[lace] Torchon Pattern in Lace, Favourite Designers, Process or Project
Hello Spiders, Like Jill, I mostly lurk, but having just read 4 months of Arachne digests I thought I should make a couple of comments. (As Anna mentioned I have been overseas and don't access anything electronically whilst away, but I don't suspend my Arachne membership in case I miss something of interest). The trip itself had almost no textile component - I did visit the Great Tapestry of Scotland, which was fabulous (although the parking ticket I've just received for enjoying it for too long isn't!) and, as you do when on the other side of the world, I met Marie Laurie from just up the road here in Oz doing the same thing. I also called in to the Lace Guild and met Jacquie Tinch who mentioned that Jill was working the pattern published in Lace. I have just gone through all of the lacemaking magazines that arrived in my absence and Jill, I hope you have realised that you need 12 more pairs than mentioned in the list of requirements. I prepared and sent the pattern and all its info while I was travelling in Denmark last year - I had no access to photocopying and therefore no record of what had been sent, but thought I may have not counted the pairs correctly; the correct number of pairs was provided when I sent the story of the pattern to Susan later, but didn't get transferred onto the original paperwork. I maintain a separate file of collected gee whiz - I'd like to do (or fiddle with) that some day patterns and my favourite designers of Torchon lace are Jane Atkinson, Anne-Marie Clegg and Hubert Van Hoorebeke. Anne-Marie Verbeke's Binche patterns are another great favourite and I love Ulrike Voelker's books/patterns/analysis. I'm totally opposed to ranking designers, though, because everyone is looking for something different. All of us will tend to neglect those designers whose patterns are for a lace style we don't personally have any interest in. Although after more than 30 years of lacemaking I have finally begun to see some merit in making samples, I really prefer to work on proper projects. But, my interest is primarily in the process, testing and trying new techniques or design ideas, and I seldom have an actual purpose for the finished project. Pieces for competitions and proficiency assessments are the ONLY pieces that have their ends properly sewn in and are appropriately mounted! Christine J Date: Sat, 3 May 2014 18:40:34 +0100 From: Jill Harward jill.harw...@btinternet.com Subject: [lace] Lace Guild Magazine - Christine Johnson Dear Spiders, My Lace Guild magazine arrived yesterday and I was over the moon to see the pattern and working diagram of Christine Johnson's Medieval Garden and for which Christine was awarded the John Bull Trophy for 'lace by a lacemaker who is not a teacher'. I just had to write to thank Christine, who I think is a member of Arachne - she will not know me, I am generally a 'Lurker' but I felt compelled to write to Christine for being so generous in submitting this pattern to the magazine and the time spent originally working out a coloured diagram of the technical drawing. I first saw the photo of the finished lace on the back of issue Number 151 and just 'drooled' over it and wished it was a pattern available to us. Well my wish came true as here it is, looking absolutely beautiful again in the current issue. I have been floundering a bit for the past five or six months due to some sad family circumstances and doing a little bits on pieces already on the go but none of them seem to pull me in to get enthusiastic again. All I keep saying to my friends is that I need 'inspiring' but had no idea what to do, that is until I opened the Lace Magazine yesterday and Woo Hoo! I cannot possibly do any justice to your amazing piece Christine but you have spurred me on and at last I have found my 'get-up-and-go' and diving into my cupboard for a spare pillow, bobbins and thread!! I cannot wait to get started J I guess this is also giving advance warning to Jacquie Tinch, our lace tutor just what I will be turning up with in class - she is probably turning a nice shade of puce at the thought - only joking Jacquie, she relishes a challenge! That's it and all that is left is to say once again a huge thanks to Christine for unknowingly lifting my spirits. Jill - 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] X ray films
I attended lace classes more than 30 years ago in Essex with Alex Stilwell. During one class Alex told the us how to clean off X Ray films in order to use them to cover a piece of lace that was damp from washing and which we wanted to pin out onto the pattern to dry. The film would protect the pattern card from the damp, especially if we had to spray the lace with more water as we were pinning it out. I have a mountain of X Ray films that I could be putting to some use rather than just throwing them out. I wonder if Alex could tell the list how to clean off the films. Or maybe someone knows how to do this. Regard Jenny DeAngelis - 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] Boxwood
Countryfile was on the british television yesterday evening while I was busy but as I usually watch this weekly I had set it to record. Dinner over I settled down and set the recording away and suddenly remembered the mention of the bobbin lace group in connection with the box wood. So I gave a little less attention to the cardigan I was sewing up and a bit more to the television, luckily I had got it already pinned properly so didnât make a mess of sewing it up. Once I saw the man with the lathe working I kept my eyes glued to the screen which was lucky as the lace pillows came next and had I been looking down I would have missed them, it was brief but nice and clear if you were watching at that moment. We did get a good shot from behind one lace maker, so could see her work on the pillow, bobbins and threads. Nice to see lace on the television, even if only a tiny snippet. Sue T Dorset UK [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/png which had a name of wlEmoticon-smile[1].png] - 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] Cuffs for lace bracelets
I have made my own attempt at mounting a lace to a cuff bracelet. You will find a picture in the Kim Davis folder. While I would love to do this with better materials, I did not have much time and went with what I could find in the house when I found myself with an hour to kill on Saturday. I had reconstructed a piece of 16th century metal lace for an article I wrote, which happened to fit the cuff bracelet I had on hand. I then found some scraps of purple velvet. I decided to make a tube out of the velvet. To keep it from walking I placed a piece of cardboard the same width as the cuff inside. I then pinned it tightly (with pins vertical) and sewed it together. This left me with only one seam, which I decided to place on the center of the underside of the cuff. I put some fray check on the seam after I cut it, just because velvet always seems to fray for me. I then turned it right side out, and placed the cuff through it. I mounted the lace onto it with pins and sewed under the ends. It is not perfect, but it is a good start to a new idea. Kim On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 1:50 PM, Sue Babbs suebabbs...@gmail.com wrote: Following Susan Hottle's idea of making lace and mounting it on ultrasuede on a metal cuff, I came across a much wider choice of cuff shapes at: http://www.designersfindings.net/designersfindings.net/Cuffs_%26_Bracelets.ht ml also sold on this site is ultrasuede in several different colours. Sue suebabbs...@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/ - 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] Machine lace tells
Dear Jeri I hope I am proved wrong, but I doubt if anyone working in a machine lace factory bothered singing to be heard - too much noise (of machines, not workers). leonard...@yahoo.com currently attempting the first flower in Mrs Dickson's Bibilla book - finding it rather tricky, and making noises best not preserved for posterity! - 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] Janice Blair's Poppies
I simply have to publicly thank Janice for being so generous with her poppy patter. After David told us about his poppy and his intention to wear it on ANZAC Day, I contacted Janice off list to ask her for the pattern and to also ask if it could be published 'down under'. She very generously sent me the pattern with her permission to publish. It has just appeared in Winter issue of 'Australian Lace'. Now there is plenty of time for all Aussie and NZ lacemakers to make their poppies for next years ANZAC Centenary. Thank you Janice and thank you David for showing the way and thank you Elizabeth for publishing. Anna from a cold Sydney winter has finally arrive, not cold enough for heaters yet - 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/
