[lace] re: teaching stitches (long)

2004-01-15 Thread Cathy Belleville
After several years of teaching, I am clear on only one thing: everyone learns differently! With that qualification, students have been most successful (as defined by them understanding and succeeding) with the approach as follows: Start with cloth stitch "bandage", all passives in one color, w

Re: [lace] Wedding Garter

2004-01-15 Thread Clay Blackwell
Sounds lovely, Noelene! Now if I can just learn to use the embroidery feature on my machine!! Clay - Original Message - From: "W & N Lafferty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 5:45 PM Subject: [lace] Wedding Garter > Almost finished (

Re: [lace] IOLI Previews

2004-01-15 Thread Clay Blackwell
Yippee ! It doesn't matter HOW it's accomplished, but the more members, the better!! Thanks for joining us, Sue!! Clay (one of the IOLI "rank and file"... but glad to have you none the less!) - Original Message - From: "Sue Fink" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lace digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Wedding Garter

2004-01-15 Thread W & N Lafferty
Almost finished (3 repeats to go) a length of lace for a wedding garter for a friend. I wanted to make the garter of soft elastic in a casing, and attach the lace to the lower edge. Trouble was how to make the casing. I bought some ribbon, but it was too "klunky". Then I found some fabric in my

[lace] IOLI Previews

2004-01-15 Thread Sue Fink
Hi all, I have been following the pros and cons of the IOLI preview and here is another point of view! Coz I wanted to see what it is all about I have decided to subscribe for myself!! I will do that a little nearer our southern winter, for financial reasons, (spent too much at Christmas LOL)

[lace] Thank you

2004-01-15 Thread Wildgun004smate
To everyone who has been helpful to me I graciously thank you. I have printed out everyones directions, DH is gonna kill me cause I am almost out of black ink. :) He gets after me cause each month he has to buy new ink, I seem to print books (that what he says) maybe I do but its for the

[lace] Commerative time again!

2004-01-15 Thread PhaserBait
Me again! While I'm so chatty, it's commerative time again! We need a bobbin maker to make us some bobbins! If you do bobbins, and are interested in being the vendor for the 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] commerative bobbins, please give me a buzz at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] We usually order about 50-100 mi

[lace] Big finish thank you!

2004-01-15 Thread PhaserBait
Hi all! I've been reading the hints and tips you all have shared with me about my Bucks piece, and I have printed out a bunch of them for referral use. I am so thankful that I can pick the brains of such talented people! I am trying to contact someone from the ISF to see if they have any requi

[lace] stitches

2004-01-15 Thread Lorelei Halley
Helen When I teach beginners I usually have them work in color because I think it helps them understand the structure more easily and it helps them see the consequences of each stitch they make. They understand how a certain series of stitches produces a certain thread path. And if they lose their

Re: [lace] Re: still ?

2004-01-15 Thread Ilske und Peter Thomsen
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[lace] bullentin

2004-01-15 Thread Lacenanny
Sherry, my bulletin has shown up yet, and my last name starts with a C. So I'm also still waiting to read all these wonderful articles. Nancyanne - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace] straw pillows

2004-01-15 Thread Jean Barrett
Hi Jenny, If your straw pillow is newly made, it will have been treated in some way before manufacture. If it is an older one I would go for baking. It sounds like it will kill any bugs rather than just putting them into hibernation for a while! Jean in Cleveland U.K. On Wednesday, January 14, 2

Re: [lace] teaching children

2004-01-15 Thread Eva Von Der Bey
Dear Helen, my daughter, now 9, made her first attempts at age of 5. in between, i taught the first stitches to about ten more children, mostly during holidays, so there were only a few days to finish at least a little bookmark. Those children were from eight to ten years old. if possible, I take