Good afternoon ladies & gents,
I think I mentioned a couple of weeks back that we (Australian Lace
Guild - SA Branch) had won a Medal of Excellence in the English Lace
Guild competition '7'. Having won the Group Entry 3 years ago we felt
inclined to give it another go. You can see our ent
On 8/27/07, Tamara P Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Gallery -- photos of lace made from/inspired by patterns in the
> Archives, it would be handy if the Archives had a direct link, from its
> Home page, to the Gallery.
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If it helps, there is a link to the archives from handweaving.net (
On Aug 25, 2007, at 12:37, bevw wrote:
I have taken it upon myself to mention the gallery once in
a while, to encourage people to post their laces, if possible in
relation to
a digital document. It is a combination of promoting our lace and
recognizing the good work of the digital archive proj
On Aug 27, 2007, at 19:00, Janice Blair wrote:
Do you have a rubber stamp shop or memory shop in town?
This was amusing...You'll have to come and visit, to see the size of
"Lextropolis". We have WalMart (out in the county), for all our
craft/sewing needs :) Though I may check their craft sec
Thanks to Bev and Tamara for trying to straighten out the problems
with the Gallery. I am concerned, though, that there still is
confusion about who does what to keep this amazing work of The
Professor still going. Here is how it all lines up:
First of all, it was Ralph Griswold ("The Pro
An ebay search for 'Aperture Card' brought up loads of possiblities!
Andrea
Cambridge, UK
From: Tamara P Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Tamara P Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Lace Arachne
Subject: [lace] Re: Planning Finished Lace Presentations in Advance
Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 19:31:51
On 8/26/07 3:01 PM, Alice Howell wrote:
The modern plastics give us an advantage over the past
needlelacers. We can find pieces [of plastic] that are
smooth enough for the needle to qlide over, yet still be
soft enough to bend and fold, and to baste through when
setting up the foundation thre
On 8/26/07 7:57 AM, Lenore English wrote:
Rebecca Jones "The Complete Book of Tatting" describes a
slip stitch:
"Where it can be done conveniently it is a good idea
(saving time by having less ends to sew in) to slip
stitch from one row to the next. To do this, after
finishing the first row, do
Hi Jeri et al,
This made me smile!I have long had 'good intentions' like this (who was
it said that the road to Hell is paved with good intentions?) and bought the
pretty, plain, pink-ish dress I found that would exactly fit the collar I
wanted to make. I chose threads to match the colou
