Re: [lace] Quiet?/what lace
Mary Carey says she is working on a memory quilt. What is that? Karen in Malta Let your email find you with BlackBerry® from Vodafone - 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] Quiet?/what lace
I have been working on a piece of Floral Bucks Point but today I really must write an article for the editor of The Lace Society about making a lace jabot and cuffs for the current High Sheriff of East Yorkshire. After that, well there are a couple of pillows with a piece of Duchesse on them and one with a Honiton piece which really needs finishing.And then there is the Christmas Fair at Solihull this Saturday when, I am sure, I will be unable to resist more goodies!!! Maureen E Yorks UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Quiet?/what lace
Hi I think that this is lovely.I hope it is of some help to her. Memory quilts are made using photos from a given person's life transferred to fabric for the quilt. We have gathered photos from around the family, and when Lorraine has the quilt others can use it as a starting point for conversation, some things she will remember and others she will not. It will also serve as a mini family history for her children and grandchildren who will not now be able to ask her. 60 is young for an Alzheimers Diagnosis, but her family seem to have a lot of local support and her middle son, aged 36, is acting as her carer. Some people do Memory quilts for significant Anniversarys, 60th for example, or significant birthdays. Lorraine is younger than I am. Lace content.I am currently writing an article about making a bobbin lace jabot and cuffs for the High Sheriff of East Yorkshire for the Lace Society. Maureen E Yorks UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Quiet?/what lace
Dear Friends, Having finished a piece of Chantilly lace last week, I am now having a few weeks off to knit myself a lovely Aran jumper in 5 ply grey. It's much easier to take knitting with me to Fiji next week than bobbin lace. David in Ballarat, AUS - 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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I have things on 4 pillows. I have a Bucks edging on my travel pillow. I've finished 14 inches of 53. This pillow will come with me to Sweden on the 16th to celebrate Christmas with Middle Child. Haven't done that for 5 years. Will be bringing what I can for an American Christmas dinner. I have the altar cloth on another pillow. I have a beginners' Valenciennes pieces from a class that I WILL finish, so I can get back to the handkerchief, number XI from Kumiko Nakazaki's first folio of Flanders patterns. Just getting to the first corner on that one. Actually, there are things on other pillows, but I haven't worked on them in a while, and the idea is what you're working on now. But I have decided I need a new sweater for Sweden. The Lett Lopi yarn from Iceland and the book from Canada combined here yesterday. I have about 3 weeks to finish it, so I'm doing that. On Thursday I take the train, 3 hours each way, to New York, to see the lace exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, so I'm bringing the sleeves to work on the train. Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, where they predicted snow this morning, first of the season, but so far it's rain, and sometimes a bit of wet snow mixed in. Disappointing. The first snowfall of the season is always uplifting. Today looks grey, not bright and white. Sun later today, or tomorrow. - 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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Quite a few years ago, a very dear friend of mine died. She left a seven-year-old son. I wanted to do something to help, but lived several hundred miles away. I decided to make him a memory quilt. I used a simple star pattern quilt which had squares in the center of each star, where I placed the pictures. Her husband sent me many pictures to choose from, as well as a box of her colorful nursing scrubs. Because she had chosen her scrubs herself, and wore them daily, they were all familiar to her son, and not surprisingly, they all complimented each other. I knew that the grieving process is difficult for a child, so each of the pictures was covered by four triangles that could be opened to reveal the picture. His father hung the quilt in the child's bedroom, but he (the child) did not want it there. So it was moved to the father's room. Before long, the child began to visit it, and gradually began to look at the pictures, and finally asked to have it in his room. The other thing that struck me was that working on this quilt was the best thing I could have done to get me through my own grieving process. There were lots of tears, and lots of good memories sewn into it! Clay Memory quilts are made using photos from a given person's life transferred to fabric for the quilt. We have gathered photos from around the family, and when Lorraine has the quilt others can use it as a starting point for conversation, some things she will remember and others she will not. It will also serve as a mini family history for her children and grandchildren who will not now be able to ask her. 60 is young for an Alzheimers Diagnosis, but her family seem to have a lot of local support and her middle son, aged 36, is acting as her carer. Some people do Memory quilts for significant Anniversarys, 60th for example, or significant birthdays. Lorraine is younger than I am. - 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] Quiet?/what lace
Clay what a wonderful tribute to your friend and a treasure for her son and husband! To incorporate her scrubs was a brilliant idea. Fabrics, like music and smells can pull up such strong memories. Thanks for sharing that. Dona On Nov 27, 2012, at 8:50 AM, Clay Blackwell wrote: Quite a few years ago, a very dear friend of mine died. She left a seven-year-old son. I wanted to do something to help, but lived several hundred miles away. I decided to make him a memory quilt. I used a simple star pattern quilt which had squares in the center of each star, where I placed the pictures. Her husband sent me many pictures to choose from, as well as a box of her colorful nursing scrubs. Because she had chosen her scrubs herself, and wore them daily, they were all familiar to her son, and not surprisingly, they all complimented each other. I knew that the grieving process is difficult for a child, so each of the pictures was covered by four triangles that could be opened to reveal the picture. His father hung the quilt in the child's bedroom, but he (the child) did not want it there. So it was moved to the father's room. Before long, the child began to visit it, and gradually began to look at the pictures, and finally asked to have it in his room. The other thing that struck me was that working on this quilt was the best thing I could have done to get me through my own grieving process. There were lots of tears, and lots of good memories sewn into it! 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/
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I am working on a shawl in Milanese-technique, in 3 different brown shades, and I hope to have it finished for Christmas. Alix from Luxembourg - 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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I am doing a Michel Jourde pattern , the tiger which appeared on the cover of a past issue of Lace Express magazine. If any arachne member has laced that one, I would appreciate your e-mailing me privately, I have big questions on how to best complete the black fur markings halfway into the pattern. d2one...@comcast.net Doris O'Neill, Chicago area - 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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Thanks everybody for sharing what you have been making, I was busy on Xmas things and thought perhaps everyone else was too. Really interesting to see what others are making. Keep lacing Sue Sent from my iPad - 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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Setting up my pillow to do an Hinojosa Christmas tree that I designed. It's also a piece to help me practice smooth, rounded corners and sharper, pointed corners. Peg in chilly Fairview Park OH - 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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It's quiet. Time for a lace quiz! what are you working on... I'm doing a Schneeberger bell ornament :) On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Sue Harvey 2harv...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Has it been really quiet on Arachne or am I missing some mail I wonder -- Bev in sunny cool 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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Having spent half the last week knocking up tiny crocheted owls (20 so far) my current lace project is my piece for contrasts. Milanese lace in black and white. Not the best time of year to be working lace in black thread. Ugh. However, walking back to my car after teaching my class in Maidstone I was struck by how lace like the very modern Christmas tree in the shopping centre is. Feeling a bit inspired to get the sketchbook out. Claire Allen www.bonitocrafts.co.uk Crafty stuff I want to show off. On 26 Nov 2012, at 16:48, Bev Walker wrote: It's quiet. Time for a lace quiz! what are you working on... I'm doing a Schneeberger bell ornament :) - 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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I'm working on a straight length of the Olney pattern in the Visual Introduction to Bucks Point. It will go on the bottom of a doll's dress. Then I will make a collar for the dress from the corner pattern. Simon, on a beautiful day in Austin, TX On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Bev Walker walker.b...@gmail.com wrote: It's quiet. Time for a lace quiz! what are you working on... I'm doing a Schneeberger bell ornament :) On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Sue Harvey 2harv...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Has it been really quiet on Arachne or am I missing some mail I wonder -- Bev in sunny cool 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/ - 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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I am currently working on a black lace lappet from the wonderful book given out to all OIFDA members. Tammy Padilla in Sunny New Mexico, USA -Original Message- From: Bev Walker walker.b...@gmail.com To: Sue Harvey 2harv...@tiscali.co.uk Cc: Arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Mon, Nov 26, 2012 9:48 am Subject: Re: [lace] Quiet?/what lace - 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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I'm working on the second little leaf medallion in Lesson 14 of Barbara Underwood's Introducing Traditional Bedfordshire Lace in 20 Lessons. Eventually I may even have something to show for this! Amanda in Pennsylvania, USA On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 12:49:07PM -0500, pad...@aol.com wrote: I am currently working on a black lace lappet from the wonderful book given out to all OIFDA members. Tammy Padilla in Sunny New Mexico, USA -Original Message- From: Bev Walker walker.b...@gmail.com To: Sue Harvey 2harv...@tiscali.co.uk Cc: Arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Mon, Nov 26, 2012 9:48 am Subject: Re: [lace] Quiet?/what lace - 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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Time for a lace quiz! what are you working on... I'm working on the brochure for Lace at Sweet Briar ! It needs to go to the Design Group next week, and to the printer by mid-December! 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/
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And I am working on a length of zig zags from Discover Torchon by Ulrike Voelker - cream with dark brown surrounds. I started just to try it out, but it looks so good I think I'll use it to decorate a shopping bag - cover one of the reusable fabric supermarket bags with plain fabric and have it running as a stripe down both sides. Noelene in Cooma, Australia nlaffe...@ozemail.com.au Time for a lace quiz! what are you working on... I'm doing a Schneeberger bell ornament :) - 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] Quiet?/what lace
I have sent both of my christmas cards off and hopefully Ayla in NZ will not have to wait too long. So, that lace done and my class that I taught based on the lace completed, what should I do? I finished a fourth sample of the piece that was on my pillow after the class. I finished knitting the mittens with fold over tips and holes for the thumbs to poke through for my teenage granddaughter. Now she can text without getting too cold. I do have my Beds Lester piece, but I need good light for that and the days seem so dreary at the moment. I have two pillows with yardage that I use for demos, but I want something to tackle while I watch tv. I would like to do some needlelace around a christmas ball. The ball is one with a covering of fine silky thread but unfortunately it is not soft so I can't stick pins in it. I tried working a couronne around my finger, and then wanted to work some loopy brussels ground using DMC 12, but it is hard to tension with nothing to pull against. Has anyone done anything on a ball in thread? How do you get started? I have worked around plumbing parts and beads before but this is driving me nuts as it just slips about. Janice BTW, Claire your phrase knocking up has a very different meaning in the US. Good job it was followed by tiny crocheted owls which explained what you were doing. :-) Time for a lace quiz! what are you working on... I'm doing a Schneeberger bell ornament :) BevJanice 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
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I am near the end of a Beds circle started in May on a course with Christine Springett. Doing the last motif, then will need to tie off using magix threads. I don't fancy the latter job. Also doing some snakes in Anchor 8 for demonstration purposes. Not sure what my next project will be. Agnes Boddington Elloughton UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
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I am working on a picture of the National Women's Monument in Bloemfontein for it's centenary next year. Part of the actual monument is done but the figures of the women on it have to be done in No. 180 thread in Withof techniques. Well, after at least 6 attempts to get started and taken off again, I think I am at last making some progress. It has to be finished by March. I have a torchon runner and a coloured bookmark on other pillows for when I need some light relief but Christmas lace is taking a back seat this year. Janis in South Africa where we had a very hot spring but summer is struggling to get started at the moment - 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 All, Working on a french fan bookmark for a young lady who was a great support to her Mum (was client as Palliative Care Volunteer) who married in Scotland recently. Went to a Church Camp when on holidays and found her man. Have some quilting commitments (not good weather in Aussie for quilting at the moment) like a Memory quilt for my sister who has an Alzheimers diagnosis, hope to get back to my Eeva-Liisa Guardian Angel over the holiday period. Preparing some pillows, notes etc for a new Lacemakers class in the new Year. Mary Carey Campbelltown, NSW, Australia - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
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Am working on 9-pin BL edging out of gold thread with spangles. Instead of using a pricking, have also tried using check gingham as the guide for my pattern. So far I'd rather use a pricking, but with some help from a friend, we decided to mark the gingham to help me keep track. -- Beth - 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 Arachnids, This is a busy time of the year for everyone, what with Thanksgiving, St Nikolaas (5th/6th December in the Netherlands), probably others as well for other nations and Christmas so near most of us have our hands full. Am working on my second exchange piece. First one in needle lace is of to Canada today, hope to finish the second one in mainly Milanese over the next week. Not quite the urgency as it stays in the UK. Also on the pillows are a soft green runner adapted from a pattern on the Lace Guild calendar of a couple of years ago and the dragon mask which has not got much further this year as other commitments have got in the way. Happy lace making; oh for more hours in the day for our hobby -sigh- Joepie, in VERY wet East Sussex, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
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I have done my lace for the card exchange, and am finishing a snowflake mat from 'craft corner' and designed by Louise Woodward, hopefully in time for this Christmas. I have also just made two patterns from 'roseground' which are wooden stars with a lace insert and one has a nativity scene pendant inside and the other a lacemaker. So many patterns I want to do but never enough time. Celia Mulhearn in a wet and windy SE London UK Sent from my iPad On 26 Nov 2012, at 16:48, Bev Walker walker.b...@gmail.com wrote: It's quiet. Time for a lace quiz! what are you working on... I'm doing a Schneeberger bell ornament :) On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Sue Harvey 2harv...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Has it been really quiet on Arachne or am I missing some mail I wonder -- Bev in sunny cool 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/ - 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/
