[lace] Re: the continuing Katrina saga, and you THOUGHT it was over...
Well, I, for one, didn't think it was anywhere near "over"; I don't read the newspapers much anymore and depend on the blogs for accurate and up-to-date info, so I know that the New Orleans area is still in an almighty, hopeless mess and likely to remain thus, even though Katrina happened 18months ago. On Jan 6, 2007, at 19:44, Beth Mccasland wrote: I received a statement from FEMA and the National Flood Insurance Program that indicates by their records my house flooded and they paid out almost $45,000 for property and contents loss. FEMA went from an efficient organization to a disaster area as soon as it was subsumed under the Homeland inSecurity rule. The amount of money they'd paid out, to fradulent claims, without checking, is in billions now. Too bad you got caught in the undertow and you're absolutely right that you need to clear your name and record as soon as possible, or else it'll hang over your neck, like an albatross, forever. Bother, I say bother! You are much more self-restrained than I would have been in your situation :) Meanwhile, I've also pulled out a crochet lace piece - very wide border for a table cloth that needs finishing. It's a UFO from several years ago... Yes, that and the Brioude piece (I haven't touched mine since I came back from Montreal, either. Mine, too, survived the trip back very well, but there are always other projects to get engrossed in ) should settle your nerves, if not your financial affairs. As the owner of a local needleshop (long since gone) once told me: "you get better value, hour for hour, from a handcraft than from a psychiatrist". Best wishes for speedy and painless resolutions of all your problems, -- 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] Question re Old Toender Pricking
David, the first thing that comes to my mind is a pinchain type of filling done on the diagonal, but I really wasn't able to view the "dots" as you wished--on my screen, there are dots on the left, then a big space, then some different dots on the right. Any chance you could scan the pricking and put it on a website for us to see? If you don't have access to web space, feel free to scan or photograph the pricking and email it to me. I would be glad to put it up for others to take a look at and make suggestions. Barbara Joyce Snoqualmie, WA USA > Dear Friends, > I am spending a couple of days preparing an old Toender pricking > which I've had for some years. This is a beautiful edging just over > 3" deep and I am told was of lace which belonged to a Comtesse > Ahlefedt-Laurvigen - there are a number of possibilities from which to choose. > > There are no working diagrams - just the dots. Thank goodness the > gimp lines are there. I can easily figure out all the point ground > areas, honeycomb, leaves etc. However, there is one area which is > worrying me. It's difficult to describe verbally, but it you can > imagine a large-ish circular flower of 8 petals. The central circle > is about 1" in diameter. It is the dots inside this central area that > I need help with. They are simply arranged in parallel lines like this: > > . . . . . > . . > . . . . . . . > . . > . . . . . . . > . . > . . . . . . . . . . . > . . > . . . . . . . . . . . > . . > . . . . . . . . . . . > . . > . . . . . . . > . . > . . . . . . . > . . . . . > > What would you recommend doing with them?? > David in Ballarat > > - > 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] Question re Old Toender Pricking
Dear Friends, I am spending a couple of days preparing an old Toender pricking which I've had for some years. This is a beautiful edging just over 3" deep and I am told was of lace which belonged to a Comtesse Ahlefedt-Laurvigen - there are a number of possibilities from which to choose. There are no working diagrams - just the dots. Thank goodness the gimp lines are there. I can easily figure out all the point ground areas, honeycomb, leaves etc. However, there is one area which is worrying me. It's difficult to describe verbally, but it you can imagine a large-ish circular flower of 8 petals. The central circle is about 1" in diameter. It is the dots inside this central area that I need help with. They are simply arranged in parallel lines like this: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . What would you recommend doing with them?? David in Ballarat - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] the continuing Katrina saga, and you THOUGHT it was over...
Gentle Spiders, So, I finally pulled my IOLI - Montreal half finished Brioude lace piece out of the guest bedroom to finish. Took a bit, but I figured out where I need to go next on it. At least the bobbins and threads didn't tangle themselves. I need a diversion from the latest tangle in the Katrina mess. I received a statement from FEMA and the National Flood Insurance Program that indicates by their records my house flooded and they paid out almost $45,000 for property and contents loss. But my house didn't flood, and I didn't file a claim! So I've made a series of phone calls to them, my insurance company, and the fraud hotline stating such. My insurance company will send a letter to NFIP and the fraud people (which gets turned over to the FBI) stating they didn't facilitate filing a claim on my behalf. I need to clear my name and my house's status because this could affect me financially if they decide they want their $45,000 back for flood damages that didn't happen, and my home's value and ability to insure could change if it was flooded. Especially since nearly everyone in the world knows this area flooded and all homes a suspect. Bother, I say bother! Meanwhile, I've also pulled out a crochet lace piece - very wide border for a table cloth that needs finishing. It's a UFO from several years ago... Beth McCasland in the suburbs of New Orleans, Louisiana where it was warm and muggy today, only needed an over shirt to run to the grocery store. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI Convention- Tulsa
I am sad to see that Holly Van Sciver, Susan Wenzel, and Susie Johnson are missing from the list of teachers, and no Tønder class offered at all. :-( Come to think of it, no Bucks either--and no Beds, right? Yes, I know there are other great teachers, and some up-and-coming ones, too. I'm definitely still grieving over Gunvor's death. Barbara Joyce Snoqualmie, WA USA > Dear Gentle Spiders, > > In the beautiful IOLI Bulletin that arrived a couple of days ago, I noted > that the dates given in the Proposed Convention Schedule are off one day. > Saturday is 28 July and subsuquent dates should be changed accordingly. > The hotel brought the dates to my attention when I booked my room this > morning. No problem, really - mark your calendar to conform. > > Happy Lacemaking > Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA who has been without a cat for neigh on > 10 years and now has a black cat that was abandoned by renters who lived in > the next house 3 acres away. And She who believes all bobbin lacemakers > need a cat. > > - > 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]
Re: [lace] Scanning
Hi Tamara I use RBrowser which is a free download http://www.rbrowser.com/download.html Currently I'm using version3 (RBrowser Lite) but having just gone into their website I see that has been succeeded by version 4. Because it's all working just fine I'm loath to upgrade - on the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" principle. Once installed you will need your username and password as supplied by your ISP but once you've done it once you'll only need the password each time to open the ftp connection. Easy to use - you just see a directory window (like a finder window) for all that is already on your website and one for your computer (or you can use the regular Finder window). All you have to do then is drag any file across from the Computer Finder to the appropriate place in the website Finder window and it will update the website. Brenda On 6 Jan 2007, at 21:43, Joy Beeson wrote: Tamara P Duvall wrote: Now, I can communicate but can't upload (pox on technology and the aging brain-cells)... There must be a program like WS-ftp for the Mac. When I want to update my web site, I click on the WS-ftp icon and two directories appear: one for my hard drive and one for the server. If I want to upload or download a file, I click on it and then click an arrow that points from the directory it's in to the directory where I want it. WS-FTP does the rest. I must tell the resident engineer that I *must* keep WS-ftp during the next /disaster/ upgrade. I've already lost L-View and can't find anything else that will save in gif and jpg. (Just Googled & found & downloaded a "free trial" version of L-View. Only the New and Improved version was available, of course, so I've no idea whether it works, but CoolMoon Corp. promises that it's uninstallable.) -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brenda in Allhallows, Kent http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Scanning
Tamara P Duvall wrote: Now, I can communicate but can't upload (pox on technology and the aging brain-cells)... There must be a program like WS-ftp for the Mac. When I want to update my web site, I click on the WS-ftp icon and two directories appear: one for my hard drive and one for the server. If I want to upload or download a file, I click on it and then click an arrow that points from the directory it's in to the directory where I want it. WS-FTP does the rest. I must tell the resident engineer that I *must* keep WS-ftp during the next /disaster/ upgrade. I've already lost L-View and can't find anything else that will save in gif and jpg. (Just Googled & found & downloaded a "free trial" version of L-View. Only the New and Improved version was available, of course, so I've no idea whether it works, but CoolMoon Corp. promises that it's uninstallable.) -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI Convention- Tulsa
Dear Gentle Spiders, In the beautiful IOLI Bulletin that arrived a couple of days ago, I noted that the dates given in the Proposed Convention Schedule are off one day. Saturday is 28 July and subsuquent dates should be changed accordingly. The hotel brought the dates to my attention when I booked my room this morning. No problem, really - mark your calendar to conform. Happy Lacemaking Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA who has been without a cat for neigh on 10 years and now has a black cat that was abandoned by renters who lived in the next house 3 acres away. And She who believes all bobbin lacemakers need a cat. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace with paper strings revisted comment
Maybe Jenn or Alice could take a picture and put it in webshots or somewhere that we could all see it for those of us who are challenged with visualisation. Sounds intriguing. Jenn wrote: "We made this series of flower pictures/projects for table decorations for conference last year. They had to be freestanding for the center of the tables rather than framed for hanging, as in the book." And a VERY big thank you Alice for all the work you and your Guild did for the conference. I was one of the lucky people who got to take a centerpiece home. I have it on display in my crafty area, and it is simply beautiful, the wire frame and wood base are a lovely way to frame the lace, as the focus is on the lace itself, and how open and airy the finished piece is.> Regards breakfast in the US, most of the replies have been about what you get in a restaurant, but at home most of us usually eat cereal, toast, etc., and use skim milk. I eat a breakfast bar as I am getting even lazier in my old age. Don't even make a pot of tea, preferring to put a teabag in a mug to save washing up. Seek out the family style restaurant and you will be surprised at the amount of food you get for little money. Surprised no one has mentioned hash browns or American fried potatoes which usually go with these full size breakfasts. I enjoy blueberry pancakes as a treat. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
