Re: [lace] List quiet?
I enjoyed reading both of these, different but lovely:) I am stunned that I completed all my Christmas pieces from a very later start for me and by the end of October. I am going to make a spare one, just in case I want to give a small gift to someone else in the near future and it can sit in my box. I have also decided to make another piece, this one with some beads on if I have enough to do it right now to while away my evenings over the next week. I am waiting for some gold thread my husband suggested something to go round our 2 led candles, so will see if I can pull something off in the next few weeks. My latest poppy is now ready to go on my clothing. Someone told me to put gold in the centre which I did but during the year I removed that one for my memorial flowers and have now replaced it with the conventional black centre and I have to say it looks absolutely right now. Janice, if I can get a decent photo of my memorial flowers I will send you a pic, many of the petals were done using your pattern (thank you so much for that). I now have them sitting in a glass vessel with a top on to keep the bugs at bay. I love it and can see it every day. Happy Birthday Beth. I do see Herons around the various water ways local, though not often we seem to be feeding approx 40 Goldfinches daily with the feeders we put up in March when we had some nasty weather. Started off seeing 5 so the word has got round, lol, they keep me entertained while I am washing dishes. Sue T Dorset UK Busy knitting lace...I've just finished one lace shawl which I'll wear to my birthday party on Saturday, and started another. I'm enjoying my copy of Lace, too, but don't think I've got time to make a lace poppy before Remembrance Day. My lace pillow only comes out for high days and holidays since I went back to work full time... Beth Janice wrote: It is 6 days since I received a digest.  Is everyone busy making lace? What are you all doing?Janice Janice Blair Murrieta, CA, jblace.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] Lace magazine 172
I understand there was a misunderstanding on the despatch date of the magazine, but the e-version is now available on the website. Hope you enjoy it. Don't have my hard copy yet because of rotating postal strikes here in Canada - so glad I get the rough copy to proof read, so I can get on with doing the poppy before going to lunch at the British High Commission on November 11. Malvary in Ottawa, where it is a dull, damp, miserable, day - in other words typically November. - 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] Fwd: Auction Policy in France Regarding Art Treasures
Once again, AOL manipulated what I typed as our address by inserting www. and it rejected. Re-sending. Jeri From: jeria...@aol.com To: www.l...@arachne.com Sent: 11/2/2018 1:11:22 PM Eastern Standard Time Subject: Auction Policy in France Regarding Art Treasures Dear Arachne subscribers, Lace expert, Laurie Waters of New Mexico, shared an auction phenomenon with subscribers to her Lace News Blog recently that can be an interesting topic of conversation at your dinner table tonight. There was a huge lace auction at Drouot, in Paris, on October 24th, which included many laces owned by the late Margaret Simeon of England. Simeon was author of The History of Lace, 1979, and collected lace for at least 40 years. I printed the auction offerings from the on-line catalog, to go with Simeon's book (for future researchers), so have established at least one special record on paper. (I'd prefer a version with the amounts actually realized!) Laurie reported there were just two telephone bidders for an Alençon veil, but when the hammer went down a representative from the Alençon Museum of Fine Arts and Lace in the room stood up and announced that they were buying the piece. This was due to the French law of preemption - once a price has been decided at auction a state museum has the right to step in and buy at that price. This, of course, is fair warning that you should not go to great expense traveling to any auction in person to acquire an extraordinary lace item. At the least, not to France! Laces in retail shops in Bruges this past August were extremely expensive, because the supply available is scarce. Belgian laces were exported, so the few remaining are priced accordingly. Americans can buy quality European laces stateside - from our known and respected lace dealers. It is possible to shop in IOLI convention sales rooms. Dealers may be able to tell you from whom they acquired an antique lace (provenance). Items that should be in museum collections rarely surface, so think logically before spending. It is always best to examine both sides of an old lace in person because your fingers will tell you a lot, as well as your eyes. When people come here to see laces, I ask them to wash their hands instead of putting on gloves, so they can experience how various laces feel. Example: There is a difference between point de Venise and Irish crochet, though to the untrained eye they may seem alike. I want them to experience how a 200-yr.-old hanky edged in Valenciennes lace responds to being dropped in a flirtatious gesture. There is always more to learn. Jeri Ames in Maine USALace 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] Poppy Issue of Lace from The Lace Guild, England
Several members have written brief notes about the Autumn issue #172 of LACE, from The Lace Guild, England. This is another - from afar. Many times, I have recommended membership because the bulletins are so inspiring. This is a very historic month, marking the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI on November 11th. In Belgium, we saw many tributes to this anniversary and many red lace poppy displays.  Poppies (usually paper) are worn by people around the world on Armistice Day. This poppy tradition is acknowledged on the front and back covers of LACE. This issue has many articles about British lace groups and individuals making poppies. Enough to make me regret giving up lacemaking in favor of writing about lace. The Lace Guild and Lace Museum is asking for volunteers. This is a wonderful way to meet interesting people and to learn about lace so that you can properly inform the public about it. Please consider helping, if you are located near The Hollies. Reports of lace Summer Schools are enough to make one very envious. Everyone looking so happy in color photos. Angela Thompson, a long-time friend who has visited me in Maine twice and influenced my collecting habits, has contributed an 8-page article about Filet Embroidered Net. A subject rarely written about, it was one of the earliest laces developed and inspired the making of Filet Crochet and eventually Machine Filet and Chemical Lace Filet. This is a lace that was made by European queens and their attendants centuries ago. Angela also explains how she keeps an inventory of her lace collection. There are several articles about Gil Dye. She surely deserves a lace halo for all the time she spends with lacemakers of all skill levels, historians, collectors, etc. It is lovely to see how many special opportunities there are to get away to learn from Gil. Wonderful color photos of reproductions of the earliest bobbin laces accompany these articles. Finally, an article by Dianne Derbyshire (member of Arachne) about the lace opportunities at Gawthorpe Hall in Padiham. Gawthorpe closes Sunday, Nov. 4th, for the season, but I always take the opportunity to encourage everyone to read about the activities there. They may influence program chairwomen who are trying to come up with agendas. Keep going back and back to previous years. There is a lot of interesting educational information, some about lace, from this facility. This English textile collection is second only to the Victoria & Albert: http://www.gawthorpetextiles.org.uk/ Jeri Ames in Maine USALace 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/
Re: [lace] Lace magazine 172
My copy arrived yesterday - great publication and thank you to all concerned for a fabulous lace magazine. Cheers, Shirley T. - summer visited on Thursday but now back to Spring thank goodness, 36C this early in the season is a bit hard to take. On 02-Nov-18 11:52 PM, Malvary Cole wrote: > I understand there was a misunderstanding on the despatch date of the > magazine, but the e-version is now available on the website. > > Hope you enjoy it. Don't have my hard copy yet because of rotating > postal strikes here in Canada - so glad I get the rough copy to proof > read, so I can get on with doing the poppy before going to lunch at > the British High Commission on November 11. > > Malvary in Ottawa, where it is a dull, damp, miserable, day - in other > words typically November. > > - > 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] Lace magazine 172
November 3, 2018, 7:28 AM Yes, the e-version is now available online. Unfortunately 5 pages don't load fully. I've sent an e-mail to the Lace Guild asking if it can be fixed. I'm assuming this is a problem at their end, not mine, but I'm not really tech-savvy enough to know. Perhaps someone else who gets the e-version could take a look at pp. 28-33 and tell me if the bottom of the pages is missing for them too? Jane in Berlin , where November is so far wonderfully sunny and mild On Wednesday, October 31, 2018, J Reardon wrote: > The Autumn 2018 Lace magazine arrived in todayâs mail here in Western > Pennsylvania. Iâve only glanced through it so far, but it is as visually > appealing as ever. Remembrance poppies are prominently featured. It also > includes reviews of this years summer school, information about next years, > and a write up by a student of Gil Dyeâs class at Hardwick Hall. Also an > article: copy cat lace part 3. And revisits the holly leaf patterns from > last years issue, cleverly making the leaves into an angel. > > > Jean Reardon > Western Pennsylvania > > - > 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/
