Re: Fw: [lace] lace lonely

2007-12-27 Thread Sue
What a lovely idea, that way Alice will take part instead of wishing she could. Sue T Greetings, Lacemakers! I have just returned home after spending the last three days with my DD and her family (two boys, ages 6 and 9, made for a lively three days!!). I actually did not go online a si

[lace] Re: De la crise de la sardine a l'age d'or de la dentelle

2007-12-27 Thread beth
Hi Janice and everyone I think the title translates as "From the sardine crisis to the golden age of lace" - which is a pretty neat summary for the history Dominique has explained. I'd love to have a look at the book sometime but I'm afraid I don't have time to translate it for you, Janice. B

[lace] Christmas Cards

2007-12-27 Thread Janice Blair
I sent the link for the Arachne cards to all my lace friends so they could see the cards and one of them replied regarding the card at the bottom of page 5 which is a portion of a bookmark shown on a red card: I checked in my "Bedfordshire Lace Collection by Barbara Underwood" and the bookmark

[lace] Christmas gifts

2007-12-27 Thread Janice Blair
Thanks to Sof and Bev for explaining what sardines had to do with lace, and thanks to Sof for all the links. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://jblace.wordpress.com/ http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PRO

[lace] Plastic Storage and Some Washing Warnings

2007-12-27 Thread Jeriames
In a message dated 12/2/2007 1:50:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: FWIW, textiles are stored in museums in plastic that is the same as Rubbermaid/Sterilite containers sold in the USA as they are acid free and will not harm fibers. I don't want to misquote the exact

RE: [lace] Christmas Cards

2007-12-27 Thread Jenny Brandis
Hi Janice Kathy is the one who sent me the scan and info about that card and I checked my index of Lace Express. Although Eeva-Liisa Kortelahti has 4 mentions in the index none of them seem to cover the wonderful lace made by Angela. Angela, can you clarify this as it is a piece of lace that I wou

[lace] Christmas Cards

2007-12-27 Thread Margot Walker
I agree. I noticed that immediately, since I've made it. It's the top part of a Barbara Underwood Beds pattern for a bookmark. On 27 Dec 2007, at 17:32, Janice Blair wrote: I sent the link for the Arachne cards to all my lace friends so they could see the cards and one of them replied reg