[lace] Rosalibre
If I still remember correctly somebody was asking about the Rosalibre book. I was surfing the web and found that the book store in Brugge still has it. www.brugseboekhandel.be The choice of lace books at this shop is amazing a lot of books which you don't see at other places. Enjoy, Miriam Arad, Israel - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Fw: [lace] Rosalibre butterfly
I have never seen any Rosalibre lace but this sounds lovely, but it reminded me of a question I wanted to ask all you lacemakers. I would like to make something in lace to attach to my clothing, Not something permanent that will go through the wash regularly, but a lapel thing. I did do a couple of pieces of Alex Stillwells bucks lace from the book my daughter bought for a birthday, the effect is good and I also have plans to make a Lace flower buttonhole, but I would also like something decretive but not specific like flowers which are more for a wedding so I can attach to coat, jacket or top. Question is, What have some of you made that you wear often on clothing or what have you got plans to make for that purpose? Sue T The butterfly pattern is in the book Introducing Rosalibre Bobbin Lace by Cathleen Belleville. I took the class at IOLI a few years ago and completed a cluster of flowers and leaves in class, but only half the butterfly. When I got home, I couldn't find the flower cluster in my luggage. The case I thought it was in had been gone through by the airport officials, and I thought the cluster was lost. This year I used a suitcase that hadn't been used for a while, and I found the flower cluster in a pocket of the suitcase. The lost was finally found. Now I need to finish my butterfly to add it to the cluster, and attach it all to a pin frame so I can wear it. Alice in Oregon - - PS -- we rarely have a white Christmas so this is very unusual. - 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] Rosalibre butterfly
The butterfly pattern is in the book Introducing Rosalibre Bobbin Lace by Cathleen Belleville. I took the class at IOLI a few years ago and completed a cluster of flowers and leaves in class, but only half the butterfly. When I got home, I couldn't find the flower cluster in my luggage. The case I thought it was in had been gone through by the airport officials, and I thought the cluster was lost. This year I used a suitcase that hadn't been used for a while, and I found the flower cluster in a pocket of the suitcase. The lost was finally found. Now I need to finish my butterfly to add it to the cluster, and attach it all to a pin frame so I can wear it. Alice in Oregon - - who got a path shoveled through only half my sidewalk. The snow was about 15 deep and I got tired. I'll try again tomorrow. There's 16 now but the snow has temporarily stopped. PS -- we rarely have a white Christmas so this is very unusual. - Original Message From: Sue Duckles s...@duckles.co.uk To: Alice Howell lacel...@verizon.net Cc: lace Arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 1:58:15 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Re: lace projects on the go ... and snow (long) Hi Alice et al 1. That much snow?? England grinds to a standstill with 1/2 an inch!!! We don't get a White Christmas (AGAIN!!) 2. Where did you get the rosalibre butterfly from? (says Sue being rather nosey and having fallen in love with rosalibre) - 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] Rosalibre butterfly
I've got that book!! LOL Should have thought of looking in there!! (That's me having a 'blonde' moment and I'm allowed to say that because my daughter is) Pleased you found the cluster. So far I've made the flower but it was in the wrong thread so it looks a bit silly, but it's fastened to my pincushion with a divider pin through the middle! Am going to make a spray of flowers at some point. Hope you had a nice cuppa when you got back in from the snow. Let's hope the snow stays eased off for you. Have a GREAT christmas (white, huh, send me a photo if you can i'm jealous) if you're snowed in you've no reason to go out make lace!! Sue in a mild, cloudy East Yorkshire On 23 Dec 2008, at 03:12, Alice Howell wrote: The butterfly pattern is in the book Introducing Rosalibre Bobbin Lace by Cathleen Belleville. I took the class at IOLI a few years ago and completed a cluster of flowers and leaves in class, but only half the butterfly. When I got home, I couldn't find the flower cluster in my luggage. The case I thought it was in had been gone through by the airport officials, and I thought the cluster was lost. This year I used a suitcase that hadn't been used for a while, and I found the flower cluster in a pocket of the suitcase. The lost was finally found. Now I need to finish my butterfly to add it to the cluster, and attach it all to a pin frame so I can wear it. Alice in Oregon - - who got a path shoveled through only half my sidewalk. The snow was about 15 deep and I got tired. I'll try again tomorrow. There's 16 now but the snow has temporarily stopped. PS -- we rarely have a white Christmas so this is very unusual. - 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] Rosalibre
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 11:41:47PM -0400, Tamara P Duvall wrote: But, finally, the Rosalibre photo gallery is up. Most of the work -- with two exceptions -- is mine. The designs... Most are either mine or Cathleen Belleville's (modified or not). But there are also two -- one by Robin Panza and one by Jeanette Fischer -- which use the same basic techniques yet differently. I've been meaning to reply to this for a week - It looks like there is a lot more that has been done with Rosalibre than is in the book. I seem to recall that Cathleen has taught classes with more recent additions than are in the book, and then there are the innovations showcased in Tamara's gallery... is there any chance that all these new developments will make it into print at some point? I am jealous :) Thanks, Amanda in PA, US - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Rosalibre
Better late than never, I hope... About 2 weeks ago, someone (Sue Duckles?) asked about Rosalibre. I had some photos but not enough 'puter know-how, and couldn't upload them to my website. My message -- containing the best shots, 15MB worth of photos -- to my son (who's got the long-distance keys to the website) disappeared in the ether-hole twice. Then, life intervened and I didn't pursue the issue for a while... The person who'd asked originally has, since, got one of Cathleen's books on the subject, so I'm But, finally, the Rosalibre photo gallery is up. Most of the work -- with two exceptions -- is mine. The designs... Most are either mine or Cathleen Belleville's (modified or not). But there are also two -- one by Robin Panza and one by Jeanette Fischer -- which use the same basic techniques yet differently. The person who'd asked originally has, since, got one of Cathleen's books on the subject, so I'm a bit after the mustard with this. OTOH, someone else might want to know one day what RL looks like. And, even for the original asker, this might supply some ideas of what can be done, once one has worked trough the book. The URL is in my signature. -- 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]
Re: [lace] Rosalibre
What is Rosalibre?? Sue in East Yorkshire Oh my! And Tamara hasn't answered yet! Rosalibre is a new lace invented by Cathy Belleville in the tradition of Brussels laces, whose previous last lace was Rosaline. It is fun, full of color and lots of interesting tricks. Tamara is quite the inventor with this lace and has come up with all kinds of interesting twists (cross twists, that is) Just Google up images and search for Roselibre and you can see some. Patty - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Rosalibre Tree of Life
Gentle Spiders, I was on the phone with Cathy Belleville last night and she told me a sad story. Apparently, she'd lent her Rosalibre Tree of Life for the US exhibit at the OIDFA/Athens Congress last year and it never came back to her; it seems to have totally disappeared. It's a circular piece, ca 7.67 (19.5cm) in diameter. It depicts a tree, composed of several, dark and light green branches with 3-d leaves, which feed into the tree's trunk. The tree is flowering with dark and light pink 5-petal 3-D flowers and a 3-D, blue/grey butterfly is flying up to one of the flowers. The whole picture is framed in brown. It's beautiful and her tour de force in how much time and effort she put into making it, and she'd like to have it back, if possible; she's far too busy now to try and reroduce it. So she's asked me to ask you if anyone of you had seen it at the Congress and if anyone perhaps knows what might have happened to it... -- 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]
[lace] Rosalibre brooch
Does anyone on the list know of a UK supplier for the brooches used in the Rosalibre book? I've just finished my first bit of Rosalibre and once it's off the pillow I would like to use it as intended. Thanks jenny barron Scotland - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Rosalibre brooch
Hello Jenny They are Jana Novak's Moravia brooches, so try Roseground (Pat Hallam). Although not listed on the Roseground website it does say that they are Moravia partners and to contact them for any other Moravia products. Brenda On 7 Oct 2005, at 19:32, Jenny Barron wrote: Does anyone on the list know of a UK supplier for the brooches used in the Rosalibre book? I've just finished my first bit of Rosalibre and once it's off the pillow I would like to use it as intended. Thanks jenny barron Scotland - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brenda http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Rosalibre experiment
Jeanette, Congratulations, just love it, I also love your beautiful fish, I really have to get the Rosalibre book and get started. Happy lacing, Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK - Original Message - From: Jeanette Fischer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 2:36 PM Subject: [lace] Rosalibre experiment I have put a photo of my latest Rosalibre experiment on the Webshots. It is the flower of the passion fruit or the grenadilla as we call it, so my flower is called The Passionate grenadilla!! I used DMC Perle no 12. 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] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Rosalibre experiment
I have put a photo of my latest Rosalibre experiment on the Webshots. It is the flower of the passion fruit or the grenadilla as we call it, so my flower is called The Passionate grenadilla!! I used DMC Perle no 12. 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]
Re: [lace] Rosalibre experiment
It's great, Jeannette! Looks like a passionflower, too. I gotta learn this lace--it looks like such fun. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA (formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Jeanette Fischer [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have put a photo of my latest Rosalibre experiment on the Webshots. It is the flower of the passion fruit or the grenadilla as we call it, so my flower is called The Passionate grenadilla!! I used DMC Perle no 12. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Rosalibre, free at last! :)
Gentle Spiders, I've been waiting for lace to slow down a bit; didn't want this message to get lost among many :) Cathy Belleville's long awaited Introducing Rosalibre Bobbin Lace book is out! I got my copy of it on Friday, and have had a great time with it since. For the lab rats who took the class (first in the world g) in Ithaca last October... It's *very much* new! improved!; all our suggestions are in it, to make it more user-friendly. And she added some stuff we didn't think to suggest, as well. So, instead of the original 68 pages, it's 124 :) For those who haven't been so priviledged as to attend the Ithaca workshop... It's - literally - a step-by step, each step illustrated, introduction to this fascinating new bobbin-made lace, which draws on several other techniques, adds Cathy's unique vision, and comes up being like nothing I've ever seen before, except, maybe, in needlelace. Perhaps not even there; it's more 3-D than even the Venetian Gros Point... And that's using *thread of one size only* in any of the patterns (substitutions and the degree to which a pattern needs to be re-scaled are fully explained in the Appendix), and only 7-9 pairs at a time. And you make the best use of those few pairs you can, you don't remove or add them at a whim; what goes in at the start, is neatly finished off at the end... I love that bit g The - entirely new - Appendix is truly awesome (even if it does contain the *one* - serious - glitch. IM - NH - O. And she blames *me* for it, too g)... It goes all the way back, including things like winding bobbins with S and Z twist threads, making leaf tallies, making sewings with the hook and with the Magic Loop, doing the Brugge tie-off, etc, etc... It even has the basic stitches (half, cloth and whole, as well as two different turning ones) explained and illustrated! The order of introducing different elements is slightly changed, in comparison to the special Ithaca edition and, again IMO, *much* improved and more logical (and therefore, specific instructions are easier to find). Cathy has also concocted some new patterns (one of them - Augustine - *absolutely gorgeous*). Some, to illustrate her claim that the lace looks as good in a single colour (and it does g) as in two or three - one sample is all white. Some, to illustrate the working the Wild Rose in colour instructions. Some, to illustrate a new technique, introduced sine October (and used in Augustine g). And all the new additions show the potential directions it which the lace can develop - a little framed pin or picture, yes... But, also, a collar/cuff possibility, or a T-shirt applique (and she tells you how to do it so it doesn't *have to* go through the washing machine. Though one lab rat classmate did send an element through the full cyle inadvertently, and it survived without any damage g), or an edging... In other words, this is a real lace, which can be used in many ways, and not some ephemeral curiosum The philosophy behind the lace (designed for the modern lacemaker; I really don't know why I like it so much g) and some photos are on Cathy's website: http://www.bitbetter.com/lace/rosalibre.htm And there'll be an article in the upcoming (April) issue of the IOLI Bulletin. The book does not cover the larger (spiral) flower, only the smaller ones. OTOH, the book *does* cover the cutest little (3-D, naturally) butterfly, which is not pictured on the website, to balance things out... :) My own copy of came directly from Cathy and hot from the presses but, for most everyone else, that won't be an option, unlike the case with her Chrysanthemum book. Between being too busy to be trekking to the PO daily and the desire to support lacemaking vendors, she's not going to be distributing the book herself. In the US, Holly Van Sciver already has the book, Susan Wenzel (Lacy Susan) will have it soon and the Lace Museum (Sunnyvale, CA) is the 3rd distributor. Barbara Fay in Germany and Pat Hallam (Rose Ground) in UK should also be receiving their shipments any day. There may, eventually, be others in Europe - Cathy says all those who carried the Chrysanthemum book have had an evaluation copy. So, get the book - it's great! But, great as it is, a workshop with Cathy is *still better* :) Rosalibre does not require too much prior experience of lacemaking (in fact, perhaps, the fewer prejudices you have, the better. Bit like with Loehr g). It is quick to make. It can be made in technicolour by the exuberant, and in virginal white by the shy and the self-restrained. It offers one an opportunity to fiddle, without being censured for breaking with traditions... It is truly a liberated lace, for the modern lacemaker :) You might want to catch a class in it while the lace is still in the lava stage, and before it becomes basalt, laden with traditions... :) There's a workshop offered at the IOLI Convention in Denver; perhaps the more
