Whenever I make lace in a public place, someone is curious about when bobbin
lace was first made, and I trot out my story about King Henry VIII of England
- that lace does not appear on portraits painted during most of his lifetime.
His daughter, Elizabeth I, on the other hand, was painted many tim
Dear All,
Thank you to the many who answered my questions and enlightened me. Once you
know it is easy, useful and so much beautiful lace to look at.
Thanks again.
Christa
who set outside on the back porch yesterday and finally finished a lace
project. A little one but still...
Any lace, except for the most primitive, is anachronistic for the Henry VIII
period. Reticella was just beginning in Italy, but there is no evidence for it
reaching England this early.
The costumes for The Tudors are pure fantasy - like the series itself.
Historical accuracy just doesn't come
That's it, innit? - at several feet away, who will notice ;)
To anyone looking for the webshots, click the tiny url below. Back up to the
arachne homepage and bookmark it if you like.
On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 3:25 AM, Sue wrote:
> Now that it is off the pillow and looking at it as a whole rat
Thank you Alex, looking whilst working gives a very close on stitch by
stitch and lets us see all the warts and any irregularities but once it
comes off the pillow and pattern and can be seen as is its so much better.
I have learned not to go for perfection but did struggle with the corners in
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:40:55 -
From: "Sue"
Subject: [lace] bucks corners
Two months ago I started work on one of Alex Stillwells bucks pieces. I
wanted a hanky edge and this appealed to my senses very well.
Well done Sue. It looks good. Corners within a piece often vary slightly,
don't
One of my all time favorit quotes.
Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, 1662
I see editions printed in 1662, 1744, 1811, 1840, 1841, 1963, 1965, 2007
Also look under Austin P. Nutall, who I think was an editor of some of the
19th c editions.
Laurie
- Original Message --
I haven't seen this year's installments, left off last year just at the
Kathryn Howard stage, in the year 1540. The first early pattern books don't
mention 'cutwork' until 1542 - and they were basically embroidery patterns.
The first real reticella patterns didn't appear until the 1560's. Ther
Fresh day, fresh eyes and some good photos from DH. There are some tiny
issues with the inner edge, I always struggle to work out which pair swaps
around within the footside edge at the corner and he got a great pic which
shows me that very well, not the actual last inside pairs, but the ones
