Re: [lace] Project complete - Wedding penny

2014-09-07 Thread nestalace . carol 
Hello Spiders All,

I had a little silver three-penny bit sewn into my wedding dress - the 
something old was a prayer book, the new was the dress (and accoutrements!) and 
the something borrowed was a handkerchief from my sister.  These old traditions 
don't die, do they - my 47th wedding anniversary was last Tuesday, the 2nd 
September, and we were very fortunate.   We had a wedding in the Roman Catholic 
church, then a blessig ceremony in my Anglican church, so it was a very 
exciting day indeed.    I have since made several lace garters for family and 
friends, and regret not making lace, or knowing anything about bobbin lace, 
when I married, as I might well have made a garter for myself!

Carol, - in North Norfolk, UK.

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From: Ilske Thomsen 
Subject: Re: [lace] Project complete - Wedding penny

Yes, I knew this 

> Something old, something new,
> something borrowed, something blue,
too. But not the last line. 

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Re: [lace] Project complete - Wedding penny

2014-09-06 Thread Ilske Thomsen 
Yes, I knew this 

> Something old, something new,
> something borrowed, something blue,
too. But not the last line. As old I had a handkerchief with lace around not 
bobbin neither needle lace it was "only" crochet but it was done from myself 
when I was a child. For new I took my dress and the shoes, the underwear and 
the coiffure. I can't remember what the borrowed and the blue were. And the 
shoes were paid with pennies (German Pfennige) and not wore in the shoe. How 
can you dance with a penny in there? Garters aren't in use in Germany. 
And me too will have our Wedding anniversary this month but the 39th.

Ilske in Hamburg, Germany, where a dramatic thunderstorm is coming

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