Re: [lace] Teaching young people--resources
Great idea, but not just for youngsters. I live in Spain and belong to a group of English ladies (most of us won´t see 60 again) who are all interested in crafts in general. Over the last 7 years I´ve introduced quite a few ladies to lacemaking and have developed a series of beginners patterns ensuring that each new stitch is incorporated into a usable piece of lace rather than a sample strip. I´ll be in touch to see if my patterns can be of use. Pam in very hot Vera Playa, Almeria, southern Spain So, I've created a collaborative site, and I hope some of you will be interested enough to lend a hand. At this point, it is awfully rudimentary--please don't be disappointed, but take that as an invitation to make it better! If many people contribute a little bit, we can develop a useful resource, that we can refine over time, to support informal teachers. (While anyone can see the site, you have to be invited to make changes to it, or upload resources. Just let me know if you'd like to be added as a collaborator.) https://sites.google.com/site/bobbinlaceteachingresource/ --Julie j.enevold...@wlonk.com weft.wlonk.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Brooklyn Museum Collection at the MMA
I was cruising the website today, and realized that 4000 items from the Brooklyn Museum had been added to the Costume Institute part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's website. These include a number of pieces of very nice lace. One of them, 2009.300.3467, I contacted the Brooklyn Museum about, a decade ago, and they could not locate it. The project has been, as I understand it, to take the 20,000 or so best objects from the Brooklyn Museum's legendary costume collection to make this collection within the MMA. I think the pieces continue to be jointly owned. If you go to _www.metmuseum.org_ (http://www.metmuseum.org) click on Collection Database in the left column. Then enter Costume Institute for department and lace for keyword. All the pieces from the Costume Institute are numbered 2009.300. They start on p.2 of this search. Of particular note are 2009.300.3467, 2009.300.1327, 2009.300.2055 and 2009.300.3500. There are also many other things of interest, since this represents the best of the Brooklyn Museum Collection. Among the lace are pieces that belonged to lace author Clara Blum's collection, and items of clothing that belonged to Rita de Acosta Lydig, who was a devoted lace collector, but also wore very old lace. Her lace adorned shoes are well known, but here are other items of hers,2009.300 1239a,2009.300 1240,2009.300 1241. This last is a garment from the 1920s which incorporates what looks like ancient filet lace, although it must have been newly made. This is a really stunning use of lace that is not usually considered for use in costume. People who are lovers of costume might want to look at all 4000 items which include folk costume and fashion costume. If so, go to Collection database, Costume Institute, and enter Brooklyn in key word. Devon You may be able to get directly to page 2 of the search by cutting and pasting this very long url. _http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/the_costume_insti tute/listview.aspx?page=2sort=0sortdir=asckeyword=lacefp=1dd1=8dd2=0h i=0ov=0_ (http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/the_costume_institute/listview.aspx?page=2sort=0sortdir=asckeyword=lacefp=1dd1 =8dd2=0hi=0ov=0) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Brooklyn Museum (2)
The lace is well described and you can zoom on it for very good detail. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Brooklyn Museum Collection at the MMA
This is wonderful! This will help my wife and I when we work on costumes for the musicals we are a part of. Good inspiration pieces. Or if we need to freshen up our costumes for our heritage demonstrations. I saved the long link(which took me right to it) for future browsing. Thanks Devon! -- Mark, aka Tatman website: http://www.tat-man.net blog: http://tat-man.net/blog Magic Thread Shop: http://www.tat-man.net/tatterville/tatshop/tatshop.html email: tat...@tat-man.net Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tatmantats On 8/25/10 11:27 AM, dmt11h...@aol.com dmt11h...@aol.com wrote: http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/the_costume_insti tute/listview.aspx?page=2sort=0sortdir=asckeyword=lacefp=1dd1=8dd2=0h i=0ov=0 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Re: Edging for a handkerchief
On 25 Aug 2010, at 16:44, rislyb...@aol.com wrote: Oh thank you. I always wonder if people look at my blog. Add a counter to the page and you'll find out how many people look at it. There are lots of commercial counters around, but if you go to my homepage, URL in the signature, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the 'Stat Counter' icon it will take you to the 'StatCounter' home page, then follow the instructions for signing up and adding counters to any web page you maintain. It's all free, and you get a lot more than just numbers of hits. I know that I get around 8-10 hits a day on the front lacemaking page, but if I post something specific on Arachne it shoots up for a day or so. For instance the page about knitting yarn thickness usually gets 0-5 hits a day; when I posted the link last week it went up to 46 hits that day and 27 the next, then back down again. All usual disclaimers, just a satisfied user. Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.me.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
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Mark That is incredible! As far as I can tell, all of Bruges Bloomwork designs are made up of a stock set of motifs with variations. And each piece is just a different selection of motifs and arrangements of motifs. So you are designing Bloomwork just the way it is always designed (except for the computer and PhotoShop). Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: bloomwork lace edge
Thanks. That means a lot :) Here is a lace edging that can accompany the bodice piece. Just took similar motifs of the bodice and worked it in a scallop fashion. http://www.tat-man.net/bobbinburg/BLgallery/BrugesLace_edging.jpg I just wish it would take this minimal amount of time to create as it does to work it up in Photoshop LOL!!! But hardly as satisfying ;) -- Mark, aka Tatman website: http://www.tat-man.net blog: http://tat-man.net/blog Magic Thread Shop: http://www.tat-man.net/tatterville/tatshop/tatshop.html email: tat...@tat-man.net Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tatmantats On 8/25/10 2:59 PM, Lorelei Halley lhal...@bytemeusa.com wrote: Mark That is incredible! As far as I can tell, all of Bruges Bloomwork designs are made up of a stock set of motifs with variations. And each piece is just a different selection of motifs and arrangements of motifs. So you are designing Bloomwork just the way it is always designed (except for the computer and PhotoShop). Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
