Re: [lace] 20th Anniversary Commemoratives

[David C COLLYER]

Dear Friends,

Have just ordered my commemorative bobbins from Chris Parsons! Of 
course, being on his website, I also got tempted in ordering his 
1000 years of costumes as a bobbin per month treat -there are 24 in 
the series so I ordered a double treat of 2 per month-. One can 
never have enough bobbins.


Me too Joepie. But I also bought 2 of the World War 1 commemorative 
bobbins and was thrilled to be able to change the inscription to the 
names of my Grandfather, David McGARVIE and his brother Hector.

David in Ballarat, AUS

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Re: [lace] 20th anniversary - international mail issues

[Jeriames]

Dear David in Australia,
 
My experience is that since the 9/11 attack on U.S. buildings and  related 
terror incidents, various postal entities in many nations have  instituted 
screening processes that involve putting incoming packages in holding  
facilities until they can get around to clearing them for flight to other  
locations in the country.  This delays deliveries, sometimes quite a  while.  
My 
Maine book supplier and embroidery book supplier  in Arizona tell me it is 
impossible to estimate when an ordered book  shipment will arrive from 
overseas.  The book shipments I order  directly from The Lace Guild (England) 
and 
Barbara Fay (Germany) show  evidence of being clumsily opened and re-sealed, 
and often the  contents are damaged.  I am describing strong books, not fine  
needleworks.
 
So, in addition to greatly-increased postage charges, we are penalized  for 
being victims of atrocity.
 
It would be good to keep this in mind while we discuss how to  celebrate 
our Arachne birthday.
 
Jeri Ames in  Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
 
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In a message dated 3/17/2013 3:08:23 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
dccoll...@ncable.net.au writes:

Remember  the days when we used to have heaps of tatted Round Robins 
on the go?  Nothing ever went wrong with the postage all round the 
world. Occasionally  one person would hold up the procedure, but that's all.
I had envisaged the  various elements being sent to one person or 
group to be  assembled.
David in Ballarat,  AUS

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Re: [lace] 20th anniversary

[David C COLLYER]

Robin,


Remember the days when we used to have heaps of tatted Round Robins 
on the go? Nothing ever went wrong with the postage all round the 
world. Occasionally one person would hold up the procedure, but that's all.


I had envisaged the various elements being sent to one person or 
group to be assembled.

David in Ballarat, AUS

I'm concerned about the logistics of a panel, passing from person to 
person around the world, never getting lost in the mail and never 
getting stuck at the home of someone who meant well but now just 
can't seem to find the time and eventually is too embarrassed to 
admit she still has it (remember the recent post about 
bookmark/ornament exchanges that ended up 1-sided?).  One way this 
might be avoided is if we settle on a size and everyone can make 
squares (or rectangles, hexagons or whatever shape is decided) and 
one person or close-knit group is in charge of receiving all the 
pieces and attaching them like quilt blocks.  The final size and 
shape is determined by how many blocks they receive, and there's no 
worry about how much of the panel each person does (did we run out 
of volunteers before the panel was complete, or did we run out of 
panel space to work on when there are still people wanting to participate?).


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Re: [lace] 20th anniversary

[robinlace]

 David C COLLYER  wrote: 
Personally I think a 20th anniversary on the Internet deserves 
something a lot more substantial than merely a nice cover cloth.
- a beautiful bobbin by Stuart Johnson
- a panel made by all of us (perhaps in each continent)

I'm concerned about the logistics of a panel, passing from person to person 
around the world, never getting lost in the mail and never getting stuck at the 
home of someone who meant well but now just can't seem to find the time and 
eventually is too embarrassed to admit she still has it (remember the recent 
post about bookmark/ornament exchanges that ended up 1-sided?).  One way this 
might be avoided is if we settle on a size and everyone can make squares (or 
rectangles, hexagons or whatever shape is decided) and one person or close-knit 
group is in charge of receiving all the pieces and attaching them like quilt 
blocks.  The final size and shape is determined by how many blocks they 
receive, and there's no worry about how much of the panel each person does (did 
we run out of volunteers before the panel was complete, or did we run out of 
panel space to work on when there are still people wanting to participate?).

Just a suggestion--

Robin P.
Los Angeles, California, USA
robinl...@socal.rr.com

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RE: [lace] 20th anniversary/custom printed fabric

[mary carey]

Hi All,

Personally I prefer plain fabric to cover both pillows and cover cloths.

One person has already mentioned machine embroidery, would not be difficult to
make a plain homespun cover cloth with a specially designed motif in the
corner.

Am doing some Aussie flowers on the corners of some fabric given to me for
OIDFA in Adelaide - they will be about 18" square.

Recently made myself a cover cloth with a hole in the middle to fit the French
fan cross I make regularly for Weddings and First Communions and find that it
just fits the Torchon Ring patterns designed by Alice Vokac - book a
fundraiser also for OIDFA Alelaide.

Mary Carey
Campbelltown, NSW, Australia

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Re: [lace] 20th anniversary/custom printed fabric

[Sharon Morrison]

Hi everyone,

I am new to Arachne and started learning bobbin lace Fall 2012.

I like to make lots of things and my immediate family has attended the Bay 
Area Maker Faire for the last three years (http://makerfaire.com/).  Maker 
faire is kind of like a State fair, but for people who like to make things 
with old, new and cutting edge technology.  Two years ago I saw a booth from 
a company called Spoonflower.  Spoonflower will custom print small lots of 
any design on a variety of fabric weight & fibers - 
http://www.spoonflower.com/welcome.


Perhaps we could make some kind of 'tools of lace making' fabric (with 
bobbins, shuttles, crochet hooks, needles etc.) or 'lace sampler' fabric 
with Arachne Anniversary notation.  Then people could use the fabric for a 
variety of lace items depending on what they need - cover cloths, tatting 
carry bags, bobbin carriers etc.  (Or maybe lace terminology in all the 
languages spoken/used by lacemakers on the list?  I've seen thank you mugs 
and bags done in this style and they look very interesting with different 
fonts/colors)



Sharon (Just east of Seattle, WA)

p.s. Julie from Lacemakers of Puget Sound shared some fabric which she 
designed and had Spoonflower print 
http://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/julielace


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Re: [lace] 20th anniversary

[KATRINA WORLEY]

I often use a cloth similar to a cover cloth when I'm knitting or tatting... I
lay it on my lap so that I can drop my work into it, wrap it quickly and move
it so it doesn't get tangled/dirty when putting it into my bag. When spinning,
a similar cloth keeps lint and dust off my clothes. Rather than covering my
lace pillow, it covers my lap. Sometimes these cloths are simple woven
dishtowels from Ikea or World Market, but other times they're linen tea towels
picked up on my travels.

Katrina

--
Katrina Worley
Loomis, California
kwor...@mac.com





On Mar 16, 2013, at 10:14 AM, Jane Partridge 
wrote:

> Not much use to a tatter, knitter or crocheter, and possibly only a little
so to a needle-lacemaker! We do tend to forget that there are forms of lace
other than bobbin lace on Arachne :-)
>
> To answer John's question, it is usually either a square or rectangle of
cloth, about the size of a tea-towel, that can either
> a) sit over the bottom half of a pricking/under the bobbins (when it is
often called a 'working cloth') - this has the advantage of stopping the
threads rubbing against the edges of the pricking or, on a fully dressed
pillow (which also has cloths covering the sides of the pricking or completed
work) catching on pins that have been pushed down or
> b) be placed over the pillow and any work on it when you move away for any
reason - either placed on if you are coming straight back, or pinned on for
transportation.
>
> Cover cloths used under the bobbins are usually plain material to stop you
going bozz-eyed after working for hours!
>
> In message
, John
Mead  writes
>> OK, I'll air my ignorance, a quick google search didn't look very
>> successful.
>>
>> What's a cover cloth?
>>
>> yrs,
>>
>> John Mead
>> Tacoma, WA USA
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Re: [lace] 20th anniversary

[John Mead]

OK, I'll air my ignorance, a quick google search didn't look very
successful.

What's a cover cloth?

yrs,

John Mead
Tacoma, WA USA


On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 8:26 AM, Lin Hudren  wrote:

> Sorry.  Maybe a charm could be put together as well.  that could go on a
> pin format, or a spangle, or even just pinned to the pin cushion.
>
> Hugs, Lin and the Mali
> Overton, NV USA
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 8:25 AM, Lin Hudren  wrote:
>
> > Perhaps a small "catalog" would allow persons to pick their need.
>  usually
> > i buy it all but that isn't always true for others.  When i started
> lacing
> > about 13 years ago, i bought more bobbins and used antique/vintage
> cloths.
> >  i, too, have few but my bobbin count is over 1,000.  either would be a
> > smile each time i went to my pillow.
> >
> > Hugs, Lin and the Mali
> > Overton, NV USA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 8:12 AM, David C COLLYER
> wrote:
> >
> >> Dear Friends,
> >>>
> >>
> >> Personally I think a 20th anniversary on the Internet deserves something
> >> a lot more substantial than merely a nice cover cloth.
> >> - a beautiful bobbin by Stuart Johnson
> >> - a panel made by all of us (perhaps in each continent)
> >>
> >> David in Ballarat, AUS
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>  Maybe it would be a good idea for each country (?) to have their own
> >>> cover cloth made and despatched by their 'local' manufacturer
> >>>
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> acemaker/sets/>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Hugs, Lin and the Mali
> > Always remember that no matter how useless you feel, you’re someone’s
> > reason to smile.
> >
> >
>
>
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Re: [lace] 20th anniversary

[Lin Hudren]

Sorry.  Maybe a charm could be put together as well.  that could go on a
pin format, or a spangle, or even just pinned to the pin cushion.

Hugs, Lin and the Mali
Overton, NV USA






On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 8:25 AM, Lin Hudren  wrote:

> Perhaps a small "catalog" would allow persons to pick their need.  usually
> i buy it all but that isn't always true for others.  When i started lacing
> about 13 years ago, i bought more bobbins and used antique/vintage cloths.
>  i, too, have few but my bobbin count is over 1,000.  either would be a
> smile each time i went to my pillow.
>
> Hugs, Lin and the Mali
> Overton, NV USA
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 8:12 AM, David C COLLYER
wrote:
>
>> Dear Friends,
>>>
>>
>> Personally I think a 20th anniversary on the Internet deserves something
>> a lot more substantial than merely a nice cover cloth.
>> - a beautiful bobbin by Stuart Johnson
>> - a panel made by all of us (perhaps in each continent)
>>
>> David in Ballarat, AUS
>>
>>
>>
>>  Maybe it would be a good idea for each country (?) to have their own
>>> cover cloth made and despatched by their 'local' manufacturer
>>>
>>
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>
>
>
> --
> Hugs, Lin and the Mali
> Always remember that no matter how useless you feel, you’re someone’s
> reason to smile.
>
>


--
Hugs, Lin and the Mali
Always remember that no matter how useless you feel, you’re someone’s
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Re: [lace] 20th anniversary

[Lin Hudren]

Perhaps a small "catalog" would allow persons to pick their need.  usually
i buy it all but that isn't always true for others.  When i started lacing
about 13 years ago, i bought more bobbins and used antique/vintage cloths.
 i, too, have few but my bobbin count is over 1,000.  either would be a
smile each time i went to my pillow.

Hugs, Lin and the Mali
Overton, NV USA





On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 8:12 AM, David C COLLYER
wrote:

> Dear Friends,
>>
>
> Personally I think a 20th anniversary on the Internet deserves something a
> lot more substantial than merely a nice cover cloth.
> - a beautiful bobbin by Stuart Johnson
> - a panel made by all of us (perhaps in each continent)
>
> David in Ballarat, AUS
>
>
>
>  Maybe it would be a good idea for each country (?) to have their own
>> cover cloth made and despatched by their 'local' manufacturer
>>
>
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Re: [lace] 20th anniversary

[David C COLLYER]

Dear Friends,


Personally I think a 20th anniversary on the Internet deserves 
something a lot more substantial than merely a nice cover cloth.

- a beautiful bobbin by Stuart Johnson
- a panel made by all of us (perhaps in each continent)

David in Ballarat, AUS


Maybe it would be a good idea for each country (?) to have their own 
cover cloth made and despatched by their 'local' manufacturer


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Re: [lace] 20th anniversary

[nestalace . carol]

Hello Spiders All,

Maybe it would be a good idea for each country (?) to have their own cover 
cloth made and despatched by their 'local' manufacturer - that would probably 
diminish slightly any overseas costs etc - and I am sure that a company in 
Redruth, Cornwall (I think!) called HandPrint would certainly be able to come 
up with the goods, for those of us in the UK.   When I taught the lace class in 
school, they made some lovely sweat shirts with the school's lace logo on - so 
the class sweatshirt was extremely popular!

The logo for the 20th Anniversary covercloth could be something as unoriginal 
as '20th Anniversary of Arachne' with a picture of a stylised spider!

Carol Adkinson - in North Norfolk UK.
'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.'

Subject: Re: [lace] 20th anniversary

That's a lovely idea!
But, does anyone know where we can have covercloths done with (I assume) some 
wording/years printed on it? Who would take on the task, collect payment, 
despatch to everyone who would like one etc. etc.
Agnes Boddington - Elooughton UK


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Re: [lace] 20th anniversary

[Agnes Boddington]

That's a lovely idea!
But, does anyone know where we can have covercloths done with (I assume) 
some wording/years printed on it? Who would take on the task, collect 
payment, despatch to everyone who would like one etc. etc.

Agnes Boddington - Elooughton UK



I like the idea of a cover cloth for the 20th anniversary.B  I do have more
bobbins than I can count, but there are never enough cover cloths, and a
commemorative one would be really nice
Sue


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