[lace] High price for handmade Roumanian lace on ebay
130215900660 opens at $950.00. Shipping (and handling!) from Ontario Canada to US, $75. Seller has a 1 feedback. First bidder has a 0 feedback. Seller confirms price, and 8 months construction time. Makes me wonder Kate Indiana USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Tatting
I have taught a large number of people to tat over the years, but failed miserably with others who I now pass on to a local friend and she has had some success with them (and vice versa). Often if I try something and simply cannot do it, and then put it aside for a while (weeks, months) when I go back to it I can learn it easily. It's as if my brain subtly worked on the problem and trained itself while I wasn't thinking about the task at all. That happened when I taught myself to make bobbin lace. I tried making bobbin lace from a book and after a week or so of heavy effort, gave up in frustration. I simply could not figure it out. Several months later I decided to try again, using the same supplies and the same book, and at that time, without further study, I could understand lacemaking without any trouble. This may be another reason a second or third teacher "succeeds" when the first ones didn't - maybe it took the student some time to meet with another teacher and their brain was working in the background, training itself to learn, all that time. Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] what did you do before bobbin lace
Haa Haa Agnes, Able-bodied...my doctor may not agree with you on that one. Supposedly I am not able bodied I have nerve damage in my dominant arm and hand as well as chronic pain down my entire left side that is moving to my right as well, a badly damaged upper and lower back that is the cause of all that pain (in cahoots with those nasty malfunctioning nerves)etc, etc... However, I won't let my hands be idle. I figure the day I stop using them I will have to give up all these things I love to do so I keep rotating them so my hands can't get too used to and complain about any "one" craft hurting me. Never say neverkeep on lacing guys!!! Cearbhael -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Agnes Boddington Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 1:10 PM To: Angel Skubic; lace Subject: Re: [lace] what did you do before bobbin lace Hi Angel and fellow spieders May I just say that you are an inspiration to all of us. We may not have perfect eyesight and or a bit of arthritis, but we are able-bodied. Agnes Boddington - warm and sunny Elougthon UK Angel Skubic wrote: >Haha Clay... > >What don't I do? I do anything and everything, short of weaving when it >comes to textiles/fiber. Not that I wouldn't like to weave but where would I >stick a loom? My house is already so overcrowded!!! Ah to weave an oriental >rug or two...or a tapestry... >I spin (and I buy the fleece and wash it and card it etc) I knit, crochet, >and tat. I do both cross stitch and needlepoint. I can hook rugs. (however, >there is so much yet to explore in that direction) I sew and have designed >my own patterns. I have designed a quilt...and that is just fiber and >textiles. I also do chain mail. (and chain jewelry) I can make metal into a >fabric for clothing or just make very lovely bracelets. I also make evening >bags that were inspired by the Victorian chain evening bags (micro chain >mail...very small links) To this and to the textiles I often will add >beadwork. I have a notion to make a beaded shade for an antique lamp of >mine. (with the original shade framework) >Besides the textile and metal work, I also am an artist. I like to >draw...have been doing it since I was 2 according to my mum. I painted with >water color and acrylics in high school and beyond. I am now thinking about >exploring pastels. >Being handicapped I have LOTS of time on my hands. I can't stand it when my >hands are idle so I craft and craft and craft some more...gifting people >with bracelets, earrings, throws, socks, hats and mittens, and occasionally >a large cross stitch or needle work piece to frame and hang on their walls. >The hardest craft I do is lace and I took that up inspired by a picture book >of antique laces. I figured...DANG... once upon a time, somewhere in the >world, people made it by hand. I refused to believe the craft was totally >lost and searched until I found some British sources. They had British books >on British lace. I quickly embraced the Buckspoint lace and have never >looked back. I STILL do all the other things as well. Yeah...I am a tad >crazy but, I am never bored. > >Cearbhael > > > > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.5/1398 - Release Date: 4/25/2008 2:31 PM - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Binch on ebay/Maltese lace
I have been asked to forward this mesage, due to her Computer problems that won't seem to send the messages through. I offered to forward any messages Christine liked to send to the list, - as we can't let her off with just being a lurker, can we?!!! :)) Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Original Message- From: Christine Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 24 April 2008 8:15 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: FW: Binche on e-bay / Maltese Lace Hi fellow lace enthusiasts, Liz Ligeti has kindly agrees to forward any posts until my problem is sorted out. (The post that I thought was private ended up on the list, so I tried using the same address to post this - and it didn't appear on the digest). The design on the handkerchief border recently sold on e-bay is pictured in Pat Earnshaw's "Lace in Fashion" - chapter 5, "The Twentieth Century". I have always rather liked this pattern and when I asked Anne-Marie would she consider drawing up a straight version of "'t Hertje" (a request made by several others as well), this was the pattern I had in mind, but at the time couldn't remember where I had seen it, and it wasn't what she did - not that I don't love the pattern she did draw up, even though I haven't seen it worked yet. The piece on ebay is very nicely worked and has been kept in very good condition. Speaking of which, I have to tell you of my latest indiscretion. At a recent Vintage Lace and Linens fair in Sydney, I was thrilled to be able to purchase a 2.5 metre Maltese lace shawl/mantilla from around 1860 in almost mint condition (and it seems to be closer to white than the golden colour of many pieces of Maltese lace) - it had been made as part of a wedding outfit and had almost no wear-and-tear. It cost me significantly less than the Binche handkerchief (so it won't really affect my retirement date - still many years away, but any indulgent purchases get assessed in terms of how long I will have to defer my retirement to pay for them!) Christine Johnson (Sydney, Australia) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] to tat, or (k)not
Hi everyone I taught myself tatting years ago, from a library book and a piece of string. Seeing the knot transfer in a large 'format' gave me the confidence to work with shuttle and thread. Maybe the string idea will work for someone else, too. I then made quite a few pieces by following a photograph of the item, rather than written instructions. But that was then. Tatting is something I cannot do any more. There is something between brain and fingers that simply makes me dislike doing it, akin to being forced to write with the non-dominant hand. Now 'all' I can do is bobbin lace. And appreciate the tatting that others do so well ;) -- Bev (near Sooke, BC on beautiful 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] Tatting
Jeri, trying different teachers for tatting is a very good hint.. I have taught a large number of people to tat over the years, but failed miserably with others who I now pass on to a local friend and she has had some success with them (and vice versa). I find it much easier to get someone started on bobbin lace than to teach them to tat. I've posted this poem of mine before, but it was a long time ago: LEARNING TO TAT I'm learning how to tat today They say I'll be just fine. All you need's a bit of patience A shuttle and some twine. They say use twine to start with - Nice and big and thick, So I can see the stitches And I'll know where to unpick. Now, under, over under, And pull the cotton tight. But before you do make sure it's loose Or it won't come out right! I can see I've got a knot there It's as plain as plain can be But they tell me it's the wrong stitch It should be upside down you see. Under, over, under - Loose, tight, what a laugh! This time they say it's perfect Now try the other half! Over now and under Loose, tight, and pull away. But still they tell me once again It should go the other way! Start again with patience, Under, over, under, it will come. Then over under - or under over? My fingers seem all thumb. Try another, and another, Hang on, that stitch just flipped! Whoopee, I know now what I'm doing I'm tatting, I've got it whipped Noelene in Cooma [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Buried in Sue's list was the above tatting comment.. If you are having > problems with tatting, may I suggest you ask different people to try to teach > you? It was my 4th teacher that succeeded! > Jeri Ames - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Bobbins bone/ivory
Hi Fran There is a bone bobbin and an ivory bobbin on my bobbin materials page http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/bobbins/materials.html 2nd and 3rd pictures going down the page. It's impossible to tell just from pictures; Carole has already posted a few tests, but in practice the vast majority of lace bobbins were bone. Even in the days when no-one thought it wrong to kill elephants for their tusks ivory was a rare and expensive material but pig, cow and horse bones were readily available. Lacemaking was a cottage industry, undertaken mostly by women, whose husbands were Ag Labs and they just didn't have the money for ivory. They used whatever was around - bone or fruit woods. Brenda Does anyone know of a site where some ivory bobbins might be shown alongside bone bobbins? And does anyone know how to tell the difference between an ivory bobbin and a bone bobbin? I'm asking because this topic has come up in a genealogical mailing list for an area in Britain where lace makers were common in the 19th century. I would like to post relevant responses back to that list but, of course, would do so without any identifying information. 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] what did you do before bobbin lace
Hi Angel and fellow spieders May I just say that you are an inspiration to all of us. We may not have perfect eyesight and or a bit of arthritis, but we are able-bodied. Agnes Boddington - warm and sunny Elougthon UK Angel Skubic wrote: Haha Clay... What don't I do? I do anything and everything, short of weaving when it comes to textiles/fiber. Not that I wouldn't like to weave but where would I stick a loom? My house is already so overcrowded!!! Ah to weave an oriental rug or two...or a tapestry... I spin (and I buy the fleece and wash it and card it etc) I knit, crochet, and tat. I do both cross stitch and needlepoint. I can hook rugs. (however, there is so much yet to explore in that direction) I sew and have designed my own patterns. I have designed a quilt...and that is just fiber and textiles. I also do chain mail. (and chain jewelry) I can make metal into a fabric for clothing or just make very lovely bracelets. I also make evening bags that were inspired by the Victorian chain evening bags (micro chain mail...very small links) To this and to the textiles I often will add beadwork. I have a notion to make a beaded shade for an antique lamp of mine. (with the original shade framework) Besides the textile and metal work, I also am an artist. I like to draw...have been doing it since I was 2 according to my mum. I painted with water color and acrylics in high school and beyond. I am now thinking about exploring pastels. Being handicapped I have LOTS of time on my hands. I can't stand it when my hands are idle so I craft and craft and craft some more...gifting people with bracelets, earrings, throws, socks, hats and mittens, and occasionally a large cross stitch or needle work piece to frame and hang on their walls. The hardest craft I do is lace and I took that up inspired by a picture book of antique laces. I figured...DANG... once upon a time, somewhere in the world, people made it by hand. I refused to believe the craft was totally lost and searched until I found some British sources. They had British books on British lace. I quickly embraced the Buckspoint lace and have never looked back. I STILL do all the other things as well. Yeah...I am a tad crazy but, I am never bored. Cearbhael - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Bobbins bone/ivory
Brian Lemin and David Springett are the authorities on lace bobbins. In his book "Success to the Lace Pillow", David Springett says that he has never found an ivory bobbin, which would make sense because lacemakers wouldn't be able to afford ivory bobbins from the meagre amount they earned making lace. The bones of cattle would be used for making all sorts of things, and perhaps the bones of the house cow would be used like this when it died. Brian Lemin has written an interesting article on the Lacefairy site: http://bobbins.lacefairy.com/BobbinMuseum/WhatisIt.html and, among other informative things, says "always assume bobbins and sewing tools are bone unless I have *very* good reason to believe otherwise" You won't find modern elephant ivory bobbins in the UK because its use, sale and export is illegal unless it was hunted and collected before 1947. To sell ivory to another country from the UK, you must obtain an expprt license from Revenue and Customs and prove that it's pre1947. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - Original Message - From: John & Fran To: Lace@arachne.com Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 9:01 AM Subject: [lace] Bobbins bone/ivory Does anyone know of a site where some ivory bobbins might be shown alongside bone bobbins? And does anyone know how to tell the difference between an ivory bobbin and a bone bobbin? I'm asking because this topic has come up in a genealogical mailing list for an area in Britain where lace makers were common in the 19th century. I would like to post relevant responses back to that list but, of course, would do so without any identifying information. Fran. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Fw: [lace] Before lace
Jeri, I have a book, I have been looking at sites, I sat in front of a u tube video thinking how easy and clear she sounded (but my fingers are stiff and shoulders too tensed, trying to keep up with the video too. I did go to someone at a craft lesson who tried to show me. Again, got some, missed some, by the end of the two hours I was so tense that I fault sick and ill. I need to calm and chill, and have hoped to find someone I can see locally who would go over and over it with me guiding me until I did get it. I tried with a shuttle and with a needle. Got to the end of one ring and then didn't know where to go next. Trouble is I am so hooked on the bobbinlace, I dont spend enough concentrating time on the tatting. I am determined that I will learn, but have a deadline for the current pieces. I dont know anyone locally who does it to help me. I am assuming it is just me being thick, but I will find my book and try again. Thank you for your encouragement. Sue T In a message dated 4/26/2008 12:14:52 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: have tried tatting, but am failing miserably. -- Dear Would-be Tatters, Buried in Sue's list was the above tatting comment.. If you are having problems with tatting, may I suggest you ask different people to try to teach you? It was my 4th teacher that succeeded! Jeri Ames Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - - Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used car listings at AOL Autos. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] royal christening gown..again
I haven't had a chance to look for a pic of the new royal gown :( However, it seems to me I remember reading somewhere that the old christening gown had been made with a lace panel from Queen Victoria's wedding dress..which explains why there is just one little panel left in the fron of the dress. It had always been strange to me that that was all there was considering that the lace took many lacers something like 8 months to manufacture. I believe that many years ago we discussed this very same subject (on arachne) and came to the conclusion that in today's money (early days of arachne) that the lace for Victoria's dress would cost somewhere around 4 million pounds.Sharon.on sunny (for a change) but cold Vancouver Island - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Fw: [lace] Before lace
In a message dated 4/26/2008 12:14:52 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: have tried tatting, but am failing miserably. -- Dear Would-be Tatters, Buried in Sue's list was the above tatting comment.. If you are having problems with tatting, may I suggest you ask different people to try to teach you? It was my 4th teacher that succeeded! Jeri Ames Lace and Embroidery Resource Center **Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used car listings at AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/used?NCID=aolcmp0030002851) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fw: [lace] Before lace
My what I did before BL contains, knitting from about age 3 (more holes than stitches to begin with I would think). Learned to crochet in my 20's. Had been making many of my own clothes both knitted and sewing from about age 12. Made one of my sisters wedding dress in 1977 plus all her bridesmaids outfits (all 6 of us). Made outfits for our living history camping as well as 2 tents, a marque and a tipi from 1995 - 2006. Did a little embroidery, have tried tatting, but am failing miserably. Wanted to learn bobbin lace in the 1980's when I saw the kit but didn't buy it. Finally found one about 12 years later which I did buy. Tried to learn on my own from a book using sewing cotton but felt I didn't understand what I was doing and my husband searched for a video which he didn't find, but did find me a place to learn 2 hours each week. I thought I would learn to prepare bobbins and understand the half stitch and whole stitch and would be find to carry on on my own. Oh foolish me I started lessons in September 2001, 4 years later I had to stop going to lessons just before my teacher retired anyway. Just as I was on my last lesson, someone mention lace groups on the internet which sounded a weird thing, (how on earth could you learn bobbin lace on ine!!! - I have learned many things since,It was 6 months after I stopped going and was really missing the social side of lacemaking lessons that I checked out and found the groups. Smart move. During my 4 years of lessons I began with Torchon, did some bedfordshire, found some cute tape lace pieces then onto bucks point and had two lessons in flanders lace. I promised myself I would continue to work through that book, but I am ashamed to say I haven't managed to do that. There are so many patterns out there and not enough hours in a day for me to do all I plan. I have tried to learn millanese braids but find my braid lace doesn't lay down nicely enough. Honiton is too fine for my poor eyes, not keen on all those sewings either. With Ruths help I have succeeded to learn how to manipulate my easy lace program and am making lace patterns inspired by motifs in other lace patterns and books, but adapting them to suit me better. With all your help I have two pieces of napkin lace ready to make up once the other two are complete, for our 40th wedding anniversary later this year. I had some lovely suggestions (have chosen several if time allows.) Reading all your before BL entries has been a real eye opener, I thought many of you were real genious lacemakers who did it all, so am surprised to find that is not so. I have been inspired by many and helped by a good number too, so thank you all. Sue T, Dorset UK It's been fascinating reading all your messages about what you did Before Lace. It looks like many of us have spent years looking for lace and trying other things before finding it. My mum taught me to knit when I was little, then I taught myself crochet in my teens. But it wasn't until I was in my late 20s that I discovered a book about bobbin lace and I knew that was what I was meant to do! I spent the next 41/2 years trying to work out how I could find the equipment to start making lace. I flirted with tatting and macramé, and knitting and crocheting lace, but they wouldn't do. Then DH bought me a Dryad lace making kit for my birthday, he was fed up with me moaning about how much I wanted to make lace! And my love affair with lace started in earnest. 23 years and 15 days later I'm still hooked! Alison in Essex UK, where it's a nice if windy spring day - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] PieceWork magazine - May/June 2008 Lace Issue
Mine came yesterdayI was out.today is reading day. Looks good .-D))) Bye now BarbE Texas - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 10:01 AM Subject: [lace] PieceWork magazine - May/June 2008 Lace Issue Dear Lacemakers, Collectors, Researchers, In the U.S., we have been waiting for this issue to come. It is now in mailboxes, and possibly in stores. Table of Contents are: 1. How Did They Do That? (Double half stitch - macrame? Cavandoli?) Includes brief illustrated instructions. 2. Russian Lace Scarf to Knit by Galina A. Khmeleva (picture on cover of magazine). With instructions. 3. Doily to Filet Crochet based on a Mary Card pattern. With instructions. 4. Nicolaides Shuttles & a Ruffled Edging to Tat by Mary Nicolaides. With instructions. Collectors: If you have old shuttles with two posts, read this. 5. Esther Oldham: Collector of Fans and Lace Extraordinaire (Collection of the Wellesley Massachusetts Historical Society). _www.wellesleyhistoricalsociety.org_ (http://www.wellesleyhistoricalsociety.org) The best of Oldham's fan collection was donated to Museum of Fine Arts - Boston. All the rest was donated to historical society, which is raising funds to conserve this lace collection (photos of laces laid on construction paper with plastic cover sheets gives confirmation as to need for conservation). Researchers, please take note of this collection and two locations.. 6. Lace Fan to Knit instructions & Knitted Lace Fans by Deborah Robinson of U.K. Article has interesting commentary on fan sticks. 7. Many Lives of Old Lace article by Elizabeth Kurella and a simple Lace Bridal Purse to Make (uses old handkerchief corner) by Suzanne Rosser. With instructions. 8. Lace Socks to Knit by Ann Budd. With instructions. 9. Lacemaking in Ipswich Massachusetts article by Karen H. Thompson. With pricking and instructions. On the Web (not in magazine) PieceWork has added 2 entries. I recommend PieceWork site for many free patterns: 1. Buttons to Embroider and Needle-Tat by Christen Brown. Suggest you copy and put with information you have about lace buttons. pieceworkmagazine.com/go/projects/embroideredtattedbuttons.asp 2. Textile Travels: Part I by Gwen Blakley Kinsler, founder of Crochet Guild of America - textile treasures collected in Honduras and Guatemala. I copied and placed in Arachnid Angela Thompson's 2006 book "Textiles of Central and South America". More to come in future months. pieceworkmagazine.com/go/articles/textiletravels1.asp Jeri Ames Lace and Embroidery Resource Center **Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used car listings at AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/used?NCID=aolcmp0030002851) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.5/1398 - Release Date: 4/25/2008 2:31 PM - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] PieceWork magazine - May/June 2008 Lace Issue
Dear Lacemakers, Collectors, Researchers, In the U.S., we have been waiting for this issue to come. It is now in mailboxes, and possibly in stores. Table of Contents are: 1. How Did They Do That? (Double half stitch - macrame? Cavandoli?) Includes brief illustrated instructions. 2. Russian Lace Scarf to Knit by Galina A. Khmeleva (picture on cover of magazine). With instructions. 3. Doily to Filet Crochet based on a Mary Card pattern. With instructions. 4. Nicolaides Shuttles & a Ruffled Edging to Tat by Mary Nicolaides. With instructions. Collectors: If you have old shuttles with two posts, read this. 5. Esther Oldham: Collector of Fans and Lace Extraordinaire (Collection of the Wellesley Massachusetts Historical Society). _www.wellesleyhistoricalsociety.org_ (http://www.wellesleyhistoricalsociety.org) The best of Oldham's fan collection was donated to Museum of Fine Arts - Boston. All the rest was donated to historical society, which is raising funds to conserve this lace collection (photos of laces laid on construction paper with plastic cover sheets gives confirmation as to need for conservation). Researchers, please take note of this collection and two locations.. 6. Lace Fan to Knit instructions & Knitted Lace Fans by Deborah Robinson of U.K. Article has interesting commentary on fan sticks. 7. Many Lives of Old Lace article by Elizabeth Kurella and a simple Lace Bridal Purse to Make (uses old handkerchief corner) by Suzanne Rosser. With instructions. 8. Lace Socks to Knit by Ann Budd. With instructions. 9. Lacemaking in Ipswich Massachusetts article by Karen H. Thompson. With pricking and instructions. On the Web (not in magazine) PieceWork has added 2 entries. I recommend PieceWork site for many free patterns: 1. Buttons to Embroider and Needle-Tat by Christen Brown. Suggest you copy and put with information you have about lace buttons. pieceworkmagazine.com/go/projects/embroideredtattedbuttons.asp 2. Textile Travels: Part I by Gwen Blakley Kinsler, founder of Crochet Guild of America - textile treasures collected in Honduras and Guatemala. I copied and placed in Arachnid Angela Thompson's 2006 book "Textiles of Central and South America". More to come in future months. pieceworkmagazine.com/go/articles/textiletravels1.asp Jeri Ames Lace and Embroidery Resource Center **Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used car listings at AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/used?NCID=aolcmp0030002851) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] ANZAC Day
Thank you so much - that explains why there were cards from Cairo and allsorts of other places. Sue - Original Message - From: John & Fran To: Sue Babbs ; lace@arachne.com Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 2:10 AM Subject: Re: [lace] ANZAC Day "Sue Babbs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Also 9 embroidered cards from her brother Albert between 1916 & 1918. > Albert > and her other brother Will had emigrated to Australia on 18 January 1912, > but > returned to fight in WWI. Albert was in the 2nd Battalion of the New South > Wales Company, 1st Australia Division. Albert & Will returned to Australia > after the war. If you are at all interested, you can search the Australian Archives online for info on WWI service: http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/explore/defence/service-records/army-wwi.a spx - - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Bobbins bone/ivory
I just found an interesting website that gives hints on distinguishing ivory and bone (plus other similar materials. http://members.lycos.co.uk/lazyjacks/button2.htm This is an excerpt: Ivory No odour with hot needle test. Hard to penetrate. May leave a brown residue in the immediate burned area. a.. Very fine grain, almost tooth-like. b.. Colour can be white to deep cream. c.. Takes a very high polish, usually very fine workmanship, almost like a waxy lustre. d.. With a sharp knife one can NOT scrape off a fine powder as on bone. e.. Very old ivory buttons may need a curved needle to be sewed on. f.. Can NOT be softened enough to mould. g.. Cracking may be caused by heat and humidity. h.. Will look white under a black light. Works best if done in a dark area. (Black light is UV light. Avoid shining into your eyes.) i.. If placed in water it will float, or sink very slowly Bone No odour with the hot needle test. a.. Use a magnifying glass to see tiny black flex from the blood vessels in the bone, called "splinters". b.. Grain lines go in one direction, colours can be white to deep cream. c.. With a sharp knife one can scrape off a very fine powder. Usually not self-shank. Can be dyed. d.. Coarser or porous look. e.. Cannot be softened enough to mould . f.. May yellow with age. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Bobbins bone/ivory
Does anyone know of a site where some ivory bobbins might be shown alongside bone bobbins? And does anyone know how to tell the difference between an ivory bobbin and a bone bobbin? I'm asking because this topic has come up in a genealogical mailing list for an area in Britain where lace makers were common in the 19th century. I would like to post relevant responses back to that list but, of course, would do so without any identifying information. Fran. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] ANZAC Day
"Sue Babbs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Also 9 embroidered cards from her brother Albert between 1916 & 1918. Albert and her other brother Will had emigrated to Australia on 18 January 1912, but returned to fight in WWI. Albert was in the 2nd Battalion of the New South Wales Company, 1st Australia Division. Albert & Will returned to Australia after the war. If you are at all interested, you can search the Australian Archives online for info on WWI service: http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/explore/defence/service-records/army-wwi.aspx - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
