There's a description of how to work Punto Fiandra di Gorzia in an
article by Cindy Heineman on p18 of the current IOLI Bulletin (Summer
2003). Photos are promised for the next issue.
And now I must go and sort out packing for my trip to New Jersey!
Jean in Glasgow
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Dear Lace friends,
Our summer is officially and climatically over, so this is my "Monsoon"
project :-)
I am BLing something very different and exotic. A Lace head-dress for the
Hindu Goddess Durga, which Tamara very kindly designed for me in Milanese.
I have made samples of the braids to be use
At 10:01 AM 7/30/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>> For those not going over lists and checking them twice to go to
>> convention, how're things, lace-wise?
>
>Ok, so the mat/doily took several weeks, and now I feel like making a few
>quick things before the next longish project.
"Several weeks" is a l
Sulochona do you have a website set up? - I for one would love to see your
head dress when it is finished - not to mention the paraqueets (sp?)
jenny barron
in sunny Scotland where there are no exotic birds nor sunflowers!
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Hi David and Spiders,
>David and Jean
>(in Glasgow, although Jean is off to the US of A at the weekend to
>the IOLI lacefest - for which I even found a pic of Hasbrouck Heights
>- isn't Google wonderful!)
Coincidence?? Our Australian Lace Guild Conference (which is a week
long) will b
>>>From: Brenda Paternoster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Food used to account for a huge part of an ordinary worker's income, but
housing was relatively cheap. Nowadays we expect cheap basic foods but
accept that housing costs a great deal, especially for the younger <<<
My favorite illustration of
Johanna,
There's starch, and then there's a wee bit of starch.
I make my greeting cards by tacking a piece of lace (tatting or bobbin lace)
onto cards. These are small motifs, they are not heirloom pieces, and they will
be given to people who have no clue how to treat lace, but who love the work
alice howell wrote:
>
> "Several weeks" is a longish project Interesting viewpoint. I have
> one on-going project now in it's 4th or 5th year, and only half done. I
> take it to demo's -- seldom work on it at home.
Well ok, I admit, several weeks does not seem that bad, BUT, you have to k
This looks more like a toilet roll hold to me than a 'vintage sewing bobbin
thread winder':
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3236079514&category=114
Jean in Poole
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In a message dated 8/1/03 2:20:55 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< This looks more like a toilet roll hold to me than a 'vintage sewing bobbin
thread winder': >>
That's what it looks like to me too. I wondered what the wooden pieces were
for; my guess is someone used it to hold a ball of string
I use "Safeway" spray starch before I press (iron) things (under a cotton
cover cloth or tea towel (are they called that in the US?)).
I'm a bookmark-a-holic and think bookmarks work better without plastic
sleeves. The starch gives some body to them. I mainly use cotton and haven't
had any proble
I don't know what you mean by "a long time" but I think arachnes are
hoarders (I know I've got enough to keep me going for years but I still want
to buy!). If you think you're going to run out of an old (ie long owned)
thread ask us. I'm sure we'd all help and someone will undoubtedly be able
to do
Dear Sulochona
Your project sounds exciting and I'm looking forward to seeing it.
Please forgive my ignorance, but can you tell us a little more of Durga.
Thanks
Viv
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Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 10:
Hello all,
1. Is tatting cotton OK for bobbin lacemaking?
2. British friends, what does "wotcher" mean?
Barbara in lovely, sunny (yet cool! what a treat!) Kentucky
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Dear Barbara,
Of course tatting cotton is all right. Lacemaking likes natural fibers and that
includes cotton, linen, and silk. Tatting cotton is a nice firm, smooth thread (and
comes in lots of yummy colors). You just need to be sure that your pricking is the
right size for it.
There are n
Barbara wrote:
<2. British friends, what does "wotcher" mean?>
It's a friendly way of saying "Hello". Very slang. I think it might come
from "What are you doing?" because there's also "Wotcher doin'?" but I'm not
sure.
Jean in Poole
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Wotcher - Hey there - it litterally means Watch You - Watch yer - See you
Very Sooowwth London as they say here - south london
Regards
Liz Beecher
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I'm sure there's lots of reasons for not doing what I do when I am running a
Christmas "conveyor belt", but when I have not the time to carefully stitch
a motif to a base fabric, I cut a piece of felt (whatever colour I decide)
the same size as the glass in a bought frame, then I lay the frame face
I made a piece of honiton for my mother's 60th and put it in a frame with
some backing fabric and a piece of cardboard behind the backing fabric. The
back of the frame slid into place which was fun but I eventually got the
lace where I wanted it to be.
It's 11 years later and the lace is still wh
In a message dated 8/1/03 4:58:17 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Is tatting cotton OK for bobbin lacemaking? >>
I love tatting cotton. It comes in great colors, is inexpensive, and readily
available. I've used it in different types of bobbin lace, and have never had
any problem. I find it eas
I had never used tatting cotton for bobbin lace untill I took my first
Bloemwerk class at IOLI from Judy Zeiss. I enjoyed that class so much that
I took the advanced Bloemwerk from Judy the next year, and have used
tatting cotton for bookmarks and motifs ever since. Of course, adjust the
pricking f
Jean, your description made me take another look at this "winder." Maybe
it's a holder for a toilet paper pillow. LOL
Anne in Austin TX
Jean Nathan mused:
This looks more like a toilet roll hold to me than a 'vintage sewing bobbin
thread winder':
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi
You are right, Adele, that is the class I have taken and the background
shows the lace.
< http://www.italiainvita.it/workshops/merletti/gorizia.html
I think the lace shown in the background of the site is the fiandra
that Nicole took the class in.>
Cindy Heineman who has written an article in th
I just had to go and have a look at this! Like Jean I can't imagine this is
a bobbin winder and agree it looks more like a toilet roll holder, though
the base does not seem to have holes for screws to attach it to the wall! I
note too that the heading does have question marks after the words, so
This ebay "toilet paper holder" thingy we've been discussing is for holding spools of
thread horizontally. Can also hold the smaller crochet thread balls.
Barbara in starry Kentucky
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On Friday, Aug 1, 2003, at 16:53 US/Eastern, Viv Dewar wrote:
Dear Sulochona
Your project sounds exciting and I'm looking forward to seeing it.
Please forgive my ignorance, but can you tell us a little more of
Durga.
I am BLing something very different and exotic. A Lace head-dress
for the
Hin
Ummm --- the vendor did say *sewing bobbin* winder --- as in the little
metal or plastic ones for sewing machines
Lacefully yours,
Beth
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On Friday, Aug 1, 2003, at 22:57 US/Eastern, barbara pierpont wrote:
This ebay "toilet paper holder" thingy we've been discussing is for
holding spools of thread horizontally. Can also hold the smaller
crochet thread balls.
Yeah, I thought so too... You're supposed to keep your thread
horizonta
With all due respect towards our common suppositions, the ebay item
doesn't say it's for lace bobbins. It said "thread bobbin," (my
paraphrase); and there's mention of "sewing stuff."
Without knowing much about antique sewing equipment, it sounds like this
thing was used for winding thread onto bo
Gentle Spiders,
Betty Ann Rice wrote:
Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia who is all packed for IOLI and ready to
stop
in Lexington for Tamara in the a.m. and I'm going off the List now.
and Pene Piip wrote:
Tomorrow, I'll be heading south to Connecticut to join the CT
lace-makers for their monthly
To all gentle spiders,
Tomorrow, I'll be heading south to Connecticut to join
the CT lace-makers for their monthly get-together.
And then on Sunday I'll be heading further south to NJ
with passengers Winann Steinmetz & Barbara Morrow.
I'm really looking forward to meeting other Arachneans,
some of
Dear Barbara,
Tatting cotton is the *only* cotton other than that made specifically for
bobbin lacemaking that I'd use. Crochet cotton has the wrong twist, and is
too springy to make good bobbin lace. (IMHO!)
As for "wotcher", I think of it as meaning something like "hello, how are you".
Ruth
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