[lace] Re: Advent Calendar

2004-12-05 Thread Annette Gill
<> Hear, hear! I love your Advent Calendar. I don't have one of my own any more :), but I love going to the Lace Guild website every day to open the latest window. And thank you Jean, for your "Introduction to Buck Point" booklet. I have several Bucks Point books, but this is the one I'm le

[lace] lace lamps again

2004-12-05 Thread dominique
to continue about lace lamps . they're not a myth and here's what is said on the website of the Le Puy lace center about what lace makers used to need: * une petite chaise basse à haut dossier : elle est souvent lÕoeuvre du mari de la dentellière a small high-backed low chair which was v

Re: [lace] Pillow storage (wreath boxes)

2004-12-05 Thread dominique
the same for me . and as we don't use to put wreaths on doors in France but only buy them "fresh" for funerals we wouldn't be in need of wreaths box .. i still have the dream of going round the world taking all that's interesting in other countries that i dont have in mine . wreathboxes migh

[lace] 1850 lace pillow on eBay

2004-12-05 Thread Susan MacLeod
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=19319&item=8152297019&rd=1 Interesting! Sumac Susan G. MacLeodDummerston, VT USA NATA #69 new! www.sumac.us www.sover.net/~sumac - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [lace] Bobbins for Withof

2004-12-05 Thread Susan MacLeod
What beautiful lace! I especially like that flower with the half stitch petals. Is there a pattern for it? Sumac in southern Vermont slowly recovering from the dreaded flu! Susan G. MacLeodDummerston, VT USA NATA #69 new! www.sumac.us www.sover.net/~sumac - To unsubscribe send emai

Re: [lace] Bobbins for Withof

2004-12-05 Thread anneke reijs
Hi Noelene and all, You can find information about what materials you need for making Withof on page 6 of my first manual on Sluis and Wifhof Lace! But when you do not have the manuals: you can find pictures of suitable bobbins on www.brejaart.com I use bobbins nr 24 (30 and 32 are similar). Good

re: [lace] Tamara's initial patterns

2004-12-05 Thread Bev Walker
Hi Tamara and everyone > So... Does anyone have an opinion on which way the downstroke of the T should curl its tail? Left, or right? It 'depends' - on which font you prefer. In school here when the Maclean's Method of Writing was taught, the downstroke of the capital T ended on the left, and co

Re: [lace] 1850 lace pillow on eBay

2004-12-05 Thread Barbara Joyce
I know nothing about antiques, so I'm not making any subjective statements on this item. However, FWIW, this is a relisting. The original listing was at: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=19319&item=8150188940 With a starting bid of GBP 45.00 and an indication that there was

[lace] Re: 1850 lace pillow on eBay

2004-12-05 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Dec 5, 2004, at 16:55, Barbara Joyce wrote: I know nothing about antiques, Ditto, but... in the relisting (the one Sumac gave) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItem&category=19319&item=8152297019&rd=1 Pat Hallam (of Roseground) is mentioned, and she does know something about lacemak

[lace] Coloured threads

2004-12-05 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Brenda, When I click on the site you gave I get "You are forbidden access to this site" or somesuch! I can get into your site Home page from your signature, and then go to Threads for Lace, but cannot see a section on coloured threads. It gives "Updated June 2004", and I have "refreshed" but ge

[lace] Re: Tamara's initial patterns

2004-12-05 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Dec 5, 2004, at 13:30, Bev Walker wrote: Check out these fonts in your word processor [...] Black Adder, Edwardian Script, French Script, Gigi, Kunster Script; Lucida Calligraphy; Harrington (after I italicized it) and Monotype Corsiva; and the last, swirling to the right, Vivaldi! They may be

Re: [lace] Bobbins for Withof

2004-12-05 Thread Barbara Joyce
> What beautiful lace! I especially like that flower with the half stitch > petals. Is there a pattern for it? Yes, in "Withof Lace," the one that's out of print. It's on page 46. Keep in mind that in Withof there's no working diagram to follow, and no pinholes. You get a line drawing and you k

[lace] Re: Withof

2004-12-05 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Dec 5, 2004, at 21:38, Barbara Joyce wrote: Keep in mind that in Withof there's no working diagram to follow, and no pinholes. You get a line drawing and you kind of do your own thing, placing the pins along the line, wherever you think they should go! Very daunting at first, I might add! Ver

Re: [lace] Bobbins for Withof

2004-12-05 Thread anneke reijs
Sorry, the line was broken up! Here is the good combination: http://home.hetnet.nl/~aplag/ anneke reijs in Baexem, The Netherlands [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---Original Message--- From: Ruth Rocker every combination of your URL I tried didn't work. Can you post it again so it hopefully all fit

Re: [lace] Re: Withof

2004-12-05 Thread anneke reijs
Barbara is right when she says that you should place the pins wherever you think they should go, but that is not as hard as it looks! Because there are some guidelines to help you! -- To decide where to put a pin, hold, after making the edge stitch, the 2nd pair along the pattern line. --The 1st p