[lace] self healing blocks
helloo all Are there such things as self healing blocks ??? I only make bookmarks. 25 for 2004 and again for 05 plus those I do during the year. I obtain polystyrene strips from an electrical shop, but I rather fancy self healing blocks. The cost might be prohibitive of course. Take care - Alice Wilmshurst England - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Collecting lace
Whats the best way to start a lace collection and where is the best place to buy? Hm, the glib reply is start with one piece of lace, and add to it Browse through ebay for starters, that will keep you busy! Maybe to start with buy what you like, and take it from there - will you want specific laces or countries of origin, machine laces only (a fascinating field) and if the latter, you should invest in books their manufacture, there's so much scope... -- bye for now Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] collecting lace
I don't have a huge collection of lace, and I haven't confined myself to only bobbin lace, but I have certainly picked up some treasures at flea markets. Amongst those have been one of the most remarkable pieces of knitted lace I've ever seen. It's a tabletopper knitted in, I would say, about a number 50 cotton thread...it's finer than your usual sewing thread. Then I bought some Kalocsa doilies, a honiton cuff in pretty good shape, several pieces of Russian tape lace, tatting, a few fabulous crochet tablecloths. One find that was really interesting..I have an old catalogue from a company that sold Real Laces in the early 20's..be damned if I didn't find (in great shape) a couple of those very motifs illustrated in the catalogue :) Collars, cuffs, and doilies are the most common, but I have found yardage as well. I only buy lace if it's unusual or in good condition. Look in the doily bins at your local thrift shop, flea markets etc. you'd be surprised what turns up. We have a little shop locally that sells Victoriana stuff, mostly new, but they have also had a few wonderful bits of antique lace. I got a lovely honiton collar from there for just $15. Do get yourself a good book on lace identification first so you know what you're looking at. Collecting lace doesn't have to be expensive and it's lots of fun when you do get a treasure. Sharon, on rainy, cold Vancouver Island..which suits me, it'll keep the vandals in on this Halloween night :) -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.361 / Virus Database: 267.12.6/151 - Release Date: 10/28/05 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild Website changes
Along with the extremely minor November update to the Lace Guild website (just a few events added), we've made a couple of changes in overall site format. One aims to increase text legibility with the trend to larger displays over the last few years, and the other to give a somewhat cleaner look. This is not a redesign as such, and you may not even notice what has changed (and I'm not saying for that reason). However we want to find out if anyone has problems with the new format so we can debug them (or even revert to the old format if necessary) in plenty of time before mounting the Advent Calendar at the start of December (no pretence this year, as it's advertised in the new issue of Lace). Notification of any problems - directly to us rather than via the Lace Guild - would be much appreciated. Please say whether you have a Mac or PC, what browser you are using, and what version number (eg Internet Explorer 5, 5.5, 6 - you can find that in the 'about', which in Windows is under the Help menu.) David (webmaster) and Jean in Glasgow PS If it's just that some of the graphics look a bit odd, it's likely that you need to refresh/reload and/or clear your cache (especially with Safari). -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] thread on web site
Hello Sof They say that these rayons are 40wt which means that they should be similar to other rayon 40s such as Anchor Alcazar, Sulky or Madeira - about 34 or 35 wraps/cm Gorgeous colours but like all rayons slippery to use on bobbins. Brenda On 31 Oct 2005, at 19:35, sof wrote: Hello everybody, I just find a web site with thread. http://www.myembroiderythreads.com/index.html Do you know it? Is somebody use these threads for lace (bobbin or needle), please? Thread on this website is cheaper than in France Dentellez bien Sof from France with rain - 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] horse shoe lace tool
thanks for the reply. i didn't think anyone had mentioned it too often here, so it must not be very popular for a reason. the acetate did sound like a better option. it would be easier to push the pins in and work over the lace than to try to pull the thread a little higher over a wedge. i don't see how i could do a picot very well with it, but then again i am not very experienced either. the cover cloth would seem to work nicely, but how would i get all those bobbins inside the whole without getting them tangled!?! i'm not sure i could do it that way. both ways are cheap enough to try. thank you!!! --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's easier (and cheaper) to just move your cover cloth up a bit closer to where you are working so that it covers the pin heads and remember to keep moving it a little at a time as you work. You'd need to keep moving the horseshoe as well, so it's no more trouble to move your cloths. Or you can make a cover cloth with a small (2) bound-edged hole in the middle that you work through. from suzy in tennessee,u.s.a. __ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] horse shoe lace tool
--- CLIVE Rice [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've tried the plastic ring but I especially like the recessed holes in the horseshoe that allows it to be pinned to the pillow. And the pins do not protrude above the level of the horseshoe. They are strategically placed the length of the 'shoe. Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA from suzy in tennessee,u.s.a. __ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: horse shoe lace tool
On Oct 31, 2005, at 18:56, suzy wrote: on the same website i found the horseshoe there also were some little rolls that looked like rolling pins to roll your continuous lace on and then one pin hole on each end to pin it to where your lace pricking begins. i thought that was really cute and only a few dollars. Take a scrap of fabric, ca 10x3. Hem both short ends. Sew the two long ends (right side to right side) to make a tube, turn to the right side. Close one end of the tube, ca 1 away from the hemmed edge. Stuff fairly firmly to about 1 away from the other end of the tube, and close that end of the tube. Anything can serve as stuffing - cotton wool, batting, thread ends, hair, cut up panty gose - whatever happens to be handy. You end up with a cross between a hot dog and a piece of candy, which you pin to the pillow through the unstuffed ends of the tube. I've been making those rolls for years (even though I don't make much continuous lace). True, they're not as pretty as some of the wooden ones, but... They're even cheaper than the wooden ones, and I can colour-coordinate them to my pillow cover. They're more flexible than the wooden ones, which means that you can bend them slightly, if you don't have enough space (or you can pin through the sausage, but that's not as easy). And I think that the lace rolled onto them gets les stress than lace rolled onto a hard dowel-like contraption. Yours, on Halloween night in Lexington, where I bought lots of candy and had only 7 visitors in 2 hours (4 of whom wore identical costumes - must have been a special at WalMart g) Thankfully, I only bought candy that I know DH and I will dispose of with pleasure :) -- 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] horse shoe lace tool
i didn't reply to this one. it wasn't written to me, not that i wasn't interested. i saw the pin holes in the one at the website. i'm glad they adjusted it to fit the needs of the lace pillows. it won't budge if you nail it down with some pins. sorry about this email???!! --- suzy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- CLIVE Rice [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've tried the plastic ring but I especially Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA from suzy in tennessee,u.s.a. from suzy in tennessee,u.s.a. __ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: horse shoe lace tool
Hi Tamara and everyone Take a scrap of fabric, ca 10x3. Hem both short ends. Sew the two long ends (right side to right side) to make a tube, turn to the right side. Close one end of the tube, ca 1 away from the hemmed edge. Stuff We were given these as favours at a lace event some years ago. They were trimmed with bobbin lace made by the host group. No-one told us what they were, and we in my group thought they were pincushions. Not well-stuffed at that. By the time I understood their purpose, mine was a bit beatup by pinholes. However it is seeing use properly now :))) -- bye for now Bev early on H/ween, rainy in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: horse shoe lace tool/stuffed cloth roll
thanks for the idea. i can whip up one or two of those in a half an hour and they won't break or roll onto the floor too quickly. i hate crawling on my hands and knees under the furniture trying to find something under a table or chairs. a piece of cloth doesn't roll as fast as a shiny piece of finished wood dowel. --- Tamara P Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You end up with a cross between a hot dog and a piece of candy, which you pin to the pillow through the unstuffed ends of the tube. I've been making those rolls for years (even though I don't make much continuous lace). from suzy in tennessee,u.s.a. __ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] horse shoe lace tool
i think i want one. i need a pin pusher and some size 14 pins anyways. i might wait until i start a new pattern that might require it, but it sounds like a nice buy. i'm not sure to get the horseshoe or the aquarium tubing, but they are both so cheap i can have both!! I think most of us first saw the horseshoe at IOLI Convention in Tulsa (?) and they were an instant hit. Now most suppliers carry them. Good value for money, I say! Betty Ann Rice in Roanoke, Virginia from suzy in tennessee,u.s.a. __ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Piecework
In between handing out candy to children tonight, I managed to flip through my Piecework magazine that came in the mail today. It is very interesting, as ususal, and there are a couple of projects on their website - a Snutki doily and tatted star. http://www.interweave.com/needle/default.asp Diane Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galena Illinois USA __ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
re: [lace-chat] shortbread recipe
Yes, our icing sugar has cornstarch in it too - that's what gives it that silky feel when you rub it between your fingers, and what makes it thicken up instead of just turning to syrup when you add milk or water to it for a glaze. -- -- Martha Krieg [EMAIL PROTECTED] in Michigan To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] shortbread recipe
and bit of icing sugar worked in are the only ingredients. Not sure about US icing sugar, ours has cornstarch added to it. In Australia we can buy icing mixture which has cornflour added or pure icing sugar which is powdered sugar. Cheers, Yvonne. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: shortbread recipe
On Oct 31, 2005, at 20:07, Martha Krieg wrote: Yes, our icing sugar has cornstarch in it too - that's what gives it that silky feel when you rub it between your fingers, and what makes it thicken up instead of just turning to syrup when you add milk or water to it for a glaze. Hah! That explains everything! :) I'm not a fanatic of sweet things in general, but I do get an urge about twice a year and almost all of my American famiy (with the exception of the second-in-line stepchild) adores sweets, so I've learnt to bake and do, every once in a while. And I could never figure out what it was about American icing that I disliked even more than I did about the Polish icing... Our icing is made with plain sugar - melted. It's melted and cooked to a degree (there are 3 degrees, the 3rd being the thickest) of syrup, then thinned out with flavourings (and water, if necessary) before being spread over the cake; the thickness comes not from extra ingreients, but from extra time you spend sweating over the stove and stirring the xyz-d stuff... So it's crispy when it dries after coming out of the oven, not at all like the soft American icing. It's also almost never white, the way American icing is; it's more like the underside of creme caramel and creme brulee (both favourites)... -- 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-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
