[lace] Re: UK Lace Day-lacemakers at Parham House

2009-10-02 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Oct 2, 2009, at 9:57, Susan Reishus wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebozo [...]  I can easily see that a shawl or stole could be of daily use, and that a more quickly woven stole could be embellished with bobbin lace, and faster than making one of solid lace, which essentially would

Re: [lace] Re: [lace-chat] US Justice Sonia Sotomayor and her Lace

2009-10-02 Thread Clive & Betty Rice
Aurelia and Other Gentle Spiders, Sure, we can do it! Put me down for one of them. I've been wanting to use the big block pillow... Happy Lacemaking,Betty Ann Rice in Roanoke, Virginia USA Oct 1, 2009 03:36:14 PM, aurel...@earthlink.net wrote: Hello everybody, and hello especially to Tony and

[lace] Northdowns web site

2009-10-02 Thread Sue Martin
Thank you Malvary yes I did give the address incorrectly sorry everyone. It is www.northdownslacemakers.org.uk Do have a visit. Sue Martin Farnborough - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemode

Re: [lace] tatted caterpillar and updated website

2009-10-02 Thread Malvary J Cole
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[lace] tatted caterpillar and updated website

2009-10-02 Thread Sue Martin
Hi to those of you looking for a caterpillar I have found a caterpillar try the following www.geocities.com/emmacrew/tatting/doodlebugs.html I hope this helps I am a member of North Downs Lacemakers and we have just updated/revamped our website www.northdownslacemakers.org do have a look i

Re: [lace] Napoleonic lace

2009-10-02 Thread Ilske Thomsen
Hello Claire and all of you, as we all know lace was forbidden during and some time after the French revolution. In Napoleonic time lace came back. What could mean that some of the "old" laces came back too. But fashion had changed and so not all laces b from former time fitted. As far as I

Re: [lace] UK Lace Day-lacemakers at Parham House

2009-10-02 Thread Susan Reishus
Thank you for sharing, Devon.  In searching for more information about rebozos (I wanted to compare to ruanas), Wikipedia states that the word "rebozo" is first documented in 1562, which to my mind, curiously coincides with a European surge in lacemaking and coincidentally, influx of people and imp

[lace] US Justice Sonia Sotomayor and her Lace

2009-10-02 Thread Tony & Shirley
Hi Everyone, The US has a new female Justice for the Supreme CourtSonia Sotomayor. I have just found a couple pictures of her wearing lace. I thought you might be interested in seeing what she has..maybe we could add to her "collection". http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/us/poli

Re: [lace] Napoleonic lace

2009-10-02 Thread Clay Blackwell
Hello Claire, and Lorelei - At the IOLI convention in Rockford in 2008, Kate Henry did a presentation called "What were they wearing then?" (or something to that effect...). As a beginning lacemaker, she had been demonstrating torchon during a Revolutionary War reenactment, and someone came

[lace] Napoleonic lace

2009-10-02 Thread Lorelei Halley
Claire A similar question came up recently. Bobbin lace of the Napoleonic era was distinct and easily recognizable. It was point ground lace with a small motif on the headside and tiny spots on the net. The spots would be either square tallies or tiny circles of gimp. If you have access to a co