RE: [lace] Who's Who in Lace
-Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Bev Walker wrote: I agree with Bev, that Clay's work...warrants inclusion as a modern lace mover-and-shaker. Also past and present officers of the major lace organizations, such as IOLI, the English lace guild, etc. I would also add Liz, creator and keeper of Arachne Cearbhael wrote Oh I would have to add David Collyer, not only is he a fantastic lace maker he keeps the list amused as well. I love his humour and his ability to take on huge projects and "FINISH" them, to everyone's amazement and delight. Also great recipes are always popped in now and then... ;o)) I also would include any member of the list who has been "Published" with "How To" books and or pattern books. They are a gift to us and it is so wonderful to be able to actually "talk" to them about their work etc. They are a tremendous resource to us. Cearbhael - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Lace Conservation - Fork Tines vs. Lace Cuffs
What a very cool way to start a lace talk. Would definitely get the attention of those attending. Amazes me how often some wear knit lace shawls with long draping ear rings and jewelry. Snags almost always occur. It occurs to me that would often occur with lace cuffs and collars in the past. Yet many portraits show elaborate jewelry with the lace. Would not be for every day wear, yet I would imagine that the ladies maids were somewhat versed in the care and repair of the lace. -- Smile! Shell "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." - Henry David Thoreau - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Who's Who in Lace
Hello All! May I nominate Pat Read & Lucy Kincaid, followed shortly thereafter by Sandi Woods & Louise Colgan for bringing Milanese lace up to date, then kicking it up a notch for all to enjoy. After seeing some vintage examples of Milanese at LASB, I was not at all impressed. Sort of frumpy! But hey, look at Milanese now--WOW! Thanks gals. Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA USA - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
RE: [lace] lace books recommended
Leonards recommendation (thanks Leonard) of the Fine and Fashionable book sent me scurrying as I have always wanted that book so found it online in the Bowes Museum Webshop. Postage is cheaper to the UK and USA as I am in the other countries category for Australia. Included in the postage cost I managed to also pick up Wedding Dresses in the Bowes Museum for 5 pound. Order Details: Item : Book - Fine & Fashionable: Lace from The Blackborne Collection - £9.95 Item : Wedding Dresses from The Bowes Museum Collection - £5.00 - Sub Total : £14.95 Delivery Details: Option : Overseas Price: £ 12.95 VAT : £ 2.59 Total Price : £ 15.54 - Order Total : £30.49 I am very happy and they shipped immediately so my treasures are on their way. Annette Meldrum In a cool and cloudy Wollongong Australia - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Queen's gallery exhibition
In a message dated 7/14/2013 4:56:56 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, leonard...@yahoo.com writes: A straight-forward review of In Fine Style in the Queen's Gallery is easy - go and see it, if you're in London before it closes in early October, and if you haven't planned on being there, change your plans. Similarly, buy the catalogue. Leonard and I correspond privately, and I know he will not mind if I share how to obtain more book information, if you are interested. He provided a 6-paragraph overview of his impressions of lace exhibitions and books. Below is how to access old book reviews. I recommend utilizing InterLibrary Loan. You can do general internet searches for all titles. In our Arachne Archives there are lots of memos. The first words of each item below (before the dash) is what you should search http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/index.html 1. Bowes Museum - where you will find 5 pages, total 40 memos. "Fine & Fashionable - Lace from the Blackborne Collection" by Hashagen and Levey. ISBN: 0-9548182-4-5. My apprentices: Read the last memo, on page 5: "Book Reviews and Buying Books". 2. Tudor Tailor - 5 memos in this file, including book reviews of previous books. 3. Patterns of Fashion - lots of comments, in 90 memos. This is the late Janet Arnold's work. She also wrote "Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Unlock'd" which contains a huge amount of research. 4. V & A's "permanent British gallery 1500-1700" recommended by Leonard. Not in our Archives (except in memos about the Margaret Layton jacket). There is a huge 488-page book, pub. 2001, when the V & A reopened these exhibits after extensive renovation: "Design & the Decorative Arts - Britain 1500-1900", by Snodin and Styles, ISBN 0-8109-6586-0. Comprehensive coverage of how things looked, who led taste, how fashionable things were used in daily life, new products and impact of innovation on design. There is a limited amount of lace, and a fair amount of what I'll call "lace in context" in paintings and of the fork tines facing down sort. 5. Lace from the Victoria and Albert Museum - Clare Browne's book was reviewed by me April 22, 2004. ISBN 0-8109-6623-9. It is at the top of pg. 4 in our archive under this book title. The 12-page Introduction is easy reading and to be commended. The remainder is all glorious photos of lace. Thanks for the memories, Leonard. 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] CLG & Lace Camp
I would like to add my personal Bouquets for Bev and the Gazette Gals - they have done a fantastic job over the past 13 years and as a Canadian, I am proud of their work and 'our' publication! I wish Jocelyn and her volunteers all the best as they continue with this fine work! I was so sad to miss Lace Camp this year, especially as it was the 20th Anniversary :( My friend Johanna and I had planned to attend for a day, since we were unable to make it for the week this year, but she ended up with tooth troubles. I will be mailing in my Registration for next year shortly and have booked out apt. already :) It is a wonderful event where the love of lace is shared! Jane in Owen Sound, at the base of the Bruce Peninsula in Ontario - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Who's Who in Lace
One of the things that always tickles me is that you go to a lace event, and there's the author of the books you have used. And then there are the teachers, some of whom do not write books, but who have taught and influenced hundreds of people. And if you write or email them, they respond. The founders and promoters of the lace meetings that mean so much to so many of us. The leaders of organizations who work tirelessly to promote the art, or craft, and provide access for the rest of us. And those who open up their homes, month after month, year after year, so a group has a place to meet. And those who demonstrate, to promote the making of lace among the heathen. It takes a lot of time and energy. And those of us who merely buy supplies and books, and attend the meetings, keeping the suppliers in business. There are, of course, those who stand out, who are willing and able to do so, usually with little or no remuneration. They play a very big part, and deserve recognition and our grateful thanks. But let us not forget the others, most of whom do what they can with what they have to promote lace. Most of us stand on the shoulders of others. Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, where the air conditioning is turned on at least until the weekend. Hazy, hot and humid. I'm going to the beach. Or, I'm going down the shore, as we locals call it. With the travel lace pillow, for under the umbrella. DH and Dog are staying home in the air conditioning. - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Lace Conservation - Fork Tines vs. Lace Cuffs
Thank you, Malvary, This Chatsworth program was also broadcast in Maine USA last night. The subject line has been changed for this reply. I am printing this information for possible use in the future, though my silver flatwear bears only the scrolling initials of a great aunt topside and the silver company's name bottomside! The silver at Chatsworth is about four times as thick as my 1910's set, but no complaints here. It strikes me as being the most unusual "lace conservation fact" I have encountered. So, it goes with all other conservation tips in a special file. Perhaps not applicable to 2013, but great to mention in future talks. Any who do this sort of program - this could be your first anecdote. Wear lace ruffles draping off your wrists, wave a dinner fork, and you have a very memorable lead into your presentation. For a visual, set a table the Chatsworth way, and take a photo. Maybe a historic house would do a setup for you. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - In a message dated 7/15/2013 8:43:04 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, malva...@sympatico.ca writes: Interestingly, last night we had a program about Chatsworth House. One of things that was shown was the long dining table all laid out for a meal with 3 sets of knives and forks. The fork tines were all points down (and the crest was on the back of the fork) because when men (and women too, I suppose) wore lacy cuffs the tines were turned down so that the lace cuff didn't catch on the forks. - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Who's Who in Lace
I think everyone on Arachne is important and should be included in "Who's Who". -- Hugs, Lin and the Mali "If we concentrated on the really important stuff in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles." - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Who's Who in Lace
In a message dated 7/15/2013 12:51:18 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, robinl...@socal.rr.com writes: I realize there are now other such internet lace groups, but I have no knowledge of their organization. Others can nominate "Who's Who?" membership from those. A no by no means complete list would have to include Avital, our noble arachne webmistress, Lorelei Halley, tireless webmistress of Needlelace Talk, and LaceIOLI, and Lynxlace. Kudos also to Jean and David Leader of the Lace Guild's website, and Mark Myers, site designer and first and so far only, IOLI webmaster. Also, Laurie Waters of Lace News, and Laurie Howe, of Lace Fairy. Devon - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
