[lace] Australian Bonnet project

2006-10-29 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
I have just returned home this morning from a beaut trip to Tasmania, where I visited the remains of the Female Factory in Hobart. Although only the 4 stone walls remain - it has a sad feeling about it. We also visited Gerogetown, in the north of the State, and there I discovered more about t

[lace] glues for fabric and lace stiffening

2006-10-29 Thread bevw
Hi everyone glue in the spaces. I also agree with Brenda that the Moravia starch is a VERY expensive way of buying PVA glue. I did a quick google to find that there are many formulae for PVA glues, some are water-based some are not. I think if a person wanted a guaranteed stiffening product f

[lace] Lace with paper string

2006-10-29 Thread Jane Partridge
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes > and no clear patches of >dry >glue in the spaces. I also agree with Brenda that the Moravia starch is a >VERY expensive way of buying PVA glue. I'm just back from taking my class for a weekend course on spiders (there are a lot more th

Re: [lace] Alternative Silk Thread

2006-10-29 Thread Jenny De Angelis
HI Jacquie I hope others will excuse my message to Jacquie through the list but I can't contact her privately my server is being bounced by hers. My message does concern lace so it is on topic. I received your message and sent a reply directly to you which bounced back at me. I would be gr

[lace] Lace with paper string

2006-10-29 Thread Laceandbits
After all the chat about this subject I finally got up off my backside and retrieved the one that I made. As I thought, I didn't knot the ends at all, except where I joined the workers. As I picked up the threads I ran them along behind the string for a very short distance (maybe two there and