[lace] IOLI Bulletin

2004-12-30 Thread Clive and Betty Ann Rice
Usually I get the IOLI Bulletin, scan it a bit, and wait until I have a quiet cup of tea to peruse it. Not today! Tamara you are a delight, and I concur with the honoured Professor that you do write well. I also concur with T about Devon's article; just delightful. Everything about the Bulle

[lace] Re: IOLI Bulletin

2004-12-30 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Dec 30, 2004, at 8:47, Malvary Cole wrote: I got mine yesterday - it was posted on December 23. It was "by the skin of your teeth" thing; the Bulletin was posted on Dec 23 and, on Dec 24, Debra Jenny (The Editor) and her entire family boarded the plane for New Zeland, taking a miniature Christ

Re: [lace] Book- Guide to Lace and Linens by Elizabeth Kurella

2004-12-30 Thread Clay Blackwell
I have to jump in here and say that I also have spent some delightful hours with Elizabeth Kurella, and own several of her books. I encourage any of you who are the LEAST bit interested in identifying old laces to get yourselves a copy of this book while you can!! It is one of the most visual of

[lace] christmas gifts

2004-12-30 Thread Janice Blair
My daughter reminded me that I also received a set of lace stamps from her that she purchased in Paris last Spring. So I guess I did have a lacey Christmas after all. Janice P.S. If you go to www.google.com there is a link to a list of sites where you can make a donation for the tsunami relief

[lace] Christmas Card Exchange Page is UP!

2004-12-30 Thread Barbara Joyce
Thanks to all who responded to my suggestion to send me scans for a page to show the beautiful lace pieces we exchanged with our Christmas Cards. I've put up a page to start it off. Here's the URL: http://homepage.mac.com/bejoyce/arachne/ I would appreciate some feedback. First of all, if you hav

[lace] Re: Lace Guild Advent Calendar competition

2004-12-30 Thread Chris Vail
> > "Has anyone successfully managed to send an entry > to the Lace Guild > > Advent > > Calendar competition? I keep getting a form > submission error - and am > > not > > certain if the problem is at my end or the web > sites." I submitted my entry on the 28th. Seemed to go through okay, alt

Re: [lace] IOLI Bulletin

2004-12-30 Thread Diane Williams
I got mine in the mail yesterday also. Sat down immediately and perused all the convention offerings for next August. The rest of the bulletin I digested more slowly and brought with me to work to look at on my lunch hour. Diane Williams Galena, Illinois USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Jenny Barron <

Re: [lace] IOLI Bulletin]

2004-12-30 Thread Malvary Cole
I got mine yesterday - it was posted on December 23. This is much quicker than last time when some of us in Canada had quite a long wait. The envelope was marked "Air Mail" this time. Perhaps it helped. Malvary in Ottawa where it is supposed to snow/freezing rain later today, but supposed to go

[lace] IOLI Bulletin

2004-12-30 Thread Jenny Barron
Hi all, am I the first to receive the Winter bulletin? I shall not say anything about content except that it's scrummy and Arachne is represented. jenny barron Scotland - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMA

[lace] the Professor's newsletter

2004-12-30 Thread Tess1929
For those who might be interested in exploring the Professor's website a bit further, the second issue of his newsletter, Webside, is now available at http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/webside.html He has asked me to write a regular lace column, so you will see my first effo

Re: [lace] Christmas Card Exchange and Beautiful Lace

2004-12-30 Thread Jennifer Nielsen
Hi Barbara, I, too, think it will be lovely to see the Exchange gifts. Rather than set up a new page, may I suggest the Arachne Webshots site and set up a collection in there specifically for these photos (as opposed to within each individual's collection). We all have the URL for that site. Ju

[lace] More on the Advent Calendar Competition

2004-12-30 Thread Jean Leader
We're back from a week with our son, Ian, in Torino (Turin to us Anglo-Saxons) having had a very enjoyable (and white) Christmas there. David and Ian managed to get in a day's skiing in Sestriere after the weather had cleared, which was a source of great satisfaction as it had been some years s

Re: [lace-chat] Re: [lace] Lace Guild Advent Calendar competition

2004-12-30 Thread Brenda Paternoster
"Has anyone successfully managed to send an entry to the Lace Guild Advent Calendar competition? I keep getting a form submission error - and am not certain if the problem is at my end or the web sites." The link was working at the beginning of December - some people (me!!) cheated and looked a