The Springett's collection included weighted lignum
vitae bobbins, 19th century, large bolbous bobbins
whith compartments which unscrew, believed to have
been used to make gold lace for vestments at York
Minster, no.643 in the auction catalogue, p.74 in
Success to the Lace Pillow. These are not
Hello Spiders,
I received my stamps from Beths' raffle today and they are beautiful. Thanks
Beth for organizing it.
Now I have to think of a safe way to put them on display when I go to lace
demos so that
everyone can enjoy them.
Janette
(who is still trying to recover from a bug I've had for
Hello,
In France, we have a specialist of Burano and Venice needlelace. Her
name is Brigitte Lenormand and she learned with her great mother.
She made a book last years only in french :
http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/2283585678/qid%3D1109930923/171-2539165-5014655
She took her great
Hello,
I Just find on Rosanna web site :
http://www.dentellieres.com/Collection/Lidia/index.htm
Dentellez bien
Sof from France
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I have just taken a picture of a lace pillow I made after my trip to Venice
and Burano some years ago. We see pictures of bobbin lace
Hi again,
And Burano museum : http://www.dentellieres.com/Musee/Burano/index.htm
Sof from France
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Dear Spiders,
I always use the rhyme:
Weft goes from LEFT to right
to remind me which is the warp and which is the weft in weaving - I suppose
in bobbin lace the weaver pr is the equivalent to the weft on woven fabric.
Hope this helps you remember.
from
Andrea Lamble
in a rather damp and slushy
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at least by copying the pattern, one doesn't have to waste umpteen
pieces of card just to get the ink markings correct!
I use Typex if I make a mistake - alternatively go over the mistake with
another colour pen - and
Clay and others,
When I attended the IOLI Convention in Harrisburg last
August there was a vendor there who was doing hair
weaving. She sells pieces that she made; a little
pricey but justified I think by the skill and scarcity
of her craft. She was in the vendor annex group
that was not there
Can you share Barbara Fay's web site address?
Thanks,
Alison
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Barbara Fay does not have a website. She offers a catalog, and she has an
email address.
Clay
Clay Blackwell
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Date: 3/4/2005 11:30:30 AM
Subject: [lace] Re: lace-digest V2005 #68
Can you share
In a message dated 04/03/2005 14:09:29 GMT Standard Time,
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at least by copying the pattern, one doesn't have to waste umpteen
pieces of card just to get the ink markings correct!
I use Typex if I make a mistake - alternatively go over the mistake with
another
In a message dated 04/03/2005 09:36:37 GMT Standard Time,
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Some years ago, I think it was in 1998 when Tamara was in the UK - a
group of us met up in Manchester and went to the ?Science Museum. In a
textile exhibition there, there was a large hanging made totally from
Pompi Parry gives a most interesting talk on hair jewellery. We had her as
speaker at one of Poole Bobbin Lace Circle meetings a few years ago. She is
doing a workshop on Colour and Free lace for us next weekend. I will ask
her about the bobbins used in hair weaving and let you know what she
On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 09:32:51 +, Jane Partridge wrote:
Some years ago, I think it was in 1998 when Tamara was in the UK - a
group of us met up in Manchester and went to the ?Science Museum. In a
textile exhibition there, there was a large hanging made totally from
hair - woven I think. Quite
There was a hair woven piece , framed, at the 4 Mile House ( an old
StageCoach house) in Denver. (I think it is called that!)
Helen may be able to tell you more. It was the first (and only) time I have
seen anything like this.
Regards from Liz Ligeti
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On Mar 4, 2005, at 11:25, Addicks wrote:
Can you share Barbara Fay's web site address?
She has no website, as Clay said; she fought against even having an
e-mail account for years :) You get a printed catalogue once a year
(usually in March), and then colourful (photos of covers) printed,
On Mar 4, 2005, at 1:43, Helene Gannac wrote:
Do all the stamp collectors know that Italy has just put out an
embroidered stamp on fabric similar to the Swiss one
Those of us who were around in November do :) Someone (sorry, can't
remember who; Lisa something, I think) announced it for us as soon
On Mar 4, 2005, at 4:32, Jane Partridge wrote:
Some years ago, I think it was in 1998 when Tamara was in the UK - a
group of us met up in Manchester and went to the ?Science Museum. In a
textile exhibition there, there was a large hanging made totally from
hair - woven I think. Quite impressive,
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I've been thinking about that one and have to agree with Nicky.
I spent the first few months of my lacemaking spending what seemed like
*vast* sums of money (once I discovered some mail-order vendors, that
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On Mar 3, 2005, at 19:42, Linda Walton wrote, in response to Bev's:
My mother used to hurry us along by saying 'get going, Mac Duff' - I
always wondered who Mac Duff was
MacBeth believes that he is
invulnerable and
Inheriting a ranch, the young widow determined to keep it, but knew very
little about ranching. She placed an ad in the newspaper for a ranch hand.
Two men applied for the job. One was gay and the other a drunk. After much
thought, she decided to hire the gay guy, figuring it would be safer to
To commemorate her 69th birthday on October 1, actress/vocalist Julie
Andrews made a special appearance at Manhattan's Radio City Music Hall
for the benefit of the AARP. One of the musical numbers she performed
was My Favourite Things from the legendary movie Sound Of Music.
However, the
I've seen the first one here before, but not the other two. Y'all can
pick which one/s to forward or not...
From: R.P.
1.
Jake and Jim are chatting at the beach. Jake asks Jim how come
he is always so popular with the women. Jim explains: I find a
big potato and put it down my swim
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