Re: [lace] membership
Hello to One and All! I have an idea regarding magazines, offer digital and/or printed versions. Then the member can choose to get a digital mag to their inbox for less cost. A higher cost would be for the print version with the digital delivered as an extra bonus.  The quilting magazine, Fons and Porter For the Love of Quilting, offers this type of subscription service. Personally I like the printed version.  (I'm old fashioned that way.) Regarding getting new members. That's an interesting situation. I can apply for a funding grant from my state's arts council. The problem is that I don't have any apprentices. Now that my daughter will be graduating from high school in a couple of weeks, I'll have a little more time to participate in the SCA (Society of Creative Anachronism). It's a non profit historical reenactment group that plays from 650-1600 ad. I've taught several classes on lacemaking and now that I have the time, will do so again. We have events at public parks and people will see what I do and may want to learn. Hugs, Susie Rose  My stores: https://susierosedesigns.zibbet.com https://mountainrosefood.zibbet.com https://SusieRose.Blujay.com http://www.craftsy.com/user/49409/pattern-store Blog: http://fiberismybag.wordpress.com From: Anna Binnie I would like to comment on Jane's comment. I believe that membership of many Lace Guilds is down and that there are fewer members willing to take on the role of 'running' things. The question of subscriptions is also a major problem for many groups, printed magazines cost, they cost to produce and they cost to mail These costs are rising further as members age and few new members come to take their place membership drops leading to a rise in subscriptions leading to a further drop in numbers. Sounds like a chicken and egg situation. But let us look at the sociological changes that have occurred in the last 40 years. In the 1970's when most guilds were established, many women did not work outside the home, many young women were at home with children and importantly had the time to learn crafts and serve on committees. Today young ones have to work to afford their first child, most return to work within a year of that child's birth and try to juggle work, home children. These women do not have time for guilds in the traditional sense. However, from my own family experience these women do access the web to learn their crafts! They form themselves into stitching groups outside the guild structures. So as we age and fail to attract the young we have to rethink the whole notion of the future of guilds and organisations. We also have to look at us, many of us are aging, I laugh when I consider that 30 years ago I was one of the youngest in the local guild and I still am. Those of us post retirement age have a heap of issues to deal with starting with our own health, family members health and need for our assistance and in general spreading ourselves amongst all the community groups many of us are involved with. Sadly I have no solutions BUT I think that we collectively can come up with local solutions and it will be these that will inspired others. Anna in a sunny Sydney where Autumn is trying hard to arrive. - 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] Weather and Holidays
Hello to One and All! Correct me if 'm wrong. Wasn't the discussion about International Lace Day, today (which also is Father's Day in the US) and the effects of the weather. Granted I would have several things to go to, one would be making lace at an outdoor event, but when it will be 110*F/43C*, I'm not leaving the house. And then there are folks on this list, wonder why not many post to the list when they are reprimanded for doing so both on and off the list. (I had been reamed a new one by a "member" off the list. So I don't post much.)  That's why you get the same people posting.  Fortunately there are other lists out there that are not so strict.  Hugs, Susie Rose  My stores: https://www.zibbet.com/SusieRoseDesigns https://www.zibbet.com/MountainRoseFoods https://SusieRose.Blujay.com Group: ufo12fo...@yahoogroups.com Blog: http://fiberismybag.wordpress.com On 20 Jun 2015 3:07 pm, Web wrote: > > Ladies and Gents, > I would like to suggest that discussions of the weather and holidays (such as when Father's Day happens) are more appropriate for the lace chat email group than for the lace group. > Thank you, > Liz R. > Raleigh 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/ - 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) card and film
Hello to One and All! I usually copy the prickings onto blue card stock or paper. I'll always cover the pricking with clear packing tape. They last longer. Hugs, Susie Rose  My stores: https://www.zibbet.com/SusieRoseDesigns https://www.zibbet.com/MountainRoseFoods https://SusieRose.Blujay.com Group: ufo12fo...@yahoogroups.com Blog: http://fiberismybag.wordpress.com From: Daphne Martin Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2015 1:36 AM Hello fellow spiders   For my pickings,I print my patterns out on pastel coloured card and use clear film from the hardware shop. Also you can use pastel coloured card and laminator pouches.You can buy Matt ones.Both work fine. I am finding this thread interesting to see what other lacemakers use and what works for them. Daphne Martin Norwich 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] Wool for a bolster pillow?
Hello to One and All! I will add to that, if you get stage production muslin. It's used to backgrounds for stage productions, it's thicker It's more along the lines of calico and high quality quilter's cotton. I have a 10 foot wide roll I use for quilt backings. Hugs, Susie Rose  My stores: https://www.zibbet.com/SusieRoseDesigns https://www.zibbet.com/MountainRoseFoods https://SusieRose.Blujay.com Group: ufo12fo...@yahoogroups.com Blog: http://fiberismybag.wordpress.com From: J-D Hammett To: Sue Hottle ; Lace Arachne ; Robin P Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 11:46 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Wool for a bolster pillow? Hi Fellow spiders, Just a slight correction on Robin s email;- calico is a sturdy densely woven cotton fabric in England and well suited for covering a lace pillow especially if it is in a plain, darkish colour. Muslin is a softer, thinner and much more open weave which would be totally unsuitable for a pillow cover as it would catch threads and bobbins as well as shed fibres. Happy lace making, Joepie in sunny Sussex, 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] Silk lace fan
Hi Sue and All! ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT! Thank you for bring this up.  I re-posted the article to my blog. Which went to LinkedIn, Twitter and FB. Everyone should know about this beautiful artwork that we still practice. Hugs, Susie Rose  My stores: https://www.zibbet.com/SusieRoseDesigns https://www.zibbet.com/MountainRoseFoods https://SusieRose.Blujay.com Group: ufo12fo...@yahoogroups.com Blog: http://fiberismybag.wordpress.com From: Bespokethreadsandyarns To: "lace@arachne.com" Sent: Saturday, May 9, 2015 8:52 AM Subject: [lace] Silk lace fan This was posted on facebook page. Incredible silk lace fan. http://www.chiangmaicitylife.com/citylife-articles/fan-of-the-century-revisit ing-the-lady-of-lace/#.VU9rQIv9CC8.wordpress Sue M  - 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 design software question
Hello to One and All! This would be something that I would very much be interested in. Hugs, Susie Rose  Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2015 8:36 PM Subject: [lace] lace design software question Can you tell me what software is used to draw the working diagrams in the newer lace books? Regards Jenny Brandis - 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] Re: Lace Police
Hi Alison and All! Oh my! I so totally hosed! LOL! For the most part I have a wide variety of bobbins on my pillow at all times. When I do demos I have 2 pillows, a roller and a cookie. One will have all the bobbins matchy matchy. The other...anything that I can throw in there.  Hugs, Susie Rose  My stores: https://www.zibbet.com/SusieRoseDesigns https://www.zibbet.com/MountainRoseFoods https://SusieRose.Blujay.com Group: ufo12fo...@yahoogroups.com Blog: http://fiberismybag.wordpress.com From: "addi...@centurytel.net" To: l...@dont.panix.com Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 7:14 PM Subject: [lace] Re: Lace Police I was informed in a recent workshop by the instructor that it is impossible to make a decent piece of lace unless all the bobbins are exactly the same. I would have failed miserably as a vendor had I held that attitude. I look at my bobbins and see forty years of wonderful, embarressing, delightful, and now somewhat terrifying moments. IMHO the lace police can take a hike. Alison Addicks Rice, Wa - 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] Re-met One of My Students
Hello to One and All! On Sunday, my daughter Leah and me, went to an SCA fighter practice. I haven't been to any event for well over 7 years. One of my students was there. AND she's still making lace! WHOO HOO! As a teacher, it's really great to see a student from years past, still making lace. So we started discussing Elizabethan lace, what is and is not period lace. Next Sunday, my spinning wheel will be going again. I'm going to teach a few how to spin yarn. AND one of my current lace projects which is yardage.  This is what I needed to breathe new life into my lace endeavors.  Hugs, Susie Rose  My stores: https://www.zibbet.com/SusieRoseDesigns https://www.zibbet.com/MountainRoseFoods https://SusieRose.Blujay.com Group: ufo12fo...@yahoogroups.com Blog: http://fiberismybag.wordpress.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 Police
Greetings to One and All! I LOVE the poem! Who wrote it? And may I share the poem with some of my lace making friends. I've come in contact with a few of those, lace police that is. And before the list police contact me about deleting the previous message...yahoo won't let me do it this time. Hugs, Susie Rose  My stores: https://www.zibbet.com/SusieRoseDesigns https://www.zibbet.com/MountainRoseFoods https://SusieRose.Blujay.com Group: ufo12fo...@yahoogroups.com Blog: http://fiberismybag.wordpress.com From: Noelene Lafferty To: 'Lace Arachne' Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 2:54 AM Subject: [lace] Lace Police Will this do? The world is full of rules and laws Controlling all we do. We must do this, we can't do that Our freedoms are so few. But when it comes to making lace There's guidelines there, not laws. We don't need fussy Lace Police "You can't do that, because ." So if you make your lace for joy Just pleasure in the making Then thumb your nose at Lace Police It's not YOUR rules you're breaking. Noelene at The Angle noel...@lafferty.com.au www.lacegumnuts.com https://www.flickr.com/groups/lacegumnuts/ - 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] Thread management/organisation
Hello to One and All! I wind my excess thread on sewing machine bobbins and have them in a bobbin case in my bobbin lace supply bin. Hugs, Susie Rose  My stores: https://www.zibbet.com/SusieRoseDesigns https://www.zibbet.com/MountainRoseFoods https://SusieRose.Blujay.com Group: ufo12fo...@yahoogroups.com Blog: http://fiberismybag.wordpress.com From: Karen ZM To: Arachne Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 12:21 PM Subject: [lace] Thread management/organisation Has anybody got suggestions for dealing with leftover thread from bobbins please?  Karen in Malta - 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] When in doubt, POST
Hi Lyn and All! This is why I don't post anymore. The last few posts that I've sent very long ago, I got the comments my post was too long. And they weren't very nice at all. So I don't post nor will I participate in any of the exchanges. So I lurk, read and save everyone emails every day. Since I'm the only lacemaker in my area...well it's not surprising that lacemaking is a dying art. If you don't like someone's post, hit the delete key. Hugs, Susie Rose My stores: http://www.zibbet.com/SusieRoseDesigns http://www.zibbet.com/MountainRoseFoods Blog: http://fiberismybag.wordpress.com From: Lyn Bailey To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 6:30 AM Subject: [lace] When in doubt, POST Jeri's concerns are not hers alone. There are some of us who write epistles, and those of us who write short messages. The short ones can be pithy, but the long ones have the opportunity to include more facts. I have written long messages, filled with what I thought was valuable information, taking a considerable amount of time to word properly and compose thoughts, and received not one response. No, I take it back, it received one response, to the effect that my post was too long. But in the course of conversations at events months after, people have mentioned what I wrote from that same email. So I know that even when there are no responses, my post has been read. There are always negative people around, who, when they tire of a particular thread don't just not read, they comment in a way to end the thread because they are tired of it. Well, that may be, but what that does is shut people up who may have something useful to say. Lurkers, especially, have more useful things to say than they think they do. Personally, I think it highly apt in a group such as this to remember the adage, "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all." Ancillary to that is the idea that if you don't care for something, are tired of it, not interested in a topic, just don't read it. No one here is the sole arbiter of taste. Lyn from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, where the weather is again boringly gorgeous. Comfortable temperature, sunny, no rain expected. - 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] Posting to list
Hello to One and All! It's nothing that you've done Hazel. The way that I understand it is the programming of the hosting site doesn't play nice with the program that is being used to write the letter. I get the same thing with some of my groups. I still post anyway. I will go directly to the group site the post from there. Hugs, Susie Rose My stores: http://www.zibbet.com/SusieRoseDesigns http://www.zibbet.com/MountainRoseFoods http://SusieRose.Blujay.com Blog: http://fiberismybag.wordpress.com From: Hazel Smith To: arachne Lace Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 4:03 AM Subject: [lace] Posting to list Hello all For many years I only lurked on this list never posted. The reason was there used to be some sort of problem with some people's e-mail (HTML or something?) that meant their posts came out as gobbledegook and I was afraid mine would be like that and people would complain. Then it was announced that something had solved this problem so I was confident enough to post the occasional comment. Now my last post a couple of days ago about crediting designers is showing as almost unreadable owing to odd characters and erratic line changes even though the original message in my "sent" folder is perfectly OK. Presumably that's why no one has commented on what I said - I don't blame you. But I don't know what's causing the problem so it looks like it's back to lurking for me Hazel - 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] Christmas
Dear Lacers, We just got back from Costco. (A big box store here in America.) They already have their Christmas decorations up for sale. I would love to participate in the Christmas card exchange this year. But not to organize it. Hugs, Susie Rose My Etsy stores: http://www.susierosedesigns.etsy.com http://www.mountainrosefoods.etsy.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] Please Give Your Location in Your Signature Line
Hello to One and All! Thank you for the reminder. I needed it. Hugs, Susie Rose Las Vegas, Nevada, USA My Etsy stores: http://www.susierosedesigns.etsy.com http://www.mountainrosefoods.etsy.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] New at www.LaceCurator.info
Hello to One and All! Brilliant!!! Hugs, Susie Rose My Etsy stores: http://www.susierosedesigns.etsy.com http://www.mountainrosefoods.etsy.com Buy quality foods in bulk at a lower price. http://www.zayconfoods.com/refer/zf145544 From: Elizabeth Kurella To: "lace@arachne.com" New at www.LaceCurator.info See Use it or Lose It: A Vintage Pelerine in Search of a Party - 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] Lighting for lace making
Hi Sue and All! We live off the grid, which means that we are our own water and power company. We use florescent bulbs in our lamps. But the items that get the most use are LED headlamps. Energizer head lamps and you will find a wide variety of them. You wear them on your head and where you look is where the light is. I use mine all the time, not just for lacemaking but also for knitting, crocheting, beading, sewing...you get the idea. It's my main light at night when I working on items. There are also gooseneck lights that use LED bulb assembly that are also really good. But you have to find table space for them. Hugs, Susie Rose My Etsy store: http://www.susierosedesigns.etsy.com Buy quality foods in bulk at a lower price. http://www.zayconfoods.com/refer/zf145544 From: Sue To: Arachne Sent: Sunday, May 5, 2013 4:06 AM Subject: [lace] Lighting for lace making My DH and I are talking about lighting and about LED lighting in our motor caravan and the conversation went on to include some of the lamps we use in the house. In the evenings I always turn off the main light and work my lace, knit, read, watch tv or whatever else I might be doing using my angle poise lamp. We are considering investigating to see if using LED lamps in some places might be better than the usual house lights. Do any of you have any experience with LED lights in your home, good or bad. Sue T Dorset UK where we have sunshine, gorgeous but a chill wind as we are close to the sea - 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] Kinds of lace
I forgot to add tatting. DUH! The more I learn, the more I want to know. Hugs, Susie Rose My Etsy store: http://www.susierosedesigns.etsy.com Other techniques, not in any order, in my repertoire are: knitted crochet cutwork pulled thread work needlelace hardanger - 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] Kinds of lace
Hello to One and All! While bobbing lace, in the lace realm, is my true love. I make bore bobbin lace than any other kind. Other techniques, not in any order, in my repertoire are: knitted crochet cutwork pulled thread work needlelace hardanger Hugs, Susie Rose My Etsy store: http://www.susierosedesigns.etsy.com Buy quality foods in bulk at a lower price. http://www.zayconfoods.com/refer/zf145544 - 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] Arachne 20 years commemorative bobbins/tools
Hello to One and All! I know that I would buy a few. Hugs, Susie Rose My Etsy store: http://www.susierosedesigns.etsy.com Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 5:54 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Arachne 20 years commemorative bobbins/tools Susie, I'm with you. And Continentals also, please. Perhaps different types. I do like the idea of choice. Some will jump at one, and avoid another. We are a thousand members, there should be a market. lrb - 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] Arachne 20 years commemorative bobbins/tools
Hello to One and All! I vote for bobbins. How much more historical can you get? Hugs, Susie Rose My Etsy store: http://www.susierosedesigns.etsy.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/
[lace] Silk Clothing - Lace Thread Question
Hello to One and All! This Saturday while "yard saleing" with my neighbor, I purchased cream silk dupioni curtains for $2US. The silk is in very good condition. I want to make a suit out of this fabric. Years ago I've designed a cluny style lace for my suits. Each lace pattern is made individually to follow the cut of each individual clothing pattern. In addition to the lace trim around the edges it has a motif running from the back neckline down to the center of the back. Then hand applied to the clothing. My dilemma...I prefer the color blue over white/cream clothing. (I don't need to look larger than I'm already am! I'm no longer a size 6!) So dye the silk to the color that I want and make my lace white. (Which I prefer and I have a lot of thread for this on hand.) Or keep the silk the cream color and make the lace a royal blue. So here's my question. For blue lace...what thread would you recommend and why? I'm usually making lace in rayon or linen threads. But for this piece I don't want to use rayon. Hugs, Susie Rose My Etsy store: http://www.susierosedesigns.etsy.com Buy quality foods in bulk at a lower price. http://www.zayconfoods.com/refer/zf145544 - 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 clothing
Hello to One and All! Wonder whether the models like the fashions any better as they all look so sad. Sallie in Wyoming What's going through their minds...don't trip...walk straight...don't trip..walk straight. Most designers don't want their models to smile. Hugs, Susie Rose My Etsy store: http://www.susierosedesigns.etsy.com Buy quality foods in bulk at a lower price. http://www.zayconfoods.com/refer/zf145544 - 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] Re: pattern would you use? Colour
Hi Sue! Well...twist my arm why don't you! LOL!!! I've already made a hankie for DD in her favorite colorred. The favorite color has not changed since she was 5.  Hugs,  Susie Rose  For a 15% off coupon for the month of January use coupon code 2013JAN15 at my Etsy store: http://www.susierosedesigns.etsy.com Buy quality foods in bulk at a lower price. http://www.zayconfoods.com/refer/zf145544 From: Sue Babbs To: Susie Rose Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 4:00 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Re: pattern would you use? Colour Be careful! Tastes can change a lot from 16 onwards. My 25 year old son regularly clears out stuff from his closet that he once loved and now declares that he could never wear again.  Why donât you work on an exquisite handkerchief for the mother of the bride?!  Sue sueba...@comcast.net - 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] Re: pattern would you use? Colour
Hi Sue! I just asked my DD what she would like her dress made out of. She turned bright red. The kidlett doesn't even have a boyfriend...let alone a wedding date. Mom's planning wy in advanced. Hugs, Susie Rose For a 15% off coupon for the month of January use coupon code 2013JAN15 at my Etsy store: http://www.susierosedesigns.etsy.com Buy quality foods in bulk at a lower price. http://www.zayconfoods.com/refer/zf145544 From: Sue Babbs What does your daughter want her dress to be made of? If silk, make the lace in silk, if cotton, make the lace in cotton. I would be surprised if a 16 year old would want a linen wedding dress. Do you have a date for this wedding? Sue - 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] Re: pattern would you use? Colour
Hi Beth! This is one project that I have no clue as to what type of thread to use. Should I use linen, silk, cotton? I'm stumped here. Hugs, Susie Rose For a 15% off coupon for the month of January use coupon code 2013JAN15 at my Etsy store: http://www.susierosedesigns.etsy.com Buy quality foods in bulk at a lower price. http://www.zayconfoods.com/refer/zf145544 From: Beth Marshall To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 1:44 PM Subject: [lace] Re: pattern would you use? Colour Hi all If lace is being made so far in advance the bride's colour choices aren't decided/known, white lace seems sensible as it could perhaps be dyed at a later date to match/complement the bride's dress fabric choice? Might be a good idea to choose a thread that will take dye well if this is a possibility Beth Cheshire, NW England - 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] What thread and/or pattern would you use?
Hi All! Thank you for all of you wonderful suggestions. It's a good idea to purchase as much thread that I think that I'm going to use. Then, just to make sure that I have enough, I buy 3 times as much! I do like Tonder Lace and especially the Tonder Heart. Which is appropriate. Both of my parents came from Danmark. I was born in California. If I can find a good picture of it I can draft the pattern, if I can't find the book. I should have elaborated on my query with my background. My Mother and I used to make 3-5 wedding gowns/parties a year. I understand the ins and outs of making gowns. Also I'm the only wage earner in this household. I make things to sell. If I don't, I can't make money. I don't have the time to complete something when she gets engaged. Unless of course my knight in shining armor whisks me off my feet and turns me into a lady of leisure. God willing and the creek don't rise. I have to plan ahead for these things. I've seen brides get engaged and married in as little as 4 weeks. And then again in 2 years. Yes I know it's HER dress. And HER style. And HER colors. And she WANTS me to make the lace for her wedding dress and the dress. She wants the traditional white dress. That's in keeping with her character. (Well we do live one step above Amish with internet. We live off-the-grid.) As to the style that will happen when the times comes. Oh she wants to make all the goodies that go along with it. Ya think I'm going to be a bit busy. Busy like a one armed wall paper hanger with a 12 room mansion to do. LOL!!! I stopped making bridal gowns for others because my last bride was a bridezilla. Yes it's your special day. But you don't have to treat people who are working for you as if they are nothing but dirt. Don't forget it's your new husbands day also. Hugs, Susie Rose For a 15% off coupon for the month of January use coupon code 2013JAN15 at my Etsy store: http://www.susierosedesigns.etsy.com Buy quality foods in bulk at a lower price. http://www.zayconfoods.com/refer/zf145544 - 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] What thread and/or pattern would you use?
Hello to One and All! Today my DD Leah turns 16. I want to start making the lace for her wedding gown. I've looked at so many patterns that I can't think anymore. I've been checking patterns for about 6 months. Does anyone have any suggestions as to patterns to use and the thread. I've done all kinds of lace but torchon is my favorite. Hugs, Susie Rose For a 15% off coupon for the month of January use coupon code 2013JAN15 at my Etsy store: http://www.susierosedesigns.etsy.com Buy quality foods in bulk at a lower price. http://www.zayconfoods.com/refer/zf145544 - 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] Smooth Linen Scarf
Hi Anjte!WHOO HOO! Congratulations on finishing your scarf! I've been following your adventure with rapt interest. To the point that I would like to make one. Pictures please.Hugs,Susie Rose-- On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 12:35 AM PST AGlez wrote: >Thank you so much to Jane, Karen, Cynce and Bev for your very useful >comments to solve my scarf problem. I had never made bobbinlace with a >linen thread as coarse as I did this time. And once finished, I realized it >was impossible to wear: too stiff and hard. The linen I used had no number >on it. It is a linen thread used to weave (comparable to a Perle 5 or >thicker). But after mangling it, it is absolutely soft and cosy. To tell >you the truth, I was so excited yesterday night when I finished mangling, >that I have been dreaming of my scarf all night! > >I want to share my experience of how I mangled my scarf to get this smooth >and shiny effect. First I put the scarf into luke warm water. Then I >stretched it over a towel on a table. (It looked horrible: I thought I >would have to through my lace away! It was very wrinkled or creased, the >leaves came out as if I would never be able to put them nicely together >again...). Then I slowly rolled the rolling pin I use in the kitchen over >the scarf, back and forth, keeping my leaves and tapes in place. At the >beginning, as the scarf was so wet, I didn't notice much difference. I >passed the roller from beginning to end of the scarf about 20 times or even >more. In between I stopped for a while letting the scarf dry almost >completely. Little by little the fibers got looser, smoother and shinier. > >Thanks again for your quick answers. I will never forget this "adventure". >(Pictures will follow). > >Best wishes from Antje, in Spain. > >* >* >*Photography is like life... you can change perspective by changing your >point of view! * > >- >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] Round tallies
Hello to One and All! One little trick that I do is make the tally over a toothpick. Hugs, Susie Rose My Etsy store: http://www.susierosedesigns.etsy.com Buy quality foods in bulk at a lower price. Click here for a referral to Zaycon Foods. http://www.zayconfoods.com/refer/zf145544 We all need to same money on our food bill. From: Jean Nathan To: Lace Sent: Thursday, November 8, 2012 12:18 AM Subject: [lace] Round tallies Sue - don't be silly! You've just sent me into a hysterical fit. I have enough trouble making a leaf-shaped tally (usually comes out more like string) and am currently struggling with square tallies. So far I've done over 60 in the current project and their still coming out as variously shaped blobs - in fact I call them blobs. I just can't do them no matter what method I try. Fortunately I'm not entering competitions, so they're just for me and I can put up with them, however they turn out. The thought of any other tally (especially a round one) makes me want me to end it all. Jean in Poole, 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] lace photos
Hello to One and All! Look at all of the "eye candy"!! Hugs, Susie Rose My Etsy store: http://www.susierosedesigns.etsy.com Buy quality foods in bulk at a lower price. Click here for a referral to Zaycon Foods. http://www.zayconfoods.com/refer/zf145544 We all need to same money on our food bill. From: Lorelei Halley To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 12:54 PM Subject: [lace] lace photos This huge album has a lot of interesting lace: many lace fans, a piece of Valenciennes in process, some drawn thread work. Lorelei https://picasaweb.google.com/114418629233714602790/ELVERGER2012XIENCONTREDEBO IXETS?feat=content_notification# - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Clock panic over
Hello to One and All! I'm so looking forward to seeing this piece. On my list of many things to do...I was contemplating making a lace clock for my studio. In addition to a lace lamp shade for my bedroom. Hugs, Susie Rose My Etsy store: http://www.susierosedesigns.etsy.com Buy quality foods in bulk at a lower price. Click here for a referral to Zaycon Foods. http://www.zayconfoods.com/refer/zf145544 We all need to same money on our food bill. From: Sue To: Arachne Sent: Monday, October 8, 2012 11:49 AM Subject: [lace] Clock panic over Another update on the clock face and frame saga. The offending piece is going back to the seller and we purchased another clock today which looks idea for the job. Glass front, deep enough to take lace and hands inside and nice and elegant overal. Will take photos when it is all complete. The lace is coming on well and should be finished by the end of this week i think. Thank you to several people for their ideas and help. I am now feeling quite happy about this project at last. Sue T In very wet 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Queen's Diamond Jubilee Bone Bobbin
Hello to One and All! The beautiful bobbin is on page 14 of the catalog. I would love to have 1! SIGH Hugs, Susie Rose My Etsy store: http://www.susierosedesigns.etsy.com My Blujay store: http://SusieRose.blujay.com Mom for Death by Socks: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeathbySocks/ Mom for UFO 12 for 12: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UFO12for12/ From: Jean Nathan To: Lace Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 12:09 PM Subject: [lace] Queen's Diamond Jubilee Just ordered the beautiful Archer Jubilee commemorative bobbin. It's expensive, but looks rather lovely. Only downside is that it's popular and there's a wait of about 12 weeks for it. It's shown in his on-line catalogue: http://www.ararcherltd.co.uk/?page_id=13 Don't think I've got any bobbins by him, but couldn't resist this one. Jean in Poole, 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
RE: [lace] talking to bobbins, was There's never enough room
Hi Hi! My Godmother talked to her africian violets. They bloomed beautifully...except for 1. She spent extra time with this one. Still no blossoms or new leaves. Then she tried some reverse phychology on it. Telling it how ugly it was & how beautiful all the other violets were. And if it didn't get any flowers that she was going to pull it out of the pot, stomp on it & throw it in the trash. It took about 3 weeks & it started to get buds. That violet bloomed for 2.5 years without going dorment! It works. On a lace making note: my bookmarks for the lace exchange will be goin out tomorrow. The postal website where you print postage was down. I'll try again tomorrow. Hugs, Susie Rose -- On Mon, May 28, 2012 3:09 PM PDT Sue wrote: >David, I talk to my plants in the garden and tell them to grow and that they >are beautiful, my family already think I'm mad and would really think I had >flipped if I started talking to my bobbins as well. > >Sue M Harvey >Norfolk 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: Fw: [lace] removing red dye
Greetings to One & All! The name of the quilt soap to vse with overdyed fabrics is 'Retayne'. I use it when washing dark fabrics all the time. I'm not sure if it is available in the UK. It helps to keep the dye in the fabric. Orvus paste is just a gentle fabric soap. And a little goes a long way. The BEST soap to vse on fine washables. Even wool. Not a solution to a dye problem. Hugs, Susie Rose --On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 1:35 PM PST Clay Blackwell wrote:>Sue, if you go to a quilt shop, they may have a special solution that is sold to prevent colors from running. Generally, quilt fabrics are washed before cutting and sewing, so a pre-soak in this solution is what is used to stop those pesky runs... and dark blues and reds are the most offensive as far as running is concerned (in my experience). I can't remember the name of the solution, off-hand. Sorry.>>But since the top hasn't been washed, then soaking in this may solve the problem.>>As far as removing the lace is concerned... it may not be as easy as taking out something hand-sewn would be, but use a seam ripper, and I'm sure it will come out. Your top will be much more attractive with your own hand-made lace, if the color doesn't come out of the original lace in the top.>>Good luck!>>Clay>>On 12/27/2011 3:18 PM, Sue wrote:>> As the top is worn but not dirty I wondered whether putting it in cold water, with or without salt might set the colours where they are. ?>> I never wash clothing in very hot water.>> As the top is commercially made as is the lace its not possible to take it out as suggested by a couple of people. Thank you for all the suggestions though.>> Sue T>> >> Dear Sue,>> I've had the same problem and while I can't tell you how to stop the red from running, I find that the red came out of the undies with the next wash. I'll be interested to see what others say about the red top, but I think I was told to wash in cool water, not hotthe good news is that the colour only runs for the first couple of washes.>> >> Good luck!>> Regards>> >> Ruth>> >> >> On 28/12/2011, at 5:19 AM, "Sue" wrote:>> >> I hope you all had a good holiday weekend.>> I wore a new red top which has a little white lacy insert, over christmas and>> now I have a pinkish tinge to my white lacey undies. Can anyone tell me>> the best quickest way to keep the red red, and the white insert of the top>> white, plus get the pink off my undies please. I haven't done anything with>> them yet, so no mistakes so far:-) I do have some of those vanish sheets in>> my cupboard, I wonder if that will keep the colours right and remove the pink>> stain from my undies?>> >> Sue T>> Dorset UK>> www.hurwitzend.co.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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Diagrams
On Mon Oct 31st, 2011 7:17 PM PDT Adele Shaak wrote:>Hi Everybody:>>I often wonder about the patterns we have that are reconstructions of old lace>pieces. Did the lacemaker who examined the old piece and made the modern>pattern:>>- draw the overall design and then make it herself and diagram what she did,>or>- examine the threads paths in one repeat of the pattern and diagram that,>repeating that diagram for the length of the modern pattern>>Because either way it is not an exact replication of the old lace, is it? The>original lace would have had differences from repeat to repeat.>>Now, I am not suggesting that it would be a good idea to make some unfortunate>lacemaker go through every single twist and cross of an old piece of lace to>make us an exact pattern. What I'm saying is that I think we need to develop>our own skills and *own* the lace - do what looks right to us and not>slavishly follow diagrams. That's what the old lacemakers did and that's why>their work varies from repeat to repeat.>>I'm not quite good enough to do this all the time and do it competently, but>when I can do it I feel very powerful and confident in my lacemaking and it>becomes a lot more fun and a lot less frustrating.>>Sometimes I make bad decisions and lace myself into a really bad situation,>but I'm sure if I made more lace those situations wouldn't happen as much.>>Plus, look to the future of lacemaking. If we didn't obsess so much about>correctness, what fun we could have making our own designs!>>Adele>North Vancouver, BC>(west coast of Canada)>>>> Gunvor would state "you understand the>> lace - it needs to be your decision if an extra twist is needed there or>even>> fits in that space with the tightness of all the threads. As long as you>are>> consistent throughout the pattern it will be fine". She told me our thread>> was different (thicker) than the antique laces so we might need to make>some>> adjustments for it to look nice. She also showed me on her antique pieces>> where the lacer of the piece made changes in different motifs. Did the>lacer>> forgot to be consistent or just changed her mind based on what the lacer>> preferred?> Greetings to One & All! A few years ago I made a pattern for a ribbon bookmark. (My contribution to a SCA tourney to benefit Susan Kolman Foundation. My Mom was a 13 yr survivor.) After around the 20th bookmark (I made over 50) & in order to keep my sanity, I started playing around with the background stitches & then the ribbon itself. Each became a unique creation. On some I was definately coloring outside the lines! Dare to color outside the lines, you'll never know what you'll create. Hugs, Susie Rose - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Inexpensive Bobbins
Hello to One & All! A very inexpensive bobbin is a round, paper lollypop stick with plastic 'pony' glued onto the stick. (I made a batch for next to nothing when I ran out of bobbins for a project.) For 1 bobbin you will need: 1 round, paper lollypop stick (Craft stores usually carry these in their candy making area.) 10 plastic pony beads (These are the 1/4'' beads. The hole will jvst fit around the lolly stick.) Craft glue that dries clear (I used a lot of glve so the beads won't wiggle on the stick.) Put some glue on the end of the stick, slip 2 beads over the glue & line up the edge of the top bead with the top edge of the stick. This the head of the bobbin. Do the same with the remaining 8 beads to the other end of the stick. When dry I applied additional glue to the beads at the ends of bobbins & to the beads next to the area where the thread is wound. This is a project that the advlts can do also. Hugs, Susie Rose - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Susan - More Determined
Hello to One & All! I understand the particulars of PR & the strict gvidelines the designers need to adheir to for each challenge. Playing the same note will get 'auf' the show. (When I have the time I make challenges for myself. Slips of paper go into a jar & I pull 1 out & shop my extensive fabric stash. And start working. But something they do on the website is let the pvblic know whose clothes the designers are wearing. That's where I can showcase the other designs I'm capable of. Thats where my knowledge in other areas will prevail. That may or may not be in the challenges. There are 2 forms of fashion: off the rack & coutvre. I make both. I KNOW the industry & jvst want to get my designs more out there. In addition to getting more people interested in fiber arts. And get out of the 'by appointment only' mode. I make good money on 1 of a kind couture. Not every millionaire or billionaire wants their wife look like a Hollywood trollup. But its a way to get exposed to a wider audience. Hugs, Susie Rose - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Katelynn - Steampunk
Hello to One & All! Katelynn - Absoulutely Brillant! (I was plesantly surprised when my cheapie cell phone was able to open the picture!) I've been making a black/gold torchon trim that I really wasn't happy with. Last year I decided after I get another 2 yards, I was going to offer it at my Esty store for Steampunk or reenactors. The pillow hangs on my wall gathering dust. I also have the supplies & patterns to make Victorian clothing. Think about the movie, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. That is Steampunk. Hugs, Susie Rose - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] More Determined
On Sat Oct 15th, 2011 6:18 AM PDT dmt11h...@aol.com wrote:>Is there any way members of the list can assist you in getting onto >Project Runway, such as a letter/email campaign?>People making lace on TV seems to be rather common in Great Britain, but >not here. I can't recall any kind of lace making on TV that wasn't in an >English program.>Devon> > >In a message dated 10/14/2011 10:26:35 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >susierose_89...@yahoo.com writes:>>Hello to One & All!>>The idea of the demise of lacemaking hurts me to the core. It makes me all >that more determined to get on 'Project Runway' . What would happen if >they get a designer that can spin the yarn, weave the fabric, make the outfit >AND make the lace to go on the outfit! >>I've been dubbed 'Nevada's Renaissance Woman' by The Nevada Arts Council. >When I auditiomed for season 6 of PR Tim Gunn said 'I love your >background! I love what you're wearing! I just want to see more!' I was the ONLY >designer that got in to the panel with 1 design! (What I was wearing.) You had >to have a minimun of 3 derigns to get to the 'green' room. >>What would happen to our 'love' if a designer>was making it on TV?>>For the love of all things fiber related.>>Susie Rose (Finlay) Hello to One & All! I have to get on the show by my own talent. NOW once I'm on the show, that's when public response will come into play, big time! I believe it was season 5 where every designer was picked by a design house. There is a 28 page contract that includes a confidentally clause. I can't even tell my family that I'll be on the show. But I have to make arrangements for my daughter for the month of June. That's when the entire season is shot, sans fashion week. That's in Sep. If I'm in I'll tell everyone to watch to see if I made until the trailers start. I'm 1 of the few designers that's a conplete package: designing, pattern making and sewing. I had a great teacher, my Mom. She sewed for the Vanderbilts, Betty Drake (Cary Grants wife), Elizabeth Taylor and the like. All of what I'm wearing will be my own design. Why would I want to promote some other designer when I'm there to promote me. I even found a 'cobbler' that will make shoes & boots to my specs. :-D Life happens while I'm putting my portfolio together. The county wants to tear down my home...BUT they'll won't make us homeless. They're helping us to replace our home on ovr property. Stress & I are really good friends. For the love of fiber! Susie Rose (Tag line for PR: My name is Susie Rose. Remember roses has thorns.) - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] More Determined
Hello to One & All! The idea of the demise of lacemaking hurts me to the core. It makes me all that more determined to get on 'Project Runway' . What would happen if they get a designer that can spin the yarn, weave the fabric, make the outfit AND make the lace to go on the outfit! I've been dubbed 'Nevada's Renaissance Woman' by The Nevada Arts Council. When I auditiomed for season 6 of PR Tim Gunn said 'I love your background! I love what you're wearing! I just want to see more!' I was the ONLY designer that got in to the panel with 1 design! (What I was wearing.) You had to have a minimun of 3 derigns to get to the 'green' room. What would happen to our 'love' if a designer was making it on TV? For the love of all things fiber related. Susie Rose (Finlay) - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Mvsical bobbins
Hello to One & All! I have bobbins that jingle, jangle, jingle. As I work merrily along. (Sung to the tune, I haue spurs that...) I've spangled 50 of the plastic bobbins with belly dancing bells. Each bobbin has 3 small bells. So while I'm making lace, I'm making music. :-D Susie Rose - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Lace Day on Artisan's Row at Pennsic
Greetings Lady Kyrstyan! This is so kewl! I hope everyone has a fantastic time! I'm saving to go to Pennsic next year. Hugs, Susie Rose My Etsy store: http://www.susierosedesigns.etsy.com My Blujay store: http://SusieRose.blujay.com --- On Fri, 6/17/11, Chris Vail wrote: From: Chris Vail Subject: [lace] Lace Day on Artisan's Row at Pennsic To: l...@dont.panix.com Date: Friday, June 17, 2011, 6:46 PM This message is aimed at any lacemakers on the list who are associated with the Society for Creative Anachronism, and who may be attending Pennsic on August 8th. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, just ignore this email; I'm trying to get the word out as far as possible, as there's been a change in coordinator, and I'm making up for lost time :) We are scheduled to have a full, fun day of lace making and display on Monday, August 8th in A&S tent #5 . To that end, I would like to invite any and all lace makers to join in! The tent will be ours roughly 9-5, and you may come for as much or as little of that time as you would like. This would be a great time to get together with other lace makers, share ideas and questions, put faces to names, and otherwise just have an excuse to carve out some dedicated lace time in what is often an overly-busy Pennsic. If you just want to drop off some samples for display, but cannot commit time, that's fine too; just make sure you come back for your stuff! If possible, I would like to have some idea who might be coming and when, so I can gauge body count and lunch breaks if possible. Also, if you have an area of expertise or interest in teaching something specific, that would be good to know so that we can refer people who may have specific questions or interests to the best people to help. Please email me off-list at gypsy.vail (-at-) gmail.com (obviously, please reconfigure the address appropriately). If you have comments or suggestions, just drop a line to that address as well. Also, please pass this on to any and all lace related lists or friends that you know who may not be on this list. I look forward to meeting as many of you as can come. It was a blast last year, and I'm hoping it will be more of the same this year too. As a note, if you have previously sent information this year to Arrienne of Ashford (lat year's coordinator), *please resend* to me if at all possible. I'm afraid I'm not in a position to get any pre-existing information from her. Kyrstyan Makfall, Middle Kingdom fiber geek :D or Chris Vail, as the rest of the world knows me, in northern Illinois - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Re: Regarding spangling.... the Question Why?
Hello to One & All! This makes sense to me. As one who used to dance the Native American pow wow circuit, my son's bustle was pretty light. (That's the piece the men wear that has a dovble row of bone that hangs down the chest. The beads weighed more than the bone pieces.) I use spangled bobbins becavse I don't have to chase them across my pillow and have my thread twist or untwist. Besides I like all of the pretty beads & designs. :-D Hugs, Susie Rose (She who never seems to have enough bobbins.) On Mon Oct 18th, 2010 9:18 PM PDT robinl...@socal.rr.com wrote: > Brian Lemin wrote: >I think Arnes contribution raises what I see as the most puzzling question... >Why(?) did the East Midland lace makers decide to spangle their bobbins. > >One theory I was taught (and I haven't seen it posted yet) has to do with >using bone instead of wood. I know there are plenty of old wood Midlands >bobbins, but the bone ones may have set the style. Continental bobbins made >of wood could have a large bulge at the bottom for weight. Cow bones only >come so thick, and that could determine the thickness that bobbins could be >made. WIthout a big bulge at the bottom, Midlands lacemakers resorted to >coins, beads, or anything else that would add some weight to the small, skinny >bobbins. Then people may have decided to "pretty up" the wood bobbins the >same way. > >So it may not have even been a single reason why rings of beads were added to >Midlands bobbins. It could have been for weight *and* for rolling-control >*and* for decoration. > >Robin > >Robin P. >Los Angeles, California, USA >robinl...@socal.rr.com > >In my own first contribution to this thread I flagged that we needed a " >multi-disciplinary" approach to this question. It started out as a question >on "When" did spangling start, but the "Why" of it is also fascinating. As >a non lace maker I am subject to flights of fancy about that subject, but >not one shred of proof. > >The new machine spun thread that became available at about that time, now >Arnes comment about the stability of the bobbin. That fits into my >un-infirmed ideas about why. I am sure you practitioners and historians >should be able to either put me right or suggest other reasons. But even >then, not all lace makers spangled their bobbins and they would eventually >be using the same machine made thread. > >That makes me think of it as being an equation that sort of looks like this: >"according to the types of lace being made".."plus""the tight spun >thread" ... equals "the usefulness of spangling and the prettiness of >spangles" (I.e. fashion.. which I am sure played its part in the spangling >movement) > >I have often thought about looking to the time when we knew they were "not" >spangled. The "not spangled" question could possibly be indicated by the >types of lace being made in the East Midlands at a particular time. > >Certainly the "oldest" bobbins found in England (Early 1700s) was not >spangled, but the other old bobbin "The Shepherds Bobbin" [I do not think >she offered a date of that bobbin] (described by Carole Morris in one >journal) was "spangled" if you count a fruit stone as a spangle. That too >could possibly be interpreted as an interim form of spangle. > >Sorry to be such a "one eyed bore" on this subject. Just teach me... I am >listening. > > >From Brian and Jean >Cooranbong. 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 > >- >To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: >unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to >arachne.modera...@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
Re: [lace] Mini-Miniature lace
Greetings! Absolutely brillant!! I love to challdege myself in the same way. Susie Rose On Mon Sep 13th, 2010 1:57 PM PDT Tatman wrote: >Another use for Honiton lace thread... > >I always am trying to challenge myself no matter how big or small. In this >case, the small. Many of you know I have been bobbin lacing with size 120/2 >Egyptian cotton thread for my current Honiton lace projects. I have always >wondered how it would tat up if I used a very light hand and of course >carefully and slowly make each stitch. Instead of using the 120/2 thread, I >found in my stash 185/2 thread. Smaller yet Although not quite as fine >as the hair on my head(what is left of it). CLOSE! > >I proceeded to load a bit on a shuttle and keep it attached to the spool and >make a simple 6 ring, 6 chain motif, 3 double stitches between each picot. >I had to take each half hitch slowly and carefully not to snag the thread. >This thread blows freely in the slightest wind and I could even feel the >thread catch a bit on the texture of my finger prints. That is fine!!! >Below is the result of my work with this thread > >http://www.tat-man.net/tatterville/tatgallery/185-2_tatmotif.jpeg > >What might appear on your screen is a motif that is about 2 inches. And it >looks a bit messy with the stitches and uneven picots(reasons for that). >That is why I placed a ruler beside it and also a single strand of the >thread. It is actually 1 centimeter(3/8th of an inch) diameter. CALL ME >CRAZY!!! But it was worth the challenge and I can see making lots of >miniature tatted things with this thread. And it didn't threaten to break >while working it. > >It fits nicely on your fingernail and you barely can feel it when touching >it so it wouldn't protrude much if you applied it on your fingernail with >some polish. Not going to do that to my digits, thank you!!! :-D > >So if you are inclined to drive yourself nuts or just want a good challenge, >go for it. Great for doll house or jewelry. Of course you may want to put >it in a glass frame mounted earring finding. Otherwise it could get lost. >;) > >Thanks for letting me share a bit of my craziness.LOL! > >-- >Mark, aka Tatman >website: http://www.tat-man.net >blog: http://tat-man.net/blog >Magic Thread Shop: http://www.tat-man.net/tatterville/tatshop/tatshop.html >email: tat...@tat-man.net >Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tatmantats > >- >To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: >unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to >arachne.modera...@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
RE: [lace] thread/yarn question
Hello to One & All! In a word...Yes. Fingerling & sock yarn are the same sized yarn. On the needles: Civil War Circular Shawl - cobweb wt yarn with 214,889 sts total in the shawl. Working on a pair of socks in fingerling/sock wt to submit to Knitty.com for their next issue. Working on a pink ribbon BL bookmark for my etsy store. Make it happen! Susie Rose On Wed Aug 18th, 2010 1:26 PM PDT Margery Allcock wrote: >That's really useful, and interesting - thank you, Brenda. > >So is "sock yarn" the same thing as "fingering"? > >Margery. >= >margerybu...@o2.co.uk in North Hertfordshire, UK >= > > > > >> -Original Message- >> From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] >> On Behalf Of Brenda Paternoster >> Sent: Wednesday 18 August 2010 18:44 >> To: Whitham, Irene & Steve >> Cc: lace@arachne.com >> Subject: Re: [lace] thread/yarn question >> >> Hello Irene >> >> Have a look at >> http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/knittingyarns.htm >> >> Brenda >> >> On 18 Aug 2010, at 15:42, Whitham, Irene & Steve wrote: >> >> > >> > Could someone please be so kind and tell me how many wraps >> per cm, fingering >> > or sock weight yarn is? >> > >> > I have a pattern calling for either and have a nice linen >> that is 10 wraps per >> > cm. >> >> Brenda in Allhallows >> www.brendapaternoster.me.uk >> >> - >> To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing >> the line: >> unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to >> arachnemodera...@yahoo.com >> > >- >To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: >unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to >arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Storing bookmarks
Hello to One & All! Bookmarks...Ive made hundreds of them! Probably well over 5 or 600. Im a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism, SCA, since 1975. Its because of them that I discovered bobbin lace making. I would make them in our kingdom, Caid, colors, blve & silver. Or if we have visiting 'royality' in that kingdom colors. Sometimes as the award for the tournament champion. Last year we had a pink ribbon tourney to raise $$ for breast cancer, Susan B Koleman Foundation. I designed a ribbon bookmark & made 30 pink ribbons for the event. I make bookmarks for special events: weddings, birthdays, sports teams, holidays etc. Nothing is safe! LOL! In fact this weekend I made 2 in purple & gold & finished 7.75 yards of bobbin lace trim to be given away at Pennsic War. Ovr kingdom is giving items to the kingdom of Calontir, whose colors are purple & gold. I also finished a pink ribbon & started another to put on my Etsy store, Susie Rose Designs.Etsy.com . My sister & hubby will be renewing their wedding vows in Dec. As soon as Sis decides on her colors, Ill be making bookmarks for them. Storage - I use a long business envelope. Not very fancy, but they stay flat and clean. Hugs, Susie Rose - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Lace in Vietnam Warp/Weft
Hello to One & All! Im also a weaver. IMHO woof meaning weft came into being through a misunderstanding by 2 people where one's native tongue was different than the other. My Mom was Danish & could mangle english quite well. I would piggyback many projects off of 1 warping of my loom. Warping a loom is NOT my favorite thing to do. It usually takes about 75 percent of the project's time! One warping I got 7 tablerunners...with a white warp. The next warp, beige, I just tied the thread ends together, three runners on that warp. They were Anerican Colonial patterns that I reproduced. The only difference in them was the color of the weft & the order of the tredling. (Making the sheds to throw the weft.) Hugs, Susie Rose On Thu Jun 24th, 2010 6:28 AM PDT Joy Beeson wrote: >On 6/14/10 10:44 AM, jeria...@aol.com wrote: > >> David: All you have to remember is that (in English) >> weft rhymes with left, and that left and right are >> horizontal. > >Another way is to remember that weft is that which is woven. > > Dunno how "woof" fits in, but "warp and woof" is >obsolete anyway. [checks Merriam-Webster second edition] >"Weft" actually is a form of "wefan", the old-English word >that became "weave". Synonyms are "woof", "shoot", and >"filling". I suspect that "shoot" is the result of throwing >the shuttle *once*, not all of the filling; that sort of >detail is apt to be left out of a general dictionary. (I'm >too lazy to Google, and haven't a beginners' weaving book on >me.) > >"Shoot" is more appropriate now than it was when the >dictionary was written: nowadays they blow the weft in with >a jet of air instead of using a shuttle. > > >> There is a trick way to remember warp, > >Best just to remember that "warp" is the other one. > >Or to reflect that a loom must be warped before weaving can >commence. (I have read that warping is more than half the >job, so weavers try to plan several projects that can be >woven on the same warp.) > >When you work cloth stitch, the passives are warp and the >workers are weft. > >-- Joy Beeson >http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ >http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ >http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange >http://home.comcast.net/~debeeson/DaveCam/ >west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. >where there are now only 73 messages in the "Lace" folder. > >- >To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: >unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to >arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Hairwork
Hi Clay and everyone! This may help you with the creepies. I have my DD pigtail & she is very much alive 13 yr old. Sep. 2007, I cut her hair as a discplinary action. All I have to say do you want me to cut your hair and she straightens right up. (BTW - She could sit on her hair & I cut it to the nape of her neck.) Her hair is now past her shoulder blades. I hope this helps. Hugs, Susie Rose - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Merry Christmas
Greetings to One & All! >From my hovsehold to your's, we wish you a Merry Christmas! Hugs, Susie Rose - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] upside down lace, dang cats
Hello to One & All! Sorry to hear about your pillow. that's happened to me a few times...to the point of me contemplating making myself a pair of cat fur slippers. They seem to know when the bobbins are not pinned down. I have 5 cats that I've trained to leave my pillows alone. A good rap on the head with a "NO" works for me. They know what no means. "Getting" the bobbins are not an interest anymore. With that being said 1 of my cats, Leonardo de Vinci, has taken an interest in "making" lace. He sits next to the pillow watching. He doesn't "get" the bobbins. He'll pick up the bobbin with 1 claw by the thread or spangle and move it to another location with the other bobbins. Then he'll pull a pin out with his mouth & lay it on the pillow. Then he looks at me as if to say, "well there's the pin, put it where it should go. I don't have opposible thunbs." Be careful what you name your animals, they may be like their namesake. Leonardo - likes to figvre stuff out. Patches - likes to sit by the sewing machine when I'm making quilts or on them. Rather than being on a blanket. Erik the Red - likes to explore & start fights. Mini P - Like her Mom Patches in many ways. Herald - A feline public address system, very talkative not a sicmese . Casanova - a lover kitty especialy human women Ghendis Khan - fights with his brother Casanova & will take whatever spot Casanova is in. Hugs, Susie Rose On Fri Dec 4th, 2009 5:05 AM PST Beth McCasland wrote: >Gentle Spiders, >Subject line pretty much says it all. I was not uttering nice polite words to >my kitties yesterday evening when I came home to find my lace pillow upside >down on the floor. I'd been working on a Beds piece, and fortunately many of >my bobbins (midlands) were pinned together and then pinned down, only the >workers of the current motif were loose. Still the shock of seeing my pillow >upside down on the floor was a bit much. Since the pillow table was standing, >I knew my large dog wasn't to blame. Things were righted, but I couldn't face >straightening the bobbins just yet. I did see that there were no broken >threads this time. The cats were allowed to live. I tried to explain to the >cats that Papa Noel wouldn't leave tuna in their stockings if they continued >to mess with my lace pillow, but they heard none of it! > >For safety, and my sanity, I moved the pillow on it's stand away from my chair >until I'm ready to work on the lace project again (tonight perhaps). > >Beth McCasland >in the suburbs of New Orleans, Louisiana >where the north wind is blowing and we might have snow! > >- >To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: >unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to >arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Glutton for punishment!
Hello to One & All! Yesterday I finished my black fans & gold hearts torchon hankercheif! HURRAH! Guess what...I don't it. It's a little too "airy". I need to reduce the pricking by 15% for the threads used. And there's a few boo boos I didn't catch. I'll use it until it gets replaced. Last night I also started 2 lace projects. A black & gold edging to match the hankie. That will go on the blouse that goes with the chainmaile & suede trenchcoat & skirt. My preliminary guesstimates come up that I'll need about 3 yards. Definately NOT on the conservative fashion side. LOL! The 2nd project is a torchon bookmark. In what colours, black & gold, of course. I'm using up the leftovers from the hankie. Also in progress is a 1 cm wide edging in bleached white 80/2 linen. I currently have over 4 yards. And I'll be selling it when I have over 5 yards. I have 3 pillows going and need a 4th. It's time to make another cookie pillow! I'd post pics but my internet is via cell phone right now. Hugs, Susie Rose - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Guilds and traveling
Hello to One and All! I live in a small town (80 full time residents) in the mountains which is an hour from "town", Las Vegas, Nevada. Up here I am the lace guild! LOL! There is an all encompassing fiber arts guild in town, but they were more interested in weaving and spinning (which I also do) than lace. Traveling an hour is no big deal for me. It all comes down to what people will do for what they like. Just like having the money to do the things they like to do and none for the not so pleasant things. (Going to the movies vs the dentist.) I did live in another small town of 15,000 residents. To them driving 6 miles across town was like driving across the country! I rode my mountain bike 60 to 100 miles every week. And we lived in the boonies, 6.5 miles outside of town. Hugs, Susie Rose - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Pizzio di Cantu and yogurt
Hello All! I just finished a quilt for a REAL Texas cowboy who's family been in Texas before it was a state. His family name is Cantu. I think that we need to talk about lace sometime instead of horses and mules. Yogurt, I make 1 or 2 quarts everyday. Currently I use nonfat dry milk a bit of heavy whipping cream, some sugar & about a quarter cup of the previous batch. The cream makes a soft cheese on the top of the yogurt. I use that for cheese blinzes or crepes. Sometimes the whey goes to the cats & angora rabbits as a treat. I used to have a milk goat & get 3 quarts a day! Next year I want to get a cow and make our own cheese, in addition to everything I make. Hugs, Susie Rose - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
RE: [lace] Lace teachers
Hello to One and All! 4 years on torchon! I teach an 8 week course on torchon! Then we get together again and I show them other types of bobbin lace. IF they feel ready to go onto something new. Or if they feel they need some extra classes, or another variety of bobbin lace, then we will do that. I know how to make 6 different varieties of lace besides bobbin lace. So we continue on. I cant get over that, 4 years! Ill also teach them how to design their own lace. Id like to get the baby birds out of the nest. Hugs, Susie Rose Elizabeth Ligeti wrote: > I did one small 9 pin edge with my Grandmother when I was about 19,in England, > then did not make any lace till I was about 40/41and living here in Oz.. > I managed to find a course of 8 lessons somewhere nearby, and joined the group > of 5 or 6 with the teacher. > However, she went around the table starting people off each lesson. > As it all came back to me, I managed to begin to start myself off, after > watching her start a couple of the others. > I can now start myeslf off Well,!!! - but I know some of the others had > difficulties for many years , as they had relied on her, and never really > grasped the idea of where and how to begin a piece of lace. > Yes, I know teachers who keep their students gong on and on for ages - years > sometimes, and I am sure it is just for the moneuy from classes. The students > don't seem to have any initiative to go it alone, choose their own designs, > try a different lace, etc. Not good, in my opinion. > I had a lady once say she would love to try Beds, but her teacher said she was > not ready yet. When I asked how long she had been learning she told me "only > 4 years" She was getting bored with the small torchon edges she > was Still having to do! > Grrr!! This is Wrong, in my opinion. (don't start me off on this > track :)) ) > Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. > lizl...@bigpond.com > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. > We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. > SPAMfighter has removed 337 of my spam emails to date. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > The Professional version does not have this message > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
RE: [lace] metallic thread question
Hello to One and All! For metallics I use Sulky sewing machine embroidery thread or DMC mdtallic thread. Personally I prefer the Sulky better. Hugs, Susie Rose - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Handkerchief material
Hello to One and All!  Wow! What a wonderful and inexpensive idea! Thank you.  Hugs,  Susie Rose    â Up in the snowy mountains outside of Las Vegas Prayers, love and hugs go out to all who are in need. My online store: http://SusieRose.blujay.com My Space: http://www.myspace.com/susie2roses  Mom for UFO 12 for 12; http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UFO12for12/  Mom for Death by Socks: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeathbySocks Ravelry: http://ravelry.com/susie2roses Ravelry Death By Socks: http://www.ravelry.com/groups/death-by-socks-the-official-site --- On Sat, 3/14/09, Lorri Ferguson wrote: From: Lorri Ferguson Subject: [lace] Handkerchief material To: "lace arachne" Date: Saturday, March 14, 2009, 12:51 PM Sue I think this has been mentioned on Arachne before but you can also obtain good handkerchief material by using the center of men's handkerchiefs and after finishing your lace edging square (or yardage) cut the center to fit as needed. Men's are usually bigger and provide a lot of fabric. No need to purchase the entire 'width' of expensive fabric. Good luck and post a picture when finished. Lorri - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
RE: [lace] Freak Accident
Hi Pene, Im so sorry to hear about what happened to Linda. What is her snail mail address? Hugs, Susie Rose - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Susie Rose's outfit
Hello One and All! The outfit is a skirt, vest and trenchcoat out of the black suede and a gold blouse. All are of my own design. All of the suede pieces will have the chainmaile. Which BTW are detachable for dry cleaning. The trench and the skirt's modesty panel will have my personal logo, a pink rose in chainmaile. The brest pocket of the trench is where the lace hankie will go. Of course the lace will be sticking out of the pocket. This is one of those outfits that I keep coming up with more pieces to go with then ensamble. The "Viking knitting" is called nalbinding. And yes that is one of the many fiber related things that I do. Learned that in the SCA. My SCA name is Susan of the Golden Heart...hence the gold hearts on the lace. I guess you would call me an old timer...I've been playing since 1976. Susie Rose Me convential...not with pink hair and pink is NOT my favorite color! Prayers, love and hugs go out to all who are in need. My online store: http://SusieRose.blujay.com My Space: http://www.myspace.com/susie2roses Mom for UFO 12 for 12; http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UFO12for12/ Mom for Death by Socks: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeathbySocks --- On Thu, 1/15/09, hottl...@neo.rr.com wrote: From: hottl...@neo.rr.com Subject: [lace] Susie Rose's outfit To: lace@arachne.com Date: Thursday, January 15, 2009, 8:01 AM Hello Susie! Do you do Viking Knitting?? If so, it would make a swell belt for your black suede dress. I think Tracy, The Lacemaker was wearing the one she made last year at Pennsic. Loved your pages!! Susan, enjoying the "cold" front, 70* instead of 80* in Grassy Key, FLA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Black Hankie Linen
Hi Bev and Spiders! Well the black is a 40 wt rayon sewing machine embroidery thread and the gold is a 40 wt (I think, I can't find one of the spools right now.), gold metallic sewing machine embroidery thread. Thank you for the ideas. The outfit I'm making is out of black suede with black and gold chainmaile accents. (Yes, I know how to make chainmaile. Who me conventional...nah. Not with pink bangs!) I think the suede is way too heavy for the lace. But maybe I can find some black crepe or silk. I reason why I chose the rayon because it's shiny like silk. Thank you so much for the ideas. Susie Rose Up in the snowy mountains outside of Las VegasPrayers, love and hugs go out to all who are in need. My online store: http://SusieRose.blujay.com My Space: http://www.myspace.com/susie2roses Mom for UFO 12 for 12; http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UFO12for12/ Mom for Death by Socks: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeathbySocks --- On Tue, 1/13/09, bev walker wrote: From: bev walker Subject: Re: [lace] Black Hankie Linen To: "Susie Rose" Cc: "Arachne" Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 2:06 PM Hello Susie and everyone Is the Torchon lace in linen? If it is black cotton, then try a dress weight cotton fabric, which would be easier to find than fine black linen. I think for the same reasons as home dyeing, black linen if you can find it doesn't stay black. Or you could go with a synthetic - there are linen-like polyesters in the dress fabric line that might be ok. Another thought to be quite unconventional and stitch the lace to a square of black vinyl - 'patent leather' (shiny black vinyl) even? The black would be relevant to the Heavy Metal, but for the R'n'R era, the hankies then, if not white, were printed fabric with the lace trim, so you could even go with a tiny black/white/gold print in a cotton (best place to check would be quilters' sources). On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Susie Rose wrote: Hello to One and All! I'm currently working on a black and gold torcheon lace hankie. In keeping with the black theme I would like to find some black hankie linen. (It's to go -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Black Hankie Linen
Hello to One and All! I'm currently working on a black and gold torcheon lace hankie. In keeping with the black theme I would like to find some black hankie linen. (It's to go with a Rock N Roll outfit that I'm making. My Beau is a heavy metal singer/songwriter. I gotta look good for my man!) I've done some searching with no luck. If anyone could point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it. I can go with white and dye it black but I really don't want to go that route. With home dyeing, black is one of the hardest colors to keep black over time. A picture of it is in my "Hobbies" album at my MySpace page. I'm a little more than halfway finished. Susie Rose Up in the snowy mountains outside of Las VegasPrayers, love and hugs go out to all who are in need. My online store: http://SusieRose.blujay.com My Space: http://www.myspace.com/susie2roses Mom for UFO 12 for 12; http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UFO12for12/ Mom for Death by Socks: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeathbySocks - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Hankies
Hello to One and All! I've made a quilt for a customer using his Grandmothers hankies. The hankies were displayed as a skirt for a appliquéd lady. I just tacked and/or whipped stitched the hankies to the background fabric. Thereby preserving the lace. Susie Rose - Up in the mountains outside of Las Vegas Prayers, love and hugs go out to all who are in need. http://360.yahoo.com/susierose_89124 My online store: http://www.blujay.com/SusieRose Cold Creek Creations: Custom Clothing, Quilts and a whole lot more! UFO 12 for 12; http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UFO12for12/ Death by Socks: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeathbySocks/ - Original Message - From: "Margot Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ARACHNE" Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 11:29 AM Subject: [lace] Hankies A friend of mine has just inherited 60 hankies and about 20 of them have very beautiful lace and/or embroidery. Does anyone have suggestions about how she could use or display them? (Besides their original purpose, that is :D ) Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Happy N4ew Year!!!
Happy New Year to One and All! I pray that this year you and yours will have a happy and prosperous new year! Susie Rose - Up in the mountains outside of Las Vegas Prayers, love and hugs go out to all who are in need. http://360.yahoo.com/susierose_89124 Cold Creek Creations: Custom Clothing, Quilts and a whole lot more! UFO 12 for 12; http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UFO12for12/ Death by Socks: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeathbySocks - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Plastic Storage and Some Washing Warnings
Hello to One and All! I have made lots of lace pieces for my DD clothing. And yes they do get some wear. She used to wear the "Holly Hobby" dresses. (The long sleeved dress underneath with the jumper over it.) At her request, all of these dresses are going to be recycled into several quilts for her. The dresses with the lace are going to be included in the quilt. One dark blue with white pin dot dress still has the tatting around the colar intact. I'm just going to incorporate the collar into the quilt without cutting it up. AKA Crazy quilts. Susie Rose - Up in the mountains outside of Las Vegas Prayers, love and hugs go out to all who are in need. http://360.yahoo.com/susierose_89124 Cold Creek Creations: Custom Clothing, Quilts and a whole lot more! UFO 12 for 12; http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UFO12for12/ Death by Socks: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeathbySocks - Original Message - From: "Beth Schoenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lace" Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 10:00 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Plastic Storage and Some Washing Warnings Jen, you wrote: Can't but help playing devil's advocate here Does every single item of lace have to become a museum piece? Is that the best, ultimate fate for a piece of lace? What is so inherently wrong in handmade lace being used for that which it was originally intended - ie decoration on a special garment or other item? Yes, some precious things should be looked after to the "nth" degree, and kept in a museum (although they may hardly be looked at, and then only by knowledgable specialists). But lace was made to be used/worn and displayed in all its glory. Nothing lasts for ever, no matter how it's cared for. Yes, take proper care with pieces that are to be kept because of thier historic/sentimental value or exquisite working. But I can't see what's so terrible about using handmade lace on a garment, even if it is old and may have been treated/used in a manner which might make some people shudder. Please, I'm not having a go at anyone, just wanted to mention a different viewpoint. Happy New Year's Eve Eve! Jen in Melbourne, Australia (hot and sunny, forecast temp for tomorrow 42 degs celcius (I think that's about 108 deg F) & I don't have aircon!) Hi, Jen, You're absolutely right. Every last bit we make should /*not*/ be considered precious, heirloom, and/or museum-quality. Some laces are made just for fun. How valuable a piece is supposed to be is one of the decisions we all make when we start a piece of lace, or acquire one (whether we think all that much about it, or glide over it quickly :-D ). There's no reason any lace-maker shouldn't visualize a finite life for his/her work -- gods know, there are plenty of worse ways to "kill" time! The problem I have is that too much heartbreaking-ly misguided cleaning and preservation information is recommended without any real scientific basis for the recommendations. Some of this advice even claims to be up to museum standards. Ordinary people, who have no reason to know what the latest conservation information really is, are being mis-led and cheated into destroying the laces they are trying to conserve (for themselves or their families/heirs). Look at lots of the advice given to non-textile-specialists. These folks without background will follow the advice as stated, believing the writers of the magazine article/book/internet essay are the experts they appear to be. With the best of intentions, and /*thinking they've done their research*/, the owners end up with yellow, brown, or shredded textiles way before they and their families want to, sometimes well within living memory of the days when the lace was new. But the advisers never "scale" the advice they're giving to the value of the objects they're discussing (in terms of worthiness or desirable degree of preservation). It's not surprising, really, when they don't even check the base scientific accuracy of their stated opinions. There is good science out there, why can't these advisers use it? You'd think museum folks kept all their information top-secret or something. (Hi, Devon!) :-D Easier but less-preservative kinds of cleaning and storage are perfectly appropriate for many of the things we make (I think of the Christmas card exchange pieces, which, lovely as they are, usually take little time to make and are probably all stored in and with paper, foil, stickers with plastic and glue, etc. -- feel free to correct me if I've got this one wrong). We're all grown-ups here, we get to decide these things for ourselves, don't we? But then, /*we*/ all know about good, bad, and terrible lace care. Not to mention, where to go to find out more, when we need to. :-D Bottom line is, as you feel it
[lace] Girl Scouts & Bobbins
Hello to One and All! I made some real cheap lace bobbins when I didn't have enough for a project. I also gave some out to some lace students when they needed more bobbins than what they purchased. The are made wth lollypop sticks and pony beads. The sticks are 4 inches/10 centimeters long. I use craft glue to glue the beads onto the sticks. My arrangement of the beads are like this: 00 Eight beads glued at the bottom of the stick & 2 glued at the top. If you don't use enough on the beads on the ends they may sometimes pop off. Easy repair - more glue. Susie Rose - Up in the mountains outside of Las Vegas Prayers, love and hugs go out to all who are in need. http://360.yahoo.com/susierose_89124 Cold Creek Creations: Custom Clothing, Quilts and a whole lot more! UFO 12 for 12; http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UFO12for12/ Death by Socks: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeathbySocks - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Gut Yule!!!
Greetings to One and All! Happy Holidays to Everyone! May the peace and joy of the season be with you and your's throughout the entire year. Susie Rose - Up in the Mountains - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
