Hallo to Mouzons and all spiders,
I know that Wymondham Lacemakers have a lace day on June 17th. at Wymondham
High School, Foley Road. Wymondham. Norfolk.10am to 4pm. Speaker is Ian
Chipperfield.
This is usually a nice friendly lace day with plenty of chat and homemade
cake for afternoon tea.
Happy
At 08:04 PM 1/12/06 -0500, Tamara P Duvall wrote:
>On Jan 12, 2006, at 11:57, Joy Beeson wrote:
>"Buttonhole with an extra twist"? Does it mean you go into the loop
>(the part of the thread that's parallel to the edge) twice? I've never
>heard of it, but it sounds interesting also as a visual ef
I was always taught, by our dressmaker-teacher mother, my school dressmaking
teacher, and by my college teachers when I was doing a fashion course that all
buttonholes are done with buttonhole stitch.
This is a knotted stitch, worked by putting the needle into place and then
taking the thread
http://www.ushist.com/general-information/stitch_p.htm
shows the two stitches I was taught as blanket stitch and buttonhole stitch
for my City & Guilds 233 and 234 Dress (Dressmaking and Pattern Cutting) in
the early 1960s. The only place blanket stitch was allowed to be used in a
garment for
Hello all,
I have a small problem, I have been trying to reach Pam Sharples, but the
email keeps bouncing back to me, and I can't get on her Roseground site, so
Pam if you see this the fan number is V8.
Hope this is what you need, Thank you, Lynn Weasenforth
(in reference to how I work the fan p
On Jan 13, 2006, at 11:27, Joy Beeson wrote:
The upper figure in
http://www.fruncesybordados.com.mx/Tailor's%20Buttonhole%20Stitch.htm
looks like the illustration in Mary Thomas's Dictionary of Embroidery
Stitches,
Thanks; it is, indeed, an extra wrap of the thread around the needle.
Or bob
My last posting on the subject, honest Injun. I do realise its
connection to lacemaking is almost non-existent, but it's
irresistibele... So much of what's been posted rings loud bells: "I
knew it! Just forgot..."
On Jan 13, 2006, at 12:52, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jacquie) wrote:
A tailored button
Dear Lace Friends,
Does Barbara Fey have a website now ? I *think* someone mentioned it a while
back . . . ?
Best wishes
Sulochona, back in Ranchi, India
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Encyclopedia of Needlework, Therese de Dillmont (1987 English edition by
Bracken Books) has an illustration of Danish lace "Hedebo" - that is
'finished off with a row of buttonhole stitches'. Figure 959 shows the
detail of the work.
Jay in Sydney
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From: Jay Ekers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, 14 January 2006 4:05 PM
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Subject: RE: [lace] Buttonholes and Blankets and needle lace stitches
The chapter on Point Lace in "Beeton's Book of Needlework", has
illustrations [pages 456 and 4
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