I've now spoken to Sue Gude's husband - Suzanne is already in the U.S.A. Her
husband suggests that anyone with queries would be very welcome to ring her -
blow! now I've forgotten the room number!!! But the hotel switchboard should
be able to locate her for you. She's in the hotel where the
Calico in Oz is an unbleached (usually) cotton fabric - very inexpensive.
It is a plain fabric - no pattern on it.
In USA I believe it is called Quilters muslin - but I could be wrong (I
often am!!)
I have purchased White (Bleached) calico - in wide pieces - often used for
curtain lining. You can
Since I have been making NL, I save the thread off bobbins, hang it on a
hook in my sewing room, for a while (to let gravity straighten it!), and
then loosely plait it, - with a tag naming the make and size of the thread.
I use it, then, for NL - just pulling out a length whenever I need to refill
When do the Commemoratives come out? I placed an order ages ago, and had a
feeling they came out in July, but I have not seen anything about them.
from Liz in Melbourne, Oz,
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Thanks to all who answered with information about travel pillows. This has
been a huge help! I have saved all the information to a file devoted just
to pillows. Now I just need to decide which to try making first
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Jo Ann Fabrics has many weights of muslin from the cheap gauzy stuff to
heavier quality material. Comes in bleached and unbleached as well. Many
different widths as well from 45" to 120". Latter material is used to back
quilts.
Trish in steamy and gray WV.
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On Jul 31, 2004, at 3:41, dominique wrote:
there are differences in France even:
St Anne is the patron saint of Bailleul lace makers. St Regis is the
patron saint of Le Puy Lacemakers .
I thought St Regis was a male? Not to discount/disparage our male
lacemakers in any way but, aren't male lacemak
LOL. That's funny. Imagine not finding a pool noodle in Poole!
Karen
who must be suffering from the heat to post this
> I'll try the shop in Poole. My mother
> often goes up to Poole on the train to shop (from Weymouth) but she
> walks with a stick, so I don't think she could manage to ca
On Jul 31, 2004, at 20:58, Ruth Budge wrote:
Devon, In Australia, calico is a strongly-woven, off-white plain
material -
often used in the past for lining curtains, perhaps for trying out a
new dress
pattern before committing to sewing it in expensive material, etc.
Very definitely sounds like ou
Devon, In Australia, calico is a strongly-woven, off-white plain material -
often used in the past for lining curtains, perhaps for trying out a new dress
pattern before committing to sewing it in expensive material, etc. It is very
cheap, but very strong. Not having done any reticella, I don't
Thanks Sof for the link to the Bailleul lace meeting.
I spent a lovely time last night browsing through the
first site in particular
It's made me realise just how much lacemaking must be
done in Europe, compared to Australia. Especially since
I live in a small country town (pop. 8,000) which is a
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Do you mean it yellows in time, or when you first put it on? I used
some last year on some Christmas ornaments, and it did make them a
little less white than they were before. Will they yellow further over
time?
I also want to use it on miniature dolls clothes, so I'd be interested
to kn
Jean,
Thanks for the info about the pool noodles. I'll try and see if there's
a supplier locally, and if not I'll try the shop in Poole. My mother
often goes up to Poole on the train to shop (from Weymouth) but she
walks with a stick, so I don't think she could manage to carry a 5ft
pool noo
Thank you all for lots of ideas on leftover threads and information about
how much to wind! I feel much better now. I took some of my leftover
threads of the bobbins and stuck them all into a ziploc bag, miraculously
they don't tangle. I even used some of them!
Right now I think I'll try to use
The disadvantage of winding equal amounts of thread on all the bobbins is
that they will all run out at much the same time!
I never mind joining thread, after all, I wouldn't expect to knit a jumper
without a join or fifteen at least.
Liz Pass
In Poole, Dorset,UK
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Devon,
My textile encyclopedia says under Kaliko: After the indian city
Calicut. A canvas in linen-binding cotton. Used if it is colour-printed
for overalls, coats and aprons. With heavy starch today only sometimes
together with synthetic leather as book-covers.
Greetings
Ilske
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While in Prague I bought some patterns from the Netherland LOKK group. The
language isn't as much a problem as the threads required for the pattens.
Would could I use as equivalents to the following:-
DMC Fil Fleur which is equivalent ( so it seems) to Colcoton 34/2
Madeira Spectra
Mez Reflecta
Robin reminded us:
> Just to reiterate, in case anybody's considering trying the polystyrene
(plastic boxes) melted in acetone (nail polish remover) or carbon
tetrachloride. Anything that will melt the hard polystyrene plastic boxes
will melt polystyrene/styrofoam. Don't use styrofoam-style stuf
Hi All,
And don't even leave the plastic ones in front of a window, on the pillow -
even in the UK where it really doesn't get blisteringly hot very often, the
glass can act as a magnifier, and the bobbins can distort very badly. They
maybe won't exactly melt, bur they will be a very funny shape.
Devon,
I don't know what American's call what we call Calico, but you are
correct - calico is a very sturdy cotton that's plain cream/unbleached
in colour (tends to have little dark flecks in the fabric). I don't
think it's called canvas - that's something much heavier and stronger.
You should b
> In the US, calico is a printed fabric with little flowers all over it that
> the pioneer ladies wore when they traveled west in wagon trains.
> However, I think that this would not be very useful in a reticella class.
I
> am wondering if calico is a plain white cotton cloth, or perhaps a solid
>
I am taking a reticella class with Suzanne Gude of Australia at the IOLI
convention. One of the materials required for the class is a 20" x 20" piece of
calico.
In the US, calico is a printed fabric with little flowers all over it that
the pioneer ladies wore when they traveled west in wagon
there's a pretty good light stiffener in France called Fabulon . it's
supposed to help with the ironing but it works well to stiffen silk for
example . the thing is to dab the excess liquid so as not to have a solid
starched ground ..
dominique from Paris
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Tamara P. Duvall a décidé d' écrire à Ò[lace] Bailleul photos/patron
saints of lacemakersÓ.
[2004/07/31 02:47]
> I was amused by the display of the lacy undies, mostly thong-type (page
> 3 of the first website). Remember the "flap" when the crocheters from
> Koniakow first started making them
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