Re: [lace] Queen Victoria
Whilst she undoubtedly would have lost some height as she aged could it also have been that she was wearing flat shoes in later life? Lower heels would require a similar reduction if the skirt length were to remain just clear of the ground, and late 19th century fashion shoes were low heeled. Brenda On 3 Apr 2011, at 23:13, jeria...@aol.com wrote: > It is about 10 years since I wrote on Arachne about an exhibit of Queen > Victoria's clothing at Kensington Palace. To properly protect the gowns, > individual mannequins were custom made to fit the clothing. It was then > that > textile professionals realized that she had lost an astonishing 4" in > height in her later years, a fact that seemed to never have been noted. In > 1837 > she was believed to have been 4' 11". Her late 1890's dresses suggest a > height of 4' 7" or at most 4' 8". Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Queen Victoria
It is about 10 years since I wrote on Arachne about an exhibit of Queen Victoria's clothing at Kensington Palace. To properly protect the gowns, individual mannequins were custom made to fit the clothing. It was then that textile professionals realized that she had lost an astonishing 4" in height in her later years, a fact that seemed to never have been noted. In 1837 she was believed to have been 4' 11". Her late 1890's dresses suggest a height of 4' 7" or at most 4' 8". Per pg. 171 of "In Royal Fashion - The Clothes of Princess Charlotte of Wales and Queen Victoria 1796-1901" by Kay Staniland - published by Museum of London 1997. There is a lot of lace content in this lavishly-illustrated book. I've given enough information that those who would like to order the book from Interlibrary Loan will be able to do so, especially in this year of a royal wedding. A lot of "Queen Victoria" files exist, going back years, at _www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/index.html_ (http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/index.html) Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Not Pre-pricking Lace Patterns, per David
It has occurred to me, though I have never met him, that David may be a good deal taller than most of the women on Arachne, and he may be looking at his pillow from a different vantage point. This could make it easier for him to see where to position pins, and to not miss any. Not only do women tend to be shorter, they actually shrink as they age. And a great many current lacemakers cannot claim youth as an attribute. (I have shrunk, and so have several friends.) This means we have to stretch or sometimes stand when working at lace pillows - in order to see what our lace looks like and if we need to retro-lace to make a correction! Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Little Urchin
Like Jacquie below I didn't read the post properly and was looking for a smal grubby child in the photos. L Kind Regards Liz Baker thelace...@btinternet.com My chronicle of my bobbins can be found at my website: http://thelacebee.weebly.com/ All this time I was imagining it being a hedgehog, the Middle English name for this being Urchin, and this term is still quite well widely used in the UK. Jacquie in Lincolnshire. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Lace in the Wall Street Journal
A friend gave me an article from Thursday's Wall Street Journaltitled "New Life for the Historic Art of Lace-Making". The story and most of the pictures can be found here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471904576230881696059622.html?KEYWORDS=Historic+Art+Lace-Making Or search Wall Street Journal and put Historic Art Lace-Making in the Search Box at the top of the page. The story takes most of a full page of the Journal, and features Leavers Lace. The online version has a video with part of the story. The story is about dress designers using a lot of lace in their designs. They say that the Chinese lace is much less expensive but poor quality. The designers insist on the French made lace even if the price of the item is higher. The designs being shown this year will be in the stores next year. Just thought you might like to know that lace is still alive in the fashion world. Alice in Oregon...where (surprise) it's not raining, but there was frost on things this morning. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Dutch vs Belgian bobbins
For Lyn: Don't know the answer but will test drive some Belgians when I attend a Maltese workshop in mid-April. Maybe someone else on the list would be willing to share the pros/cons of working with each. Sincerely, Susan - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Enciclopedia translation & ceramic bobbins
Hello Again! Thank you Antje for the translation! There are a number of similar book(let)s in English--all purporting to enlighten their readers to the womanly pursuits of the day. I think at one point I found one that recommended gin for cleaning lace! As to the ceramic bobbins, as I recall they are Majolica. Several years ago, at the EGA seminar in Louisville, KY, there was an Italian group that was promoting their lace/embroidery/textile school/festival (northern Italy?) & sold bobbins, Assisi embroidery, knotted work (string-like tassels) & other stuff. Luckily I snagged these & now wish that I had bought more! Thanks for asking Vicki--does this mean you will be my roommate if I travel there to take the classes?? DH is frowning even as I mention this! Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Fwd: [lace] Little Urchin
-- Forwarded message -- From: AGlez Date: 2011/4/3 Subject: Re: [lace] Little Urchin To: laceandb...@aol.com OK.. thanks for this explanation. As a non English speaker, I didn't understand the message completely. Now I do. And I really like the little Urchin. Good idea to use old samples of crochet I have in a drawer. Best regards Antje in Spain. -- Antje González ___ *Photography is like life... you can change perspective by changing your point of view!* - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Little Urchin
I should have gone to look at the pictures when you posted your first post, because now I see what you made is a SEA Urchin. All this time I was imagining it being a hedgehog, the Middle English name for this being Urchin, and this term is still quite well widely used in the UK. Now I also understand why someone might want to put it over a stone. Not much good as a pincushion though! Jacquie in Lincolnshire. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Little Urchin
On 03/04/2011 03:53, hottl...@neo.rr.com wrote: Hello All! The urchin pin cushion is finished& pics are posted to webshots thanks to a friend. The core is felted basic roving covered with hand dyed alpaca roving, then needled in. It was a fiddley finish but I love the results! Looks cute on my pillow with partially worked Mirecourt pattern, Art Deco Tile by Debby Beever. I must say, I can't imagine installing the urchin over a stone as noted in the Purl Bee website instructions unless one is double jointed!! FYI--I'm left handed& the instructions didn't work for me because the pattern is directional. Fudging ensued. My overall impression is that it's a quick& easy little item to make for a guild event/program or for gifts. Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA That's really pretty. Lesley - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Community Webshots
Can someone tell me hwo to upload photos onto the archne 2003 community webshots? I do have an album there, and have tried several times to upload photos, but they do not appear in my album. Agnes Boddington - sunny Elloughton UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Card versus photocopy paper
I've always pre-pricked onto card, mainly because I was taught to do it that way and find that I understand the pattern much better when I start the lace if I've spent the time pricking and inking in the markings, but I've just realised I could never make lace without pre-pricking - I rely on feeling the pre-pricked holes under the pin, only look for the pinhole/dot if I can't find it with my fingers! Beth M in Cheshire, England where it's a beautiful spring day outside - sunny, with a breeze tossing the daffodils and blowing cotton-wool clouds across the sky. Sue Harvey wrote: > I was taught to pre-prick onto card, the reason given was "your lace is > only as good as your pricking, rubbish pricking, rubbish lace". I have > also found that if the light is not very good it helps greatly if it is > already pricked. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Enciclopedia de las Señoras
Hello Susan, and Jacquie... Here comes some Spanish help for your inquiry. The book is not Therese Dillmont's. You would wonder if you understood what it says in the introduction. As a resume, I am making a quick free translation for you: "This book is for general utility. It contains jobs which can be made easily and with pleasure by all women, whatever their education and social status. Our aim is to teach all kind of crafts which are proper of young women and that are in harmony with their natural disposition easy methods, so that women are able to put into practice the principal feminine works, without forgetting those made just for fun, offering the means of occupying their time, saving money, etc.(...) We have collected all works common to women (...) such as sewing, needle lace, knitting,(...) how to do the washing, how to eliminate stains, recipes to make tea, coffee, also cologne and soap (...) with little money. So, this Enciclopedia contains, without any doubt, the necessary knowledge, not only for those women whose destiny is to shine in today's world, but also for those who have to earn money to live (...)". My mother has a little book with exactly the same information. And my sisters and I always have fun when reading it. I feel fortunate to be born later than those times. My mother's book must be from around the 30's. But I will have to check this date. Best regards and have a good Sunday. Antje González, from Spain. ___ *Photography is like life... you can change perspective by changing your point of view!* - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
