sep 2, 2005, at 22:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Might it be more sensible to arrange for a reliable person nearer Montreal, who will be driving over the border, to take the American contest entries? It is something to think about. The *optimal* solution would, I think, be for *everyone* (US and non) to send their entries directly to Montreal, with as little fuss as possible (I never mail my own lace via registered mail, for example, on the principle "the less obtrusive, the smoother the road". But then I never value my lace so highly that I'm willing to spend extra money for insurance - useless, as several pople have told me - or any other bells and whistles like registered mail. Which only slows things down by a couple of weeks ) But I don't think that's likely to happen... The reason entries are sent to the Contest Chairman (wherever the - willing - volunteer "victim" happens to be located) is so that they can be photographed well ahead of time. If they then hit the high spot (the prizes circle), everything's ready for the publication in the next Bulletin (because one's asked to send the *pattern and instructions* with the entry itself)... And there's no doubt that Debra (the Bulletin Editor *and* the Contest Chairman this year) is *superb* at photographing lace - I always leave it to her, and send pieces, rather than photos of them, when I submit a pattern for publication. Trying to photograph *all* the entries (hopefully, very many ) in Montreal would have her running ragged (and we do not want to have her burn out prematurely - she's the best thing that's happened to the Bulletin in a long time). Sending the entries to someone in US who's closer to Montreal and who's likely to be driving rather than flying there is, IMO, neither here nor there (even if we were able to locate such a person); Debra arrives in Montreal and still has to photograph them all, and test the outcome on some (borrowed) computer, while there's no guarantee that a bored customs officer doesn't make things difficult for the person who's transporting them (and, probably, 3 other lacemakers and their equipmnt, given the gas prices ) Sending *Canadian* entries to Montreal may end up being the best and most sensible compronise. Someone should be asking: "Does IOLI have an insurance policy that would cover such an international trip for valuable laces?" As far as I know, it doesn't. But, unlike the The Lace Guild/UK (which does have such insurance), while IOLI has a "legal entity" (enough to receive charitable status), it doesn't have permanent headquarters. It is staffed - entirely - by volunteers, so *all* locations (library, mebership, etc) change as the officers in charge change. The contact PO box (in Flanders NJ) is the only permanent factor in the whole jigsaw, and that only because someone - no longer the person who used to live in the vicinity - is willing to take a long trip every couple of weeks "for the cause of lace"... I doubt any insurance company would be willing to take a bet on such an iffy proposition... OTOH... If credit card companies were to pick up on the insurance business, who knows... :) They seem to be willing to issue cards to dogs off the street, as long as they can dictate their terms, and balance their risks/losses by charging the reliable people more... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://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]
Re: [lace] IOLI contest entries - Insurance
In a message dated 9/2/05 10:35:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Jeri's point leads me to I wonder, does anyone know if something comparable > > has ever been addressed at former conventions, and, if so, how? It would be > easier for each person who was concerned about potential loss to insure the > entry individually, although less satisfactory, obviously, from the > institutional > (and possibly financial) standpoint > Yes, Ricki, But in my experience, not about an IOLI exhibition. I have been an officer of a local EGA Chapter. EGA (Embroiderers' Guild of America) has a blanket policy to cover entries in an exhibit. The entrants have to fill out a form with description, value, etc. and the person in charge has to submit the forms and exhibition details to headquarters in advance of the exhibit in order to be covered. Also, I curated a museum exhibition of antique laces. All were fully described and valued and the museum had them covered under their museum insurance policy from the moment they were in my hands until they were returned to owners - who signed a receipt they were returned in good condition.. These explanations from me are simple, because they do not have to be complicated for this discussion. 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]
Re: [lace] IOLI contest entries
In a message dated 9/2/2005 8:20:39 PM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: is something to think about. I think everyone would rest easier if the contest entries were covered by insurance. Someone should be asking: "Does IOLI have an insurance policy that would cover such an international trip for valuable laces?" That's a good point. Since I have worked with the insurance industry, though, I think it might be difficult to establish suitable limits to cover the items, coming as they will from an indeterminate number of various makers, each of whom, no doubt, considers her/his entry as beyond replacement value, as wellJeri's point leads me to I wonder, does anyone know if something comparable has ever been addressed at former conventions, and, if so, how? It would be easier for each person who was concerned about potential loss to insure the entry individually, although less satisfactory, obviously, from the institutional (and possibly financial) standpoint Regards, Ricki Utah - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: IOLI contest entries
On Sep 2, 2005, at 19:25, Bev Walker wrote: I do not think that pieces belonging to someone else that you cart across the border into Canada would be taxable or dutiable Probably not, with the appropriate paperwork done ahead of time; I was funning. But, what about the (individual) entries that - as things stand now - Canadians would have to mail to US? With, possibly, several months of work involved (given the size of the piece), how many will be willing to tick off "gift, under $15", on the custom's form? And then some entries may have to be brought back to US and sent back to the entrants in Canada, *doubling* the problems... Would make much better sense (IMO), if Canadians could stay within their own postal system. Back in my Polish childhood, we used to sing: "a song knows no borders or barriers" and it may be true of lace also, but I wouldn't trust the customs - either side of the border - to recognise the truth of it :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://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]
Re: [lace] IOLI contest entries
In a message dated 9/2/05 7:28:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I do not think that pieces belonging to someone else that you cart across > the border into Canada would be taxable or dutiable - unless IOLI is going > to sell them? It is worth investigating from 'your end' ahead of time. > It might be like a travelling exhibit as from a museum or art gallery > - forms to fill out, and time taken up, but I don't think money is > involved. The overweight part, well - that is the carrier's problem - if > there is a lot of stuff to bring into the country, a broker might be the > better route. > just some free advice... > bye for now > Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) > Dear Lacemakers, This suddenly reminded me of the Australian museum collection of Palestinian costumes that were taken from a curator escorting them - to a back room for examination in, if I remember correctly, Los Angeles airport. These disappeared right there, almost under the eyes of the curator. The costumes were coming in to the U.S. for a museum exhibition, and were stolen while in the custody of Customs. The story was fully reported on Arachne at the time. Might it be more sensible to arrange for a reliable person nearer Montreal, who will be driving over the border, to take the American contest entries? It is something to think about. I think everyone would rest easier if the contest entries were covered by insurance. Someone should be asking: "Does IOLI have an insurance policy that would cover such an international trip for valuable laces?" 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] Re: That table ribbon; contest rules redefined
On Sep 1, 2005, at 21:06, Ruth wrote: Does anyone have any suggestions where a very new lacemaker (me) might look for a suitable and *EASY* pattern to attempt this? I find this whole thing fascinating and am, perhaps naively, considering giving it a shot. But all the pattern books I've got here don't have anything that wide. I've got some Torchon insertion patterns but they're not wide enough and I'm not knowledgeable enough to know how to enlarge them myself. Of would something as simple as I could make not be appropriate for something like this? Simple, but pretty/effective would certainly be appropriate; I wouldn't worry about that. As for enlarging... If you're a novice lacemaker, the insertions you're eyeing might be quite large (in terms of thread thickness) already; enlarging them further might be difficult. But, if you want to try it: Say your insertion is 1.5" wide, and you want it to be 3.5". 3.5: (divided by) 1.5 is, according to my trusty calculator (I'm mathematically challenged, though less than geometrically challenged) is 2.33. So, set your copier at 234% (or 235%, if you like "easy numbers", like me ), and you have the pricking. Thread. Your original will have the thread specified. Pull out your "Brenda Book" (Threads for Lace, by Brenda Paternoster - an absolute "must-have". She's an Arachnean, and her website can be found: http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ and check how many wraps per centimeter the "prescribed" thread has. Say its 28 wraps (tatting cordonnet by DMC, lots of colours). You'll need fewer wraps than that (since the thread will be thicker), so divide 28 by the 2.34. Come up with (about) 12 wraps per centimeter. Look up threads which have this magic number, as well as those just before and just after. You're going into a whole lot of specialised threads, which might not be all that easy to get, and you don't know which of them might be available in more than one colour, but there's DMC perle 5, Anchor Pearl Cotton 5, Trebizond silk (and others) in that area, and all those are fairly well-known and available. You're all set :) But, a table ribbon also requires that you have "finished" (patterned) ends; although you can shape the ends any way you want to (pointy, straight, scalloped, fringed), you can't just hack off and hem. So you have two options. 1) You can enlarge a bookmark, which already has ends composed into it (just make sure they're identical ) and repeat the "body" of it as many times as necessary to reach the 35-45" limit. The 10" difference allows you to add/omit a repeat for a pleasing effect. 2) Enlarge an insertion (as you're now contemplating), where you'll have to go to the trouble of designing your own ends. In which Bridget Cook's book "Practical Skills in Bobbin Lace" (another "must have" for every lacemaker) will be of immense help. But, if you're gonna do *that much* in the design area... You might as well stop looking at insertions, and start looking at edgings or wedding garters... :) Two edgings, sharing the footside line, double the number of bobbins, but also the width. Or you can do them in two passes, with sewings down the middle... Two edgings, placed side-by-side, but with a space for a stitch in between (a la garter) don't require sewings, require lots of bobbins, but allow for the introduction of a *third* colour - the ribbon down the middle... You might need to get more bobbins (a good excuse ), but then you could brag about how many you'd used :) And there's always the "Russian Tape" option; a *continuous* piece, made with very few (6-10) pairs of bobbins, but a lot of sewings... Draw a line that pleases you, then parallel lines each side of it, for the cloth stitch. The parallel lines can "balloon" to twice the width for the half stitch. Consult "The Cook Book" (Practical Skills) for what to do when you want to "squeeze" the pairs to less than their normal coverage. Consult Brenda's Book (Threads for Lace) for pin spacing vis-a-vis the thread you want to use... And *then*, you'd have an "Original Design" entry... Much more rewarding (if somewhat scary) than adapting and aiming for "Technical Proficiency" :) Go for it, and best luck! -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://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]
[lace] IOLI contest entries
Hi everyone > (we may have to chip in for customs duty, as well as overweight luggage I do not think that pieces belonging to someone else that you cart across the border into Canada would be taxable or dutiable - unless IOLI is going to sell them? It is worth investigating from 'your end' ahead of time. It might be like a travelling exhibit as from a museum or art gallery - forms to fill out, and time taken up, but I don't think money is involved. The overweight part, well - that is the carrier's problem - if there is a lot of stuff to bring into the country, a broker might be the better route. just some free advice... bye for now Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Corrected address for web site (DP)
Forwarding this suggestion as I was unable to make my computer save the correct address and I copied and pasted from the page I was on. Janice Janice I think you need to send this URL other wise it takes you directly to the calendar page instead of the home page. http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Honiton, enlarged
Honiton patterns originally sized for 180/2 cotton (as, for instance, in Susanne Thompson's books), can be worked in DMC Broder Machine (Retors D'Alsace) 150 cotton (with gimp size 40 sewing thread) if the pattern is increased by 50%: that is, set the copier to 150%. Colored threads equivalent to that DMC thread should work as well. --- Doris O'Neill--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Macro-Honiton
On 2 Sep 2005, at 15:42, Lorri Ferguson wrote: Does anyone know how much one would have to 'blow it up', as in what % of increase, this would be? I have seen some beautiful Honiton patterns that I would like to do in a larger size. You probably need about 8 or 9 wraps of thread between pinholes. If your 50/3 sewing cotton measures, say, 30 wraps/cm then you need to enlarge the pricking so the the pinhole spacing is on average 2.8mm. Can't be more specific than that as it depends on what the pinhole spacing is on the original, but sectional laces do have more room for manoever as pairs are added/subtracted as necessary. Brenda Lorri Take Debbie Beaver's class on "Honiton Big and Bold"! She takes a traditional Honiton flower and blows it up to work it in sewing-machine thread (50/3 cotton?) in your choice of 3 colors. THen you go on to other traditional shapes, like assorted leaves (botanical, not tallies), still in sewing-machine thread and color. This gives the novice a chance to learn the techniques of Honiton without the frustration of dealing with ultra-fine thread at the same time (for novices, the techniques and the fine thread are probably both new). Robin P. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brenda http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] That table ribbon - Books
Another source is Ulrike Loehr Voelcker's new book "Dick durch Dünn" (Thick through thin) it's $34.95 at Van Sciver has lots of ribbon shaped things. Two colors already in place. Long Ribbons of different grounds with elaborate gimp workings. I think an intermediate to advanced beginner could do these patterns. Lace In Peace, Laurie Disclosure - she cites me as helping with the English translation for which I am grateful, but I don't profit from it's sale. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] New lace guild web site(DP)
Very, very nice web site. One suggestion, though. The URL you supplied brings up only the calendar page. A better starting point would be: http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/index Thanks for sharing this site with us. Lovely stuff! Catchy name, too. Barbara Joyce Snoqualmie, WA USA > Dear Lacemakers, > I belong to two guilds in Illinois and I have the pleasure to announce that > Lacemakers and Collectors Exchange (L.A.C.E.) now have a website. This has > been under construction for quite some time and with the able help of Carol > Melton, a past member who now lives in > Arizona, we have a very attractive site, IMHO. Carol was the graphic artist > who designed our logo of the purple bobbin and shuttle years ago. She designed > the website and once it was up and running, handed it off to Sue Raymond. Sue > is our Webmistress and is responsible for making changes such as updating the > events pages, which she has done now for our September meeting. Please go and > have a look, some links are still under construction. Let me know if you have > any problems viewing the site and I will pass the info on. > http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/cal.html > > Janice Blair > President, LACE > > > > Janice Blair > Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] New lace guild web site(DP)
Dear Lacemakers, I belong to two guilds in Illinois and I have the pleasure to announce that Lacemakers and Collectors Exchange (L.A.C.E.) now have a website. This has been under construction for quite some time and with the able help of Carol Melton, a past member who now lives in Arizona, we have a very attractive site, IMHO. Carol was the graphic artist who designed our logo of the purple bobbin and shuttle years ago. She designed the website and once it was up and running, handed it off to Sue Raymond. Sue is our Webmistress and is responsible for making changes such as updating the events pages, which she has done now for our September meeting. Please go and have a look, some links are still under construction. Let me know if you have any problems viewing the site and I will pass the info on. http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/cal.html Janice Blair President, LACE Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] That table ribbon - Books
In a message dated 9/1/05 11:13:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > 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 > thing 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 > Dear Lacemakers and IOLI Volunteer Officers & Volunteer Directors, Thank you, Mary! Here, we have a problem of lack of informative printed material for a contest that mainly involves U.S. or Canadian members of IOLI. These members are most likely to have a second language of French or Spanish. Yet, the custom of use of the lace table ribbons seems to be in Germany, Denmark, etc. Interesting challenge! --- A couple weeks ago, Tess recommended Ursula Stadtke's hardback book "Nordische Tischbander" or "Nordiske Festremser" or "Nordiska Festremsor". These titles reflect the 3 languages of the book - German, Danish, Swedish. This was published by Barbara Fay in Germany in 1997, ISBN 3-925184-77-5, and I paid $29 for the book in 2003 - exchange rate would make it more expensive now. (Van Sciver offers at $35.) The cover photo is of a round table (white linen tablecloth) with a blue table ribbon in the shape of an "X". The ends drop down at the edge by one motif, with pointed ends decorated by woven blue ribbon bows. I think it would be helpful to lacemakers to see a picture! Perhaps someone with the book could put the picture of this cover on a web site? An experienced lacemaker could adapt patterns - prickings - in this book for use in the contest.. Some of the designs are quite fantastic. I am going to try to type a shape of one of the table ribbons, but do not know what shape they will be in when you receive them. Besides the "X", there is the shape of a tick-tac-toe grid (a pencil and paper game played in U.S.): | | |---| |---| | | Another grid goes out so there are 3 vertical lace ribbons and 3 horizontal lace ribbons based on the above idea to make a square, and there is one that is shaped with rectangles to fit a long table, instead of a square one. *These do not fit the Contest Rules*, but it gives an idea of how far some lacemakers have developed the concept of table ribbons. Intermediate to advanced lacemakers who do not need to read explanatory text may enjoy a hardback book which has lovely table linens, published by Deutscher Kloppelverband e.V., Germany. It is "Spitzenmenu - Ein Kloppelbuch fur Tisch und Tafel", 2000, ISBN 3-934210-24-4, cost 74 Euros at the table of the German lacemakers, in Prague, 2004. (Mail costs would be high, because it is printed on glossy heavy paper and is 8 1/2" x 12"). It was written by a group of lacemakers in Germany and is in German language. It covers many types of table linens, and has a history section (it is most frustrating to be unable to read the text) with reproductions of paintings, from Renaissance period forward, of banquets and table settings. Lots of interesting contemporary laces for the table are offered. There is a pattern pack in the back, and some pricking patterns within the text that could be adapted for the contest. --- I suggest you "might" try to borrow from InterLibrary Loan at your local public library (which has the capability to borrow a book from any library in the U.S. - or beyond - which has it). The prickings in these books could be easily adapted to length and width of Contest Rules. Ask your librarian for assistance -- I have given the information you might need to order these for viewing! This service is offered in many nations, perhaps by different names, as I wrote in a long memo about InterLibrary Loans about 5 years ago. This is the same service that scholars in universities use. You may have to pay mailing fees between the libraries. Usually, you are allowed to make copies of some pages - for education purposes. This depends on the condition of the book. Rare books must be read in the local library; they cannot be taken out. As a service, we have an IOLI lending library. It would be beneficial if someone (Librarian? Contest Chairman?) close to the issue would go through the library and find any books on the subject. Then, contest entrants need reviews, which for speed could be put on the IOLI Web Site with the contest guidelines. These 3 books do not appear to be in the IOLI Library lists, though I may have searched the wrong way. If there are funds budgeted to purchase books, and if the library receives a lot of requests to borrow books, perhaps someone wou
Re: [lace] Macro-Honiton
Does anyone know how much one would have to 'blow it up', as in what % of increase, this would be? I have seen some beautiful Honiton patterns that I would like to do in a larger size. Lorri Take Debbie Beaver's class on "Honiton Big and Bold"! She takes a traditional Honiton flower and blows it up to work it in sewing-machine thread (50/3 cotton?) in your choice of 3 colors. THen you go on to other traditional shapes, like assorted leaves (botanical, not tallies), still in sewing-machine thread and color. This gives the novice a chance to learn the techniques of Honiton without the frustration of dealing with ultra-fine thread at the same time (for novices, the techniques and the fine thread are probably both new). Robin P. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] katrina
Dear Eva, This isn't exactly lace, but as you have offered your comments ... As one American, I thank you for your kind words. I personally feel very upset at the apparent lack of planning and urgency in responding to the growing crisis -- especially on our federal level. And news about the offers of international aid, and reluctance of our government to accept, was burried deep in our Boston newspaper -- so I think most people don't even know that we could have the use of extra helicopters, for instance, from Canada. Many countries have offered resources. Meanwhile, people have no water, no waste facilities, no food, and are stranded in 90+ degree heat. Mr. Trittin's words aren't known to most people -- I hadn't seen a whisper of it and had to search on line. I have to say that although his words are harsh, and his timing is not good, similar things are being uttered by Americans here -- just tempered by a lot of sympathy and dismay. We do need to confront reality, and it **is** going to be painful. Regards, Carolyn Carolyn Hastings Stow, MA USA > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Eva Von Der Bey > Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 3:13 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [lace] katrina > > > Dear people in Louisiana, Missisippi, Alabama, from suffering > New Orleans and destroyed Biloxy, my heart and thoughts are > with you. I still remember my sister shoveling sand in > flooded Dresden only three years ago, trying in vane to > defend a school against the water, leaving the city at the > last possible moment with husband and two children, wading > beside the car over the flooded bridge to find where the road was. > But this, and the drowned valleys in bavaria, austria and > switzerland were nothing against what you suffer. How > dreadful sad, and even sader that those who help are in > danger from the mob, from those who try to get a personal > advantage from such a desaster. I hope you get help, hope > your President is strong enough to accept foreign help > (generators, helicopters, whatever might be useful). Most of > our today's newspapers found harsh words about Mr Trittin's > really disgusting comments. In this moment, it's absolutly > unimportend wether he might be right or wrong or whatever. > It's just not the time for anything besides solidarity, > grief, and help where possible. Like the newspapers and > myself, most of my friends and collegueas are ashamed of this > politician (not for the first time). We are sad about so many > lost lifes and destroyed homes and broken dreams. In our > plant in Mobile, Alabama, no collegueas are missing, but some > lost their homes, afak. The company doubles every donation > from employees (as was done after the tsunami in december). > Money can't substitute anything lost. Only perhaps prevent > further losses. Please, don't mistake the lousy words of one > bad politician for the large majority of a country or a > continent. In one world, such a tragedy has a meaning for > all. So sorry for all who suffer, from hurrican and too much > water, or too little water and food elsewhere. Eva, from Germany > > > > > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing > the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Honiton (was that table ribbon)
Hi, I Have done Honiton in colour with Caroline Biggins at a course in Dartingrton. I made a rose in yellow and green and used Piper's silk for it. The result was beautiful and everyone admired it. Thinking now about it perhaps I should have enlarged it a tiny bit, but also the original worked well. Luckily a have a scan of the piece because I don't know where I have placed my rose. It is in the hourse and hiding together with my pricker. Miriam in Israel Tamara wrote: Granted, I've never seen Honiton (regular, micro or macro) made in more than one colour but the advanced people need a challenge too, no? (or should it be "non?", given the venue of the Convention? ) Anyone who went to The Lace Guild's Myth and Mystery exhibition will tell you that there was Honiton lace in colour, including The Green Man which was used for a cover of Lace. There were also some examples in more traditional white, which used a coloured coarse thread - often a metallic. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] katrina
Dear people in Louisiana, Missisippi, Alabama, from suffering New Orleans and destroyed Biloxy, my heart and thoughts are with you. I still remember my sister shoveling sand in flooded Dresden only three years ago, trying in vane to defend a school against the water, leaving the city at the last possible moment with husband and two children, wading beside the car over the flooded bridge to find where the road was. But this, and the drowned valleys in bavaria, austria and switzerland were nothing against what you suffer. How dreadful sad, and even sader that those who help are in danger from the mob, from those who try to get a personal advantage from such a desaster. I hope you get help, hope your President is strong enough to accept foreign help (generators, helicopters, whatever might be useful). Most of our today's newspapers found harsh words about Mr Trittin's really disgusting comments. In this moment, it's absolutly unimportend wether he might be right or wrong or whatever. It's just not the time for anything besides solidarity, grief, and help where possible. Like the newspapers and myself, most of my friends and collegueas are ashamed of this politician (not for the first time). We are sad about so many lost lifes and destroyed homes and broken dreams. In our plant in Mobile, Alabama, no collegueas are missing, but some lost their homes, afak. The company doubles every donation from employees (as was done after the tsunami in december). Money can't substitute anything lost. Only perhaps prevent further losses. Please, don't mistake the lousy words of one bad politician for the large majority of a country or a continent. In one world, such a tragedy has a meaning for all. So sorry for all who suffer, from hurrican and too much water, or too little water and food elsewhere. Eva, from Germany - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
