Re: [lace] Lace Buttons

Hello Hendrika Now the button collector , who mentioned that she is familiar with crochet buttons ,and myself are rather curious if there are, or if anyone has ever heard of, Lace buttons ? Dorset buttons, as used on the traditional smocks worn by agricultural workers, are a form of needl

[lace] Re Lace Buttons

Making needlelace buttons is great fun. You are welcome to have a look at some flower buttons I have made. The quality of the photo is not very good but you can get the idea. http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/1012352908028331769TtxnVQGCpk Ann Yorkshire UK - To unsubscribe send email t

[lace] Bedfordshire lace corners

There are some Bedfordshire lace samples for sale on ebay, supposedly from the 1900s (which I suppose could mean any time until 1999), two of those shown having corners. I was under the impression that corners were a relatively new development and that lace was gathered prior to their developme

[lace] Fiber Art Supplies needed!

Hello ladies! I've just gotten an email from Michael Giusiana who tells me that his art budget this year is gone, and next year doesn't look good either. You may remember that he teaches middle school art at the military base in Ramstein, Germany during the school year and teaches Flanders and

[lace] Soles de Maracaibo

Hello spiders, yesterday night finally I found images of Soles de Maracaibo, a relative of nhanduti or tenerife lace. That is what I am seeking after 2 months. They are very beautifull. There are many fotos that can show us the technique of the lacemakers and, as it seems, like nhanduti/tenerife l

[lace] Callado Canario

Hello every spiders again I know another two pieces that I want to partager with you. A virtual museum with two pretty pieces of callado canario (?) http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/ManitobaCrafts/solubilityandsolution/ artifacts/placemat.html and http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Man

Re: [lace] Bedfordshire lace corners

Since lacemaking has been around for 500 years, 'relatively new' could be a couple hundred years. More to the point, the book Les Dentelles Aux Fuseaux by Dillmont has many corner patterns, and the author died in 1890. I can't give an earler reference, but I think corners came in during the fir

[lace] lace buttons

Greetings to all, There was talk of lace covered buttons earlier today/yesterday. I came across this book by Gilian Dye on ebay: Bobbin lace patterns for Birds, buttons & bookmarks if anyone is interested. Item number: 290080357670 The description says there are 15 patterns for lace buttons.

Re: [lace] Soles de Maracaibo

Oh, what a wonderful piece of "synchronicity"! My maternal grandma was from Maracaibo, and used to make "Soles" when she was a girl. My mum never learned, and when I discovered lacemaking, grandma had died a couple of years ago... What a pity that she never passed her skills on... Thanks for send

Re: [lace] Bedfordshire lace corners

I'm at work, and have class tonight so can't get more specific until the weekend. But as I recall there are examples of BL worked corners in Santina Levey's "Lace, a History" dating from the 1500-1600s Beth McCasland in the 'burbs of New Orleans where we have spring like weather. -Origina

[lace] Re: Bedfordshire lace corners

I have tried to find information in the books I have, but have not been able to find anything that gave a date for the appearance of corners in lace. I did find a statement by Geraldine Stott that "in the old days, lace was always made straight and then gathered round the corners". (The Bobbi

[lace] Re: Dorset Buttons

Having seen the pictures of the Dorset Buttons on the links sent to the list, made me realise that I have a couple of similar buttons in my button box. They were left in this house by the German lady we bought the house from. I found them in the sewing basket the lady left for me. She left a

[lace] Re: Lace Buttons

On Feb 8, 2007, at 5:12, ann.humphreys wrote: Making needlelace buttons is great fun. You are welcome to have a look at some flower buttons I have made. The quality of the photo is not very good but you can get the idea. http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/1012352908028331769TtxnVQGCpk

[lace] Pattern raffle

Hi, all Just a reminder that the raffle for the bucks point pattern closes on Sunday night, if anyone hasn't entered yet and wants to. There are 42 entries so far. Beth In a very cold Cheshire, NW England - we only got a little snow yesterday; enough to look pretty but not cause any real probl

[lace] Snowflake raffle - correction

Gentle Spiders, As one of my respondents pointed out, February 14 is a *Wednesday*, not a Tuesday. Sigh... Even when actually looking at a calendar, I can, *still*, mess up dates/days of the week :) But, this time, it's the *dates* which count; I will draw on the 14th (Wednesday) and announc