[lace] Looking for a bobbin maker
I have a bobbin that I used to paint my bobbins that I sold years ago. I would like a lot of this bobbin turned. I have one bobbin that is not painted but it has a spiral groove that I do not want...but can be used as a prototype. I am writing here to see if there are any bobbin makers on the list here that could make these for me or could give me some ideas on how I could get these bobbins made. I could also send a picture of the one bobbin. On another note...I. am just about done painting turkey bobbins. I will probably put a picture up on my blog eventually. Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android - 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] Modern Lace to Wear Below the Knee
In light of yesterday's lace memos about Kings with lace spilling out the tops of their boots, this is a fashion reaction to a fur presentation on QVC (TV shopping network) this morning.. Dennis Basso, the Madison Avenue NYC furrier to the rich and famous, has been selling faux furs of high quality on QVC for 20 years. This morning he showed boot toppers, which were 4 inches in depth, elasticized top and bottom rims of the fur. (Sort of like some wedding garters.). At the top, the elastic hugs the inside rim of the boot. You arrange the bottom to your preference. I am thinking this is an idea for lace! Purchase machine lace yardage (too perishable for handmade), elastic, and a length of contrasting color grosgrain (or non-slippery) ribbon to lay beneath the lace. Do you think this would work? He also showed the fur ones with a plain coat - as cuffs - to dress it up. I was thinking this would be nice in lace for a Winter bride who does not have a white coat to go with her gown. By now, creative juices were really flowing with ideas. (I made all my business suits and matching coats until I was 30, so knew my way around changing Vogue patterns and embroidering or adding decorative braids to inside facings and seams of jackets. It made them more feminine, even if the outside world saw something quite tailored.) For a young person on your Christmas list, came the thought of narrow gold laces with pricking patterns in Gil Dye's new metallic lace book. There is one on page 33 that uses only 2 pairs of bobbins. You might help start a new fashion craze by making an ankle bracelet (or two), to be worn by someone who can carry off the current fashion of wearing tights under a tunic. The wearer would have to not drag her ankles against the opposite leg (tights are expensive to replace), but what fun for a special occasion. See the fur boot toppers at _www.qvc.com_ (http://www.qvc.com) Put A239665 in the Search box. 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] New board on lacemaking threads on the LaceNews Pinterest site.
I'm starting a new board on the LaceNews Pinterest site for lacemaking threads http://www.pinterest.com/LaceNews/lace-thread/. I'm looking for the internet sites of the thread manufacturers, not local suppliers. The suppliers could perhaps be added as tinyurls in the pin descriptions - but I'll think about that later. Right now I'm after the manufacturers because they will have the most complete descriptions of the threads manufacturered. Not easy to find these sites in many cases - a lot of threads are manufactured under a brand name by a much larger company. And a lot are foreign manufacturers and I'm not always familiar with the search names in those languages, so it's a little slow going. It will improve, and I'll work on making the descriptions more useful in a bit. Suggestions welcome. I'm thinking another board on pins and needles might be interesting, but let me get the threads under control first. You might have noticed, I broke up the one lace museum board into separate boards for different countries. There were so many it was getting hard to read. Laurie Waters http://lacenews.net lacen...@gmail.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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Modern Lace to Wear Below the Knee
Lovely ideas! Quite fancy trying the ankle bracelet idea myself (I'm a bit old for tunics-with-tights, but I do wear slightly longer tunic-style dresses to work) - might end up having to make them for all my 20-something colleagues, though, I can see the idea catching on... Beth in a rather chilly Cheshire, NW England, expecting a hard frost tonight Jeri wrote: This morning he showed boot toppers, which were 4 inches in depth, elasticized top and bottom rims of the fur. (Sort of like some wedding garters.). At the top, the elastic hugs the inside rim of the boot. You arrange the bottom to your preference. I am thinking this is an idea for lace! Purchase machine lace yardage (too perishable for handmade), elastic, and a length of contrasting color grosgrain (or non-slippery) ribbon to lay beneath the lace. Do you think this would work? He also showed the fur ones with a plain coat - as cuffs - to dress it up. I was thinking this would be nice in lace for a Winter bride who does not have a white coat to go with her gown. (snip) For a young person on your Christmas list, came the thought of narrow gold laces with pricking patterns in Gil Dye's new metallic lace book. There is one on page 33 that uses only 2 pairs of bobbins. You might help start a new fashion craze by making an ankle bracelet (or two), to be worn by someone who can carry off the current fashion of wearing tights under a tunic. The wearer would have to not drag her ankles against the opposite leg (tights are expensive to replace), but what fun for a special occasion. - 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/
