[lace] IOLI Convention
The IOLI convention is so much larger than other lace events that it poses a problem. On the one hand people are saying that an educational facility would afford more classroom space, which would certainly be a positive. But, the thing that is always the biggest challenge, it seems, is that you have between 125-300 people, largely older people, some disabled, each laden with bags, and frequently wheeled conveyances, attempting to board elevators at exactly the same time, at least four times a day. The events are spaced often with only about 15 minutes between them and it is quite a challenge to get to the room to drop off and pick up equipment in these intervals even with most people staying in the same building as the classrooms. I don't know about other college campuses, but at the one I went to, it was about a 15 minute walk back to the dormitories from the classrooms and I never tried to do it with a wheeled bag. The college I went to had about 125 people per dormitory, so you would need two to three dormitories. The dormitories each had a single meeting room, but none would have a bunch of classrooms right there. But, I confess, I am not really familiar with other campuses. Devon - 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] IOLI Convention
Hello, I am going to convention this year because it is being held 45 min from my home and I'll likely take the local train. I saved up my mad money for a year to just cover the registration costs and it still ended up being more than I thought. If I had travel expenses on top of hotel than I couldn't go. This is the first con of any kind that I've payed more than $150 for registration/classes. I've worked on Con committees before so I know they can be expensive, but I was kind of sticker shocked when I wrote the check. My one disappointment is that for the cost I can only take two classes. It was VERY frustrating to me that I couldn't take 3 or 4 classes. I guess I'm used to the other cons where you can take a dozen classes over the weeks time. with minimal extra expense. I was also a little frustrated about being required to pay for banquets. I don't think I'll even be able to go to them. Yes, for those staying in the hotel it's great, but like the Sunday night dinner...I wish I could have opted out. As it is It's going to be a tough week for my family with me gone so much. The time of year is BAD - right as school is starting (and daughter's birthday). Honestly I'll probably never attend again...It is just too much money for two classes and the time of year. *** I would not go on a cruse con even if the cost was lower. I abhor cruse ships. My sister was an entertainment director on a number of cruse ships for several different lines and the stories she tellsNO, I will never set foot on a cruse. As always, Robin -- Never, ever, let anyone tell you what you can and can't do. Prove the cynics wrong. Pity them for they have no imagination. The sky's the limit. *Your* sky. *Your *limit. Now, let's dance. *~Tom Hiddleston* - 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] IOLI Convention
What would be an example of a Con that costs $150 or less and where you could take a dozen classes? What kind of classes would they be? How long would each class be? Devon - 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] IOLI Convention
A half-serious thought: Perhaps a campground for lacemakers? One very big lace-in in a field in summer with the classes in the airy tents used for summer craft fairs and heritage events. Hmm, Lacestock... (with nice facilities). It seems there is a compromise whatever the venue for a major lace event? On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 8:28 AM, dmt11h...@aol.com wrote: What would be an example of a Con that costs $150 or less and where you could take a dozen classes? What kind of classes would they be? How long would each class be? -- Bev who solved a problem with a Binche pattern and is moving forward with it, 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 arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
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Yes, I In a message dated 4/22/2013 12:18:19 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, welshw...@gmail.com writes: Many SciFi/Fantasy Conventions are much less than $150, and have the programming (classes) as part of the entrance fee. Now, there are a few differences though: * Most of the programming (at least at the Cons I've gone to) is one hour slots, either panels (4 or 5 people talking about a subject, interacting with the audience) OR an Author reading his/her novel. There are very few hands on how to workshops, and when there are, they are usually two hours at the most. * As I understand it (since I've never been on a committee that runs a Con), most of the presenters don't have to be paid for their appearances. Of course, the !Big! !Name! draws are comepensated with a stipend, but that's only usually 2-4 people. The other people (the ones who are presenting in a panel or reading their books) may get their rooms and entrance, but don't also receive any money. * There are some SciFi/Fantasy style Cons that are now charging on a tier level. Tier 1 gets you in the door and into the vendor room, and a few panels with people who only have a local following. Tier 2 gets you all of Tier 1, and into some of the panels with more well known people, and maybe a book reading from that famous author you love. Tier 3 gets you Tiers 1 and 2, as well as into the panels and presentations with the !Big! !Name! people you'd go all fangl about (if you fangrrrl, that is). A bunch of the ComicCons are doing this. (Personally, I find that those kind are too expensive for me, and I end up not going, even though local ones are supposed to be good.) The main difference,of course, is that the SciFi/Fantasy Cons are not set up to give intensive, hands on workshops. While they do impart knowledge, they aren't showing 10 or 15 people (or whatever the class limit is) how to make a pillow, how to prep a patterns, how to make the pad (for needle lace). While the larger ones do rent all of the conference rooms in a hotel for the weekend, they also don't need 20 classrooms each day. For a good example of a Con I go to regularly, that costs well under $150 for the Con (hotel and food extra though), check out Mile Hi Con in Denver, CO. (http://www.milehicon.org/Default.aspx) As it's 6 months out, they don't have the programming finalized yet, but this gives an idea. Basically, you can be busy from 8 in the morning until 10pm or later with different programming if you want at this con, all for $40-$46 per person for the whole weekend. Bronwen, who isn't a promoter or on the committee for MHC, but who attends as often as funds and her husband's work schedule allows. On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 9:28 AM, _Dmt11home@aol.com_ (mailto:dmt11h...@aol.com) wrote: What would be an example of a Con that costs $150 or less and where you could take a dozen classes? What kind of classes would they be? How long would each class be? Devon - To unsubscribe send email to _majordomo@arachne.com_ (mailto:majord...@arachne.com) containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to _arachne.moderator@gmail.com_ (mailto:arachne.modera...@gmail.com) . Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ -- Per pale argent and purpure, two phoenixes counterchanged sable and argent each rising from flames proper. It is sometimes the most fragile things that have the power to endure and become sources of strength. - May Sarton Only a life lived in the service to others is worth living.- Albert Einstein Out of clutter, find Simplicity. From discord, find Harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. - Albert Einstein And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. - Anais Nin Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. - Henry David Thoreau - 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] IOLI convention
One more quick note: And schools are planned with youngsters without walkers or canes Yes, and also, when they built the college or school people were generally smaller. I have attended conferences (Not IOLI) where quite a few people had trouble getting into the shower stall, let alone showering in it. In general, it's not the registration fee that keeps me from coming to a conference. It's that typically I can afford either a large travel cost or a large hotel cost but not both. I know the conference organizers work hard to keep costs down but they can't help where I live! Adele North Vancouver, BC - 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/
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Hi Bronwen, I think that you're comparing apples to oranges here. At a lacemaking convention, people are paying experts to travel (many from Europe), stay at the hotel and have their convention costs covered, as well as a teaching stipend. The best and most sought-after teachers devote their careers to designing and teaching, and do not do that for free. On the other hand, at Sci-Fi cons, it's a great deal more like a trade show where speakers are sharing information, but also selling something. They are eager to do this because it furthers whatever it is they are promoting. Most times these speakers are being paid to be there by the company for whom they work. So I don't think you're ever going to see a lacemaking convention that is $150, all inclusive. Clay Sent from my iPad On Apr 22, 2013, at 12:18 PM, Bronwen of Hindscroft welshw...@gmail.com wrote: Many SciFi/Fantasy Conventions are much less than $150, and have the programming (classes) as part of the entrance fee. Now, there are a few differences - 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] IOLI convention/Cons?
Oops, sorry about the previous accidental post. I had been wondering if we were comparing the IOLI Convention with an event like Comic Con in San Diego that draws 130,000 people to it and has a regional economic impact of $162.8 million. I have never been to one of these, but it seems as though it is something that is largely supported by vendors, principally the gaming, movie, and other entertainment industries. While it is fun to see your favorite author reading, isn't he really there to enhance the sales of his books? So, he may be willing to appear for only the costs of his room because he feels that it is good advertising that will eventually pay him back in book sales. It would appear that Comic Con is an event where advertisers are eager to participate and provide entertainment in order to make contact with a huge consumer public which they believe will generate a large profit down the line. Unfortunately, the IOLI Convention is just the opposite. It exists because there is no commercial organization interested in providing lace classes to those who want them. Instead, our group of roughly 1300 people has to band together to provide them to ourselves, pooling our resources and efforts to bring teachers from various different countries that we might not otherwise get to see. We set the prices at a level that is pretty much break even because we see it as a service to the members, not a profit making endeavor. Certainly the way our convention is organized now, one takes few, but long classes. I always try to take a 24 hour or longer class, because the process is so slow that you don't get very far in 12 hours. I can see that for someone who is deciding how to spend their entertainment dollar, a con would seem like better value. Undoubtedly they are a lot of fun and there is a lot of creativity by the participants. Is there anything about these cons that we could learn that would improve our Conventions? I can't imagine any deep pocket advertiser who would want to make contact with us, but maybe I am lacking in imagination. The IOLI convention has short presentations. The banquets and luncheons are frequently presentations such as lace slide shows or other lace based entertainments that happen to have some food at them, not events where the dining is the primary pleasure. There are also other such short presentations such as the teacher showcase, sometimes evening lectures and performances. Last year there were so many evening lectures that they had to be held one after the other. There was one on the Sybil Carter mission lace, there was one about Swedish Freehand lace that included dressing a bride, and there was one about contemporary lace that included slides from the Love Lace exhibit in Australia. All were fascinating, and these presentations were among those things you got in return for the registration fee. But would a convention that was entirely short presentations be satisfying? I almost wonder if the use of the term convention is starting to be a liability and perhaps it would be better called a mini-university, or retreat. To put us on a plane where people are comparing us to a huge commercial con is obviously not a good thing. For those who have been to these Cons, is there anything that they do that we could do to improve our convention? Devon - 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] IOLI Convention
Clay: I completely understand, and put that in my email. The questions were, What would be an example of a Con that costs $150 or less and where you could take a dozen classes? What kind of classes would they be? How long would each class be? Yes, I know this is a lace list, but there are many Conventions out there, which do educate on some level. Even what you call the trade show style (though I'd quibble with that assessment, but it's not important, really) informs and exchanges information. My starred points, however, showed a difference in what the IOLI convention is and what the SciFi/Fantasy Cons are. I even stated The main difference, of course, is that the SciFi/Fantasy Cons are not set up to give intensive, hands on workshops. While they do impart knowledge, they aren't showing 10 or 15 people (or whatever the class limit is) how to make a pillow, how to prep a patterns, how to make the pad (for needle lace). I was just answering the question as I read it, not inferring that the person asking was just wanting to know about Lace Cons. Also, I want to make it clear -- since it seems I didn't in my last email -- that I'm NOT saying I think teachers shouldn't be paid for giving their classes! I was just trying to show how Cons in other genres can keep the costs down, and also showed a version where the ones who brought in big name celebrities could afford to pay the celebrities. If we don't think it's wrong to pay to see our favorite actor/author/whatever, then how much more is it RIGHT to pay people who are experts in their art, not only travel money but also a good fee to teach something we want to learn? Bronwen, who's obviously not had enough caffeine this morning if I couldn't convey that last, most important bit, clearly On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Clay Blackwell clayblackw...@comcast.netwrote: Hi Bronwen, I think that you're comparing apples to oranges here. At a lacemaking convention, people are paying experts to travel (many from Europe), stay at the hotel and have their convention costs covered, as well as a teaching stipend. The best and most sought-after teachers devote their careers to designing and teaching, and do not do that for free. Clay -- It is sometimes the most fragile things that have the power to endure and become sources of strength. - May Sarton - 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] IOLI Convention
Beg to differ, Clay. Most of the panelists at SF/F cons are not being paid to be there by anyone. They are self-employed authors, for the most part. Possibly, for the larger conventions, editors might be reimbursed by their publishers for attending, given the contacts they make with authors and potential authors. World Con, where the Hugo Awards are presented, has a fair publisher presence, for networking with authors and some contact with rank and file fans. But most conventions draw upon regional authors and publishing industry contacts, and educated fans, with their not being reimbursed by anyone; the writer, artist, and any other Guests of Honor will have their travel expenses comped and their room/meals comped. Where we get into apples and oranges from a legit perspective is that SC/F conventions have much greater attendance, and thus the expenses of the con are spread out through a much larger group of people. Orycon, which takes place in Portland, OR, costs $65.00 at the door; the earlier you buy your membership, of course, the lower the price, down to $25.00 if you bought at the prior year's convention. Orycon has an attendance of several thousand people, for a three day convention. This year is Orycon 35, it's been around for a while. Norwescon, held in the Seatle/Tacoma area, is slightly spendier, with pre-reg starting at $50.00 and increasing from there. Norwescon 37 is next year, so it's a couple of years older than Orycon. That's the fan run conventions, by fans for fans. Then you have the major media conventions, where for profit companies such as Creation Entertainment hire actors and other celebrities to attend, which cost rather more and serve a very different clientele. These are the big Star Trek cons, Xena, Stargate, Dr. Who, and various other television SF/F programs. Much more Cult of Personality. Yours, John Mead, who use to help put on Orycon, back in the day. On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Clay Blackwell clayblackw...@comcast.netwrote: Hi Bronwen, I think that you're comparing apples to oranges here. At a lacemaking convention, people are paying experts to travel (many from Europe), stay at the hotel and have their convention costs covered, as well as a teaching stipend. The best and most sought-after teachers devote their careers to designing and teaching, and do not do that for free. On the other hand, at Sci-Fi cons, it's a great deal more like a trade show where speakers are sharing information, but also selling something. They are eager to do this because it furthers whatever it is they are promoting. Most times these speakers are being paid to be there by the company for whom they work. So I don't think you're ever going to see a lacemaking convention that is $150, all inclusive. Clay Sent from my iPad On Apr 22, 2013, at 12:18 PM, Bronwen of Hindscroft welshw...@gmail.com wrote: Many SciFi/Fantasy Conventions are much less than $150, and have the programming (classes) as part of the entrance fee. Now, there are a few differences - 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/
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Hello, While I was thinking of those kinds (like NewYork ComCon or SanDeago ComCon) I was also thinking of writers retreats and literary conferences I've been too/worked on. GenCon and Life the Universe and Everything are the ones that come to mind. I really didn't mean to start such a negative vibe I was just trying to say that for me I can't afford the cost to make convention an every year thing. I would correct that the SF/F Cons are like trade shows. They are not; con committees seek out and pay to have guests come. I have worked on a number that have pulled in major talents in their field - authors and artist - who dp do long workshops with new talent and they DO charge fees for their time. The convention pays all their cost plus a stipend. However, the costs were often covered by sponsorship that the conventions were able to get - ie all the advertisers. I've never worked with a talent who was brought in by a company. We booked them and found the money to pay them. IOLI does not have sponsors so I understand that the costs must be passed on. That is the reality - lace isn't as big a world as comics/fantasy. But the reality also is that many who would like to attend (even locals) just can't when it's $500+ before even taking in travel/lodging cost. *shrug* thems the breaks. Robin -- Never, ever, let anyone tell you what you can and can't do. Prove the cynics wrong. Pity them for they have no imagination. The sky's the limit. *Your* sky. *Your *limit. Now, let's dance. *~Tom Hiddleston* - 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] IOLI Convention
Thanks to Bronwen for explaining the other cons. They may be as apples to oranges, but people actually are comparing the cost of a Comic Con to our convention. The previous poster is not the first that I have heard express this thought. As John points out, the attendance at such an event is much greater. A reading or panel discussion can be done in front of an auditorium full of people. A bobbin lace class with a hundred people would be a problem. I wonder if we are failing to properly describe our conventions. We rarely include the information about the short presentations in our registration materials. I realized in my previous post that I had forgotten to mention that meals like the Sunday dinner may seem to be an avoidable expenditure, but they provide an opportunity to run through changes in the schedule, various hotel policies and other announcements with hopefully the entire group present. People who are planning to miss the meals covered in the registration may find they have missed important information. I recall at the Colorado convention they kept re-iterating the need to drink lots of water and remain hydrated. I think they achieved their goal of not having a single person pass out due to altitude adjustment problems. Devon - 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/
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So, as luck would have it, while thinking about this, I found a reference to a QuiltCon that will be happening soon, while I was reading my feed on Facebook. http://www.quiltcon.com/conference/pricing-policies-and-rules/ Here is how they seem to have worked out paying the instructors as well as keeping the Con affordable for those who don't have a lot of money: *Admission Costs*: Lecture pass: grants admission to the lecture hall Show pass: grants admission to the vender hall and quilt show Workshops: purchased a la carte * Lecture Passes:* - Four-Day Lecture Pass $199 includes a four-day show pass - Thursday, February 21 Lecture Pass $50 includes a day show pass - Friday, February 22 Lecture Pass $90 includes a day show pass - Saturday, February 23 Lecture Pass $90 includes a day show pass - Sunday, February 24 Lecture Pass $50 includes a day show pass *Workshops:* - Full-day Workshop $150 includes a day show pass - Half-day Workshop $75 includes a day show pass *Show Passes:* - Four-day Show Pass $30 - Day Show Pass $10 *Spend $179 or more and get a free 4-day show pass.* *Spend $399 or more and get a free 4-day show pass and a goodie bag.* I don't know how well this works, but it does go along with the Tier levels I mentioned some SciFi Cons doing in a different email. As an art convention, this shows a way to be able to pay the teachers, while still making it semi-affordable for the person who can't raise $500 plus travel expenses, food, and lodging for a few days. Bronwen -- It is sometimes the most fragile things that have the power to endure and become sources of strength. - May Sarton - 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] IOLI Convention
Another thought: At the one and only convention I've attended, a highlight for me was the IOLI AGM. I really found the proceedings interesting. It might not be the most popular part of the entire convention, but isn't it a priority of the event? The options, especially classes, would make it more attractive to attend, if one had the means. On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 11:01 AM, dmt11h...@aol.com wrote: I wonder if we are failing to properly describe our conventions. We rarely include the information about the short presentations in our registration materials. -- 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 arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] IOLI Convention-Quilt con
This is quite interesting, since it is a comparable group. I do note that they have sponsors including some sewing machine, thread and fabric companies. They are encouraged to extend their reach to this emerging market of quilters. Their Four Day lecture pass $199 (no goodie bag) is comparable in price to our basic registration of $190 for seven days which includes three meals, a convention bag, pin, and name tag as well as vendor access and access to all lectures and events. Their classes, none of which exceed one day in length cost $25 an hour, compared to $15 an hour for ours. Unlike our convention, you actually could attend lectures and panel discussions all day and forgo workshops. The price seems to be set so that going for one day of weekend lectures costs roughly half of what going for all four days costs. Like our convention the workshops are a la carte. If you took 12 hours of instruction it would cost $300 to our $180. Despite the sponsorship, in every case the per unit cost is greater at Quiltcon. The difference seems to be the divisibility of the experience. You could go for one day and attend lectures all day for $90. You could book a full day (6 hour) workshop for $150, which would include a day pass to the vendors. (It is not clear whether there would be any additional charge as a registration.) At our convention, as Karen points out, you have to stay for 5 days to complete a single 12 hour class. Devon - 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] IOLI convention
campground: mosquitoes, thunderstorms, tornados, 105 degree F heatwave... Lorelei - 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/
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Doable with the right equipment. Never a tornado. Well, OK, a warning in Kansas, Dorothy's home, but we went into my cousin's house, then to her basement, which was what she did, too. Heatwave was over by the evening. Mosquitoes are nothing, even in Maine. Screened porch to the tent. Thunderstorms, yes, but I am no wimp, and the tent is waterproof. If it gets too bad, you can always sleep in the car. And, I have good equipment. 4 weeks camping in France seeing lace places in 2007. Solo. Wonderful. French wine or cider every evening, and a budget that enabled the 4 weeks. With rental car and daily restaurants. In France, when it got too cold, it was June, stayed in a hotel. No bedbugs, my own equipment. Coffee made my way. Breakfast the way I want it. Money for books, or restaurant. No stale air from no ventilation. No need for air conditioning. By day, busy at IOLI Convention, peace and quiet after dinner. OK, not enough light to make lace far into the night. Always a comfortable bed, as I bring my own. Money for books. Yes, the bathroom is shared, but they're clean. Works for me. Works for others, but certainly not for all. I am NOT suggesting Lace Days at the campground. lrb -Original Message- From: Lorelei Halley Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 4:44 PM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] IOLI convention campground: mosquitoes, thunderstorms, tornados, 105 degree F heatwave... Lorelei - 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/
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Lyn I'm all for camping. My family did it when I was a teenager, and I enjoyed it. But camping and lacemaking out of doors sounds like a really bad idea. You may hit a 5 day stretch of good weather. But I spent about 8 years doing outdoor craft shows every summer. When bad weather hits you have a disaster of major proportions. It is not physical discomfort to the person at issue. It is destruction to one's equipment caused by wind which is the worst. Or rain soaking into the pillow. Or a thunderstorm so intense that the tent pegs come loose from the ground and the whole tent or canopy collapses, with attendant damage to books, pillow, prickings, metal tools which get wet and rust. This happened to the family tent one year. We spent the night in the car. Bad weather was due to continue. So we left. At home, drying out the tent and all the sleeping mats and such was a nightmare because summers are so humid. At the craft show high winds took the entire canopy down. At another, heavy rain leaked inside my glass display cases and ruined the velvet pads. Lorelei - 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] IOLI convention
Dear Lorelei, We got our wires crossed. I was referring to camping for accommodation, not for the full convention. Under no circumstances do I think the IOLI convention should be held out doors. Too much could go wrong. Fine for some for accomodation, not fine for any other aspect of IOLI. While I highly doubt that the very few who would camp would affect the break even point of the convention, roomwise, it might enable some to actually attend, because the cost would make the thing more doable. I mention it as an alternative, not as the main method of accommodation. I am presently planning on camping near the Maryland Sheep and Wool because I am taking a class on Friday, the day before the main event, making a 3 hour trip each way impossible. It's the first weekend in May, putting it in Camping Season, and so I have reservations in a state park where evidently a number of other attendees will be. On the other hand, I cannot convince anyone else I know, with the possible exception of DD to join me. And as far as I know I do not snore. Go figure. lrb Lorelei wrote: But I spent about 8 years doing outdoor craft shows every summer. When bad weather hits you have a disaster of major proportions. It is not physical discomfort to the person at issue. It is destruction to one's equipment caused by wind which is the worst. - 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] IOLI Convention- answers for John
- Original Message - From: John Mead johnbobm...@gmail.com I guess what I'm wondering is if IOLI has any type of regional rotation on where the convention occurs? ... Are there areas that just will never have a chance to see IOLI unless they travel mega miles? I'd guess the upper mountain states are on their own, but is Minneapolis possible?... How bad is it, in regard to certain areas never being within daytrip range of IOLI? What is the average attendance? I'm hearing the figures of 12 and 24 hours for classes, which I'm presuming are spread out over several days, because I'm not up to 12 hour days any longer, and I'm only 52, so how many hours/day are we looking at? Do people sign up for multiple classes, or just one? And are there smaller, regional conventions? What's the break even point, in regard to attendance staying at the venue? And the accessibility needs?. -- IOLI depends on a group hosting the conference... finding a location, planning the activities and classes, etc. Groups that wish to host apply to the board or a conference committee (I forget which). The board(?) then selects the location. They like to vary the area from north to south, east to west to middle, etc, but are limited on which groups are applying. They do a fairly good job of rotating the areas within this limitation. Occasionally two years in a row are on the same coast but not often. Los Angeles was 2009, Portland was 2010, Minneapolis 2011, somewhere on the far East coast in 2012, and Salt Lake City this year. Next year is Sacramento. I would guess that 2015 will be on the east side of the USA but I don't think it's been announced. Areas that don't have an active group will not see a conference in their city so there could be lacemakers who always have to travel a distance to attend. In the past, there have been conferences in San Diego, Puerto Rico, Calgary, Costa Mesa. Seattle, Tulsa, Denver, Chicago you can see that they are spread all over. As I mentioned before, attendance varies from 125 to 300. It's hard to predict. Classes are usually Mon, Tue, Thur Fri either 3 hours or 6 hours each day. Wednesday is usually a rest day from class trips, shopping, special short classes, lectures, etc. Sometimes a particularly difficult class series will go all 5 days of the week for 30 hours of class. A person can choose how many hours a day they want to spend in class. I usually suggest to lesser experienced lacemakers to take only one class and spend the other half day making progress on their lace. If they really want to take two different classes, make them very different... like one bobbin lace and one tatting or knitting or lace finishing. Yes, there are regional conferences at times. There's a yearly on in New York in early October, I think. Clay has sponsored the Sweet Briar Retreat week in Virginia for several years now. (I got to go twice.) The Northwest groups have a regional conference every five years or so... whenever one of the groups decides to host one. (Next one is in 2015.) Costa Mesa has a February Winter Retreat (been there twice, also). I read about retreats by the Heartland Lace Guild, and sometimes other groups. A group just has to decide to do one, book a location and a teacher... and go for it. Usually at the regional and smaller retreats, a person takes only one class and spends 6+ hours a day on it. The break-even point on a conference can vary with the venue. A teacher is needed for each 10-12 students. A small workshop of 40 people would have 4 teachers. A large conference of 300 would need about 28 teachers. Teachers have to be booked for the maximum students possible, and then reduce the number of teachers to reflect the actual attendance. The teacher's contract reflects this possibility, and the teachers don't buy their plane tickets until their class has been assured. Generally the classes will pay for themselves. The student fees will cover the teacher expenses. The snag with large hotels is the guaranteed minimum fee they charge to reserve the tentative needed rooms. The hotel contract usually needs signing by January, but the reservations don't come in until February. It can be really scary for the person whose credit card was used... but now IOLI itself assures that fee, so the host group is not facing the debt if attendance is low. Hotels often have a required number of bedrooms to be rented to let the group have meeting rooms at low or no cost. If the number of people staying at the hotel falls below that minimum, then classroom rental fees may be in effect. If a large proportion of attendees stay somewhere else, it can really affect the cost to the host group. That's why you often see an extra fee for a non-resident attendee. A similar thing is often true about the food service catered to the group. Hotels may require a
Re: [lace] IOLI Convention (Karen's questions)
Karen Thompson karenhthomp...@gmail.com wrote: Should the tour day be kept in the middle of the week where it requires extra nights and meals whether you want to participate in a tour or not? Many of us use Wednesday to catch up on 'homework' so we're ready to go farther at the next day's classes. Recent conventions have also had Wednesday mini-classes that are fun and interesting. This gives us a break from our other classes and provides four options (tours, mini- classes, homework, or just relaxing) for attendees. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com Parvum leve mentes capiunt (Little things amuse little minds) - 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] Lace: IOLI Convention
I am curious what other lace makers think about the IOLI Convention format since the enrollment seems to be down this year. What could the reason be? Is it too long to have a full week? and therefore too expensive both in terms of days off and hotel and meal expenses? Or why do you think? Karen in Washington, DC on a beautiful sunny day - 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: IOLI Convention
Hi Karen, I like having a full week devoted to lacemaking, and I don't mind traveling a ways. But what I definitely do not like is convention hotels with expensive rooms, expensive and crowded restaurants, crowded elevators, and makeshift classrooms in guest rooms. Maybe the next convention host could book us all on a cruise ship! It wouldn't cost any more, and might be a huge draw... Not to mention the publicity it would give to lacemaking! Clay Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA, USA Sent from my iPad On Apr 21, 2013, at 2:26 PM, Karen Thompson karenhthomp...@gmail.com wrote: I am curious what other lace makers think about the IOLI Convention format since the enrollment seems to be down this year. What could the reason be? Is it too long to have a full week? and therefore too expensive both in terms of days off and hotel and meal expenses? Or why do you think? - 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: IOLI Convention
I like the idea of a lace cruise - knitters, quilters and embroiderers already have them, why not lacemakers? Sue Babbs Please note I am stopping using sueba...@comcast.net, and switching my email to suebabbs...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: Clay Blackwell Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 2:04 PM To: Karen Thompson Cc: Arachne Subject: Re: [lace] Lace: IOLI Convention Maybe the next convention host could book us all on a cruise ship! It wouldn't cost any more, and might be a huge draw... Not to mention the publicity it would give to lacemaking! Clay - 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: IOLI Convention
I do not have any complaint about the convention being a week long. The only reason I am not able to attend is the expense of flying, hotel and meals. If the convention were within driving distance I would probably be able to manage the other expenses. Liz R Raleigh, NC Karen Thompson karenhthomp...@gmail.com wrote: I am curious what other lace makers think about the IOLI Convention format - 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] IOLI Convention display question answered!
Thank you to all who responded about my questions regarding the display area at the IOLI Convention. As I tell my students (I am a middle school math teacher), when all else fails, read the directions. :-) As was pointed out, on the first page of Convention info in The Bulletin was the person to contact about displaying lace. I have been in contact with her and am looking forward to bring a couple of pieces with me to share. I cannot wait to see all that will be displayed. Many thanks, Arlene in NJ - 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] IOLI convention displays?
Hello, all - I've been reading messages on this list for quite some time, but I'm pretty sure this is the first time I've posted. I've been making bobbin lace for a number of years, but this is my first time attending the IOLI convention, coming up in just a week in Bethesda, MD. I have a question about the display room. Do people bring lace to put on display and share with others? Or is it just for those entering the competition and the teacher's showcase? I can't find anything about this on the Convention website and a few internet searches have brought up pictures of previous Conventions where it seems that there is more on display than the competition entries and teachers' work, but I'm really not sure. Perhaps you need to be invited to display something? It just occurred to me this morning that I have a couple of nice lace pieces framed and it might be nice to share them with other lacemakers out there...but only if this what is done. The fact that it is NOT posted/published that you should bring things to share leaves me feeling a little unsure. Any info would be greatly appreciated for this convention newbie! thanks, arlene in NJ (who is looking forward to her lace adventure in a week!) - 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] IOLI convention displays?
On the first page of the convention material in the Bulletin, Winter 2011, there is a place where it says, to display lace, contact Sheila-Llyn Van Nederveen at _display2011@juno.com_ (mailto:display2...@juno.com) . I have displayed lace in the past, and as I recall, you have to tell them what you are bringing, its size and often you must assign a value for insurance purposes. It is important, I think, to tell them in advance because they need the sizes of the pieces in order to arrange how the tables will be laid out. People often display pieces they have made, and also antique pieces. Devon In a message dated 7/24/2011 11:27:40 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, abcohen1...@yahoo.com writes: Hello, all - I've been reading messages on this list for quite some time, but I'm pretty sure this is the first time I've posted. I've been making bobbin lace for a number of years, but this is my first time attending the IOLI convention, coming up in just a week in Bethesda, MD. I have a question about the display room. Do people bring lace to put on display and share with others? Or is it just for those entering the competition and the teacher's showcase? I can't find anything about this on the Convention website and a few internet searches have brought up pictures of previous Conventions where it seems that there is more on display than the competition entries and teachers' work, but I'm really not sure. Perhaps you need to be invited to display something? It just occurred to me this morning that I have a couple of nice lace pieces framed and it might be nice to share them with other lacemakers out there...but only if this what is done. The fact that it is NOT posted/published that you should bring things to share leaves me feeling a little unsure. Any info would be greatly appreciated for this convention newbie! thanks, arlene in NJ (who is looking forward to her lace adventure in a week!) - 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] IOLI Convention Lunch
Yes, you are included in the 27, but I was referring to the fact that the hosts do not have any Arachne attending the lunch. If they had, they could have organised anything we might want, such as our free raffle. That was all. Sorry if I panicked anyone. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org From: dmt11h...@aol.com dmt11h...@aol.com To: jbl...@sbcglobal.net; lace@arachne.com Sent: Thu, July 21, 2011 4:18:13 PM Subject: Re: [lace] IOLI Convention Lunch I don't understand this because I signed up for the Arachne lunch and paid for it, and my confirmation says that I am signed up for it. Devon In a message dated 7/21/2011 4:28:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jbl...@sbcglobal.net writes: Hi, Iunderstand from the Bethesda hosts that they do not have any Arachne members attending the luncheon this year. I think a group of about 27Arachne will be getting together, so if we are doing anything such as animpromptu free raffle we will have to organise it ourselves. I havea sparkly number to add to the prizes. Janice JaniceBlair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois,USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org - Tounsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing theline: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, writeto arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photosite: 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
[lace] IOLI Convention Lunch
Hi, I understand from the Bethesda hosts that they do not have any Arachne members attending the luncheon this year. I think a group of about 27 Arachne will be getting together, so if we are doing anything such as an impromptu free raffle we will have to organise it ourselves. I have a sparkly number to add to the prizes. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org - 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] IOLI Convention Lunch
I don't understand this because I signed up for the Arachne lunch and paid for it, and my confirmation says that I am signed up for it. Devon In a message dated 7/21/2011 4:28:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jbl...@sbcglobal.net writes: Hi, I understand from the Bethesda hosts that they do not have any Arachne members attending the luncheon this year. I think a group of about 27 Arachne will be getting together, so if we are doing anything such as an impromptu free raffle we will have to organise it ourselves. I have a sparkly number to add to the prizes. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org - 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] IOLI Convention Lunch
Oops. I misread Janice's message. I guess it means that there are no members of the hosting group attending the Arachne lunch, not that there are no members of Arachne attending. Sorry. Devon In a message dated 7/21/2011 5:19:06 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, dmt11h...@aol.com writes: I don't understand this because I signed up for the Arachne lunch and paid for it, and my confirmation says that I am signed up for it. Devon In a message dated 7/21/2011 4:28:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jbl...@sbcglobal.net writes: Hi, I understand from the Bethesda hosts that they do not have any Arachne members attending the luncheon this year. I think a group of about 27 Arachne will be getting together, so if we are doing anything such as an impromptu free raffle we will have to organise it ourselves. I have a sparkly number to add to the prizes. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org - 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 - 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] IOLI Convention
My daughter and I went to the convention this year in Portland. We want to thank the people who did the convention. Everything was very well done including the classes and tours. The hotel staff were super nice and the river view was beautiful and peaceful. You thought of every thing including having pillows we could buy. I know there were some unplanned things but you handled it very well and kept the convention going. I know you probably do not want to hear this until you have recovered but we hope you will do the convention again at the same hotel. Thank you, Carol Lori - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] IOLI convention
We are back home at last, after nearly 3 weeks in USA. The first week was at Convention in Portland, and I thoroughly enjoyed every moment. Congratulations to the Portland Lace Group who hosted the event. Also a big Thank You to everyone I met there for their friendship. My husband was made welcome as well, and we had some enjoyable meals with previously unknown lacemakers, (I cannot use the word strangers, though!) but we both felt relaxed in their company, as we were welcomed into the group. My 2 classes were Great - I did the beginnings of a Milanese wired flower with Louise Colgan, every morning, and spent the afternoons getting Knotted with Elena Dickson. Both teachers were patient and helpful, and excellent teachers, and I had a Ball !!! I learned so much, - now I must sit down and do some practice with what I learned!! The vendors were wonderful, and the orders I sent by email were waiting for me to pick up. There were so many goodies to tempt us!!! Then it was on up to Seattle for a stay with our daughter Helen Bell, and the family. 5 years since we last saw them, and the Grandchildren have grown somewhat!!! Helen now owns the pillow I purchased which the Hosts so kindly though of - the foam blocks were just the thing for travellers who could not bring pillows with them. One suitcase was opened and checked by Security on the way home - and, strangely,- it was the one with my lacemaking tool kit, and the box of Craft Wires I used in class!!! They must have looked odd when the case was X-Rayed!!! It is nice to be home - but with the bonus of so many happy memories. Now to get over the jet-lag, and get down to some lacemaking!!! Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz lizl...@bigpond.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] IOLI convention - pillow
As Liz mentioned in her email: Helen now owns the pillow I purchased which the Hosts so kindly though of - the foam blocks were just the thing for travellers who could not bring pillows with them. I ordered a $5 piece of builders foam from the hosts at Portland, OR. Great idea for future hosts. Before I left home I cut a 19 circle of foamcore board. I sliced two lines, one on either side about 3 inches in, almost through the board, so that I could fold it to fit into my suitcase. I also cut a 19 piece of wool felt to fit on the top and washed one of my pillow covers so I had something to cover the temporary pillow with. I then lost the circle of felt and never did find it. I took a piece of the remainder with me so I knew I had prepared it. Wonder when and where it will surface. I took a small knife with me and using the board, I cut the builders foam into a circle, and also tried to carve off the edge of the circle to make it more comfortable to use. Bridget Cook was my teacher and commented about the rough edge I had made. She would have used a shureform to make it smoother, which I can do when I take my Brugge lace off it. The intention was to cut the piece to fit one of my block pillows when I got to my daughter's home in Seattle. Instead I just cut off about a 3 inch piece and they both then fit into my suitcase. I have put it back together and the piece is held in place by the pillow cover and I will use it on Sunday when I demonstrate at a local period home in Crystal Lake. They are supplying the costume as mine is the wrong period. I want to thank Portland Lace Society for a well organised convention. The Arachne lunch, although expensive, was worth it. Not sure how many there were of us as I didn't think to count heads, but we had a full room. We all got to win a prize in the raffle. I chose a bobbin roll and I think we all got spider cover cloths. For me, it was a good convention with great classes, great time meeting old friends and to cap it all, my original piece won first prize and popular vote in the contest, and then I won a Lier lace table in the raffle. Good job my husband had arrived at the hotel and was able to transport everything to my daughters so we could ship it home. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org - 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] IOLI convention - pillow
For future reference - some of the hard foams are self-smoothing if you use a scrap of it to burnish the rough surface. Sandpaper will work too or an emery board - the last being in every lacemaker's kit yes? They come in so handy. On 8/13/10, Janice Blair jbl...@sbcglobal.net wrote: commented about the rough edge I had made. She would have used a shureform to make it smoother, which I can do when I take my Brugge lace off it. -- 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
Re: [lace] IOLI convention - pillow
Thanks for the hint. I made enough mess on the bedroom carpet just cutting the foam, can you image if I had used sandpaper. Luckily the maid had not done the room yet. Will try to remember to add an emery board to my kit. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org From: bev walker walker.b...@gmail.com For future reference - some of the hard foams are self-smoothing if you use a scrap of it to burnish the rough surface. Sandpaper will work too or an emery board - the last being in every lacemaker's kit yes? They come in so handy. On 8/13/10, Janice Blair jbl...@sbcglobal.net wrote: commented about the rough edge I had made. She would have used a shureform to make it smoother, which I can do when I take my Brugge lace off it. -- 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
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Try it some time anyway - as well it is usually self-magnetic, so you would run a scrap around to collect the shreddies. Yes put newspaper down first LOL. On , Janice Blair jbl...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Thanks for the hint. I made enough mess on the bedroom carpet just cutting the foam, can you image if I had used sandpaper. Luckily the maid had not done the room yet. Will try to remember to add an emery board to my kit. Janice For future reference - some of the hard foams are self-smoothing if you use a scrap of it to burnish the rough surface. Sandpaper will work too or an emery board - the last being in every lacemaker's kit yes? They come in so handy. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] IOLI Convention
Greetings, I survived helping host the IOLI Convention in Oregon. From my perspective, there was a great group of lacemakers attending. They were from all over the USA, Canada, England, Malaysia, Australia and who knows where else. On Wednesday, we had a visiting lacemaker from New Zealand. We had one lacemaker who was 12, and two were 90+. My main job was the Display Room. MMm.Eye Candy everywhere. The things the current lacemakers make are just gorgeous. Bobbin lace, tatting, needlelace, hardanger, lier, knitted lace, wire lace...that's what I remember at the moment. The 18 entries in the lace contest were so good, and different, that choosing a popular vote item was very difficult. They will be seen and detailed in the next Bulletin. It was marvelous to shop and see all the books and threads 'in person'. West Coast people don't have handy vendors, so this opportunity couldn't be passed up. My pocketbook can attest to how many 'goodies' were available that I just couldn't pass up. I think I spent more in the Sales room than I did for my hotel room. And shopping was often on the fly during a few brief moments when some very generous lacemakers spelled me from Display guard duty. The hotel people commented that we were a quiet group. They would walk the halls and hear nothing. It was hard to believe that there were 300 ladies all in classes. And the waiters and catering help made nice comments on our table decorations. Now I'll let the other attendees give impressions from their viewpoint. Alice in Oregon who very slowly is learning Lier Lace. I actually made about six inches of Lier outline. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] IOLI convention
I will be there, Janice, - and have booked in for the Arachne lunch, - and the other dinners! I have my bobbins wound, and my other class needs ready, too. I am doing Milanese with Louise in the mornings, and Knotted lace with Elena in the afternoons. I am also sorting out my US dollars for some shopping!! I have placed a couple of orders with suppliers, so will have lots of goodies waiting for me to pick up!!! :) I am so organized - so far, --- but I wonder what I will forget to pack when the day comes!!! We leave on Friday - and today is Sunday over here!! - Not that I am counting...!!! Alice, I am sure everything will be Perfect on the day. Regards from Liz in very cold Melbourne, Oz. lizl...@bigpond.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] IOLI convention classes
I got my letter from the Portland IOLI convention Lucky people, I will have to wait another week or more to hear how my luck runs!! Mail takes 7 - 10 days to get here. Anyway, my UK Lace magazine arrived yesterday (Friday), so I still have some of that to read! I have just finished a 2 day demonstration, which is a bit tiring, but the lace caused quite a lot of interest. I had my little travel pillow with me, and I was working on a piece of Early Lace from the Rosemary Shepherd book. It is a spiky edge, like the edge on a ruff, - and it is looking SO nice. I love these Elizabethan laces, but I am working it as Rosemary says, - with only a few pins, so I am finding it a whole new Gee Up to my tensioning, which may have got a bit sloppy over the years! Windmill Crossings without a pin in the middle has caused me to stop and think, - which can't be All bad!!! :) So I have had 2 days of lacemaking (and talking!!), and have enjoyed seeing this new piece of lace gradually come off the pillow as I worked. I have 6 heads finished. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. lizl...@bigpond.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] IOLI convention classes
I got my letter from the Portland IOLI convention. I'm so excited! I've got a full week of fun and interesting classes. Anybody else heard from Portland yet? Robin Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.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] IOLI convention classes
I got mine too! Boy did I schedule a really full week! See you there. Lorri I got my letter from the Portland IOLI convention. I'm so excited! I've got a full week of fun and interesting classes. Anybody else heard from Portland yet? Robin - 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] IOLI convention
Liz...and anyone else who has registered for IOLI this year, The normal time schedule is for the teachers to have notification of whether or not their classes are a 'go' by April 15. Once the classes are determined, then the students should receive their confirmation letters with class info, etc, in early May. Some teachers like to contact their students directly with supply list or other info. Some teachers have the committee send it with the confirmation letters. Sorry, but you'll have to wait a bit longer. Registrations are still coming in. It's going to be a great group of lacemakers. The committee is working very hard on all the details. PS -- Reminder -- The lace contest this year is Cascades of Lace. There's still time to participate. The deadline is July 1. See the IOLI website, and click on the menu item Lace Contest for all details. Alice in Oregon -- Exhibit Chairman and odd jobs. Weather is supposed to be rainy for the next week, and I'm supposed to be getting a new roof soon. Hope they wait till the rain stops. - Original Message When do we hear what classes we have managed to get into for the Portland IOLI convention? Do we get class requirements at the same time? Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz lizl...@bigpond.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] IOLI convention
When do we hear what classes we have managed to get into for the Portland IOLI convention? Do we get class requirements at the same time? I have only been to one convention - as a Teacher, so it was all a bit different! I am so looking forward to the trip, and meeting as many of you as possible while at Portland. Then we go north to Seattle to visit our daughter and family _ Helen in Seattle (formerly Helen in Denver!) So should be a Great trip. I am hoping to meet some of the Lacemakers of Puget Sound too. - One can never get too much lace - making chat, etc!!! :) Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz lizl...@bigpond.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] IOLI convention/Canadian Lace Guild
I think I saw something about the Canadian Lace Guild having at table at convention. Is that this year in LA or next year in Portland at the IOLI convention? Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org - 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] IOLI convention/Canadian Lace Guild
Hello Janice The Canadian Lacemaker Gazette has booked a table in the vendor room for LA this year ;) On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Janice Blair jbl...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I think I saw something about the Canadian Lace Guild having at table at convention. Is that this year in LA or next year in Portland at the IOLI convention? -- 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] IOLI Convention- clarification please
On the registration form in the Bulletin it gives Feb 14 as the beginning day of registration, with all entries before that given equal status to those postmarked Feb. 14, if I am reading this correctly, although another reading might be that Feb. 13 is the date by which the registration must be postmarked to be considered with the first cohort. However on the website, the dates seems to be Feb. 17. Also, on the printed registration form there is reference to more information about the classes and photographs of projects. But I have not been able to find that. I would particularly like to see what Nancy Evan's needlelace necklace looks like and the class in Nature in Lace. Could somebody help me find this expanded version of the class list. All I can find is the same list as is in the Bulletin. Sincerely, Devon **The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. AOL Music takes you there. (http://music.aol.com/grammys?ncid=emlcntusmusi0002) - 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] IOLI convention
I got my notification today! I'm in Anny's Binche class - my first choice! I'm really excited about that!! Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA -- Original message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I got my notification for this summer's IOLI convention. I'll be taking Fiandra lace in the morning (with Bridget Cook) and Art Nouveau lace in the afternoon (Debbie Beever). Anyone else get their notification? Now I need to reserve a room. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hi all, I got my notification as well and I'm so happy!! I'm in the floral beds class and the art nouveau class. August just can't come fast enough!!! Cindy - in gray, cold Wisconsin - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI convention
I got my notification for this summer's IOLI convention. I'll be taking Fiandra lace in the morning (with Bridget Cook) and Art Nouveau lace in the afternoon (Debbie Beever). Anyone else get their notification? Now I need to reserve a room. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI convention 2008
As you can see from my signature below, many of the class offerings at the IOLI convention for August are full. We did have to cut some, so if you have not sent your registration yet you might like to check what is available before making your choice. We hope to be able to send out our acknowledgement letters before the postal rate changes in May. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ www.landoflincolnlacemakers.com Check for class spaces, many are full. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI Convention (DP)
Dear Spiders, With all the talk about the OIDFA congress I hope you have all remembered that we brought the date forward to send in your registrations to Land of Lincoln Lacemakers for the IOLI convention in August. The date for mailing is now FEBRUARY14, 2008. Yes, I was shouting. Just wanted to remind you all, and if you have not decided on your workshops yet, check out our website at www.landoflincolnlacemakers.com Diane Williams is adding photos of teachers and lace all the time, and you can download the forms from the Important Information page so you don't have to deface your Bulletin. All the correct information is on the website, including our cancellation policy and the price of the hotel room ($123 not $135). I think Arachne Diane has done a great job on the website. Sylvie Nguyen is looking forward to receiving lots of mail and we have been making and collecting lots of items for the Arachne lunch, so remember to sign up for that. Please pass all this info on to your guilds or non-Arachne lace friends. Thanks, see you in August. Janice Co-Chair LLL Convention Committee Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ www.landoflincolnlacemakers.com Check convention news here for daily teacher/class info updates!! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI convention report (late and long)
It was several days before I returned to Arachne, so I thought people had already said everything there was to say about the convention but that's apparently not true. So this is my view of the event. Bottom line, it was a great convention! The Tatting Olympics were hilarious. I'm not much of a tatter, but decided to enter anyway. We gathered on the second floor at the top of the staircase, arranged by state (alphabetically). I got to carry the California banner (okay, it was an 8.5 x 11 piece of paper with the state printed on it) while we trooped down the stairs, across the lobby, through the vendor room and back to the lobby to our seats--to the Olympic March played on a boombox. Then Debbie Beaver ran the same route, brandishing a huge shuttle like the Olympic flame, finally placing it in a glass vase at the awards table. Yes there were awards-- gold disks on red, white, and blue ribbons that were draped around the necks of the winners! In addition to the usual sorts of events (longest/shortest time tatting, taught the most people to tat) and events (most repeats of a simple pattern), there was a relay race (person #1 starts, hands off to #2 after 2 minutes, who hands off to #3 after another 2 minutes), Synchronized Tatting (one person holds the ring while the other moves the shuttle), and the triathlon (assemble a shuttle from pieces of toys, wind the shuttle, tat with it). To give an idea of what it was like, the synchronized tatting winner got 8 stitches done! Most of us laughed till we hurt. The vendor room was heaven and hell--the former because there were so many wonderful things to see and buy, the latter because it took no time at all to empty my purse and there was still so much I wanted to get. Happens every time! There were 20-25 vendors there from North America and Europe. As others have said, there were several tasty meals provided, with a great assortment of favors at each one. There were also a bunch of general raffle items offered at each meal (a general pot of tickets), a series of special raffles (put your ticket only into the pot of the item you want to try for), and a single-ticket raffle at the general meeting. My thanks to all the generous people and groups who contributed things for us! I took three classes: copper wire BL flowers, tatted beaded bag, and Ecuadorean knotted fringe. I've wanted to try wire BL for a while but wasn't willing to just jump in, so I had a great time in the wire class. We laughed and joked a lot, and got smiley face stickers for helpful hints and funny statements. The tatting class was to try to finally become a tatter or prove to myself it was hopeless. I'm afraid it's the latter, no fault of the teacher. She did help me learn stuff, but it was still a lot more work than fun, for a poor-quality product. BL is so much easier and more fun than tatting, I'll stay with it. On Saturday I learned about the intricate patterns knotted into the ikat shawls made in southern Ecuador. They use a single kind of knot but create neat patterns of birds, cats, flowers, and geometrics. I'm always looking for new things to learn, and this was inspiring--I want to try to figure out some of the fancier designs now that I've learned the bas ics! Instead of the usual Wednesday field trips, there were a series of lectures and demonstrations to attend--everything from a slide show on lace in paintings, to telling machine from hand-made lace, to a presentation about the IOLI certification program. This was a very interesting alternative to consider for future conventions. The teachers' showcase was a great event again, although I wish it was on Sunday night before classes start. The lace challenge was a hard one. I couldn't think of anything to do for Lace in the Sky, but about a dozen creative people did. The first prize went to (Bart Elwell's?) Irish crochet interpretation of Van Gogh's Starry Night. I think second was for a lovely yellow tatted sun (don't remember the lacemaker's name). Third was Carolyn Regnier's tatted snowflakes hung from a descending spiral. I don't know who won the popular vote, but I was torn between the color-BL version of Starry Night (great minds think alike?) and the picture of a lightning-flash over a city done in metallic threads. There was also a kite in BL and a lovely needle lace blooming sprig of eucalyptus against the sky. One very innovative piece was, unfortunately, disqualified because it was sealed inside a plexiglass box (against the rules). It was 3 hot air balloons floating over a patchwork countryside, all in bobbin lace. Please, if you enter a lace challenge (or a state fair, or any othe r contest), be very careful to obey the rules! It's a terrible shame if a beautiful work gets disqualified for a technicality. I came home exhausted (staying up too late and getting up too early) and broke (too many cool lace toys from the
[lace] IOLI Convention and a thought...
I haven't seen a lot about he convention this year, so I thought I'd give you one account. Susan and I arrived about 5 minutes too late for early registration on Saturday. The airlines had lost my luggage and her plane was late. She was stuck in Chicago with Susie Johnson and several other lacers for a couple hours. Although they complained, it sounded like they had a good time. The hotel was quite nice, large central gathering area just in front of the doors to the vender's room that throughout the week had at least one lacemaker, throwing bobbins, passing the shuttle, clicking needles or some other lace related activity Lots of elevators that didn't get horribly packed except when all 250 of us tried to make it to our rooms or the second floor all at one time. The meals were all amazingly good for hotel food, the Arachne lunch we had cannelloni that was really tasty and at the banquet I had beef which looked like a possible oops but was tender and cooked to perfection for me. I took an afternoon class with Diana Glasspool, who put up with my frequent absences (due to Board stuff) with good humor. The class was beginning Binche and by the end, even this too busy, unprepared student had several snowflakes on her pillow. The first day was all lecture and drawing with the European color code, which surprisingly made the lace easier, just like she said it would. Amazing how teachers know what they are talking about, isn't it? Wednesday, we went on a yarn finding mission and found two great yarn shops. Loops and Stitches. Stitches is brand new and has mostly yarn, but some interesting needlework fibers. They have lots of samples and display items and a nicely lit table to sit and knit at. Loops is two rooms full of yarn with interesting and tempting samples attractively displayed. There is a seating area with room for 4 or 5 to sit and knit in if you have a moment. We also went to the Silver Needle which should be on your list if you do any needlework. I'm always interested in hearing about the next conventions. Next year it will be at Rockford, IL, which has an Amtrak station and bus service from O'Hare and the other Chicago airport, as well as an International Airport in the town itself, so no trouble getting there. The bus from Chicago can take close to an hour so bring something to keep yourself occupied. The convention after IL will be in LA, then in the wings provisionally for now are Portland, OR and the DC area. I was raised in OR and the yearly trip to Portland was always so much fun, I can't wait for the convention to be there! Tuesday night I was lucky enough to have some of my friends from Houston, where I began lacing, join Susan and I for dinner. They had driven 10 hours each way to shop. Yup, they are lacemakers. It was a Convention event and had a raucous bit of entertainment. Sure was nice to see Judy, Patsy, Carole and the rest, although Linda got swept off somewhere else before I could talk to her about her baskets. I was in the sales room at the Membership Table, but everyone reported that the Tatting Olympics were a hoot and a half. I hope someone will describe them for you that was there. I heard that the participants marched in to the Olympic theme behind banners that named their state and there were special tatting categories. Need I say there were medals awarded? At each meal the OK lacemakers had lovely favors and gifts, at the banquet, there was a book of all of Lia Baumeister's articles that have appeared in the Bulletin as a favor, quite impressive. AND a pair of Gingher scissors...WOW. For favors we received at least two pin cushions, a crocheted bobbin minder, a couple of those magnetized book marks, a needle keeper, lots of medical stuff, like sterile drapes for pillow covers, post -it notes, a personal fan that read Avoid the gap with *anti-acid medicine name here*, so someone must be a nurse or doctor. Most of these came from other groups, which is most generous of them. There were lots of other things that will all be handy in my lacemaking and serve as reminders of a lovely week in OK. As I opened and examined all the favors, I couldn't help but think of the 6 lacemakers who are responsible for next year's convention. Yes, just 6 women. Many lace groups had sent items to OK and I wonder, if every chartered chapter (I think there are 81) sent a favor to IL, what a weight off the shoulders of the Illinois Six it would be. Heck even groups that aren't chartered could help if they wanted to. I know not every chapter can do something large, but not all favors need to be large. Why not contact Janice Blair or Janet Frederickson or any of the others and see what they need or have already done so your group can do something for convention next year? This was just my own personal idea, so don't blame anyone else. No one put me up to it. I was just thinking how hard it would be to do everything with just 6 people, no matter how
[lace] IOLI convention
Gentle Spiders, I'll be thinking of the week you all will be learning, visiting, laughing, admiring, gossiping about who isn't there (me?), and I'll be missing you all so much. In late January, FH Clive was diagnosed with prostate cancer and surgery couldn't get it all. So he has to begin radiation next week for about 8 weeks. We are very positive, Nurse Goodbody is in charge, and Clive feels fine and looks great. We may miss NCRL Lace Day in Virginia Beach in September (although I sent my registration in today), but we'll plan to be in the State of My Birth, Illinois, next year. (Have you noted my picture on the Illinois State Welcome Signs? No? They are slow, aren't they?) You all have fun and know that I'll be thinking of you all. Luv and Happy Lacemaking, Betty Ann Rice in Roanoke, Virginia USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI convention coming up soon!
Hello Anita, no, I am not happy enough to come again to the IOLI-meeting so I couldn't visit any class there. Beside several problems in our flat and the house with water I am trying to work on my preparations for a class I'll held the next time outside of Hamburg. And I try to finish my Blue-work but still after the third version I am not satisfied with it. Further things are two articles I am writing about a museum and a lace-technique and I have still to translate another article. You see I am not lazy and meanwhile the temperature is as it should be in summertime but we aren't yet used to it. Greetings Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI convention coming up soon!
I wish everyone well at this year's convention. Unfortunately, after spending 7 years in Oklahoma, I have no desire to go to Tulsa in August!! I'm saving up my money to go next year :D -- Ruth R. in OH [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI convention coming up soon!
The list is a little quiet these days. Everyone must be busy making lace! Is anyone else excited about the upcoming IOLI convention? Less than 2 weeks away! This wil be my second convention, the first was in 2005 at Denver. It was great! Who else is going? What classes are you taking? Anyone from outside the States? I'll be in Flanders with Vera Cockuyt and Beg. Binche with Diana Glasspool. I've also signed up for the Arachne lunch. I'm really looking forward to hitting the merchandise mall and checking out all the latest books and patterns! Anita Hansen Cedar Rapids, Iowa _ http://liveearth.msn.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] IOLI convention coming up soon!
I'm taking the Withof class with Yvonne Scheele. Hope to meet lots of Arachne's at the convention. Carole Dublin, OH USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI Convention- Tulsa
I am sad to see that Holly Van Sciver, Susan Wenzel, and Susie Johnson are missing from the list of teachers, and no Tønder class offered at all. :-( Come to think of it, no Bucks either--and no Beds, right? Yes, I know there are other great teachers, and some up-and-coming ones, too. I'm definitely still grieving over Gunvor's death. Barbara Joyce Snoqualmie, WA USA Dear Gentle Spiders, In the beautiful IOLI Bulletin that arrived a couple of days ago, I noted that the dates given in the Proposed Convention Schedule are off one day. Saturday is 28 July and subsuquent dates should be changed accordingly. The hotel brought the dates to my attention when I booked my room this morning. No problem, really - mark your calendar to conform. Happy Lacemaking Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA who has been without a cat for neigh on 10 years and now has a black cat that was abandoned by renters who lived in the next house 3 acres away. And She who believes all bobbin lacemakers need a cat. - 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] IOLI convention class
Being that I have signed up for the morning Russian lace class at the 2006 IOLI convention, I'd like to network with others regarding thread. If you have received this class, please contact me privately. Thank you in advance, Sylvie __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI Convention - Urgent reply please
I have my class here at the moment and we were talking about IOLI Convention for next year. Some of them are considering joining IOLI with a view to participating, but a question has just come up - if you want to go for one day, and not take a course, but look around and go to the sales tables etc., is that possible and if so, how much does it cost? Folks will be here for another 3/4 hour, so an urgent reply would be appreciated. Thanks Malvary in Ottawa - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI convention - photographs
In a message dated 9/4/2005 1:35:20 PM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: No, the quality of the photography would be far too variable. One of the (many) features of our classy Bulletin is the fine photography in it. We wpuldn't want to sacrifice that. -- Aurelia That's a good point. I haven't been through that cycle of the Bulletin yet, and was not aware of that aspect of the issue. Some articles I saw on documenting valuables for insurance purposes suggest that it is worthwhile to consider having them professionally photographed. However, that might be beyond the means of some participants, I assume. If they are photographed by IOLI (assuming they make it to the destination, unharmed), that at least could help serve as documentation for any subsequent loss or damage (God forbid). Ricki Utah - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI Convention
I'm finally getting around to posting my praise and thanks to the Rocky Mountain Lace Guild for the great convention they put on for us all! Thanks especially to Vasna Zago and Cynthia Tiger! So much has already been said, I don't want to repeat, but a few comments: I studied Tonder with Gunvor Jorgensen, and it was a wonderful experience. Gunvor gave each student individual attention and moved each along at her own pace. I made four samples during the four days of classes, each designed to teach one or more specific Tonder techniques. Scans coming later! The convention was so well organized, so many fun activities, lovely surprises in the pretty purple tote bags, more goodies as table favors at various meals. My favorite item is something I haven't seen mentioned before--a refrigerator magnet with a picture of lace in the center, and the words: Life Without Lace? I'm a Frayed Knot! The vendors' area was a real drain on my checkbook, and the exhibit area was inspiring. Thanks to Helen Bell for all her hard work in assembling and watching over these treasures. The most exciting moment of the week for me was when I won a beautiful Lacemaker Doll at the silent auction. To see some pictures, go to: http://homepage.mac.com/bejoyce/PhotoAlbum25.html The third picture is a little blurred (sorry!), but you'll get the idea. Click on Start Slideshow for closeups, or just click on a picture. To sum up, I learned a lot, ate too much, and spent too much money. Which translates to a very successful and enjoyable experience! This was my first convention, and it's going to be a tough act to follow! Barbara Joyce Snoqualmie, WA USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI Convention thoughts
Hi All, I'll add my two cents on the Convention in Denver too! A few days after I got home I got a cold (a Vermont cold not an exotic airport illness) so I'm just now feeling energetic! I also had a wonderful time! My students were very enthusiastic and they learned a lot and all tried different stitches and threads (even color) on their Battenberg doilies! The arachne lunch was great fun! We got showered with gifts at various meals. Lots of them were made by different lace guilds. I wrote a list of some of the different guilds but I can't find it now : ( One I can remember off hand is that the Minnesota Lace Society sent concertina books for everybody! They fold out like an accordian and came with one lacy picture in it already! The Tuesday (I think) lunch was called the Conservation lunch and we all got a few sheets of acid free tissue and a booklet from the Gaylord Bros. of Syracuse, New York called Archival Storage of Textiles. It has a lot of good information! That was when we each got a bookmark. I thought I was getting a snake bookmark (I love those!) but then I realized it's like the Loch Ness Monster in green and silver threads with silver beads! Lake Champlain separates Vermont and New York and Champ is the resident monster so that's what I'm calling her G. I also had a fantastic time in the sales room and came home with many wonderful goodies. On Thursday I mailed home 12 pounds of stuff and then made the mistake of going in the party store across the street from the hotel. Among other things I got a black net cape with silver spiders and webs on it!! Also I will alert any of you near a Wal-mart - the Halloween fabric is in and I got some black cotton with purple spiders and purple webs on it! I am ready for the next arachne event!! Jane in Vermont, USA where we've had more rain but the temperature has been around 80F (27C) instead of over 90F (33C)! [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI convention - more comments
Thanks, Patsy, for your report. I enjoyed being in class with you. Things I learned at conference: -Waiting for an elevator takes longer than walking down the stairs, but with those pillows and bags, it's not worth it to walk. Start early. Be patient. -Watch the front desk at the hotel. Periodically they put out dishes of apples, chocolates, and bottles of water. Free. (Or rather -- part of your room cost.) -Wear some lace. It will catch the attention of even the non lacers. -Smile. You have lots of friends here you just haven't met yet. -Room service breakfast is fun! And a good start to the day. -Take three times the money you think you'll need. The sales room is unbelievably tempting. -Ask for a wheelchair at the airport. You'll go through express security. Or go with someone in a wheelchair. -Pack an extra bag in your suitcase to take home all the extras. -I need a folding lace stand that's more compact than the ones I have. -A person never has too many pillows.or bobbins..or thread...or books. The host guild did a wonderful job of coping with all of us. And the hotel people were more cooperative than some hotels I've been in. And very polite. Congrats to RMLG for a great conference. I could tell the work you put into it. Did you all notice that Vasna *wore* her prize dragon on her head as a hat at the banquet? A note for all people who had things in the exhibit hall. Please check your items, wrappings, and boxes for a stray 6-inch knitted doily. It seems to have been caught on another piece of lace and left the room with the wrong owner. Please return it to a member of the RMLG and it will be sent on to the correct owner, no questions asked. No, it's not mine. I just have the nerve to speak up. I'd like to see it go to its own home very soon. Pass the word on to exhibitors in your groups who are not Arachnians. Thanks. Even during this conference, I heard people speaking of attending future ones. Next year in Montreal will be an interesting one. The contest was announced and the details will be in the next Bulletin. You have time enough to enter, if you start when you get the next Bulletin. You can make it the largest contest yet. Tulsa -- what will be the dates of your conference? They announced that it would be earlier than the dates listed on the web or previous publications, but they didn't say just when. I'd like to know. Please. Thanks, again, RMLG, for a great conference. It was fun, interesting, and well run from start to finish. It sets a standard that future groups will have to work hard to beat. Alice in Oregon -- where I'm almost recovered from conference and traveling. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI convention
What a wonderful letter for those of us who couldn't go to convention! Thank you for taking all that trouble to write it. -- Aurelia Well, here's my adventures at the IOLI convention. Left San Diego on Sat. Aug.27th. Sure helped to have someone push me in a wheel chair through the airports. No problems on the flight. There were 7 of us from the Silvergate Lacers on the plane. We were all separated so we couldn't cause any mischief. After getting to Denver and checked into room, unpacked and met some of the gals for supper. Food was good, service was very slow. Sun. was registration day, vendor room and exhibit room opened. Went with my list to buy all my much needed supplies and some that weren't on my list. In the evening was the pajama party. It was a fun event. Wore my pj's with a housecoat over. But my crowning glory item was an antique lavender tatted dust cap or night cap. It got a lot of attention. Saw Ken from New York, who teaches and makes bobbins (can't remember his last name) just before the pajama party and asked him where his PJ's were. He informed me that he didn't have any, he slept in the buff. H! I may be in trouble for revealing his secret. So I told him to bring his birthday suit and come any way. He said it was under his cloths and came. We were served breakfast at night. It was fun. Monday classes started. In the morning I studied Rosalibre bobbin lace, with Cathleen Belleville. In the afternoon I had a class in wire tatting with Carolyn Regnier. I found out that at my age (72) taking two classes was too much for me to handle. But I did manage to get through them. I really loved the Rosalibre lace. It's a three dimensional lace. The flowers have a ruffle like a daffodil that sticks up and the leaves have a fin that stick up. And the butterfly has wings that loop over. I think I did pretty good with that. But was very disappointed when Cathleen said she wasn't going to be teaching for at least two years. Had to do with her job. Was sure glad I had also taken her chrysanthemum class in the past. The wire tatting class was different. I had a hard time learning a different method of working the wire than you use with thread. The tensioning is different and you don't pull the wire tight like you do with thread. I managed to get a few flowers made plus even crochet a wire plume. Made a small corsage to wear on my dress at the Fri. banquet. Monday was the arachne luncheon which was nice to put a few faces to internet names. In the evening there was a Gold panning demonstration and a display of a few live birds, a large owl and an eagle. I went to the vendors room (again) and stopped to see the birds on my way back to my room. Tuesday we had a catered lunch then in the evening there was the teachers showcase. The teachers had lovely lace displays of the types of lace they were teaching, plus they signed their books, and some had items and books for sale. It was very crowded and a little hard for a handicapped person to get through. But I managed. Wednesday was tour day. I choose to go to the Flying W Ranch dinner. It was a Bar B Q dinner served chuck wagon style. I couldn't believe how well organized they were. There were over a thousand people served. I don't remember how many they said. Wednesday was a rainy day. On the way there, a big tractor trailer truck had broken down in the middle lane of the freeway. Traffic was backed up for miles. There was a group that left early in the day and got to the ranch in plenty of time to see the little ghost town and Indian weaver and the blacksmith. They had visited a number of other places including the airforce academy. I was in the two bus group that went late in the day and we were supposed to get to visit the town but just managed to get there in time to eat and see the show. It was a country western show consisting of four men playing instruments and singing and telling stories and jokes. Since I like country western I enjoyed it very much. The floor was so uneven that two of our ladies did fall down. They seemed to be alright, but I'm sure they probably had skinned knees and elbows. Thursday was back to classes. Visited the vendors room again and spent some more money, again. : ) In the evening was the Tat-Off. Of course the shuttle brothers had to show everyone how to flip a stitch. Everytime I see it I still enjoy seeing it. I didn't win anything not even being the oldest. After the Tat-Off the Shuttle Bros. gave every one, one of their tatted butterflies. Then there was the IOLI Gen. Meeting. Friday. was cram day in my classes. Trying to get every last bit of information we could from the teachers and seeing pieces that managed to get finished by the students. In my wire tatting class, every day the teacher came up with a way to give away a door prize. At the beginning of the class we bought our supply kits.
[lace] IOLI Convention, From a lurkers view
Hi Everyone, I wanted to de-lurk long enough to say it was worth every penny to get to go! It was my first convention, the RMLG did such a fantastic job, and i had two phenomenal teachers (Sheila Wells- beginning Honiton, and Nancy Evans- Beginning Needlelace) i am already planning on attending more conventions in the future. For those who are shy- i now have first hand knowledge that lacemakers are the most encouraging and kind group of people. I enjoyed every moment in Denver! Everywhere we had people laughing and smiling and lacing. The vendor room though i enjoyed that more than my pocketbook did! So, I'll keep this short, but i want to thank all of the wonderful people i met in Denver, even if we did just bump elbows in the elevator rushing to class! -jennifer caveny (formerly from seattle, now Tahuya WA) __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I finally have the house tidy after being away for over a week but I still doze off if I sit for any length of time. Convention really takes it out of you!! I got my desired workshop Polychrome de Courselles with Pompi Parry and was not disappointed. What a lovely woman and my kind of teacher!! When I made an error in winding too little thread on my workers for the third piece of the week, I thought I would have to back track most of the lace but Pompi said she thought lace should only go forward and that I should continue as far as I could and then add a new worker as needed. Yeah! You have to understand that to wind a worker in this lace entails mixing five individual colors of single ply silk thread in order to get the colors that you want to blend together. The 2/20 silk passives had a life of their own and tended to snap or part company without too much effort but Pompi made adding new thread so easy. I had a good workshop with lots of lovely people. RMLG are to be praised for organising the Arachne luncheon which came with its own set of spidery goodies including a needle case and a spidery pencil. JoAnne won the centerpiece on our table. I didn't have any luck in the raffle (sorry, door prize drawings) either and I was surprised but delighted when my original design (Snow Queen) won second prize in the competition. I hadn't held out much hope for it, as once it was off the pillow I took so long deciding how to mount it that the tension on the metallic threads had gone all wonky. Shan't make that mistake again. :-) Paula Harten won the popular vote with her needle lace ornaments. Maybe she can describe them better as I know nothing about needle lace. RMLG did a splendid job and everything ran like clockwork or earlier. The lines for meals were allowed into the ballroom as soon as possible which meant waiting was kept to a minimum. My workshop was one of the ones that moved around between the ballroom and the corridor outside another meeting room but the hotel staff were great at getting extension leads to our tables so that we could plug in our lights. Boy am I glad we had that discussion on Arachne about lights before convention. I bought one from JoAnnes on sale with a 50% coupon and it worked great, similar to an Ott light but a lot cheaper and a little lighter for packing. RMLG have set the bar high for the next conventions including my group at Prairie Mill and I was pleased to hear from other guilds that they are thinking about what goodies to make for our convention in 2008. Now to get back to reading digests. I had 19 when I got home and every day there are more to read, I am up to date with lace but still plowing through the chat ones!! Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI convention - more comments
The freight elevator sure was useful... Still, if we all started using it, we'd just have 5 elevators instead of 4, which wouldn't be that much of an improvement. Next time I'll try to get a room on a reasonably low floor so I can use the stairs - the 11th was a bit much... But just going to class early worked fine - the only time I ended up in a really big elevator line was after the banquet, but that just left me time to walk around and look at what lace everyone was wearing g. Weronika On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 08:30:27PM -0400, Clay Blackwell wrote: What I learned at IOLI: Don't wait until Friday (as I did...) to find the freight elevator. It's usually conveniently located and almost always empty. When the elevators are over-worked (as they were in Denver and every other IOLI convention I've been to...) the hotel staff is usually happy to have you use them. Clay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Original Message] From: Alice Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Date: 8/9/2005 2:12:40 AM Subject: Re: [lace] IOLI convention - more comments Thanks, Patsy, for your report. I enjoyed being in class with you. Things I learned at conference: -Waiting for an elevator takes longer than walking down the stairs, but with those pillows and bags, it's not worth it to walk. Start early. Be patient. -Watch the front desk at the hotel. Periodically they put out dishes of apples, chocolates, and bottles of water. Free. (Or rather -- part of your room cost.) -Wear some lace. It will catch the attention of even the non lacers. -Smile. You have lots of friends here you just haven't met yet. -Room service breakfast is fun! And a good start to the day. -Take three times the money you think you'll need. The sales room is unbelievably tempting. -Ask for a wheelchair at the airport. You'll go through express security. Or go with someone in a wheelchair. -Pack an extra bag in your suitcase to take home all the extras. -I need a folding lace stand that's more compact than the ones I have. -A person never has too many pillows.or bobbins..or thread...or books. The host guild did a wonderful job of coping with all of us. And the hotel people were more cooperative than some hotels I've been in. And very polite. Congrats to RMLG for a great conference. I could tell the work you put into it. Did you all notice that Vasna *wore* her prize dragon on her head as a hat at the banquet? A note for all people who had things in the exhibit hall. Please check your items, wrappings, and boxes for a stray 6-inch knitted doily. It seems to have been caught on another piece of lace and left the room with the wrong owner. Please return it to a member of the RMLG and it will be sent on to the correct owner, no questions asked. No, it's not mine. I just have the nerve to speak up. I'd like to see it go to its own home very soon. Pass the word on to exhibitors in your groups who are not Arachnians. Thanks. Even during this conference, I heard people speaking of attending future ones. Next year in Montreal will be an interesting one. The contest was announced and the details will be in the next Bulletin. You have time enough to enter, if you start when you get the next Bulletin. You can make it the largest contest yet. Tulsa -- what will be the dates of your conference? They announced that it would be earlier than the dates listed on the web or previous publications, but they didn't say just when. I'd like to know. Please. Thanks, again, RMLG, for a great conference. It was fun, interesting, and well run from start to finish. It sets a standard that future groups will have to work hard to beat. Alice in Oregon -- where I'm almost recovered from conference and traveling. - 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] -- Weronika Patena Stanford, CA, USA http://vole.stanford.edu/weronika - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] IOLI convention - more comments
Yes, and don't forget, Weronika, that we were saved from quite a long wait on Friday afternoon by using the freight elevator (I rationalized that we were both carrying freight, with all the pillows, stands, and supplies). The uncomfortable thing was that the hotel had booked the room for use beginning at 5:00, and our class ended at 4:30. that meant that the cleaning staff wanted us out immediately after the class so that they could clean for the next group. Just packing quickly was a bit of a strain, plus wishing to clean up the messes left behind a bit. But all week some of us had been avoiding the elevator crowds by lacing for a bit (up to half an hour) after the end of class. So, if possible, it would be a good thing if classroom space were booked at least one half-hour beyond the end of class, if only to allow time to comfortably pack up. And I do second everyone's comments about what a great convention this was, for me it was also a dream vacation. Congratulations and many thank-you's to RMLG. Regards, Carolyn Carolyn W. Hastings Stow, MA USA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Weronika Patena Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 8:35 PM To: Clay Blackwell Cc: Alice Howell; lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] IOLI convention - more comments The freight elevator sure was useful... Still, if we all started using it, we'd just have 5 elevators instead of 4, which wouldn't be that much of an improvement. Next time I'll try to get a room on a reasonably low floor so I can use the stairs - the 11th was a bit much... But just going to class early worked fine - the only time I ended up in a really big elevator line was after the banquet, but that just left me time to walk around and look at what lace everyone was wearing g. Weronika - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI Convention
Thank you to ALL you lucky folks who got to attend the IOLI convention and have been giving us the news about what went on. Keep the information going!!! I'd like to hear from anyone who was in Lenka's wire lace class. THANK YOU EVERYONE! Hopefully those of us who had to sit out this convention will be able to go to Montreal! Trish in West Virginia - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI convention
Hi All! I got back from the IOLI convention and I had the most WONDERFUL time! I kept looking around at all the stuff the RMLG (Rocky Mountain Lace Guild) were doing to keep everything running smoothly and I was really impressed! On Sunday night, they had the Pajama party. There were some super imaginative get-ups that night! I don't know her name, but there was one lady with what looked like an authentic nightgown and lace cap. SIGH!! When we checked in, we got a fancy badge holder plus a zipper tote bag. I proceeded to live out of those two items for the week. I could stick my room card and however much money I was allowing myself in the badge holder, and class books and supplies in the tote bag. Do you know that I simply locked up my purse and did not miss it at all? Considering how much stuff one would need to carry to class, it was quite a load off my shoulders! The classes that I took were really well set up and the teachers quite knowledgeable. I took Bobbin Lace with Wire from Carolyn Regnier in the morning, and got to sit in on the Lier Lace Class with Greet Rome-Verbeylen in the afternoon. I thoroughly enjoyed both classes, and think I learned a lot. The arachne lunch was a blast, and it was great finally being able to put faces to e-names. I must admit, I really loved all the goodies we would get during the week. There were about four meals included in the registration fee, and my roommates and I had bought some snacks along so we did not need to waste money on meals, when we could spend it on more important things. (Like lace books and bobbins!) There were no classes on Wednesday, so we visited some of Rebecca's Colorado friends, it started raining in the afternoon, but I don't know if that interferred with the IOLI plans or not. It proceeded to rain most of the night and the next morning. But as we were doing lace, I don't think anyone minded! The grand Banquet on Friday night was a ton of fun! People were wearing all sorts of lace, either projects they completed in classes, or antique lace. More Sighing! All in all, I had a great time, and I thank the RMLG for the tons of work they put in to make the convention a success! Bless you all! JoAnne Pruitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI convention
Well, here's my adventures at the IOLI convention. Left San Diego on Sat. Aug.27th. Sure helped to have someone push me in a wheel chair through the airports. No problems on the flight. There were 7 of us from the Silvergate Lacers on the plane. We were all separated so we couldn't cause any mischief. After getting to Denver and checked into room, unpacked and met some of the gals for supper. Food was good, service was very slow. Sun. was registration day, vendor room and exhibit room opened. Went with my list to buy all my much needed supplies and some that weren't on my list. In the evening was the pajama party. It was a fun event. Wore my pj's with a housecoat over. But my crowning glory item was an antique lavender tatted dust cap or night cap. It got a lot of attention. Saw Ken from New York, who teaches and makes bobbins (can't remember his last name) just before the pajama party and asked him where his PJ's were. He informed me that he didn't have any, he slept in the buff. H! I may be in trouble for revealing his secret. So I told him to bring his birthday suit and come any way. He said it was under his cloths and came. We were served breakfast at night. It was fun. Monday classes started. In the morning I studied Rosalibre bobbin lace, with Cathleen Belleville. In the afternoon I had a class in wire tatting with Carolyn Regnier. I found out that at my age (72) taking two classes was too much for me to handle. But I did manage to get through them. I really loved the Rosalibre lace. It's a three dimensional lace. The flowers have a ruffle like a daffodil that sticks up and the leaves have a fin that stick up. And the butterfly has wings that loop over. I think I did pretty good with that. But was very disappointed when Cathleen said she wasn't going to be teaching for at least two years. Had to do with her job. Was sure glad I had also taken her chrysanthemum class in the past. The wire tatting class was different. I had a hard time learning a different method of working the wire than you use with thread. The tensioning is different and you don't pull the wire tight like you do with thread. I managed to get a few flowers made plus even crochet a wire plume. Made a small corsage to wear on my dress at the Fri. banquet. Monday was the arachne luncheon which was nice to put a few faces to internet names. In the evening there was a Gold panning demonstration and a display of a few live birds, a large owl and an eagle. I went to the vendors room (again) and stopped to see the birds on my way back to my room. Tuesday we had a catered lunch then in the evening there was the teachers showcase. The teachers had lovely lace displays of the types of lace they were teaching, plus they signed their books, and some had items and books for sale. It was very crowded and a little hard for a handicapped person to get through. But I managed. Wednesday was tour day. I choose to go to the Flying W Ranch dinner. It was a Bar B Q dinner served chuck wagon style. I couldn't believe how well organized they were. There were over a thousand people served. I don't remember how many they said. Wednesday was a rainy day. On the way there, a big tractor trailer truck had broken down in the middle lane of the freeway. Traffic was backed up for miles. There was a group that left early in the day and got to the ranch in plenty of time to see the little ghost town and Indian weaver and the blacksmith. They had visited a number of other places including the airforce academy. I was in the two bus group that went late in the day and we were supposed to get to visit the town but just managed to get there in time to eat and see the show. It was a country western show consisting of four men playing instruments and singing and telling stories and jokes. Since I like country western I enjoyed it very much. The floor was so uneven that two of our ladies did fall down. They seemed to be alright, but I'm sure they probably had skinned knees and elbows. Thursday was back to classes. Visited the vendors room again and spent some more money, again. : ) In the evening was the Tat-Off. Of course the shuttle brothers had to show everyone how to flip a stitch. Everytime I see it I still enjoy seeing it. I didn't win anything not even being the oldest. After the Tat-Off the Shuttle Bros. gave every one, one of their tatted butterflies. Then there was the IOLI Gen. Meeting. Friday. was cram day in my classes. Trying to get every last bit of information we could from the teachers and seeing pieces that managed to get finished by the students. In my wire tatting class, every day the teacher came up with a way to give away a door prize. At the beginning of the class we bought our supply kits. In one of each kit was a different item, such as a different color of wire from the rest of the class. On Friday I won the door prize by
[lace] IOLI convention update
A great lace-endowed week has ended. The experiences are now memories, and my bank account is a bit diminished. I really didn't need that new pillow, but it kept tempting me all week. The 10% discount sign towards the end of the week was too much to resist. Yes, I got it. It's small, and will be dedicated to bookmarks, thus saving my bigger pillows for the bigger projects. (See, you can always find a reason. G) Getting everything packed in my luggage without going over the 50-pound weight limit was a real challenge. All the books, papers, heavy things, and sharp pounted things went in a small case. I guess all those points, and the heavy weight of a small bag was too much for the TSA because I found an inspection notice in it when I got home -- and everything rearranged. I understand this was the second largest IOLI Convention. The hotel was swarming with us. The elevator had to work overtime to transport us up and down from rooms to classes, etc. Go early was the rule. Most people I met had a smile and a greeting. I put a few more faces to names and got to renew previous friendships. There just wasn't enough to time to talk to everyone, though. The Lace History class with Devon was great! The computer controlled pictures let us look at many laces and enlarge them so every little fibre was visible. How did some of the antique lacemakers even see what they were doing? Some of the threads were unbelievably fine. We also got to look at various antique lace pieces up close. Magnifiers were available for real close up viewing. My other class was Rosalibre -- Cathy Bellville's new flower lace technique. I wore my little motif of flowers and leaves to the banquet, but didn't get my butterfly quite done. It's still waiting for me now. I loved her informal terminology, such as the 'dubious move' when shifting colors to their desired locations. Sorry -- only the policitally correct language is in the book. You have to take a class in person to get the more interesting terms. G I did find that the creative approach to using the threads to shape the flowers and leaves encouraged further experimentation. Cathy had some of Tamara's variations to show us, and a picture of the techniques incorporated into a larger motif from South Africa. For those of you not able to get to a formal class, the book is extremely well detailed on Cathy's techniques. There's a couple minor printing errors (as in many books), but nothing that you can't figure out.Don't be shy to give it a go by yourself. The Arachne luncheon drew many of us together. I didn't count, but would guess we had 50-80 Arachnians present. I did take pictures of the roomful of people and hope I got everyone. There's much more to tell, but DH wants me to go somewhere. Happy lacing, Alice in Oregon -- where it's hot and sunny. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI Convention in Denver
Having returned from the IOLI Convention, I would like to say that it really was terrific. The Denver group did a great job in preparing a wonderful week. From my classes, to panning for gold, to meeting people, it was a memorable week. It was a pleasure to talk with Vasna Zago, Cindi Tiger, Laurie Masten, Helen Bell, Liz Ligetti, Veronica, members of the IOLI board, wonderful teachers and wonderful lace makers from around the world. Thank you to everyone. Sylvie in very warm Cherry Valley, Illinois, USA Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI Convention Underway!
Hi everyone, I just wanted to let you know that I have enjoyed my first day of my first ever Convention (and yes, I'm working hard on the Committee :-) ). It's been so exciting to meet friends I only know by email. The first person I met today was Pene Piip - a fellow Aussie, and we've had so much fun chatting. I met the other 2 Aussies - Kath Shadboldt and Shirley Burbridge, both from West Australia, and I'm sure by the end of the week, that my Aussie accent will have thickened up again. I've seen Pat Hallam, and so many others my head is spinning, and not everyone is here yet :-) Devon's talk tonight on the Laces of the Robber Barrons was fabulous, and she spoke to a packed house with standing room only. Well, I must get a few things done for tomorrow when it starts in earnest. Take care. Cheers, Helen, Aussie in Denver - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Merlene wrote: Is anyone from Spain coming here for the convention? I would love to meet up with you if you are. I do not know if anyone from Spain is going to IOLI convention, but I have no possibility in this moment to go away on this trip to USA. Maybe some day! OTOH, I am glad you enjoy the Galician Lace Catalogue! You have a lot of work to do! Regards from Barcelna. Carolina. -- Carolina de la Guardia http://www.geocities.com/carolgallego Witch Stitch Lace II now available - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI Convention
Is anyone from Spain coming here for the convention? I would love to meet up with you if you are. Merlene - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Well, Pene - We will have dinner with you! Love to. It will be SO nice to meet you in person! Regards from Liz in Melbourne - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: [lace] IOLI Convention - Videoing of classes.
Hi All, This strand made me smile a little! My doctor - or one of the doctors in my practice - makes educational/teaching videos, of all sorts of things - flower arranging, pottery, painting, weaving - you name it he's done it. But - several years ago, he caught me demonstrating lace at some local venue, and decided that bobbin lace-making should be the next money-spinner! For years after that, if I ever managed *not* to get one of the other doctors in the practice, my ailments were never ever discussed until he had exhausted the possibilities of my helping him make a lace-making video! But - would you believe it? - he said his video films were probably bringing almost as much as his doctoring, with not as much effort and stress!I have to say, the films I saw were *very* professional indeed, and wonder now why I didn't take up the offer - probably at that time I didn't have the pillows and equipment needed to have lots of pillows with the same item in progress, but at different stages, so that he could produce 'one that was made earlier!' Carol - in Suffolk UK - a gloomy and drizzly Easter Day. I can understand wanting a videotape of a class - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Actually to raise a valid question - or at least to me it is valid. Is there any chance that *some* select classes could be video taped for the OS lace makers who are not going to be attending - even if someone got Air World to provide a free ticket and Accommodations Unlimited to give free accommodation (family/health restrictions) It may be a way that guilds all over the world could have their less travel active members *attend* Just an idea. What do you think? Jenny Brandis Kununurra, Western Australia -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.3 - Release Date: 3/25/2005 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I can understand wanting a videotape of a class - and I have taken some courses which were videotapes of actual lectures, and they were good. But the problem is that most lacemaking classes consist of very little lecture, if any, and much more gather round and watch sort of demonstrations, along with one-on-one assistance. And the production of a videotape of this sort is very different than simply setting up a camera to tape a lecture. Generally, the teacher is keeping an eye on where most students are in their work, and when they are about to reach a critical point in their work, she will select the student who has just gotten there, and use that student/pillow for demonstrating. Having to stop and set up the camera zoomed in on the pillow would be disruptive to those paying to attend the class, disruptive to the teacher, AND extremely time-consuming. Some of these rooms are smaller than we would like them to be, and the heat of lights and the additional clutter of camera equipment would be a real source of annoyance. As someone who has paid a significant amount of money to take the class, I would be very resentful of this disruption. But I AM very sympathetic to your need for this sort of help. And fortunately, there ARE some very good videotapes available, and more are coming on the market all the time. Christine Springett made an excellent series which is available (I *think*), from Roseground. Louise Colgan has a wonderful tape on Milanese lace. And there is a series which includes Torchon and Bucks which was produced several years ago by Cathy Richardson, and the tapes are especially helpful to beginners who don't have a teacher nearby. Check with your usual vendors regarding the availability of these tapes. Clay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Original Message] From: Jenny Brandis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Lace lace@arachne.com Date: 3/27/2005 1:42:10 AM Subject: Re: [lace] IOLI Convention Actually to raise a valid question - or at least to me it is valid. Is there any chance that *some* select classes could be video taped for the OS lace makers who are not going to be attending - even if someone got Air World to provide a free ticket and Accommodations Unlimited to give free accommodation (family/health restrictions) It may be a way that guilds all over the world could have their less travel active members *attend* Just an idea. What do you think? Jenny Brandis Kununurra, Western Australia -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.3 - Release Date: 3/25/2005 - 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]
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At 06:42 AM 3/26/2005, you wrote: Actually to raise a valid question - or at least to me it is valid. Is there any chance that *some* select classes could be video taped for the OS lace makers who are not going to be attending - I'm going to stick my neck out and answer on this. The answer is No. Clay had some very valid points. There is another side to it also. Taping lace making is very different from taping a wedding or a regular lecture. Many of the threads we use would not even show up on a video, even close up. It takes special preparation to make video lace visible, and to see each step in sequence. If one step doesn't film well, it has to be redone -- maybe several times. This would just not work in a workshop class. The teacher can not be the star of the video and teach the class at the same time. Both the class and the video would suffer. I think there would also be headaches with the paperwork to copyright it and reproduce it. I guess you'll just have to come to IOLI to experience a particular lace class. In the meantime, try to join a workshop or class put on by a lace guild, borrow or buy a video of the lace style you want to learn, or invest in a good book (or two) and work your way through it--with the help of Arachnians, of course. Alice in Oregon -- where we are supposed to have up to 2 inches of rain today., but we had a full group of lacemakers at our meeting anyway, including a new lacemaker. Now I have to go wind about 100 pair of bobbins. Happy Easter! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Dear JoAnne (and other arachnids)- We don't know yet which classes are full. We are still receiving registrations, putting in people's first, second and third choices, and later on we will see what has to be mooshed around. I can tell you that some classes will definitely fill, though, so we will have to move on to second and third choices. We will certainly do our best to accommodate everyone's needs and choices. But, it's all hard and stuff! (she whined). The waiting is so difficult, isn't it? Argh! :- Regards, Vasna in wet and cold Boulder, Colorado Hi all! I get to go to the IOLI this year I wasn't planning to go, I thought that I wouldn't be able to go, but my DH said that it would work out! YEA!! Now, if I can still get any of the classes I would like. Does anyone know which classes are full up, and which still have room? Sigh of pure joy, JoAnne Pruitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vasna Zago thank god I'm a hot chick with superpowers - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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That's a new - and very welcome - wrinkle; I can't remember receiving one of those before (not that I've been to all that many Conventions g), but I appreciate it. Brilliant idea, Vasna, thanks! And thank the rest of the group; am looking forward to be welcomed to Colorado in August :) Actually, we stole the idea from the Keystone Lacers in Harrisburg from last year. Just want to give credit where credit is due. :- It *is* nice knowing that your stuff has arrived safely - it doesn't make the agony of waiting any shorter or less intense, tho. :- And, we have about 65 registrations so far for the Arachne lunch, so all y'all (western term meaning more than one you all) will have a of friendships to renew and a lot of faces to put to names! We are so excited to welcome everyone to Colorado this summer! Vasna Zago thank god I'm a hot chick with superpowers - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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T, The Keystone Lace Guild did this last year also. I thought it was a very nice touch. It makes waiting a little easier to handle; something to look forward to! Diane Williams Galena, Illinois USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Tamara P Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gentle Spiders, Someone asked recently (can't remember who), when we'll be notified about our class asignments. Well, today, I got a card from the RMLG (the organising group) which says: The Rocky Mountain Lace Guild has received your registration for the 2005 IOLI Convention. We will be sending class assignments un early June. We are looking forward to welcoming you to Colorado in August! That's a new - and very welcome - wrinkle; I can't remember receiving one of those before (not that I've been to all that many Conventions g), but I appreciate it. It's good to know that one's missive has been delivered, without any mishaps... :) I have, recently, been in a situation where I'd assumed my check for renewal of the subscription had arrived safely, just hadn't been cashed yet, but it turned to be a false assumption. It got unscrambled some months later and no harm done but, when you're trying to get a place in a must have workshop, there would have been great harm indeed in a delay. And, it also answers the question regarding when you could expect to hear about the final decisions - mid June. I sent my application on March 1st, the first day the race for workshops opened, so, if you sent off later, your confirmation might come later too; don't fret :) But your *decision* should arrive about the same time as mine. Brilliant idea, Vasna, thanks! And thank the rest of the group; am looking forward to be welcomed to Colorado in August :) -- Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Diane Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galena Illinois USA __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Gentle Spiders, Someone asked recently (can't remember who), when we'll be notified about our class asignments. Well, today, I got a card from the RMLG (the organising group) which says: The Rocky Mountain Lace Guild has received your registration for the 2005 IOLI Convention. We will be sending class assignments un early June. We are looking forward to welcoming you to Colorado in August! That's a new - and very welcome - wrinkle; I can't remember receiving one of those before (not that I've been to all that many Conventions g), but I appreciate it. It's good to know that one's missive has been delivered, without any mishaps... :) I have, recently, been in a situation where I'd assumed my check for renewal of the subscription had arrived safely, just hadn't been cashed yet, but it turned to be a false assumption. It got unscrambled some months later and no harm done but, when you're trying to get a place in a must have workshop, there would have been great harm indeed in a delay. And, it also answers the question regarding when you could expect to hear about the final decisions - mid June. I sent my application on March 1st, the first day the race for workshops opened, so, if you sent off later, your confirmation might come later too; don't fret :) But your *decision* should arrive about the same time as mine. Brilliant idea, Vasna, thanks! And thank the rest of the group; am looking forward to be welcomed to Colorado in August :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Moved to chat so I could maunder: At 04:57 PM 3/16/05 -0800, Weronika Patena wrote: Don't schools/universities do that sort of thing in the US? That's how most of my workshops (non-lace) worked in Poland. I've been to six conventions in my life: three GEARs, two NSS Conventions, and an SF-fan convention. Genericon, the fan convention, was at (and, I think, sponsored by) RPI in -- drat, abbreviating the name of the Polytechnic Institute *doesn't* get me out of trying to spell Rennselaer. (Not to be confused with Rennselaerville, which is on the other side of the river and way up in the hills.) It's near Troy, New York. The first NSS (caver's society) convention I went to was at Indiana University in Bloomington, and we (DH and I both went) camped out on the football field. (An auxiliary back-up field used only for practice. We got the use of the shower room -- but it wasn't prepared for a mixed group . . . ) My second NSS convention was at The State University of New York at Cobleskill. I stayed in a dorm room; I don't recall whether camping was offered. The first Great Eastern America Rally I attended was at the State University of New York at New Palz. DH and I were appalled to discover that the students had defaced the *ceiling* of the room, and the best efforts of the maintenance staff weren't enough to make the room presentable. I was appalled to discover that bathing etc. facilities were provided for each small cluster of rooms, thereby eliminating all the advantages of a shared facility without gaining any of the advantages of a private facility. Every time I trotted down the hall when I was in college, I reflected on what a *convenient* arrangement it was -- there was always a stall or a shower available when I wanted one; there was only one bathtub, but the only time I ever saw the bath occupied, I was in it myself, steaming out a severe cold. When I washed my socks, I could use half a dozen sinks to save time and effort. And above all, I didn't have to scrub the pot myself! Skidmore College was too small to host GEAR '89 Saratoga, but Saratoga is the August place to be; in June, they were only too happy to rent us the entire town. This being a bike-rider's convention, widely-separated venues were no problem. I took the shuttle bus to the formal dinner, though. I was one of the lucky ones who got a dorm room. Once again, there were semi-private plumbing facilities. This *does* make it easier to rent out the dorms when the students aren't using them, and saves the school from paying a student to mop the floor and scrub the pots. Skidmore rebuilt the campus during the next ten years, and I don't recall leaving the college during Gear '99 except for bike tours. One of the tours stopped at the artist's retreat at Yaddo -- the artists allow any tom dick or harry to tour their elaborate rose garden. I thought this very gracious of them, but another tourist was absolutely frothing because there was a sign up asking us not to hike up to the house and peek in the windows. In pleasant weather, Yaddo would be a very nice place to sit and lace, but of course one wouldn't dare to schedule a class outdoors. After the convention, I packed a book in my panniers and rode back to Yaddo. What's plonk? (A serious answer was given on Lace. The following is true, but not pertinent:) Plonk is what you say when someone has infuriated you so much that you want him to know that you have killfiled him. It is an extremely rude word, and any bystander who doesn't think the provocation was adequate is likely to add *you* to his killfile. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where we had lovely spring weather for St. Paddy's day, but I'm not putting my winter coat back in the closet just yet. (And the earth is still too cold to plant the potatoes.) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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This will probably sound really stupid to most of you (if so it'll give you a laugh), but the last time I went out of the UK was in 1959, when I walked out of a wooden shed, across the tarmac and up a short flight of steps onto a 36-seater plane to go to Austria. That was the one and only time I got on an aircraft - the trip was prearranged to fly there and train and ferry back. I seriously considered going to Denver, but, apart from not knowing if I'd have an RA flare up just before or while there, other questions arose. 1. Would I need something to prove that I have a steel knee joint? Would it set of the metal detectors at airports? I assume they have them because I've seen people in films, etc walk through an arch which sets of a detector if they have anything metal on them. 2. What would be the reaction at US customs (or even the airlines) to me carrying 11 different prescription drugs? Don't fancy being turned back or arrested. 3. Would I get travel insurance - I understand my only hopes would be Saga or Age Concern ( or it might be Help the Aged)? They're just the more sensible questions, so in the end I decided that it was just too much hassle (at least in my mind) and I'm not going. Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI Convention -location, location - and price
Devon said, Actually, I think this thread is good because it illuminates the difficulties experienced by the convention planners and helps to control expectations. I agree, AND I really haven't picked up a huge sense of immense frustration, just some what about this kind of statements. After what I think many regard as a very disappointing convention last hear (where many of us stayed away in droves...), I think we're mainly giddy with excitement to be back to normal, with a few well-conceived new bells and whistles - not the least of which is the Arachne Luncheon!! So it suggests to me that as a group, our informal group has a lot of impact. Last year, we spent a lot of time grousing about the arrangements, and lots of people made up their minds about whether to go based on information they had gleaned from our postings. I don't think I'm being naive to say that a lot of this year's organizers are also members of Arachne. So our complaints, compliments, suggestions, and opinions were not falling on deaf ears. Certainly, we're already seeing that someone was listening - to us as Arachnids? - maybe... to us as members of IOLI? not as easily done, actually. Our democratic process works, but I wonder if our Arachne forum isn't doing more than we realize? So I say, let's continue to speak up when we have ideas and suggestions. Let's don't muzzle each other. And for heaven's sake, let's continue to disagree when we want to! But we need to continue to be nice. Remember, don't embarrass your Mother. ; ) Lordy, I'm excited about Denver!! Clay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Original Message] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Date: 3/17/2005 2:09:29 PM Subject: Re: [lace] IOLI Convention -location, location - and price In a message dated 3/17/2005 1:30:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: May I propose a new subject? Favorite Lace Convention Memory! OK. My favorite lace convention memory is when I turned to the person on my left at the banquet and said, I can't imagine why they chose this hotel and she said, It is the only hotel in town that has a room that can seat 300 at a banquet. :-) Actually, I think this thread is good because it illuminates the difficulties experienced by the convention planners and helps to control expectations. Devon - 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] IOLI convention observations
I am responding to Bev's questions and some of Veronics's observations. I was 40 when I went to my first convention in Bethesda. My kids were old enough to take care of themselves and that was my only week of vacation for the year (Scrooge for a boss). My family was very supportive. Since then I have changed jobs, get more vacation and have a little more disposable income and have attended 4 IOLI conventions. Can't attend this year, youngest child graduating and going off to school, no disposable income. Will be attending next years. Veronica, your comment about the day off in the middle. I used to agree with you on that. I wanted as much lace time as I could get!! You will find that you are so immersed in lace for that whole time that you need that time to regroup. You are up early, stay up until all hours of the night doing homework or gabbing, there are night programs that you must see, IOLI meetings to attend. Your mental capacity is stretched. Take advantage of that time to rest or regroup then come Thursday you appreciate your lace class a little more. I envy all that are attending this year make sure you check in when you return to let us know how it went. Deborah Redman Newfield, NY - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI Convention -location, location - and price
In a message dated 3/17/05 8:39:22 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The needs of younger people and the needs of older people are somewhat in conflict. Pity the poor organizers of conventions. Devon So true, Devon. To be honest, OIDFA Prague was not perfect or comfortable or scaled to women and their needs. It was an agricultural college campus. We were all just so happy to support lacemakers in Eastern Europe, that we adjusted. Comments may have gone to the officers of OIDFA, but there was no need to stab the pride of our hostesses and their city by publicly complaining. I have attended many conventions/seminars/congresses (whatever they want to call them), and it is apparent the sponsors have considered the unique needs of people who are likely to attend. They have found a middle ground formula that works for most, but will always be lacking some details that a few vocal individuals would like. Rather than enumerate problems - let me share (once again - it is my annual response to public complaints) what happened to a very fine organization called National Standards Council of American Embroiderers. Membership was made up of very serious professional stitchers - university instructors, authors, artists, certified embroidery teachers who taught at the Embroiderers' Guild and American Needlepoint Guild seminars, and those who were elevating embroidery to an intellectual level. Lots of complaints. Then, no one wanted to volunteer to organize a convention or serve as officers. The whole NSCAE organization folded quickly, once members did not have a place to gather once a year. The magazine they published did not contain enough glue to hold them together. Sponsoring groups and vendors stand to suffer financially when there is a lot of pre-convention complaining. It is a huge juggling act; an all-consuming job that interrupts normal life. I would like to suggest that we thank our lucky stars there are volunteers willing to make a huge effort to provide us with so many wonderful options at lace conventions. It is the many things they do right that we should remember and look forward to from year-to-year. May I propose a new subject? Favorite Lace Convention Memory! Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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In a message dated 3/17/2005 1:30:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: May I propose a new subject? Favorite Lace Convention Memory! OK. My favorite lace convention memory is when I turned to the person on my left at the banquet and said, I can't imagine why they chose this hotel and she said, It is the only hotel in town that has a room that can seat 300 at a banquet. :-) Actually, I think this thread is good because it illuminates the difficulties experienced by the convention planners and helps to control expectations. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Margot wrote: Looking back, I think the reasons for the difference were: 1. Because the IOLI conventions are held in 5 star hotels, they're expensive. I have been to all conventions, except Puerto Rico, since the one held in Ann Arbor. I have no recollection of staying at a 5 star hotel and some of them would be lucky to receive 3 stars! Prices did get a little high in New Jersey but I think that is mainly because of the proximity to New York. Finding a hotel to have the convention in Chicago at all, let alone at a reaonsable nightly rate was impossible. None of them wanted to give up so many rooms for the use of workshops. We have settled for a Holiday Inn in the suburbs and have a room rate for 2008 that is under $100. It is certainly not a 5 star hotel but is definitely better than the one last year, which was in need of some TLC. Interesting to read the age of my roomie, Diane Willliams, she would have qualified as a youngster when we went to Ann Arbor together for our first convention and got really bitten by this lace bug. Weronika, you will not be alone on Wednesday if you miss out on the trips. I plan on working on my lace that day and probably hitting the sales room as well. We can walk to the Super Walmart to stock up on cheap food. Wonder if they sell cheap plonk as well. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 04:50:17PM -0800, Janice Blair wrote: Finding a hotel to have the convention in Chicago at all, let alone at a reaonsable nightly rate was impossible. None of them wanted to give up so many rooms for the use of workshops. Don't schools/universities do that sort of thing in the US? That's how most of my workshops (non-lace) worked in Poland. Weronika, you will not be alone on Wednesday if you miss out on the trips. I plan on working on my lace that day and probably hitting the sales room as well. We can walk to the Super Walmart to stock up on cheap food. Wonder if they sell cheap plonk as well. What's plonk? Weronika -- Weronika Patena Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA http://vole.stanford.edu/weronika - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Tuesday, March 15, 2005, at 06:59 PM, Alice Howell wrote: I, myself, could not attend until I retired. Contrary to Alice, I found it easier to attend before I retired. I attended my IOLI conventions in my 40s, then took a very early retirement at 52 and haven't attended since. Looking back, I think the reasons for the difference were: 1. Because the IOLI conventions are held in 5 star hotels, they're expensive. Pre-retirement I had a lot more money than I do now. So, I'd just take a week's vacation and off I'd go. 2. In my 40s I was just learning lacemaking and needed all the help I could get. Also I was experimenting with different kinds of lace to see which one(s) I'd like to make. Now, I know which my favourites are and which other ones I might like to learn how to do. 3. I've now attended IOLI, OIDFA, and Lace Guild conventions, and my comments about each are: IOLI: great for a large variety of courses and U.S. suppliers. OIDFA: great for courses on laces of the host country, European suppliers, magnificent displays, and lace-related tours. Lace Guild: no comparison to the others. Very short courses - tasters really, few displays, fewer suppliers (mainly because there are so many lace days in the UK). Lately, I've been going to the OIDFA Congresses and enjoying them very much. Next year I'll be going to the OIDFA and the IOLI conventions. The latter in Montreal, where I lived for 35 years. So I'll get to see old friends, explore my old stomping grounds, and eat in some of the over 3,500 restaurants in the city. Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Well, Weronika... Are I.O.L.I. Conventions worth it? I don't know if I can add anything to Alice's lovely and thorough dissertation, but here is another perspective. The first time I attended a convention it was in New Jersey in 1991. I had very recently moved from Texas to Massachusetts and missed my Texas friends horribly. We would see each other at the convention, so I was looking forward to it. I don't think I got any of the classes I signed up for, but I was so new, that didn't matter much. I stayed with a roommate they matched me with and even though we were completely different and would not have met otherwise, we had lace in common. I can remember: walking around in shock to see lacers lacing in common areas, going to lunch and joining a big table of lacemakers two of whom were debating the open or closed method (what is the open method, I wondered, what is the closed method? seeing my face, one lacemaker pantomimed the methods to me so I could follow the conversation (such kindnesses are simply the rule not the exception at these conventions)), the vending room(!) where I spent HOURS, the display room (how many hours of work are displayed? Must be thousands!), meeting teachers (I was in awe), going to the I.O.L.I. meeting, and, well, it was a very full week. It was such a positive experience I've gone to each and every one I could possibly attend since then and I have very good friends that I see only 1 -2 times a year at conventions and other lace gatherings. Lacers are such an interesting group, every year I'm amazed at all the things I learn about and hear about at convention. My little palm pilot runneth over with names of websites to visit, shops to see, places to go, books to read, teachers to take, laces to try. I find I immediately have many things in common with lacemakers; love of history, love of home, strength of conviction, a certain geekiness My husband asks what goes on at the conventions and I have told him we walk into the hotel and start talking and don't close our mouths until the ride home. It feels like we are talking the entire time. I never laugh so hard as I do at conventions. These women are FUNNY! To cut costs, I usually eat breakfast in the room as well as lunch some days, and probably eat dinner out only a couple times. Cheese and crackers are enough most nights. I room with at least one other person, I have shared with 4 other people (we had a cot in the room) but as my most favored roomie and I get older, we rather like to get in the bathroom when we want to, so we limit to 3 in the room now. It's really cool to get two rooms that adjoin and have 3 in each room. That way you can have a quiet room and a loud room. So, is it worth it? For me it has been. It's like walking into a world where everyone is instantly connected to you, friendships are bound to be formed. Who can put a price on friendship? Hope to see you in Denver! Lace in Peace, Laurie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI convention
Weronika, I heartily echo everything that everyone has said about attending the IOLI Convention. I've only been to two, Denver will be my third, and I have been looking forward to this for the entire year. I'm lucky to have an understanding husband who encourages and makes sacrifices so that I can attend. I take as many courses as I can cram into the time alloted. My first year I took two bobbin lace courses, one in the morning and a different one in the afternoon. They were different enough that I didn't get confused, and yet things I learned in each class helped the other class. When I got home that year from Ann Arbor, my husband said that he knew I learned a lot because I no longer muttered twist, cross while making lace. That week of submersion in lace trained my fingers as well as my brain. And how often do we get to spend time with *hundreds* of other people that have the same passion we do? I was so pumped up after Harrisburg last year that even my family and friends that humor me in my obsession have looked at my lace in the last year in a new (and admiring) light. I may not be able to attend every convention every year, but if I can afford it, and if there are classes that excite me (multiple choices this year) then I am going to make every effort to attend. Each convention I've attend has far exceeded my expections and raised my excitement about lace and trying new things. Hope to see you in Denver! Diane Williams Galena, Illinois USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Weronika Patena [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, Who's going to the IOLI convention this year? And for people who've been before, what's it like? I'm thinking of going, but it is pretty expensive, now that I've actually added it all up - do you think it's worth it? Explaining to my husband why I want to spend $1000 on a lace conference isn't easy either... g Weronika -- Weronika Patena Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA http://vole.stanford.edu/weronika - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
