[lace] Re: Help with sewing with thread/Structure of Threads for Lace by Ballantyne
Well of course you have got it in one go. I cant believe how daft I feel. To make it worse I am sure I have heard that before, maybe on Arachne before but not from the time of your link which is before my time on Arachne. But it is such a long time since I did much sewing and I just cut the thread and threaded it up (obviously using the end which was on my lap). Lesson one relearned the hard way. I stopped digging holes last night and checked out the last bit. Not only have I struggled but although parts of it are stitched really nicely and it is lying flat, having worked it side by side with a gentle oversewing but there are two obvious very untidy places, maybe struggling with the threads at the time and pulled without realising so now close to the end the lace with the holes to take elastic and ribbon section is tighter than the piece of edging lace with horseshoes which I am sewing on to it. I am very unhappy with that, so now will find a way to gently tease it apart if I can. If there are places that just wont come apart I might need to sacrifice the ribbon strip so I can pull the threads out with tweezers or whatever and might have to rework this piece but which ever way it works out I will work the sewings by pinning the parts back onto the patterns and pillow and work lacemakers sewings to bring them all together which never occurred to me before I started this time. This could all take me some time, but at this stage time is not a problem, it isnât needed yet and as I want it to be around for a long time I need to make it look as lovely as it should be. Thank you Jeri and to several other lovely Arachnids for taking the time last night to try to come to my rescue. Much appreciated.Guess what I was doing in my sleep? Many thanks Sue T Dorset UK Dear Sue, Not sure, but it is possible you are sewing against the grain of the thread. Have you tried threading your needle from the other end of the thread? Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - In a message dated 8/29/2014 3:40:32 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, su...@talktalk.net writes: I am sewing two pieces of lace together using the same thread as I made the lace with. Broder machine 50 and it keeps knotting although so far i have managed to undo it. Is there a knack to is, ie maybe is there a way the thread needs to be use? Sue T Dorset 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Help with sewing with thread/Structure of Threads for Lace by Ballantyne
Dear Jeri. This is something I never thought before. I used to contemplate the twist of the thread when winding bobbins, not when sewing... A big thank you again, your knowing and help to this list is invaluable. Kind regards from a sunny and very hot Barcelona, Spain Carolina de la Guardia www.carolgallego.com http://es-la.facebook.com/carolinadelaguardia Not sure, but it is possible you are sewing against the grain of the thread. Have you tried threading your needle from the other end of the thread? - 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] Can you help - looking for lace group in Birmingham
Dear gentle spiders, I have a newbie who is attending lessons with me but would doesn't live close to us so would love to go to a local group for support between lessons. Can anyone on the list recommend a group? Thanks L Kind Regards Liz Baker - 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] Help with sewing with thread
At 07:01 AM 30/08/2014, Clay Blackwell wrote: Sue, I always give one twist with each stitch and that should stop it either knotting or unravelling. The trick is to figure out which way to twist and then to be consistent. David in Ballarat, AUS I am sewing two pieces of lace together using the same thread as I made the lace with. Broder machine 50 and it keeps knotting although so far i have managed to undo it. Is there a knack to is, ie maybe is there a way the thread needs to be use? - 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] Can you help - looking for lace group in Birmingham
Sorry, Birmingham uk Kind Regards, Liz Baker On 30 Aug 2014, at 16:04, The Lace Bee thelace...@btinternet.com wrote: Dear gentle spiders, I have a newbie who is attending lessons with me but would doesn't live close to us so would love to go to a local group for support between lessons. Can anyone on the list recommend a group? Thanks L Kind Regards Liz Baker - 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/
Re: [lace] Photos from OIDFA Adelaide Congress
Dear Jean and David, Thank you! Who did the photography? Did everyone notice on the Lace Wine swan label by Lauran Sundin that the gold wire, purple thread, and pearls contains her initials, and that it is finished as a necklace? Maybe her students at Waddesdon Manor in September will see it. The architectural and lacy ironwork are fabulous, beautifully framed with tree branches, structural elements, etc. The black swan is fantastic. Viewing these photos reminded me of Our Lacemakers of Maine handout for demonstrations. It is a folded-in-half sheet of paper, that opens like a book. On the front is our logo by Lori Howe (Lacefairy) and an April 29, 1939 quote I found from Coco Chanel: I consider lace to be one of the prettiest imitations ever made of the fantasy of nature; lace always evokes for me those incomparable designs which the branches and leaves of trees embroider across the sky, and I do not think that any invention of the human spirit could have a more graceful or precise origin. Jean and David, the photos of Adelaide you have put on the OIDFA site are superb. Thanks for all you both do for Lace. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center In a message dated 8/28/2014, lacema...@q7design.demon.co.uk writes: Just wanted to let everyone know that you can see photos from the OIDFA Congress in Adelaide at http://www.oidfa.com/cong.html The first gallery of photos is of the Competition Prize-Winners, the second is of Congress events and Adelaide itself. Jean and David in Glasgow - 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] Help with sewing with thread
I get the digest, so am always a bit behind times! Sue, I was also about to say try threading the needle from the other end of the thread. I learned that trick with Catherine Barley, when she was over here, and I was struggling with some Brok thread (I think it was.) Threading from the other end solved much of the problem.! I regularly drop the needle to let it untwist, though, like David, I often give a twist to the needle as I pull it through the stitch - providing I have noticed which way the needle spins when dropped, before hand!! Crochet cotton, when working on my knotted lace, - is particularly 'twisty'! Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. - 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] Salamander group
Does anyone have a picture of this wondrous salamander? I'm intrigued at how much excitement it's produced, and I'm fond of salamanders. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com Parvum leve mentes capiunt (Little things amuse little minds) Beth Marshall b...@capuchin.co.uk wrote: How much work does the Salamander take? And how big is it (cm or inches)? I haven't touched my current WIP for months (quite possibly over a year), too little time and energy left after work gardening, but the Salamander is gorgeous enough to tempt me into starting a new project for the winter evenings... - 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] Salamander group
Salamander pics are here: On this page you can see how three salamanders fit together: http://www.lesdiversespassionsdejosi.com/article-un-debut-de-semaine-exceptionnel-110592244.html and here you can see the first steps... http://www.lesdiversespassionsdejosi.com/article-ebauche-de-la-banniere-111067322.html Here you can see the pattern and the idea of the panel: http://www.lesdiversespassionsdejosi.com/pages/5LA_CARTE_DES_SALAMANDRES-8531216.html 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/
