[lace] "Inspirations", pub. by Country Bumpkin, Australia
I am also a smocker and subscribe to the Smocking and Embroidery magazine..automatic shipment from Creative Needle (www.smocking.com). They seem to also have some backordered Inspiration magazines on their site, under "All Sale". I have never seen one of the Inspiration magazines and didn't think that they might contain some lace projects. Do they? All of the Bumpkin publications are absolutely gorgeous and very inspiring. Jude in WY At 04:40 AM 9/23/2007, you wrote: I can only agree with Jeri. I subscribe to the Smocking and Embroidery magazine from the same publishers. I suffer from "sewing needle phobia" and just looking at the pictures has inspired me to start smocking for the grandchildren. The grandchildren are fortunately not critical of the garments and the parents are even more inept with a sewing needle than I am, so the garments are much appreciated!! Fortunately one does not need a sewing needle to make lace!! Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] "Inspirations", pub. by Country Bumpkin, Australia (Long)
Dear Lacemakers, Hope this magazine/book review is of value to some of our Arachnes. It is now quite a few years since a new embroidery magazine, "Inspirations", began arriving in America from Australia. Well received, the magazine was followed by a series of 16 very nice instruction books titled "A - Z of ..". The two most recent are "A - Z of Whitework" and "A - Z of Crochet". The magazine is really a great value. Compared to many books, it costs the same or less and has twice the pages. Each issue contains a number of inspirational projects with step-by-step instructions of techniques. Except for text, all is in color. In the back is a pull-out section of patterns. Even the advertising is beautiful. Everything published by is in my library, because everything they issue is exceptional. However, for lacemakers, it is advisable to ask an embroiderer who collects the magazine about lace content of each issue before purchasing. Issue #55, 120 pages, contains: 1. Letters from a variety of nations (it is becoming more international). 2. 2 pages of info and pictures of the 25,000 bonnets project - honoring convict women (some Arachnes are participating. per correspondence earlier this year). 3. 4 pages about Igne Oyalari Needlelace (knotted lace from Turkey). 4. 3 pages about successfully teaching children needlework. 5. 13 pages about tambour embroidery (same basic stitch as in tambour lace). 4 pages of this feature are detailed illustrations of how to manage the tambour hook, something beginners may find difficult to master. 6. 8 pages about Maison R Malbranche in Paris - embroidering fine linens, with initials, etc., plus 6 pages of detailed stitches (a useful skill for lacemakers). 7. 8-pages about Irish Mountmellick embroidery. Irish Arachnes call Mountmellick lace because of a traditional knitted lace fringe border. 8. Other articles feature ribbon embroidery, traditional embroidery, embellishments with beads and buttons, applique, goldwork. This is the normal range of topics in "Inspirations". 9. Opportunity to purchase hard-to-find materials in kit form! Australians! Note! Considering recent Arachne discussions of several of the above topics, I thought some of you might like to own or read Issue #55. Ask your embroiderer friends if they have it. Not always easy to find, but a first-rate needlework shop might have. Only 3 copies come to my Barnes & Noble Book Store in early September and early March, so I always reserve a copy. Be sure to stress it is an Australian needlework magazine, as there is another magazine of the same name about paper crafts! $14 US, $12 Oz, $14 NZ. In the UK it is called "Classic Inspirations", and is stocked by WH Smith stores as of this issue. (American edition is now printed in England.) For a back issue, sometimes Nordic Needle in North Dakota US will have - costs around $20 US. Also, I've ordered kits directly from Country Bumpkins in Australia for my students, so you could try contacting them.. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] "Inspirations", pub. by Country Bumpkin, Australia
In a message dated 9/22/07 8:30:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Did the title change recently? (I think I've been > buying them in the UK for a few years, and only recently succumbed to > temptation over here). > Carolyn Hastings > Stow, MA USA > I have never seen one of the Inspiration magazines and didn't think that they might contain some lace projects. Do they? All of the Bumpkin publications are absolutely gorgeous and very inspiring. Jude in WY USA -- Carolyn: There appears to be a recent change that includes printing in England for the US (and Canadian?) market. The binding has thickened to one that can be read when placed on a bookshelf.The announcement of name change in UK appeared in this issue - #55, p. 2. Perhaps that is because there is already a magazine named "Inspirations" in England? As I warned, there is a paper crafts magazine named "Inspirations" in US stores, so be specific if you ask the service desk of a book store to reserve a copy for you. Jude: Sorry I was not clear enough because I did not think it necessary to give details of things that might not be of interest to Arachnes. #8 told of additional features in this issue that were of usual content: "Other articles feature ribbon embroidery, traditional embroidery, embellishments with beads and buttons, applique, goldwork. This is the normal range of topics in 'Inspirations'." Jude: "Inspirations" is about embroidery most of the time. They are particularly good with articles and instructions for stumpwork (technically, this is made with needlelace stitches), silk embroidery, ribbon embroidery, beading, wool embroidery and applique on garments and baby blankets. It is a magazine of instructions. Everyone: Lacemakers need to understand that in some embroidery communities, including The Embroiderers' Guild of America, they often classify any decorative stitching "made with a threaded needle" as being embroidery.I believe this is true in the English, Canadian and Australian Embroiderers' Guilds, as wellIn my memo, paragraph 4 (above the numbered list), it says to ask an embroiderer who collects the magazine about lace content of each issue before purchasing. (It's such a special magazine, it is often enclosed in a clear, sealed, wrapper. Sometimes they enclose a special little gift - this issue that I reviewed had a small booklet of step-by-step bead embroidery instructions.) If you want to learn how to make lace with a needle, the Embroiderers' Guilds offer wonderful instruction to members via correspondence courses and seminars. I learned these techniques at EGA, long before I joined lace guilds. If you collect embroidery or lace, you often find both embroidery and lace on garments and household linens. Same is true of content of some needlework books. Often embroidery on a combination piece helps to date and identify the whole, including the lace. It is for these reasons that I acknowledge both in "Lace and Embroidery Resource Center". Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] "Inspirations", pub. by Country Bumpkin, Australia
In a message dated 23/09/2007 19:59:54 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > The announcement of name change in UK appeared in this issue - #55, p. 2. > Perhaps that is because there is already a magazine named "Inspirations" in > England? This 'name change' didn't sound right to me so I have just had a quick and certainly as far back as the year 2000 the Country Bumpkin magazine I have been buying in the UK is called Classic Inspirations. I think I might be right in saying that there is a cross stitch style embroidery magazine called 'Inspirations' (I'm not very interested in those), but if it's the one I'm thinking of, that has also been on sale here for years. But I agree with the rest of you that have seen them, the Country Bumpkin publications are way ahead of most magazines. Jacquie in Lincolshire, where it's cold and wet and very miserable. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] "Inspirations", pub. by Country Bumpkin, Australia (Long)
I can only agree with Jeri. I subscribe to the Smocking and Embroidery magazine from the same publishers. I suffer from "sewing needle phobia" and just looking at the pictures has inspired me to start smocking for the grandchildren. The grandchildren are fortunately not critical of the garments and the parents are even more inept with a sewing needle than I am, so the garments are much appreciated!! Fortunately one does not need a sewing needle to make lace!! Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 1:12 AM Subject: [lace] "Inspirations", pub. by Country Bumpkin, Australia (Long) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
