[lace] Springett's Designing Mounting Lace Fans 2012 Revised Edition
There have been letters on Arachne from lacemakers very interested in Designing Mounting Lace Fans by Christine Springett (U.K.). It was a small 16-page booklet, published in 1985, and long out-of-print. People were paying large sums for used copies. I've just received from Holly Van Sciver (in the U.S.) the new revised 2012 copy of this useful book ($15). It is now 48 pages, 4 in full color. There is a Index listing the following chapters: Glossary of Terms, Introduction, Drawing a Pleating Plan, Planning Considerations, Design Considerations, Working Considerations, Mounting a Lace Leaf, Preparing the Fansticks, Glue, Pleating a Lace Leaf, Gluing a Lace Leaf onto Fansticks, Making a Fabric Backing for a Lace Leaf, Mounting a Fabric-Backed Lace Leaf, Storage Display, Supplies. If you make fans, I think this will be a welcome addition to your lace library. Select Lacemaking Books at the left column on the web site below: _www.cdspringett.co.uk_ (http://www.cdspringett.co.uk) Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - 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
Re: [lace] Fans
On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 Linda wrote: Does anyone know of any images on-line of antique lace fans? It would be interesting to see if there differences in their design. This website http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/eGallery/exhibition.asp?exhibition=FANS shows fans from an exhibition Unfolding Pictures: Fans in the Royal Collection (2005), which had a number of lovely lace fans belonging to the Queen. You have to pick them out, there are a lot of other fans as well, and some that look like lace from the thumbnail turn out not to be - one of the earliest, c 1600, looked like lace, but turns out to be cut leather! As it seems to be imitating lace, maybe actual lace fans were around at the time. There's lots of detailed information about each fan, so it's well worth studying. Sorry this is a bit late, I'm only just catching up on digests. Happy 2011 to everyone. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Fans
Bridget wrote: Does anyone know of any images on-line of antique lace fans? It would be interesting to see if there differences in their design. Putantique lace fans in the google search box, click on the arrow next to 'Search' (not the blue arrow next to the search words box) and select Google images. Jean in Poole, Dorset, 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
[lace] Fans
Alex wrote: If you are thinking of making a fan check that you have fan sticks of a suitable size first. It is easy to adjust the size of the pattern, but it is not easy to find sticks to fit a fan leaf. Having made a few fans, I totally disagree with that. You need the pattern first and then find sticks to fit. If a leaf is too small around the outer edge and you enlarge it so that the outer curve fits, the inner one won't, and vice versa. The same happens in reverse if you try to make the leaf smaller. It's not the same as enlarging or reducing, for example, an edging or a mat. I'm sure someone cleverer than me can show the maths involved. Unless you're confident of redrawing the pricking to fit, I'd leave it alone. Fan sticks aren't difficult to get nowadays - suppliers seem to have realised that most lacemakers want to make at least one fan. The obvious source is the faux tortoiseshell or cream coloured Spanish souvenir fans, but there are VERY few patterns to fit these. Stripping an old wrecked fan is another possibility, but you'd probably have difficulty finding a leaf to fit. SMP sell some complete kits and some sticks alone: http://www.smplace.co.uk/sfr_cat.htm Kleinhout sells sticks that will fit any size of fan, unless you're really ambitious and you want to make a giant one. They are 60 cm long and either you or they cut them to the length required. You can choose the number of stick you want in your skeleton from 8 to 20, and whether you want straight or wavy sticks. You can paint them. http://www.kleinhout.com/GB/fans/ Stuart Johnson makes three sizes of fan sticks and sells the patterns to go with them - can't find his details. I've got one set with spider and sparkles made by Matthew Hester. I'm sure there are others that I've forgotten that others will remember. Jean in Poole, Dorset, 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
Re: [lace] Fans
Stuart Johnson's email is stuart.john...@homecall.co.ukHe has no we-site at present but he is always very helpful. I am sure he'd email or send a catalogue. Joepie -Original Message- From: Jean Nathan Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 10:06 AM To: Lace Subject: [lace] Fans Alex wrote: If you are thinking of making a fan check that you have fan sticks of a suitable size first. It is easy to adjust the size of the pattern, but it is not easy to find sticks to fit a fan leaf. Having made a few fans, I totally disagree with that. You need the pattern first and then find sticks to fit. If a leaf is too small around the outer edge and you enlarge it so that the outer curve fits, the inner one won't, and vice versa. The same happens in reverse if you try to make the leaf smaller. It's not the same as enlarging or reducing, for example, an edging or a mat. I'm sure someone cleverer than me can show the maths involved. Unless you're confident of redrawing the pricking to fit, I'd leave it alone. Fan sticks aren't difficult to get nowadays - suppliers seem to have realised that most lacemakers want to make at least one fan. The obvious source is the faux tortoiseshell or cream coloured Spanish souvenir fans, but there are VERY few patterns to fit these. Stripping an old wrecked fan is another possibility, but you'd probably have difficulty finding a leaf to fit. SMP sell some complete kits and some sticks alone: http://www.smplace.co.uk/sfr_cat.htm Kleinhout sells sticks that will fit any size of fan, unless you're really ambitious and you want to make a giant one. They are 60 cm long and either you or they cut them to the length required. You can choose the number of stick you want in your skeleton from 8 to 20, and whether you want straight or wavy sticks. You can paint them. http://www.kleinhout.com/GB/fans/ Stuart Johnson makes three sizes of fan sticks and sells the patterns to go with them - can't find his details. I've got one set with spider and sparkles made by Matthew Hester. I'm sure there are others that I've forgotten that others will remember. Jean in Poole, Dorset, 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
RE: [lace] Fans
Jean, thanks for the link to Kleinhout because I have now found out where I can buy the lovely wooden Christmas frames for cards that another Arachne member commented on recently. Also the latest details that I have for Stuart Johnson (was ok in July when I purchased fan sticks) is:- stuart.john...@homecall.co.uk I also have his telephone no if needed. By the way I scanned my lace fan and sent to Stuart and he made sticks to fit. Sue M Harvey Norfolk Uk I would also like to wish all members a Very Happy and Prosperous New Year - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Fans -Beds
Use common sense when choosing a pattern. I have a lovely Beds fan from Louise Colgan's fan book that folds and unfolds just fine. Decide whether you want the fan spread out for display, or folded. Once it's folded, it will have the folds in it's lace memory. I have mine folded because it's much easier to store it, and I didn't have a good place to display a framed fan. The first folding needs to be done carefully, and one stick at a time. In the USA, John Aebi in Indiana makes fan sticks. His short fan sticks fit the fans in Colgan's book. One time I bought a set of pretty fan sticks on eBay. When they arrived, they were about 15 inches tall. Huge. It was then I realized that there had been no size mentioned. My mind had 'seen' them as smaller when I looked at the pictures. I think the very large fans were the fashion at one point in history. Modern fans I've seen have been smaller. Alice in Oregon ... where we have a dry but very cold New Year's Day. Our high today is near the freezing point. I greeted the New Year making lace and toasting it with a glass of wine. - Original Message - From: Alex Stillwell alexstillw...@talktalk.net My no 8 perle gimps are not a problem, but if you want it to fold the fan rather than display it open then avoid the types of lace that have large holes, e.g. Beds, as these will stop the fabic of the lace from folding properly. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Fans
A few days ago, Lorelei sent the message, (below), giving a link to some pictures of a beautiful album of lace pieces - and thank you, Lorelei, for such a delightful gift. As it happens, I've never before paid any attention to lace fans, so it came as a surprise to me to see the several fans there. It had never before occurred to me that the fan sticks were simply a way to display a piece of lace of a particular shape. That's because I'd always thought of fans as meant to be useful as well as decorative. All the ones I have myself are simple souvenirs, and more useful than otherwise. They are not lace but paper, (or some such, I think), and I keep one in my handbag in hot weather. So I wondered, is it possible for a lace fan to be useful too? Especially, could it fold and unfold - lace is thicker than paper and might not go tightly around the corners of the sticks. Would folding damage the lace? Were lace fans ever made that were intended to be opened and closed in use? Linda Walton, (in dark, damp High Wycombe, Buskinghamshire, U.K., but where it's warmer than of late, the snow is almost all thawed, and the fog has gone - can Spring be far behind? I wish A Happy New Year, full of interesting possibilities, to everyone). On 26/12/2010 23:53, Lorelei Halley wrote: Here is areally nice Milanese fan. The same lacemaker has a lot of nice pieces in the same album. http://picasaweb.google.com/samag5180/MisTrabajos03#5359529389873792754 For all our arachneans I wish a new year full of long, bright lacemaking days, and may your threads never break. 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
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Linda, I have two very inexpensive fans with machine made lace on them. They both fold and unfold very smoothly and easily. In fact they both have much smoother actions than some of the paper fans that I have. Both were purchased for me by friends on trips to Mexico. I should probably also mention that they were purchased in the 1970's. Liz Redford Raleigh, NC, USA Linda Walton linda.wal...@dsl.pipex.com wrote: So I wondered, is it possible for a lace fan to be useful too? Especially, could it fold and unfold. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
RE: [lace] Fans
If you go to the fan museum in Greenwich London when they are displaying the lace fans (you will have to check with them as they are not always on display) you will see plenty of lovely lace fans that were actually made to be used. Unlike mine that sit in tissue paper in a box. I highly recommend this museum at any time but when the lace fans are out it is spectacular. Sue M Harvey Norfolk 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
Re: [lace] Fans
How right you are, Sue. Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Fans
On 31/12/2010 10:26, laura forrester wrote: [snip] John Beswick of Torchon House makes beautiful fan sticks using the lace (or scan thereof) as a pattern. He always asks if you want your fan to fold or remain open for display, and will work out the fold pattern from your lace scan. He also incorporates the lace design into the sticks where possible. [snip] Thank you very much for writing, Laura. I'm most interested to see that the fold pattern is not necessarily part of the original design, but can be worked out later. I suppose that it must be partly to do with how many sticks would look best with the pattern, or perhaps how many would be needed to support the lace properly. But is that where possible the give-away? Are fan patterns created sometimes with the intention that they should fold and sometimes that they should not? And, if a pattern is designed so that it could be folded, is it part of the idea that it should look good with folds, or that it should fold completely and be used? Of course, I imagine that all these are possible! So how would you know, when choosing, which one you were going to get? Is there some way to tell, if the pattern does not come with a description? With best wishes, Linda Walton, (in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.). - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Fans
On 31/12/2010 15:03, lbuy...@nc.rr.com wrote: Linda, I have two very inexpensive fans with machine made lace on them. They both fold and unfold very smoothly and easily. In fact they both have much smoother actions than some of the paper fans that I have. Both were purchased for me by friends on trips to Mexico. I should probably also mention that they were purchased in the 1970's. Liz Redford Raleigh, NC, USA Linda Waltonlinda.wal...@dsl.pipex.com wrote: So I wondered, is it possible for a lace fan to be useful too? Especially, could it fold and unfold. Thank you very much for writing, Liz. It is most interesting that the lace fans should operate better than paper fans, and that they should have done so over a long working life. I did not know that this was possible. In fact, (if I'd given any thought to it), I'd have imagined that the lace would be too delicate to stand up to so much. With best wishes, Linda Walton, (in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.). - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Fans
On 31/12/2010 15:25, Sue wrote: If you go to the fan museum in Greenwich London when they are displaying the lace fans (you will have to check with them as they are not always on display) you will see plenty of lovely lace fans that were actually made to be used. Unlike mine that sit in tissue paper in a box. I highly recommend this museum at any time but when the lace fans are out it is spectacular. Thank you very much for writing, Sue. I would like to see this museum: I love lace and I love visiting museums, so this is a winner! But I don't find it so easy to get out these days, so I 'googled' to find the museum's website: http://www.fan-museum.org/ I looked at some of the pages quickly, (and I will certainly spend some time reading the information), but I couldn't see any images of early fans made with lace. Although I must admit that the painted ones are very beautiful indeed. Does anyone know of any images on-line of antique lace fans? It would be interesting to see if there differences in their design. With best wishes, Linda Walton, (in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.). - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Lace fans
Hi, Now and again there are good antique lace fans on eBay. Have the occasional look. A while ago I was fortunate enough to bid for and win a lovely Duchesse lace fan on mother-of-pearl sticks, but some go for silly prices. Some traders frequently have fans including lace ones. Prosperous New Year to all Joepie, East Sussex - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Fans
On 31/12/2010 15:32, Ilske Thomsen wrote: [snip] Hello Ilske, and thank you very much for writing. since more than 300 years exist lace-fans, bobbin- as well as needle-lace, all folded correctly. I had not realised that fans could be so old; I imagined that they were a fashion of the mid-Victorian period. (At least, the western - Spanish? - type of fan, rather than the eastern - Chinese? Japanese? - type. If these were actually different, that is.) Have you never seen a lace-fan in origin how fine, for example, the Chantilly-lace is? No, sadly I've never seen any real lace fans, and had not even paid attention to photographs, until I saw those in the album shown in the link that Lorelei sent: http://picasaweb.google.com/samag5180/MisTrabajos03#5359529389873792754 Why do you get the impression it wouldn't do? A good question . . . It's probably something to do with the kind of lace I make myself. My Bucks lace is made with linen thread, which is relatively thick and stiff, giving a lovely crisp lace, but which might be hard to fold, hard to fit between the sticks, and hard to unfold, (especially with that sudden snap which is one of the joys of being able to express yourself by your use of a fan). It also has gimps which I thought might suffer by being compressed when folded, pulled out of shape where they went over the sticks, and frayed by opening and closing the fan. Perhaps you could write about your experience with other kinds of lace and types of thread? If you have the chance to come to Germany in summertime try to visit Munich. Regretably, I think that it is very unlikely that I would ever be able to visit Munich again. These days, I find it hard to get so far as the local shops and the library, without a lot of help. There will be a fan exhibition and I am sure with lace-fans too This museum has wonderful ones. And I regret even more that I did not take the opportunity to see the museum when I was there - but it was a long time ago, before I knew anything at all about making lace. Does it have a website? Or visit me and I'll show you mine. Thank you for your kind invitation - I wish that I could! With best wishes, Linda Walton, (in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.). - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Lace fans
On 31/12/2010 19:19, J-D Hammett wrote: [snip] Thank you for this suggestion:- Now and again there are good antique lace fans on eBay. [snip] That's a very good idea! I'll see if I can work out how the eBay site works and search for fans - I'd love to see them. With best wishes, Linda Walton, (in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.). - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Lace Fans
Happy New Year to everyone. Christine Springett's fan patterns come with a pattern for pleating the completed lace fan leaf, and her great little book on making fans give the instructions on how to do the pleating. However, I think it is Ann Collier who does not pleat her fan leaves, but lets them form the pleats naturally Liz still on holiday, where it is a bit cooler today, - thankfully. The 36C yesterday was a bit too warm - especially when it did not cool down very much overnight. lizl...@bigpond.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Fans
Dear Linda, You wrote from England, and I will reply from that perspective. Of course, lace fans were to be used. Fans of any type were welcome accessories before air conditioning was invented. Before the 20th C. they were often presented in beautiful oblong fan boxes. The fans were closed, when presented. Today's fans sometimes have features that make it necessary to present them in an open position. Today's fans tend to be displays of a lacemaker's skills, and often are made as contest entries. An example would the be the fan featured on the cover of The Lace Guild's (U.K.) July 2010 (#139) bulletin/magazine. The story of the making of this fan, with 3-D butterflies, is in the October 2010 (#140) issue. I am singling out this organization, because you wrote from England. Perhaps you know a local group of lacesmakers, and one of them can show you these. This year, I have seen fans within issues of torchon, knitted, needlelace, Bucks, and other laces. There are a number of lace books devoted just to fans. There are many other books that feature fans in general, and lace is nearly always included as a medium. Fans worthy of being preserved may date back at least 4 centuries, but a lace one may not have survived that long. You can see them in portraits, which have usually been researched and given a date when the painting was made. To read a couple Arachne book reviews, go to _http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/index.html_ (http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/index.html) and search Fans in the Royal Collection and Fans from the Royal House of Orange-Nassau. Both collections have lace fans of the best quality. In 2006, Liz Pass told us the Royal Collection fans can be seen at _http://tinyurl.com/h8r78_ (http://tinyurl.com/h8r78) The address still worksl Lace fans are not always identified as lace, but you can enlarge them to see. The Royal House of Orange-Nassau refers to The Netherlands. I found this book while on a OIDFA lace tour in 2008. You will note that it was written by Helene Alexander, founder of The Fan Museum in London. It may still be available for purchase. We have also written on Arachne about Inter-Library book loans, which exist in many countries, including yours. This means you can go to a public or university library and borrow books that they may have to borrow from the nearest library that has a copy of the book. If the book is very rare, they may ask that you read it in the library. Otherwise, normal borrowing policies apply. This service is necessary for scholars. You are a lace scholar, so don't feel you cannot use this resource. Also, I recommend the many art collections in museums and house/palace museums throughout the UK. Nearly all collections have portraits containing lace. Some painters put fans in the hands of the queens and princesses, etc. They are sometimes closed, and sometimes open. Look at art, and you will learn a lot about lace history. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center In a message dated 12/31/2010 3:00:24 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, linda.wal...@dsl.pipex.com writes: As it happens, I've never before paid any attention to lace fans, so it came as a surprise to me to see the several fans there. It had never before occurred to me that the fan sticks were simply a way to display a piece of lace of a particular shape. That's because I'd always thought of fans as meant to be useful as well as decorative. All the ones I have myself are simple souvenirs, and more useful than otherwise. They are not lace but paper, (or some such, I think), and I keep one in my handbag in hot weather. So I wondered, is it possible for a lace fan to be useful too? Especially, could it fold and unfold - lace is thicker than paper and might not go tightly around the corners of the sticks. Would folding damage the lace? Were lace fans ever made that were intended to be opened and closed in use? - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Fans
Dear Arachnids Lace fans made in the 19th century would have been made so they would fold. I was given a pricking of a beautiful Bucks fan leaf (the the piece of semi-circular lace, fabric or paper that is attached to the sticks) and made it in 50 DMC Retors d'Alsace thread. It is sewn to the sticks and folds and unfolds without a problem, including opening and closing with one hand. If you are thinking of making a fan check that you have fan sticks of a suitable size first. It is easy to adjust the size of the pattern, but it is not easy to find sticks to fit a fan leaf. My no 8 perle gimps are not a problem, but if you want it to fold the fan rather than display it open then avoid the types of lace that have large holes, e.g. Beds, as these will stop the fabic of the lace from folding properly. If you are making it in sprig lace, e.g. Honiton, it needs to be grounded so that it will fold properly. When you are ready to mount a fan leaf on the sticks there is an excellent booklet by Christine Springett called 'Designing and Mounting Lace Fans'. Happy lacemaking Alex - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Lace fans
I've just uploaded a couple of images to my album on Arachne webshots. The first is Louise Colgan's Bedfordshire fan from her book of fans. I decided to change the honeycomb ground section to blossom ground because I preferred it. I made in burgundy Madeira Tanne 40. I like my lace to be fairly dense. The second shows different types of fan that I described in an earlier post which could lend themselves to designs of lace fan other than the familiar semi-circular leaf. In case anyone's still not sure what a brise fan is, the top half shows a diagrammatic representation of one. The individual leaves could be various shapes, the important thing being that the lower part of the leaf is narrow; the top could be almost any width - something a bit like an oak leaf which is wide at the top than the bottom is one idea - and the number and widths of leaves can be varied. The bottom part is a fan that I own made of ovals of crepe paper stuck on the top part of each stick. There's a fine thread stitched through the bottom layers and around the backs of the sticks to stop it opening too far. The crepe paper could be replaced with lace ovals, squares or other shapes. Jean in Poole, Dorset, 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
[lace] Fans
Having done my best to describe a brise fan (a bit like slices of a cake), another idea would be to put odd bits of lace (matching or using different samples) separately on the top part of a fan skeleton with thin plain sticks, and then running an invisible thread through the tops to secure them so they only opening a set amount rather than being able to flop about without control. Feather fans and those made from cut and painted crepe paper shapes are made that way. We lacemakers always seem to think of a lace fan as having to be a semi-circle of lace mounted on a skeleton. Jean in Poole, Dorset, 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
[lace] fans
Thanks for telling us about brise fans. I went and googled it. Amazing. the pierced work in ivory and horn were amazing. 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
[lace] Lace Fans
Fan sticks in various sizes also available from SMP Lace: http://www.smplace.co.uk/sfr_cat.htm and also Kleinhout in the Netherlands: http://www.kleinhout.com/GB/fans/ Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - 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] Fans and Fan Leaves - was We did it
Dear Lace Fan Lovers, May I recommend The Fan Museum in London? Founding genius is a woman. _http://www.fan-museum.org/_ (http://www.fan-museum.org/) The current exhibition, Director's Choice, is said to include some lace fans. A favorite memory of London is visiting this museum in Greenwich, and it is a great place to learn about current fan books that are available. Christine Springett's book is not offered from their gift shop, however. Museum offers fan conservation services.. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center **Make your summer sizzle with fast and easy recipes for the grill. (http://food.aol.com/grilling?ncid=emlcntusfood0005) - 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] Fans
Please can we have more details of John Beswick's bobbin-winder. I have a bobbin winder of the locally produced type and I find that it does not hold all types of bobbins correctly. So, you guessed, I need another one that will hold all kinds of bobbins properly. At present I am winding bobbins manually and because I have problems with my thumbs - it can get really painful for me. Thanks, Karen in Malta. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Beth Schoenberg Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 3:42 AM To: Sue Babbs Cc: lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] Fans Here I go, de-lurking again --- On 31/07/2007, at 12:45 AM, Sue Babbs wrote: I recall that Springett's used to sell fan sticks and patterns to fit those sticks. Does anyone still sell these or equivalent patterns and fansticks? Sue Bobbin-maker and genius-gadgeteer John Beswick, here in Australia, will make sets of fan-sticks for you, customized (within limits). You need to send him the fan-leaf size/dimensions that you intend to make -- he suggested to me that I send him a paper version of the intended fan-leaf, so he knows exactly how to make the set of sticks so it fits. I'm still deciding how I want to use a set of perspex(Plexiglass) fan-sticks, but I haven't designed the fan-leaf yet, so I haven't actually ordered from him. John is the designer of the take-apart pocket bobbin-winder, among other inventions. It's very handy to have a set of sticks made for you if you're designing your own leaf, especially if you want a fontange or ballon shape, or asymmetrical, or a novelty shape across the top. Historically, although folding fans that open to the shape of a-section-of-a-circle have been the hands-down favorites, folding fans have been made in a huge variety of shapes. I have also been cruising eBay for ratty old fans, or plain old ugly fans (yeah, they happened, and were often enough considered so even in their time of origin), which historians would not think it necessary to preserve. Very, very occasionally there will come up for auction a set of sticks which has already been stripped of it's leaf, or a set that never had a leaf. My most recent such purchase is a fan that has a bronze-colored silk leaf hand-painted with gorgeous tiny songbirds in shades of blue and brown. The silk has shattered beyond repair in several places, but the little paintings are largely intact. When I have a suitable shadow-box frame ready, I will be carefully removing the fan-leaf and mounting it, flat and archivally, in the shadowbox in a way that minimizes the look of damage. The sticks are a darkish wood, cut in a classic serpentine style (wavy along the whole length, each stick and the guards), and natural finish with no paint, gilding, or pique work. It doesn't help you find a matched set of sticks-with-a-lace-pattern, but if you *do* want to try eBay for some fan-sticks, search with a group of words -- hand fan eventail facher ventaglio abanico -- to get listings from any number of European and South American ebay members, as well as North American. You'll probably get lots of rock-star posters, modern Chinese Battenberg fans, sometimes whole-salers selling bulk lots of cheap souvenir-type fans, but putting antique in the search only limits the English-language search. Prices have been steadily rising on ebay, but if you are patient, you can still get sets of bone, ivory, or fine wood sticks for US $20-$50, intact and in useable condition. Tortoise-shell rarely goes for less than $60, and then only if the fan is terrible and/or the sticks are damaged, broken, or parts-missing. If you are buying internationally, be aware of endangered-species-product laws, and make sure your seller labels your package properly, especially as to *age.* Read descriptions carefully, especially if the seller deals in a large variety of antiques or collectibles -- they often don't know how to describe fans adequately, or else they underestimate or overestimate the difficulty of repairing the sticks for use. Many non-specialists just assume that anyone who buys a fan intends it only for framing. The seller betsycrnfa specializes in antique fans, nearly all are very nice keepers, but if you call up her listings, you'll usually get several links to fans listed by other sellers. The seller eastayton, who specializes in fine antique laces, also sells fans and lace fans, and you can use her listings the same way. Does this help any? Beth Schoenberg --- formerly of New Jersey, USA, now in Canberra, Australia -- where it's COLD! - 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]
RE: [lace] Fans
Hi Karen - I'm sorry to hear that your thumbs are causing you problems! I have one of John Beswick's winders, and it is a clever gadget. But... before I go in to any report on its abilities (or not) to wind all bobbins, it would probably be better to hear from you what bobbins you are having to wind the most these days, and we can give you our collective wisdom on which winders would be best for you. Having said that (as I re-read my response...), I've gone on to tell all... Over the years, I've realized that I must have had either a fascination for or a frustration with winders in the early years! Not only did I have the black (plastic?) (Newnam?) winder that is reasonably priced, and a practically free reproduction of a very early winder, but I also managed to buy previously used winders which are extremely well made and work surpurbly... on some bobbins (and are very expensive when bought new). I have a worm-gear German winder that is my favorite for winding Binche bobbins,because it can load a lot of thread in a short time, and is gentle to the bobbins. I also have a lovely Swedish winder with its gears hidden within the housing and the part which holds the bobbin made of wood. This is a wonderful winder for bigger continentals (but is too big for Binch, unfortunately, because it is quieter and has a smoother action than the German winder). Neither of these work for spangled bobbins, which I use so seldom, that when I do, it is a gre at production of choosing the loveliest that I have and winding them by hand so as not to damage the decorations. The main attraction to the Beswick winder, for me, was the engineering that went in to the little thing! It is not only small, but comes apart into three pieces (no screws or clamps required to assemble!), and the parts fit snugly together in their own little storage bag. The handle even folds up into one of the sections! The winder was designed primarily for spangled bobbins, but he quickly filled the need for an attachment that made it work with continentals as well. And... it can be oriented to work for either right-handed or left-handed workers. The one drawback is that the handle is very small, is geared to the bobbin by a rubber band, and one turn of the handle is equal to little more than one turn of the bobbin. So it does not save much effort, although it does not require quite as much repetitive motion in the thumb as manual winding would. I've taken my winder with me when I traveled (and actually used it!) and the only system I've ever seen that impressed me mor e (with regard to ingenuity) was the elegantly simple one discussed some time back where the bobbin is wound by a pulley system made of the very thread it is winding. That's a trick I hope to learn one of these days... and it has been around for centuries! I've watched it done, made a video of the demonstration, watched that, downloaded instructions and printed them... and have not translated that to being able to do it myself!! (It has not been a priority... bottom line...) So my recommendations, in order of cost effectiveness, would be to scout out the last trick I mentioned, or to find the winder (from my list above and from those others send you) for the type bobbin you use most. Good Luck!! Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA -- Original message -- From: Karen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please can we have more details of John Beswick's bobbin-winder. I have a bobbin winder of the locally produced type and I find that it does not hold all types of bobbins correctly. So, you guessed, I need another one that will hold all kinds of bobbins properly. At present I am winding bobbins manually and because I have problems with my thumbs - it can get really painful for me. Thanks, Karen in Malta. - 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 mostly use antique Maltese turned bobbins which are elaborate continentals varying from 4 inches to about 5 and a half inches in length. The turning is very rarely identical on these bobbins. I am also using Italian and Czech bobbins. I use the spangled bobbins only for miniature work, although I had originally bought them for a short Bucks course last year but have not felt that I have mastered it enough to work anything worthwhile. Probably I will not be working with them often and can wind these by hand. I want to 'save' my thumbs for making lace rather than winding the bobbins! As for the thread method, I do know about it but have not seemed to be able to co-ordinate my movements enough to make it work. Karen in Malta -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 11:32 PM To: Karen; 'Beth Schoenberg'; 'Sue Babbs' Cc: lace@arachne.com Subject: RE: [lace] Fans Hi Karen - I'm sorry to hear that your thumbs are causing you problems! I have one of John Beswick's winders, and it is a clever gadget. But... before I go in to any report on its abilities (or not) to wind all bobbins, it would probably be better to hear from you what bobbins you are having to wind the most these days, and we can give you our collective wisdom on which winders would be best for you. Having said that (as I re-read my response...), I've gone on to tell all... Over the years, I've realized that I must have had either a fascination for or a frustration with winders in the early years! Not only did I have the black (plastic?) (Newnam?) winder that is reasonably priced, and a practically free reproduction of a very early winder, but I also managed to buy previously used winders which are extremely well made and work surpurbly... on some bobbins (and are very expensive when bought new). I have a worm-gear German winder that is my favorite for winding Binche bobbins,because it can load a lot of thread in a short time, and is gentle to the bobbins. I also have a lovely Swedish winder with its gears hidden within the housing and the part which holds the bobbin made of wood. This is a wonderful winder for bigger continentals (but is too big for Binch, unfortunately, because it is quieter and has a smoother action than the German winder). Neither of these work for spangled bobbins, which I use so seldom, that when I do, it is a great production of choosing the loveliest that I have and winding them by hand so as not to damage the decorations. The main attraction to the Beswick winder, for me, was the engineering that went in to the little thing! It is not only small, but comes apart into three pieces (no screws or clamps required to assemble!), and the parts fit snugly together in their own little storage bag. The handle even folds up into one of the sections! The winder was designed primarily for spangled bobbins, but he quickly filled the need for an attachment that made it work with continentals as well. And... it can be oriented to work for either right-handed or left-handed workers. The one drawback is that the handle is very small, is geared to the bobbin by a rubber band, and one turn of the handle is equal to little more than one turn of the bobbin. So it does not save much effort, although it does not require quite as much repetitive motion in the thumb as manual winding would. I've taken my winder with me when I traveled (and actually used i t!) and the only system I've ever seen that impressed me more (with regard to ingenuity) was the elegantly simple one discussed some time back where the bobbin is wound by a pulley system made of the very thread it is winding. That's a trick I hope to learn one of these days... and it has been around for centuries! I've watched it done, made a video of the demonstration, watched that, downloaded instructions and printed them... and have not translated that to being able to do it myself!! (It has not been a priority... bottom line...) So my recommendations, in order of cost effectiveness, would be to scout out the last trick I mentioned, or to find the winder (from my list above and from those others send you) for the type bobbin you use most. Good Luck!! Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA -- Original message -- From: Karen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please can we have more details of John Beswick's bobbin-winder. I have a bobbin winder of the locally produced type and I find that it does not hold all types of bobbins correctly. So, you guessed, I need another one that will hold all kinds of bobbins properly. At present I am winding bobbins manually and because I have problems with my thumbs - it can get really painful for me. Thanks, Karen in Malta. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace
[lace] Fans
I recall that Springett's used to sell fan sticks and patterns to fit those sticks. Does anyone still sell these or equivalent patterns and fansticks? Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Fans
Sue wrote: I recall that Springett's used to sell fan sticks and patterns to fit those sticks. Does anyone still sell these or equivalent patterns and fansticks? Try SMP to see if they do anything you like: http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/smplace/sfr_cat.htm I think someone was selling the Springett patterns and sticks at one time, but can't recall who. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Fans (2)
Just remembered, Kleinhout in Holland also sell stick sets with anything from 8 to 20 sticks per fan. Unfortunately there are no pictures. http://www.kleinhout.com/GB/fans/ and, of course there's Malcolm Cox, who advertises on the suppliers page of the UK Lace Guild web site. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Here I go, de-lurking again --- On 31/07/2007, at 12:45 AM, Sue Babbs wrote: I recall that Springett's used to sell fan sticks and patterns to fit those sticks. Does anyone still sell these or equivalent patterns and fansticks? Sue Bobbin-maker and genius-gadgeteer John Beswick, here in Australia, will make sets of fan-sticks for you, customized (within limits). You need to send him the fan-leaf size/dimensions that you intend to make -- he suggested to me that I send him a paper version of the intended fan-leaf, so he knows exactly how to make the set of sticks so it fits. I'm still deciding how I want to use a set of perspex(Plexiglass) fan-sticks, but I haven't designed the fan-leaf yet, so I haven't actually ordered from him. John is the designer of the take-apart pocket bobbin-winder, among other inventions. It's very handy to have a set of sticks made for you if you're designing your own leaf, especially if you want a fontange or ballon shape, or asymmetrical, or a novelty shape across the top. Historically, although folding fans that open to the shape of a-section-of-a-circle have been the hands-down favorites, folding fans have been made in a huge variety of shapes. I have also been cruising eBay for ratty old fans, or plain old ugly fans (yeah, they happened, and were often enough considered so even in their time of origin), which historians would not think it necessary to preserve. Very, very occasionally there will come up for auction a set of sticks which has already been stripped of it's leaf, or a set that never had a leaf. My most recent such purchase is a fan that has a bronze-colored silk leaf hand-painted with gorgeous tiny songbirds in shades of blue and brown. The silk has shattered beyond repair in several places, but the little paintings are largely intact. When I have a suitable shadow-box frame ready, I will be carefully removing the fan-leaf and mounting it, flat and archivally, in the shadowbox in a way that minimizes the look of damage. The sticks are a darkish wood, cut in a classic serpentine style (wavy along the whole length, each stick and the guards), and natural finish with no paint, gilding, or pique work. It doesn't help you find a matched set of sticks-with-a-lace-pattern, but if you *do* want to try eBay for some fan-sticks, search with a group of words -- hand fan eventail facher ventaglio abanico -- to get listings from any number of European and South American ebay members, as well as North American. You'll probably get lots of rock-star posters, modern Chinese Battenberg fans, sometimes whole-salers selling bulk lots of cheap souvenir-type fans, but putting antique in the search only limits the English-language search. Prices have been steadily rising on ebay, but if you are patient, you can still get sets of bone, ivory, or fine wood sticks for US $20-$50, intact and in useable condition. Tortoise-shell rarely goes for less than $60, and then only if the fan is terrible and/or the sticks are damaged, broken, or parts-missing. If you are buying internationally, be aware of endangered-species-product laws, and make sure your seller labels your package properly, especially as to *age.* Read descriptions carefully, especially if the seller deals in a large variety of antiques or collectibles -- they often don't know how to describe fans adequately, or else they underestimate or overestimate the difficulty of repairing the sticks for use. Many non-specialists just assume that anyone who buys a fan intends it only for framing. The seller betsycrnfa specializes in antique fans, nearly all are very nice keepers, but if you call up her listings, you'll usually get several links to fans listed by other sellers. The seller eastayton, who specializes in fine antique laces, also sells fans and lace fans, and you can use her listings the same way. Does this help any? Beth Schoenberg --- formerly of New Jersey, USA, now in Canberra, Australia -- where it's COLD! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] New Book/Lace Fans?
In a message dated 2/5/07 9:18:38 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: One of my first lace book purchases was Ann Collier's Lace in Miniature because my major hobby is porcelain doll making. In fact, I had my first experience with bobbin lace when Gunvor conducted a day long beginners seminar for members of my doll club. -- Dear Sue in New Jersey and others making lace for dolls or small mannequins, Hope you know about this book: Les Petites Dames de Mode - An Adventure in Design By John R. Burbidge Reverie Publishing Company, 2004 ISBN 1-932485-06-6 List price $45, 144 pages, Hardback While waiting to be shipped home from Paris at the end of World War 2, Burbidge visited an exhibit called Theatre de la Mode that had just opened at the Grand Gallery of the Pavilion Marsan in the Louvre. There were nearly 300 27-inch mannequins dressed by the leading Parisian couturiers, meant to show that despite the war, Paris couture was still able to create. From this exhibit, came much of his inspiration. Mr. Burbidge studied at the New England School of Art and Design, then became a bridal designer with Priscilla of Boston for the next 40 years. In the late 1970's he began to recreate period costumes to clothe 29-inch mannequins. He has created 63 dresses for over 50 fashion dolls. These have been exhibited in museums throughout the U.S. Not a how-to book, but a truly lovely book that proves such things as tiny fans can be made. Many mannequins have perfect miniature gloves, parasols, hats and fans. A lot of miniature-scale laces for accessories, undergarments, and gowns are displayed on these small figures. The laces are always in perfect scale, often antique. He has found that old laces seem to age much better than fabrics, especially silk. A stunning accomplishment! A stunning book! Mr. Burbidge, now in his 90's, was a speaker at last year's Costume Society of America symposium, which I attended. I did not think this of interest to Arachnes, but maybe it is? Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] New Book/Lace Fans?
Morning Spiders, Thanks to all who I haven't responded privately to, for the responses to my query about the fan book by Ann Keller. I have put it on my wish list. Cindy Rusak - in cold but sunny Wisconsin - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Designing and Mounting Lace Fans. Christine Springett
Aurelia wrote: As to the length/width ratio of fansticks to fanleaf, you will find a very precise description along with diagrams in Christine Springett's ever-so-helpful little booklet Designing and Mounting Lace Fans. This was published in 1985, but as it is really the authoritative word on the subject, and quite a wonderful little book, I should think it might still be had -- try Christine herself. I spoke to Christine a year or so ago and asked her if she planned to re-issue this booklet as I was anxious to get a copy, or if she was going to update it. She replied she had no current (then) plans to do so as she has seveal other projects on hand. Telling her how much second-hand copies realised on ebay (several times the published price) didn't persuade her. Fortunately, since then, I was given a copy. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Designing and Mounting Lace Fans. Christine Springett
When I saw Christine a year ago, she had instructional CDs for making fans. The CD incorporates the information in her booklet, but she said that it also has some new information which she has developed since publishing the booklet so many years ago. I bought the CD and have watched it, and it is excellent, as are all of her instructional CDs. Clay -- Original message -- From: Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aurelia wrote: As to the length/width ratio of fansticks to fanleaf, you will find a very precise description along with diagrams in Christine Springett's ever-so-helpful little booklet Designing and Mounting Lace Fans. This was published in 1985, but as it is really the authoritative word on the subject, and quite a wonderful little book, I should think it might still be had -- try Christine herself. I spoke to Christine a year or so ago and asked her if she planned to re-issue this booklet as I was anxious to get a copy, or if she was going to update it. She replied she had no current (then) plans to do so as she has seveal other projects on hand. Telling her how much second-hand copies realised on ebay (several times the published price) didn't persuade her. Fortunately, since then, I was given a copy. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - 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] Re: New Book/Lace Fans?
On Feb 4, 2007, at 5:46 PM, lace-digest wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [lace] New Book/Lace Fans? (long) One of my first lace book purchases was Ann Collier's Lace in Miniature because my major hobby is porcelain doll making. In fact, I had my first experience with bobbin lace when Gunvor conducted a day long beginners seminar for members of my doll club. I continued as her bobbin lace student while working on my French fashion doll's trousseau with the club. I wanted the ultimate accessory for the doll's wedding outfit to be a bobbin lace fan and began searching for miniature fansticks in June once Gunvor deemed I was ready to move beyond her prescribed Torchon curriculum. I have been in contact with every fanstick maker and supplier I could find to locate a fan frame that would be 2.5 inches in length, ivory in color and pretty/graceful in design. It did not exist but by following a lead from a supplier listed in Collier's book, I located the small plastic frame she used in her book by searching wedding decorations. Now I had one which was shapely but it is 3 inches in length and plastic. Here is where Tamara's mention of morphic resonance, synchronicity or freaky-scary comes into play. I met a bone craftsman at the Philadelphia Miniaturia show who had bone corset stays in his display that approximated the shape of fansticks. We had a conversation about fansticks and the problems of working bone. I disassembled the plastic fan, sent him inner and outer sticks and he says he can make a frame to my specifications. The final fan frame design details need to be determined and this is where Arachneans can help me. First, is there any ratio I should follow between the length of the fansticks and the width of the bobbin lace piece? I am concerned about the proportions between the wider bottom portion of the inner sticks and the more slender upper portion where the lace will be mounted. Second, should the number of inner sticks be odd or even? Now for the lace challenge. I want to do a floral piece which will echo the rose motif used on the brocade fabric of the doll's wedding dress overskirt. My starting point is the Floral Bucks Fan, pg 76 in Collier's book reduced to 75% but I would greatly appreciate suggestions for any other patterns in any type of lace. I would like to use off white or ivory silk threads. If I choose the reduced Floral Bucks Fan, what threads could I substitute for the original's 140 Brok and 30 DMC Broder Machine gimp? Sue in New Jersey, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: New Book/Lace Fans?
To begin with, I don't pretend to be an expert on fans. However, some of my fans have been published in both British and American lace journals, and a couple of them were on display in the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Walters Art Museum (also in Baltimore); so I have gathered my courage to reply to your question. As to the length/width ratio of fansticks to fanleaf, you will find a very precise description along with diagrams in Christine Springett's ever-so-helpful little booklet Designing and Mounting Lace Fans. This was published in 1985, but as it is really the authoritative word on the subject, and quite a wonderful little book, I should think it might still be had -- try Christine herself. (And for inspiration and a sense of how wide the world is for the beginning fanmaker, you ought to take Ann Collier's Lace Fans to bed with you). As to the number of inner sticks: most of my fans were made for me by John Brooker, a genius of a fanmaker. I have a couple of his fans that have an even number of sticks; but one of them has eleven sticks. And I have an old and lovely Spanish fan that has seventeen sticks. So apparently it doesn't matter. Good luck! Aurelia The final fan frame design details need to be determined and this is where Arachneans can help me. First, is there any ratio I should follow between the length of the fansticks and the width of the bobbin lace piece? I am concerned about the proportions between the wider bottom portion of the inner sticks and the more slender upper portion where the lace will be mounted. Second, should the number of inner sticks be odd or even? Sue in New Jersey, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: New Book/Lace Fans?
On Feb 5, 2007, at 9:15, Sue Fischler wrote: Now for the lace challenge. I want to do a floral piece which will echo the rose motif used on the brocade fabric of the doll's wedding dress overskirt. My starting point is the Floral Bucks Fan, pg 76 in Collier's book reduced to 75% but I would greatly appreciate suggestions for any other patterns in any type of lace. I would like to use off white or ivory silk threads. If I choose the reduced Floral Bucks Fan, what threads could I substitute for the original's 140 Brok and 30 DMC Broder Machine gimp? According to Brenda's book, 140 Brok has 64 wraps per cm. If you reduced your pattern to 75%, you'd need a thread with 85 wraps. That can't be had today, though Brok180/2 and Egyptian Gassed cotton 185.2 come close at 82 wraps and should work OK. But it's not silk! The finest silk Brenda lists is Kreinik's organzine (68 wraps) and that, also, is no longer avaliable. Next finest is Pipers 2/20, which is 62 wraps, ie actually a bit coarser than the Brok 140. Something has to give :) My suggestion would be to go for the cotton for the basic (whichever one you can find that's closest to the colour you want) and silk for the gimp. Personally, I've always found a matte basic thread with lustrous gimp a very nice combination, since the shiny silk reflects more light and looks paler, thus making the design stand out more. Now gimp. The DMC 30 is 32 wraps so the reduced pattern would need something with 42-43 wraps (42.6). There's nothing at 43. Kreinik's Au Ver a Soie 130/2 comes close, at 42 but a) I don't know if it's still available and b) it's almost matte. Pearsall's silk for fly-tying is also 42 wraps but I know nothing about either its availability or its sheen. Going slightly coarser (I like a fat gimp), at 41 wraps we have Pipers Fine Twisted silk 6/20, which should be shiny (I have 4/20 and it is lovely) and Handweavers Studio EU silk 2/40 (know nothing about it). Going slightly finer, at 44 wraps, there's Pearsall's New Maltese silk (know nothing about it) or Handweavers Studio EU silk 2/60 (ditto) -- 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] New Book/Lace Fans?
I bought the book when it was first published (and paid £10 for it). It has the prickings, working diagrams, etc. for 5 fans designed by Ann Keller. The fans vary in size from tiny to large and all have a modern Celtic theme. I haven't tried making any of them (yet) but I think they're beautiful. On Saturday, February 3, 2007, at 09:33 PM, Cindy Rusak wrote: I just came across a listing on Amazon for a book on Irish bobbin lace fans. I've included the title: Craobh Nua: the First Collection of Irish Themed Bobbin Lace Fans Does anyone have any information on this book? Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot/seaspray/SeasprayLaceGuild.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] New Book/Lace Fans? (long)
In a message dated 2/3/07 8:39:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just came across a listing on Amazon for a book on Irish bobbin lace fans. I've included the title: Craobh Nua: the First Collection of Irish Themed Bobbin Lace Fans The link is: http://www.amazon.com/Craobh-Nua-Collection-Themed-Bobbin/dp/0951990535/sr=1- 21/qid=1170552380/ref=sr_1_21/104-9582480-4834354?ie=UTF8s=books Dear Cindy (in state of Wisconsin), This is one of several fan books by Ann Keller, so definitely go to see what is on her site: www.annmargaretkeller.com I would like to warn that in my experience she takes a long time to fill orders, and claimed last year that her e-mail provider is not reliable (she does not always receive e-mail sent to her). Last May, I sent $140 cash for several books to Ann via a friend who was to visit Ann's studio. The books didn't get here and I tried to find out what happened. That is why I asked on Arachne last Fall for a alternative way to reach her. The order arrived in October! Copies of all Ann's books are in my library, and they are lovely. They are spiral bound, printed on 8 1/4 x 11 3/4 paper. The book you inquired about is 32 pages in length. With postage, it averaged out to about $24. This 1999 (it is not new) book has 5 fans - historical background, story of the designs, general instructions, stitch instructions (with drawings), patterns, lists of supplies, mounting instructions. If you have found an alternative book supplier in U.S., it seems wise to use it! Ann mentions that Malcolm Cox is the maker of her fansticks. *Every* time we write about fansticks on Arachne there is a flood of inquiries, so I looked for him.He is located in Ireland and advertises in Lace, the bulletin of The Lace Guild UK. www.connect.ie/users/mcox I just tried this web site, and it was extremely slow. E-mail is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cindy, There are fanstick makers in the US, but I just looked at a recent IOLI Bulletin and did not find an advertiser. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] New Book/Lace Fans?
Hello Spiders, I just came across a listing on Amazon for a book on Irish bobbin lace fans. I've included the title: Craobh Nua: the First Collection of Irish Themed Bobbin Lace Fans The link is: http://www.amazon.com/Craobh-Nua-Collection-Themed-Bobbin/dp/0951990535/sr=1-21/qid=1170552380/ref=sr_1_21/104-9582480-4834354?ie=UTF8s=books Does anyone have any information on this book? Thanks, Cindy - in very cold Wisconsin - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: New Book/Lace Fans?
On Feb 3, 2007, at 20:33, Cindy Rusak wrote: I just came across a listing on Amazon for a book on Irish bobbin lace fans. I've included the title: Craobh Nua: the First Collection of Irish Themed Bobbin Lace Fans The link is: http://www.amazon.com/Craobh-Nua-Collection-Themed-Bobbin/dp/ 0951990535/sr=1-21/qid=1170552380/ref=sr_1_21/104-9582480-4834354? ie=UTF8s=books Does anyone have any information on this book? You could try looking at Ann Margaret Keller's website. According to the Amazon link, she's the author and the book was published in '99. http://www.annkellerireland.com/home.htm -- 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] Fans
Hi All, Recently there's been a discussion on fans and their shapes and the sticks. Just found this site and while browsing through all the different parts I found some really great information. There's even a page with all the different shapes and kinds of fans. Here's the link: http://www.handfanpro.com/ Hope you enjoy it. Not much on lace fans but still very interesting. Patsy A. Goodman Chula Vista, CA, USA TatPat1, NATA #333 AKA - Queen Tat Pat of the Red Hat Lacers - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Fans and fan sticks 2
If you can't find sticks to fit the fan pattern you have, it might be possible to alter the pattern to fit the sticks. If you can get the outer curve to fit, the inner curve would need to be adjusted. I could do this quite easily with the one I'm currently making because there are three distinct rows of elements and I could move these closer together up towards the outer edge, and then add something to each end of the element to make it fit. I'm not doing that because I want to make the piece that made me want o make lace more or less as it was designed. Obviously it depends on the type of lace - not easy with the continuous laces like torchon and Bucks point. We all assume that to make a fan it has to be curved, and, if mounted, has to be on a set of sticks which (in theory) can be closed forming pleats in the leaf. But, there are the face screen type of fans, which are mounted on one central (usually turned decoratively) central stick. Not that many patterns about - Ann Collier has a couple pictured in her book 'Lace Fans', but I can't find a prickings for them. I know Tamara designed and made one of these, and is probably the best person in this group to talk about how to mount the lace. Ann Collier mentions wiring the lace. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re lace fans
(Re stands for repeating myself) Tamara is quite right about finding beat-up and tattered old fans of which the sticks are still in good shape, and are often quite marvelous. I have made five fans so far (my first one, Espalier, made it to the cover of a recent issue of the IOLI Bulletin; and my latest one, Gardening in Winter, will be coming out, I think, in the same venue this winter. Espalier's sticks were part of a pathetic-looking fan ($6) that I found in the window of an ice-cream-parlor-cum-junk-shop in St. Augustine, but they have long since (ever since I threw away their tattered old rag of a fan-leaf) allowed as how they were really upper-class Spanish. Gardening's sticks were made for me by John Brooker, the English fan-maker. They are made of gorgeously-carved ivory, and are to die for. Brooker is no longer working, but there is a Malcolm-somebody who advertises in Lace, the publication of the British Lace Guild, that he makes fans; and I am sure you would also be happy with our own John Aebi's work, he does beautiful things. And you might given Kenn van Dieren a try. Christine Springett has a booklet, about fifteen years old by now, but I think may still be available, called Designing and Mounting Lace Fans. Required reading! Making a fan is a delightful experience, and I can't tell you the feeling of glory and achievement when you have made one! -- Aurelia - 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 have Christine's little Fan book, and am glad I do. But during a class with her during the winter, she talked about her fan book and said that she wants to update it as she has found ways to improve her original methods and instructions. Meanwhile, she has issued a DVD in which she gives very clear instructions which take you through the entire process. She said it is based on her original book, but has the improvements which she would like to add to a new edition! I highly recommend the DVD. Clay Aurelia Loveman wrote: (Re stands for repeating myself) Tamara is quite right about finding beat-up and tattered old fans of which the sticks are still in good shape, and are often quite marvelous. I have made five fans so far (my first one, Espalier, made it to the cover of a recent issue of the IOLI Bulletin; and my latest one, Gardening in Winter, will be coming out, I think, in the same venue this winter. Espalier's sticks were part of a pathetic-looking fan ($6) that I found in the window of an ice-cream-parlor-cum-junk-shop in St. Augustine, but they have long since (ever since I threw away their tattered old rag of a fan-leaf) allowed as how they were really upper-class Spanish. Gardening's sticks were made for me by John Brooker, the English fan-maker. They are made of gorgeously-carved ivory, and are to die for. Brooker is no longer working, but there is a Malcolm-somebody who advertises in Lace, the publication of the British Lace Guild, that he makes fans; and I am sure you would also be happy with our own John Aebi's work, he does beautiful things. And you might given Kenn van Dieren a try. Christine Springett has a booklet, about fifteen years old by now, but I think may still be available, called Designing and Mounting Lace Fans. Required reading! Making a fan is a delightful experience, and I can't tell you the feeling of glory and achievement when you have made one! -- Aurelia - 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] Fans and cats
Hi- When looking for fan sticks I went to my local antique shop and talked with the owner. I found out that they usually won't buy a fan if the leaf is not in good condition. They usually throw away the fan sticks. i said I wanted to make a lace fan and if I was going to do all that work I wanted nice sticks.you know, bone or ivory and i only wanted to pay $0.50 for it.of course that got a laugh but the owner pulled out a box and said I could have one of the fans he had. The cloth was falling apart but it had been beautiful with a hand painted design and very interesting sequins of all different shapes, tear drops, flowers, etc. on it. I carefully removed the cloth and stored it, just couldn't bear to throw it away, and then cleaned the frame. To my surprise, it is ivory with beautiful gold gilt. Now I am designing the fan for it. It is quite large and I have not been able to find any ready made patterns that would fit. Also there are a couple of ribs missing so I'll just adjust the pattern to fit. Can't wait to get started but will have to since I already have a project going on my large pillow. And for the lacer who has problems with her cat playing with the bobbins...my cat lies beside me in the chair when I am lacing so I solved the problem by making her her own bobbin. I took an empty Kreinik spool and tied a piece of crochet thread around it and made a loop on the other end of the thread. Using a divider pin I attach it to the side of my pillow where she can reach it and now she laces with me and leaves my bobbins alone Linda Blair Edgefield, South Carolina, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace fans
Dear friends, I suggested to my family, that they would make a lovely Christmas present, but strongly feel, my suggestion fell on stony ground :-( They are absolutely beautiful, many thanks for the ref; Regards, Pauline in Somerset. U.K. (Where we have a real clear sky, a full moon, and either Venus or Mars very low in the sky and lit up very well, and a cold hard frost expected of minus 2 degrees, our second frost of the winter, not bad for the 16th. Nov;) www.wincanton-uk.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Lace fans
Dear friends, I suggested to my family, that they would make a lovely Christmas present, but strongly feel, my suggestion fell on stony ground :-( They are absolutely beautiful, many thanks for the ref; Regards, Pauline in Somerset. U.K. (Where we have a real clear sky, a full moon, and either Venus or Mars very low in the sky and lit up very well, and a cold hard frost expected of minus 2 degrees, our second frost of the winter, not bad for the 16th. Nov;) www.wincanton-uk.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Mounting lace fans
Christine Springett's booklet on designing and mounting lace fans is out of print. I emailed her several months ago to ask if it's going to be reprinted. She said she does plan to rewrite it, but has other projects she wants to tackle first. So don't ho9ld your breath on that. A copy sold on ebay a couple of weeks ago for GBP27.00. Christine's video Fan Mounting is available, direct from Springetts themselves in the UK and from Holly van Sciver in the US. Shows how to mount a leaf using tacky glue and wallpaper paste (Jeri calm down!) using plastic sticks and wooden sticks. She also mentioned stitching in passing. How to pleat and fold the leaf is the most useful part along with pointing out pitfalls which are obvious when you think about them - but we don't always think do we? Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Mounting lace fans
How to pleat and fold the leaf is the most useful part along with pointing out pitfalls which are obvious when you think about them - but we don't always think do we? Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK OK, I have a question, probably dumb, that has puzzled me for years. **Why** go to all the bother of pleating and folding the fan at all? I've done perhaps half a dozen fans, none have I bothered with this step (since I couldn't figure out why, I didn't). All but one of the fans are displayed in frames,and they are open. So they will probably not ever be closed. But prior to framing, when I closed the fans, the fan leaf just folded up neatly into folds along the sticks. The single fan that hasn't been framed is intended for use at weddings by the females in our family, and that folds very neatly when necessary. So, why bother? I can see the good sense of reinforcing the lace (especially in the case of the large wedding fan), as Treena Ruffner suggested in her IOLI Bulletin article. Someday, that reinforcing may save the lace from tearing. Another question: one set of fan sticks came with single holes,perhaps two inches apart, along the sticks. How am I supposed to use that to mount the fan leaf? I just can't picture it, unless I am supposed to be happy with two inch long lengths of thread running along the beautiful backs of the sticks (and they are beautiful, covered with abalone as they are, and meant to be viewed). Shows how to mount a leaf using tacky glue and wallpaper paste (Jeri calm down!) using plastic sticks and wooden sticks. She also mentioned stitching in passing. I have had a whole evolution regarding the mounting glue. Now I use very pure Japanese wheat paste (cooked) purchased from Talas in New York. It is relatively weak (which I like since the glue will let loose before the threads tear), but has less chance of impurities staining the lace over time. I have heard that at least one prominent teacher recommends the use of cooking flour to make the paste -- now that seems surprising advice, given the likelihood of future problems. Why do some people take all those hours to make lace, and then refuse to spend a little extra money/time to safeguard their investment? Regards, Carolyn Carolyn Hastings Stow, MA USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Mounting lace fans
At 07:16 AM 9/6/2005, you wrote: OK, I have a question, probably dumb, that has puzzled me for years. **Why** go to all the bother of pleating and folding the fan at all? All but one of the fans are displayed in frames,and they are open. If a fan is intended to be framed, it makes no sense to bother with folding it. If you keep it as a single entity, it is easier to store and transport folded. In my fan class, we glued the fanleaf to the sticks, let dry, and then gently folded if we wanted it to fold. The folds were not pressed in sharp creases. I have had a whole evolution regarding the mounting glue. Now I use very pure Japanese wheat paste (cooked) purchased from Talas in New York. ... I have heard that at least one prominent teacher recommends the use of cooking flour to make the paste -- Wheat paste IS flour and water, cooked together. Use plain, unbleached flour that has no additives, plus water, and you have pure wheat paste. One part flour to five parts water, cooked for a minute or two, stirred frequently. For the small fan I made, I needed only about a teaspoon of flour. Happy lacing, Alice in Oregon--celebrating finishing a 33 long project. Alas -- if it had been in two colors, I could have extended it as my table ribbon. G - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Mounting lace fans
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alice Howell Wheat paste IS flour and water, cooked together. Use plain, unbleached flour that has no additives, plus water, and you have pure wheat paste. One part flour to five parts water, cooked for a minute or two, stirred frequently. For the small fan I made, I needed only about a teaspoon of flour. Happy lacing, Alice in Oregon Although Japanese wheat paste is (obviously) flour, it differs from flour that you buy in the grocery store. I think it is really starch, very fine and pure. I was originally informed about this by the conservator at the rare books library at the university where my husband used to work. I had written to ask his advice (he is, bar none, the most informed individual I've ever heard regarding issues of conservation) for what to use to mount the fans. He told me that regular (supermarket) wheat flour still has many impurities that may in later years cause stains. He highly recommended the use of the Japanese wheat paste (Zen Shofu). It is a very pure form of flour, and I think it is finer. Of course his experience is with books, not textiles, but the same concerns apply. I use a 1:5 ratio paste:distilled water (1/4 tsp. was enough for my very very large fan) cooked 15 seconds in the microwave. I keep it frozen until I need it and it has lasted for years. Here's some more information: http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/tleaf66.htm (Northeast Documents Conservation Center) Conservators recommend paste that is homemade from pure starch extracted from flour, usually wheat or rice flour. This starch is available from conservation suppliers in powdered form. A recipe for starch paste follows, as well as directions for making paste in a microwave oven. And for those of us who have scorned the idea of using wallpaper paste, here is a permutation from the same source as above (using wallpaper paste compared to methyl cellulose to me is as using store flour to wheat paste): ANOTHER SIMPLE PASTE: METHYL CELLULOSE Methyl cellulose, the main ingredient in most commercial wallpaper pastes, is acceptable for conservation purposes if used in its pure form. It is available from conservation suppliers as a white powder and does not need to be cooked. More information, and instructions, about each method and more appear on their web site. I still think it worth the time and expense in hope of having my lace look nice longer. Regards, Carolyn - - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Mounting lace fans
In a message dated 9/6/05 5:15:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Although Japanese wheat paste is (obviously) flour, it differs from flour that you buy in the grocery store. I think it is really starch, very fine and pure. Yes, Carolyn! Anyone who has mastered Japanese silk embroidery will recognize this. It is described in Suji Tamura's book The Techniques of Japanese Embroidery, page 54. Metal threads are usually not stitched, but couched on top with silk thread. The ends are poked or pulled to the back and trimmed to a short length. Some of these embroidered pieces are various types of fans, and they are covered with fabric on the back so you do not see how they have been stabilized. When you think about it - with many silk and metal threads loose on back of fine embroidered fabric, you do not want the appearance of lumps made by weaving in ends showing on the top surface. The best way to secure the tails and not tear silk is with the wheat starch, cooked into a jelly. Very little is used - it must not soak through to the top (right) side. The instructions are to put a very small amount of starch jelly in the palm of your hand, add a little water, if necessary, and work it into a very thin film. Rub this onto the back of the embroidered areas with your fingertip in the direction of the stitches and be careful to stay within the embroidered area so as not to stain the fabric. This has been done for centuries. And, I have bought old Chinese embroideries with something that looks similar on the back. It seems a good solution to a difficult problem, since it has withstood the test of time. Very often, silk areas that do not have embroidery will shred and fall apart. The embroidered areas remain intact, and I think that is due to the application of wheat starch. All threads are vulnerable to expansion and contraction when kept in a changing temperature/humidity climate, and that is probably why the unstarched silk areas fall apart - from the wear that comes from this action that the human eye does not see. The starch is powerful in that it prevents movement of the fibers in the embroidered areas. I urge you to store your lace fans in a climate where there are few changes in temperature/humidity. No attic storage, please! And no basement storage, either! In many climates, you should hang framed fans on an inside wall. Even though you are indoors, the outer wall temperatures fluctuate from day to night, and that is not a good thing. Observe how air conditioned air and heated air is circulating in the room. Do not spotlight, or place framed fans near natural or artificial light or over a source of heat. All this makes sense to most of us, but you would not believe what some interior decorators (even famous ones) do with textile art. 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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try here http://www.annmargaretkeller.com/ jenny barron Scotland Fran Higham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been to check out Malcolm Cox's fanstick site and notice that he mentions that his fanssticks suit patterns by Springetts, Snowgoose and Ann Keller. Can anyone tell me who Ann Keller happens to be and where I may see her patterns? TIA Fran - 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] Fans
I've been to check out Malcolm Cox's fanstick site and notice that he mentions that his fanssticks suit patterns by Springetts, Snowgoose and Ann Keller. Can anyone tell me who Ann Keller happens to be and where I may see her patterns? TIA Fran - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace Peacocks Book Lace Fans Book adresses
Hello Lacefriends, Just back but not yet here. The Deutscher Klöppelverband has changed its adress a while ago and has also changed e-mail-adress. Here they are: Deutscher Klöppelverband e. V. Schloss Zweibrüggen Zweibrüggen 40 D-52531 Übach-Palenberg Germany Tel: +49(0)2451/49985Mo - Do 8.00 - 14.00 Fr 8.00 - 12.00 Frau Conrad Fax: +49(0)2451/49986 e-mai: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: www.deutscher-kloeppelverband.de For those who are perhaps nearby, sunday 17th of octobre 2004 Day of open door from 14.00 - 18.00. To clear something about the books. Yes most of them are the work of several persons. The Peacock and Fan-book too. This book is made to fit to the theme of the next congress, here it was for 2004. And there is a call, often very short, to all designers in the Verband to make a design which fit. So for next year we prepare a book with flowers. Books like Chantilly... or Bänderspitze.. are also the work of several people. People who know a lot about the theme or work on it for other purposes were asked to help. Hope everything is clear now. Greetings Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace Peacocks Book Lace Fans Book
Dear Jeri, Thank you for the book review. It was quite informative. I do love peafowl and will look into obtaining the book. Sylvia - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 10:53 AM Subject: [lace] Lace Peacocks Book Lace Fans Book Dear Lacemakers, Since there was the inquiry about the Spitzen Pfauen book, I thought I'd write (in English!) about it and about the sister book Spitzen Facher, both published in 2004 by Deutscher Kloeppelverband, in German language. They gave a web address in the books, but it did not work for me. You could try a publisher search (might work for you), or the e-mail they gave: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ask where these books are available in other nations. I purchased these at the DK booth at OIDFA-Prague. Both are very beautiful, on high-quality glossy paper, in color, and have the patterns. I am using the word patterns, because some are for needlelace and that language term better covers both. Lace Peacocks: Soft Cover, 44 pages, large sheet of patterns inserted in back (loose - no pocket). DK books are often written in chapters by a group (committee?), and this is done in that format by 8 authors. There are many photos of peacocks from various countries, techniques and eras in beginning of the book. For example, one is a Point d'Angleterre from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. There are 24 new patterns - the way I read it. When I purchased the books, I requested that they write the price inside the covers. This was not done with this book, so I cannot give it to you. Lace Fans: Hard Cover, 160 pages, 39 Euros. Many pages of text in German that everyone would like to be able to read. Lovely pictures of antique fans. Then, the modern -- patterns are printed within the text - sometimes across two pages. From the index, I'd say there are more than 40 patterns (some of which have variations) which have been contributed from many lacemakers. Includes one fan that is called an armbandfacher, which is an elongated triangle. Not sure how effective this is as a fan! The owner wears this fan on her wrist like a bracelet; it has a circular opening for the hand (I might prefer an oval opening for greater comfort). The last fan is a facherbrosche which I interpret to be a brooch - to be worn on the person or in the hair. Many of the modern laces are in color, and are very innovative. There is a teaser-fan, by which I mean I think there is no pattern, by Annelies de Kort - the miniaturist who is active on Arachne. It is titled Ausfuhrung. Sadly, for her, the picture is probably the only one in the book that seems blurred, and I have no idea what the subject is. One other confusion: I could not match the needlelace pattern on page 158 to a picture. Anyone who collects items with a peacock motif or fans would LOVE these books, even if you cannot read them. However, these two books again illustrate **how frustrating it is to not be able to purchase translations** for expensive books! Do you like to have book reviews appear on Arachne, or would you prefer they be submitted for publication in various lace bulletins? Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - 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]
Re: [lace] Lace Peacocks Book Lace Fans Book
Price on the peacook is 24.50 euro Dorte http://www.f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/dorte_zielke/my_photos - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 5:53 PM Subject: [lace] Lace Peacocks Book Lace Fans Book Dear Lacemakers, Since there was the inquiry about the Spitzen Pfauen book, I thought I'd write (in English!) about it and about the sister book Spitzen Facher, both published in 2004 by Deutscher Kloeppelverband, in German language. They gave a web address in the books, but it did not work for me. You could try a publisher search (might work for you), or the e-mail they gave: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ask where these books are available in other nations. I purchased these at the DK booth at OIDFA-Prague. Both are very beautiful, on high-quality glossy paper, in color, and have the patterns. I am using the word patterns, because some are for needlelace and that language term better covers both. Lace Peacocks: Soft Cover, 44 pages, large sheet of patterns inserted in back (loose - no pocket). DK books are often written in chapters by a group (committee?), and this is done in that format by 8 authors. There are many photos of peacocks from various countries, techniques and eras in beginning of the book. For example, one is a Point d'Angleterre from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. There are 24 new patterns - the way I read it. When I purchased the books, I requested that they write the price inside the covers. This was not done with this book, so I cannot give it to you. Lace Fans: Hard Cover, 160 pages, 39 Euros. Many pages of text in German that everyone would like to be able to read. Lovely pictures of antique fans. Then, the modern -- patterns are printed within the text - sometimes across two pages. From the index, I'd say there are more than 40 patterns (some of which have variations) which have been contributed from many lacemakers. Includes one fan that is called an armbandfacher, which is an elongated triangle. Not sure how effective this is as a fan! The owner wears this fan on her wrist like a bracelet; it has a circular opening for the hand (I might prefer an oval opening for greater comfort). The last fan is a facherbrosche which I interpret to be a brooch - to be worn on the person or in the hair. Many of the modern laces are in color, and are very innovative. There is a teaser-fan, by which I mean I think there is no pattern, by Annelies de Kort - the miniaturist who is active on Arachne. It is titled Ausfuhrung. Sadly, for her, the picture is probably the only one in the book that seems blurred, and I have no idea what the subject is. One other confusion: I could not match the needlelace pattern on page 158 to a picture. Anyone who collects items with a peacock motif or fans would LOVE these books, even if you cannot read them. However, these two books again illustrate **how frustrating it is to not be able to purchase translations** for expensive books! Do you like to have book reviews appear on Arachne, or would you prefer they be submitted for publication in various lace bulletins? Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - 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]
Re: [lace] Lace Peacocks Book Lace Fans Book
In a message dated 18/09/2004 16:55:57 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: They gave a web address in the books, but it did not work for me. You could try a publisher search (might work for you), or the e-mail they gave: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is an email address not a web address. The way to work out which is which is simple: Web addressess are always http://www.x.com/ or http//www.x.co.uk/ etc email addresses are always: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc Regards Liz in London I'm back blogging my latest lace piece - have a look by clicking on the link or going to http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace Peacocks Book Lace Fans Book
The German Lace Guild www.deutscher-kloeppelverband.de ore http://www.deutscher-kloeppelverband.de on this homepage there is more book on what they have publised. I have some of them, and are going to bay this peacoock and the fan book all there book are very nice I like them. Dorte http://www.f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/dorte_zielke/my_photos - Original Message - From: palmhaven [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Dorte Zielke [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 7:18 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Lace Peacocks Book Lace Fans Book Dorte, Do you know anyone who carries it so I can order the book? Sylvia - Original Message - From: Dorte Zielke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 11:43 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Lace Peacocks Book Lace Fans Book Price on the peacook is 24.50 euro Dorte http://www.f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/dorte_zielke/my_photos - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 5:53 PM Subject: [lace] Lace Peacocks Book Lace Fans Book Dear Lacemakers, Since there was the inquiry about the Spitzen Pfauen book, I thought I'd write (in English!) about it and about the sister book Spitzen Facher, both published in 2004 by Deutscher Kloeppelverband, in German language. They gave a web address in the books, but it did not work for me. You could try a publisher search (might work for you), or the e-mail they gave: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ask where these books are available in other nations. I purchased these at the DK booth at OIDFA-Prague. Both are very beautiful, on high-quality glossy paper, in color, and have the patterns. I am using the word patterns, because some are for needlelace and that language term better covers both. Lace Peacocks: Soft Cover, 44 pages, large sheet of patterns inserted in back (loose - no pocket). DK books are often written in chapters by a group (committee?), and this is done in that format by 8 authors. There are many photos of peacocks from various countries, techniques and eras in beginning of the book. For example, one is a Point d'Angleterre from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. There are 24 new patterns - the way I read it. When I purchased the books, I requested that they write the price inside the covers. This was not done with this book, so I cannot give it to you. Lace Fans: Hard Cover, 160 pages, 39 Euros. Many pages of text in German that everyone would like to be able to read. Lovely pictures of antique fans. Then, the modern -- patterns are printed within the text - sometimes across two pages. From the index, I'd say there are more than 40 patterns (some of which have variations) which have been contributed from many lacemakers. Includes one fan that is called an armbandfacher, which is an elongated triangle. Not sure how effective this is as a fan! The owner wears this fan on her wrist like a bracelet; it has a circular opening for the hand (I might prefer an oval opening for greater comfort). The last fan is a facherbrosche which I interpret to be a brooch - to be worn on the person or in the hair. Many of the modern laces are in color, and are very innovative. There is a teaser-fan, by which I mean I think there is no pattern, by Annelies de Kort - the miniaturist who is active on Arachne. It is titled Ausfuhrung. Sadly, for her, the picture is probably the only one in the book that seems blurred, and I have no idea what the subject is. One other confusion: I could not match the needlelace pattern on page 158 to a picture. Anyone who collects items with a peacock motif or fans would LOVE these books, even if you cannot read them. However, these two books again illustrate **how frustrating it is to not be able to purchase translations** for expensive books! Do you like to have book reviews appear on Arachne, or would you prefer they be submitted for publication in various lace bulletins? Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - 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] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Lace Peacocks Book Lace Fans Book
Jeri wrote: Lace Peacocks: Soft Cover, 44 pages, large sheet of patterns inserted in back (loose - no pocket). DK books are often written in chapters by a group (committee?), and this is done in that format by 8 authors. My understanding of previous books from DKV is that chapters are written by different individuals. The committee involvement is in putting together the entire work. Caveat: I haven't seen the books Jeri wrote about. Then, the modern -- patterns are printed within the text - sometimes across two pages. From the index, I'd say there are more than 40 patterns (some of which have variations) which have been contributed from many lacemakers. Includes one fan that is called an armbandfacher, which is an elongated triangle. Not sure how effective this is as a fan! The owner wears this fan on her wrist like a bracelet; it has a circular opening for the hand (I might prefer an oval opening for greater comfort). The last fan is a facherbrosche which I interpret to be a brooch - to be worn on the person or in the hair. Many of the modern laces are in color, and are very innovative. There is a teaser-fan, by which I mean I think there is no pattern, by Annelies de Kort - the miniaturist who is active on Arachne. It is titled Ausfuhrung. Ausfuhrung means worked by. In German lace books the illustrations often have Entwurf for design and Ausfuhrung as well. Do you like to have book reviews appear on Arachne, or would you prefer they be submitted for publication in various lace bulletins? I'm going to be greedy and say both. A few people will see a review twice, but the readerships are generally different. Regards Steph [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Fans
I have a beautiful Honiton fan mounted on mother-of-pearl fansticks. To make a long story short, the guard stick (also mother-of-pearl) has been broken in two. It is a clean break. Does anyone know how to mend mother-of-pearl? Can I glue the two pieces together and if so, what kind of glue should I use? Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Lace Fans
I too am a great fan of the Fan Museum in Greenwich. They pulled out all the stops last year with an exhibition of lace fans to mark the OIDFA visit. Over now, alas, but there are some pictures on their website: www.fan-museum.org go to Temporary Exhibitions - Exhibition Archive. The current exhibition is A Fanfare for the Sun King from 3rd June until 21st September 2003. I don't know if there is any lace, I hav'nt seen it yet, but it should be spectacular. Bridget, in Watford, England. _ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger - 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 too am a great fan of the Fan Museum in Greenwich. They pulled out all the stops last year with an exhibition of lace fans to mark the OIDFA visit. Over now, alas, but there are some pictures on their website: www.fan-museum.org Bridget, in Watford, England. Thank you, Bridget, not only have you given me an URL to keep and continue visiting - the URL for the museum has reminded me that *all* commercial venture URLs do not end in .com and that a - is an allowable character to use in an URL . . . Toni in Seattle - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Yep, I'm ordering one from him until I can get to a lace fair and buy one from Richard Gravestock Regards Liz Beecher Vivista Limited * www.vivista.co.uk/ * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Carol Adkinson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 July 2003 21:34 To: Sue Babbs; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [lace] Lace fans Hi All, I also am a great fan of Richard, but wonder if those of you mourning the fact that he doesn't send sharp objects out in the post have tried Richard Ives' Goodies. He does several prickers - the long slender ones, and the ones with a round globe-shaped handle - they are also beautifully made, and works of art! (He used to trade under the name of Jennrich Designs, if that rings any bells with you all, but now they are just Richard and Jenny Ives.) Take care of yourselves, Carol - in a very wet and stormy Suffolk, UK - Original Message - - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ This message has been checked for all known viruses on behalf of Vivista by MessageLabs. http://www.messagelabs.com or Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vivista formerly Securicor Information Systems for further information http://www.vivista.co.uk ** The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the individuals named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you should be aware that any dissemination, distribution, forwarding or other duplication of this communication is strictly prohibited. The views expressed in this e-mail are those of the individual author and not necessarily those of Vivista Limited. Prior to taking any action based upon this e-mail message you should seek appropriate confirmation of its authenticity. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by using the e-mail reply facility. ** _ This message has been checked for all known viruses on behalf of Vivista by MessageLabs. http://www.messagelabs.com or Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vivista formerly Securicor Information Systems for further information http://www.vivista.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hi All, I also am a great fan of Richard, but wonder if those of you mourning the fact that he doesn't send sharp objects out in the post have tried Richard Ives' Goodies. He does several prickers - the long slender ones, and the ones with a round globe-shaped handle - they are also beautifully made, and works of art! (He used to trade under the name of Jennrich Designs, if that rings any bells with you all, but now they are just Richard and Jenny Ives.) Take care of yourselves, Carol - in a very wet and stormy Suffolk, UK - Original Message - - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace fans
I've made three lace fans so far - just finished one which is just a torchon edge strip with beads from La Encajera to get back into doing Torchon after completing a couple of Milanese pieces. I use Mighty Tacky Glue (might not be called exactly that, but it always has tacky in the name). It's a water soluble pva which is white when you apply it and dries invisible on the sticks and the lace. I made a Bruges flower lace fan and, because I felt it needed a background, tacked it to a piece of navy cotton to which I'd fused light interfacing. But I didn't like it and took it apart. The glue dissolved completely off the fan sticks, but, as I wasn't going to re-use it, I didn't bother to wash it out of the navy cotton. I painted a piece of silk a paler blue with silk paint, marked the outline of the fan in tacky glue to seal the edges, cut it out when dry, and then tacked the fan leaf on that before glueing it to the fan sticks. The dried tacky glue was visible as a dark line round the edge of the silk, but as it was hidden by the lace edging on the fan leaf, it didn't matter. I like it now. When attaching the leaf to the sticks, I arrange the sticks equally spaced on a board, and hold them in place with masking tape (draughtsmen's tape). I put the tape on the back of the sticks if they're fancy on the front face. I put glue on the sticks and carefully place the leaf on the sticks. When the glue is dry, I fold the fan so that the pleats form more gently than if the leaf was pleated before mounting. I store the fans open, and prefer a hint of pleats rather than razor sharp edges. For the next one I make, I'm planning to drill holes in the sticks and sew the leaf in place instead of sticking them only because I haven't tried that method yet, but still not pleat before mounting. Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace fans books
You're right - this book is exquisite! I bought a copy of it for my sister a couple of years ago, and now wish I had a copy myself. They sell it at the Fan Museum in Greenwich (London) for £30. Annette Dear Lacemakers, For Inspiration -- a drop-dead fantastically beautiful book of antique lace fans, I refer you all to: Ventagli della collezione Cesari by Franco Maria Ricci, 1999, ISBN 88-216-0947-2, about $40. It is over-sized and comes boxed. In Italian, but has English and French translations in the back. Pictures of the fans are full-size or larger... Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hello Jane, Christine Springett wrote an article Designing and Mounting Lace Fans. It came out by the British College of Lace. Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace fans books
In a message dated 7/29/03 4:54:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You're right - this book is exquisite! I bought a copy of it for my sister a couple of years ago, and now wish I had a copy myself. They sell it at the Fan Museum in Greenwich (London) for £30. Annette - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace fans - Let's Get Professional Advice
In a message dated 7/29/03 4:54:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You're right - this book is exquisite! I bought a copy of it for my sister a couple of years ago, and now wish I had a copy myself. They sell it at the Fan Museum in Greenwich (London) for £30. Annette --- Dear Lacemakers, Perhaps the editor of The Lace Guild's bulletin is reading the memos on this subject, or someone will forward this note to her. Conservation begins with the process of selecting all the appropriate materials to be used in creating an item, like a fan. Fan makers in past centuries served a lengthy apprenticeship. Therefore, the methods have, in the case of exceptionally fine fans, been time-tested by professionals. May I recommend that someone who is conservation-minded in England write an article about lace fan mounts, and in the process of doing so - contact the Lace Museum and inquire if their conservator could be interviewed? Surely, they have the *most experience* as to what would be the preferred method for mounting a fan for a long safe life! They can explain how it was done in the past. There might be an opportunity to take close-up photos, without flash. They probably have a library about fans, and documentation about how they have been conserved or restored. Ideally, the article should list books on the subject of lace fans, including some that are rare. For the members of Arachne who are hearing about the Fan Museum for the first time, go to: http://www.fan-museum.org This is a delightful, off-the-beaten-path, small museum housed in a city mansion. I visited in 2001 with Sandra Arnold and Sue Hanson. (It occurs to me we have not heard from these lace experts for a long time.) At the time, the exhibit was Japanese fans. Quite lovely, but no lace. The space open to the public that day equalled about 3 rooms. Nice place to Christmas shop. One of the items they were selling as gifts was a tea towel on which lacy fans are printed. There were also nice handkerchiefs with tasteful embroidered fans in one corner. It is up to you to add the lace edging. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace fans
I've done about a dozen fans, and when it comes to mounting, each time, I find I have to refer to Christine Springett's book. I have 3 separate pleating plans - large, medium and small - which I have drawn up according to Christine's instructions - when I have completed the fan leaf I tack it to the pleating plan - I usually tack around the fan/plan 6 or 7 times before I am ready to pleat. These pieces of interfacing will last me for ever, I hope, so I won't have to make any more. I use wooden fan sticks - usually the ones done by Springetts - and I prime them before using them with diluted PVA glue, which I allow to dry. Then I stick the sticks to the lace with PVA. I made a bad mistake once, by glueing the stick to the wrong fold of a pleat, and didn't notice until it was finished and dried! I used a stiff bristled brush, and a little filtered water, and dabbed gently along the line of the stick until I could lift the lace off the stick, and I was able to relocate in the right place, so no harm done! Ann in Manchester, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace fans
Dear Lacemakers, For Inspiration -- a drop-dead fantastically beautiful book of antique lace fans, I refer you all to: Ventagli della collezione Cesari by Franco Maria Ricci, 1999, ISBN 88-216-0947-2, about $40. It is over-sized and comes boxed. In Italian, but has English and French translations in the back. Pictures of the fans are full-size or larger. If you are making a fan for an exhibition or contest, I urge you to try to borrow this book through the InterLibrary Loan program in your country. (May be called by a different name.) Ask your local librarian to obtain it for you. You will not be disappointed. Promise. If anyone needs to look at this at the IOLI convention, let me know by Wednesday, and I will put it in my closet on wheels (automobile). Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
