Hear, hear. When I visited Manahattan, those were exactly the shops I
wanted to see and I loved them. I only bought a mug in Saks, and a small
keyring in Tiffanys, but I had a lot of fun looking around. That area is
wonderful to wander around, even though most of my money was spent in
humbler su
Liz, I'm quoting from the introduction to the little book from the UK Lace
Guild called "Torchon Patterns from the Winslow Sample Book":
"The Winslow Lace industry was active from about 1875 to the 1920s. The area
around the small North Buckinghamshire town of Winslow had been well known for
its
Please could anyone enlighten me as to what the Winslow Collection is?
I see it is featured in next year's Calendar from the UK Lace Guild.
I see that it is a plaited lace (?Beds.) and Winslow is near Bedford (if I
remember correctly!) Is it is Beds or Bucks, now? I know a lot of borders
have bee
On Tuesday, Aug 19, 2003, at 04:30 US/Eastern, Jean Nathan wrote:
A seller on ebay is selling 42 bobbins as separate lots on ebay.
They're not
old, vintage or antique, but "Ancient turned wood lace pillow bobbin".
After nearly a week of living with people of 4 generations (DH's 79,
I'm 53+, my s
This is veeering a bit towards an OT, so I'll be brief:
On Tuesday, Aug 19, 2003, at 19:27 US/Eastern, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I know of no store in the English-speaking world quite like the House
of
Liberty. The inquirer is a dressmaker, knitter, tatter and crocheter.
This could
be the high
Dear Lacemakers,
I've been receiving a bit of private criticism for my London recommendations,
and think the subject deserves some reasoned thought. Kenn can send this on
to the lady in California.
I have big city experience, having lived 13 years in Greenwich Village (NYC)
and worked in Manh
Some of our German immigrants decorated their barns with colorful designs.
This custom completely baffled English-speaking Americans, who made up
equally-colorful explanations, and named the decorations "hex signs" -- an
English word for magic that's probably cognate with the German word for
witche
I'd love to know just *how* some of these sellers arrive at their
identifications!!
These items are not lace bodkins, or any other sort of bodkins for that
matter!!
Kenrick, the manufacturer was/(is??) an English company who manufactured irons
in the days of flat irons (solid irons heated on the s
Perhaps they're tatting bobbins!
Ann in Manchester
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I am not an expert (or even semi-expert) but I think those
Lori,
That picture also caught my eye. At first glance I thought they were cloth
forms that were stuffed. Then I read your message and had to go back and
look again. Sure enough! they are carrots and that's a watermelon for a
pillow. Sure hope that person gets her lace done before they spoil.
I'm being a pest today, I'm afraid! But this is my last
posting for the day, I promise!! There are TWO listings for
Mary Nivens' original book on Flanders (one of the best,
IMO) and they're going begging at this point. Both auctions
end within the next two or three days.
I realize that this boo
I love the carrot bobbins!!!
Lori the Lacefairy
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We had more than 1500 visitors in three days. I took
some photos, you can see them on : http://liduina.site.voila.fr/
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Hello,
This week-end we had a wonderful international lace week-end in
Marche-en-Famenne in Belgium. There were lacers from Belgium but also from
Finland, Romania, Poland, Germany, France, Croatia, Czech Republik,
Great-Britain, ... We had more than 1500 visitors in three days. I took
some photo
I know what you mean about not wanting to waste time stopping to eat when
you're in the new city. I just want to experience as much as I can while
I'm there. London IS expensive - that's why we don't have enough nurses or
doctors in London - we don't pay them enough to afford to live here.
Incide
I have an old lace iron also manufactured by Kenrick, so lace would seem to
come into it somewhere, though I wonder if they were used to iron the
individual finger of gloves - on the round so to speak :)
Diana (Northamptonshire, UK)
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I'm sure lots of people can come up with better sites, but -
There are several links for pictures and symbolism in Hex signs at
http://www.kinderart.com/folkart/hex.shtml
This is a brief history of hex signs http://www.padutch.com/hexsigns.shtml
--
Laurie J
My DH has had a look at the Bodkins, he says that he has seen these
on one of the antique programmes, you heat an iron in the fire then
put into the bodkin when the bodkin is warm enough you iron your
collar, bonnets on the bodkin. Unfortunately DH can't remember what
they are called.
Jean in Ne
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>Hobbycraft in Tamworth is the largest needlecraft store in the area - it's about
>30 mintues drive up the A5 from Nuneaton
Sorry, you have touched a very raw nerve.
Tamworth, where I live, used to have two small, thriving, craft shops;
on
I am not an expert (or even semi-expert) but I think those were irons
for pressing lace.
On Tuesday, August 19, 2003, at 03:25 PM, Jean Nathan wrote:
I always thought a bodkin was a blunt "needle" for threading ribbon or
elastic, but the seller describes these as lace bodkins "that would have
b
I always thought a bodkin was a blunt "needle" for threading ribbon or
elastic, but the seller describes these as lace bodkins "that would have
been used in a haberdashery department, or a high class milliners."
Can anyone explain to me please.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item
Clay wrote:
The inner curve isn't a true semi-circle, which would suggest that it isn't
from a fan. On the other hand, the outer curve is a bit ruffled, and if this
was straightened, the inner curve might become a semi-circle.
The two ends appear to be slightly different, and this could be beca
I emailed an ebay seller on one occasion to say that the handkerchief she
was selling as trimmed with Bruges lace with "Souvenir of Bruges"
embroidered into the lace corner, wasn't in fact Bruges lace, but a tourist
souvenir of Bruges with a tape lace corner, not a souvenir of Bruges lace.
That sh
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I took that possibility into consideration, and gave her an area where she
will cover a lot of tourist shopping and looking and not have to take a cab
or bus. <<<
The Tube (subway system) is inexpensive, and V&A, Foyles, Liberty, etc. are
easy
In a message dated 8/19/03 11:34:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Jeri, you forgot to tell her that if she's going to follow your itinerary
in London, she needs to bring a LOT of money! I could spend a fortune in
the shops you mention :)
Regards,
Annette in London
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Yes, the V&A opens on Mondays now. The costume department itself is super
- well worth visiting. The V&A shop also has books on crafts that she
might like.
Jeri, you forgot to tell her that if she's going to follow your itinerary
in London, she needs to bring a LOT of money! I could spend a fort
In a message dated 8/19/03 2:55:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< I am in California, USA, and am coming to London on Aug 23 for about 10
days. We are staying in Nuneaton, so I was wondering what was there. My
web search under Nuneaton, UK brought up your web site, but
We've just had an interesting discussion about a fan on ebay
that Jean Nathan questioned. Now I've found a collar...
This looks like another piece of the same lace... and while
the seller calls it a collar, they also mention that "The
very edges appear to have been slightly stiffened - may have
Just to alert you that there is a copy of Santina Levey's
book on eBay right now.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3545500876&category=1124
If you get it for the starting price ($80), you've got a
bargain. Her buy-it-now price is still be a good price,
since Barbara Fay current
Hobbycraft in Tamworth is the largest needlecraft store in the area - it's about 30
mintues drive up the A5 from Nuneaton
HobbyCraft
Ventura Retail Park,Ventura Rd
Tamworth Staffordshire
B78 3HB
Tel: 01827 300800
Regards
Liz
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Hallo lacefriends,
Could you please be so kind and tell a german lacemaker what she has to
understand under Hex-signs. At the IOLI they told us about them and under
all the beautiful presens is a postcard with them too. But there I see
birds, flowers.stars and things like this , no witches.
I under
I don't know about Nuneaton, but if she is coming to London, Liberty's in
Regent St (near Oxford Circus) might be worth a visit. Its fabric
department is smaller than it was, but it does still have some unusual
fabrics she might be interested in. It also has knitting and (I think)
crochet and emb
Hi all,
The lace on this fan looks like the hand-made (but to a "cheap and
nasty" standard) Bruge/Duchesse that was made in relatively huge
quantities in the later 19thC and early 20thC, almost exclusively for
the tourist and export markets. They (the original sellers) wouldn't
have been
A seller on ebay is selling 42 bobbins as separate lots on ebay. They're not
old, vintage or antique, but "Ancient turned wood lace pillow bobbin".
They all appear to be wood and pewter tigers, leopards or butterflies, and
described as "Colourful cut spangle!" "Ornate inlaid wood!" "Beautiful
anti
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