Re: [lace] Re wearing lace
Now I see why it is so easy in the wash:-) I had been thinking of lengths of torchon or bucks on the edge of something, mind you I did make a narrow strip of lace which is around a kerchief I have worn at our living history camping. It works well to brighten up my outfit and keeps the chill off my neck and shoulders at the same time. I am still trying to find a piece I feel might work, like your motifs I suppose, to have on tops, attractive and different but not like a wedding flower spray. These look fabulous at a lace day or wedding not not in my much more informal settings. Well done for your win:-) Sue T Dorset UK I don't think that size matters too much. You do need to stitch it all around so that it is firmly attached. One t-shirt has a piece of Honiton and the other has three pieces of Milanese - same design, different braids. Both were made in fairly fine thread. Malvary in Ottawa, where I've just got in from an afternoon of lawn bowls and I was the big winner! - 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] Wearing lace
I was on the end of the queue when cleavage was being given out, so most of my tops are round neck:-) but the motif idea seems to suit me better I think. Will need to work at that idea. I love the idea of delicate lace as modesty pieces though, I think that looks very attractive. I haven't tried making lace with gutermanns sewing thread, but do have some silk which is nice to work with. Sue T Dorset UK I have several low necked T shirts, so I made an edging in Gutermann sewing machine thread if I remember correctly, and stitched it onto a piece of fabric was darted at the sides and had elastic across the back, so it sat over my bust (which is 'well defined'), and gave me some modesty!! It has been well worn and washed in the machine. The pattern is Dotty (pg 93) in the book Torchon Lace for Today by Jennifer Fisher. I would rather walk with God in the dark than go alone in the light. Mary Gardiner Brainard My Blog: www.kiwimeskreations.blogspot.com - 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] Wearing Lace
Yes - I wear some of the lace I make, but I don't flaunt it. The kind of lace I like to make is edgings, and I use them to decorate my lingerie, especially nightdresses. Mostly, I prefer to wear long, loose white nightdresses made of pure cotton, and these give plenty of opportunity to use edgings. Since I saw a collection of Victorian garments, where all the lace was supported on two tucks, I've taken to doing the same thing. You use a tiny tuck to which the lace is stitched, and make another tuck underneath which carries the lace. Since the deep tuck is made to be just slightly longer than the lace, I think it also protects the picots in particular, as well as lifting and displaying it. Of course they have to be washed frequently, but I find that they survive well on my washing machine's 'delicate' setting. In fact, the lace survives better than the fabric, and I've detached it and used it on new nightdresses when old ones have worn out. Alright, that wouldn't be the way to treat an heirloom, but there's no-one to inherit it, and I feel I might as well enjoy the fruits of my own handiwork. Oh, and my husband enjoys seeing it, too! Linda Walton, (in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K., where it's a perfect Summer morning, and I'm planning a picnic tea. I know a beautiful little clearing in our nearby beech woods, just the spot to make some lace.) - 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] Wearing Lace
Hello, Yes - I wear some of the lace I make so do I and not only the one I make myself also the few old pieces I possess. My fans are the one going out (together with me) of all my lacy things. Ilske - 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] Tea Cosy
Recently, it occurred to me that what I need is a tea cosy, and it suddenly dawned on me that I could decorate it with some lace. But as I mostly make Bucks point ground edgings, I'm somewhat at a loss to know how to go about it. Who better to ask for advice than my Arachne friends? So here is a note about the teapot, and my limitations as a lacemaker, and I look forward to any comments you care to make. The teapot itself is a small one, holding only enough to fill the two matching cups. It is white china, decorated with a design of strawberry plants - green leaves on curling stems, white flowers with yellow centres, and plump red berries; and there are some fine gilt lines on the rim, handle, spout and lid. It seems to me that it would look awkward to have a complete dome of a tea cosy. What I see is something like a disc-shaped top, with two attached panels to cover the sides. These would be made in quilted material, maybe fastened below the handle and spout with buttons and loops or ribbon ties. The lace needed, then, would be a round piece for the top and two oblongs for the sides, mounted on the quilted pieces but smaller than them. The top would be about three and a half inches diameter, or a little less. The side pieces no more than about five inches wide and three inches deep. My own limitations are that I've only made Bucks lace edgings for years, although I did start with Torchon. It's been a long time since I made any Torchon lace, but I'd enjoy learning it again, and I think it might be more suitable for a tea cosy. I don't think I have any patterns suitable for the pieces. The circular piece might be a bonnet back, I suppose, but I've no idea how to find the panels. I've never designed any lace patterns - and don't want to start now! Does anyone have any good ideas? I'm really excited about this project and I'm longing to get going, but don't know where to start. Awaiting your replies with interest, Linda Walton, (in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K., where high Summer makes us grateful for the shady beech hangers). - 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] lacemaker patterns wanted
Hi There is also a lovely one on the front of Eeva-Liisa Kortelahti's book 'Nyplatkaammme - Let's make lace'. If you can't borrow it from someone, I'm sure I could send you a copy of the pattern as long as it was for your own use. Angela In sunny Sussex On 10 Jul 2011, at 21:44, lacel...@frontier.com wrote: I am looking for patterns of lacemakers making lace. I know there are several around. A simple line-drawing can also be turned into lace fairly easily. Some needlepoint patterns can be converted to bobbin lace. I have the Kortelahti pattern that's in one of her books. I've been given two or three that I'm not sure of the original source. I just made a lacemaker based on a paper cutting that was printed in a 1994 IOLI Bulletin. It was a fun challenge. Do you have a pattern you can share with meor tell me what book to look in? Size is not an issue. Thanks, Alice in Oregon -- enjoying some nice summer weather, and the new paint on my house. - 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 - 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] Tea Cosy
Hi What a lovely idea and so nice to be able to use your lace. Why not start by looking on the Internet for all different styles of tea cosy before you make your final decision. Then mock up a couple in paper or plain fabric to get the shape right. While your doing this think of all the different ways you could add lace. Do you really want to make it all in lace or would it be more impressive if you just added a border or insertion? Perhaps an insertion of strawberry coloured lace with a soft green background, to match the colours in the teapot. This insertion could go around the cosy or up one side and down the other. You could dye your fabric and thread to match/compliment the teapot. If that's too messy there are lots of lovely shades in the coats cotton range, you would just need to enlarge the pattern a bit. Think 'out of the box'! What about copying an old knitted tea cosy in fabric, the ones that had the spout and handle showing but were gathered at the top, then you could gather a lace edging to make a flower and add stamens in beads? Hope this gives you a starting point, have fun deciding what you make and let us have a picture of the finished tea cosy. Have fun Angela, from not quite so sunny Sussex. On 11 Jul 2011, at 11:44, Linda Walton linda.wal...@dsl.pipex.com wrote: Recently, it occurred to me that what I need is a tea cosy, and it suddenly dawned on me that I could decorate it with some lace. But as I mostly make Bucks point ground edgings, I'm somewhat at a loss to know how to go about it. Who better to ask for advice than my Arachne friends? So here is a note about the teapot, and my limitations as a lacemaker, and I look forward to any comments you care to make. The teapot itself is a small one, holding only enough to fill the two matching cups. It is white china, decorated with a design of strawberry plants - green leaves on curling stems, white flowers with yellow centres, and plump red berries; and there are some fine gilt lines on the rim, handle, spout and lid. It seems to me that it would look awkward to have a complete dome of a tea cosy. What I see is something like a disc-shaped top, with two attached panels to cover the sides. These would be made in quilted material, maybe fastened below the handle and spout with buttons and loops or ribbon ties. The lace needed, then, would be a round piece for the top and two oblongs for the sides, mounted on the quilted pieces but smaller than them. The top would be about three and a half inches diameter, or a little less. The side pieces no more than about five inches wide and three inches deep. My own limitations are that I've only made Bucks lace edgings for years, although I did start with Torchon. It's been a long time since I made any Torchon lace, but I'd enjoy learning it again, and I think it might be more suitable for a tea cosy. I don't think I have any patterns suitable for the pieces. The circular piece might be a bonnet back, I suppose, but I've no idea how to find the panels. I've never designed any lace patterns - and don't want to start now! Does anyone have any good ideas? I'm really excited about this project and I'm longing to get going, but don't know where to start. Awaiting your replies with interest, Linda Walton, (in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K., where high Summer makes us grateful for the shady beech hangers). - 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 - 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] Tea Cosy
For something simple-ish but effective what about Idrija style. If you can't find an appropriate already made pattern it is quite easy to design and it looks very effective. Malvary in Ottawa where we have a VERY hot, humid day with a forecast of thunderboomers later. - 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 Exhibition
My brother has just forwarded this link to me - it is about the exhibition being arranged in Birmingham (UK) later this year and which has been written about by Gail Ball in Lace:- http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/about-us/press-room/view/2011/fiftyfifty- partner-announced?from=/about-us/press-room/ -- Jane Partridge - 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 and music
I sent this a couple of days ago, but Jeri tells me that she hasn't seen it, nor have I. So I am sending it again because I think that some people might be interested: Alfred Von Henneberg's book The Art and Craft of Old Lace likens the analysis of lace construction to that of musical composition. For those who have this amazing book, see pages 30-31. If anyone is interested in buying the fairly new reproduction it is available at a nicely reduced price from Amazon. An excellent review can be found at pa...@madsamplarbooks.com. It is one of the most appreciated books in my personal library. Enjoy! Tess (tess1...@aol.com) in Maine, USA, where yesterday the weather was so beautiful that our lace group met with great pleasure outside in my little garden. Summer is finally here! - 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] lace and music
I don't think £171 is a neciely reduced price. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK Alfred Von Henneberg's book The Art and Craft of Old Lace likens the analysis of lace construction to that of musical composition. For those who have this amazing book, see pages 30-31. If anyone is interested in buying the fairly new reproduction it is available at a nicely reduced price from Amazon. - 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] Tea Cosy
Just be careful where you put the lace, my friend crocheted me a lovely tea cosy for my two cup pot and it gets messy around where the spout comes out, I am for ever washing it in case she comes round and thinks I do not take care of it. Sue M Harvey Norfolk 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-chat] Flash mob South African style
This is a video from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. It is lovely to see the shoppers enjoying the music and dancing. Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa. view the NMMU flash mob http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iIFqHMOE1gv video To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace-chat] Flash mob South African style
Jeanette, Thank you so much for sending this along. It's delightful!! I really needed a boost today and that gave me a great one! Jane in Vermont, USA where summer has arrived. This is a video from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. It is lovely to see the shoppers enjoying the music and dancing. Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa. view the NMMU flash mob http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iIFqHMOE1gv video To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
