Re: [lace] Conventions

2013-04-24 Thread robinlace
Elizabeth Ligeti lizl...@bigpond.com wrote: However one big difference is that the 12 hour classes are held on 2 full days - not 4 half days. This means that people can go for a shorter time and get in their whole 2 day class without the expense of a full week...[snip]... This might be

Re: [lace] RE: Convention

2013-04-24 Thread Rosemary Hemmett
Hi this maybe true but think of who will be doing all the work to put together 2 conventions - they don't just happen! two sets of venues, teachers, suppliers loss of economies of scale (if there are any) Also suppliers will hve a smaller audience would they want to go to 2 venues with

Re: [lace] RE: Convention

2013-04-24 Thread Jacquie Tinch
If you changed the bylaws like Clay suggested (all member vote instead of quoram) you could concievabley have two smaller conventions a year. If US non-profits are anything like UK charities then having the AGM and needing a quorum may not be a choice that IOLI made. Here it is the law imposed

[lace] CORRECT address for blue matte film

2013-04-24 Thread hottleco
That would be http://needlelace.com Sorry!!! Susan Hottle, Erie, PA USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/

[lace] blue film for needlelace

2013-04-24 Thread hottleco
Hello All! When I was checking out www.needlelace.com for the Stitch of the Month, I happened across her supplies tab found blue matte film! Looks like it might have a grid on it?? Hope this helps the needlelace experts. I don't know Doreen Holmes but I sure like her SOTM feature!

Re: [lace] blue film for needlelace

2013-04-24 Thread Donna Fousek
I don't know about the blue film that this site is selling, but I have bought it in the past from a different vender and the grid is on the backing paper so when it is on your pricking or pattern outline it does not have a grid. Donna near Chicago where the rain has stop and the rivers are

Re: [lace] blue film for needlelace

2013-04-24 Thread Sue Harvey
If you cannot find the matt film just buy the cheap shiny stuff and rub all over with a pan scrub to take the shine off,hey presto matt film. Sue M Harvey Norfolk U.K. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write

Re: [lace] Architect's linen

2013-04-24 Thread Anna Binnie
On 22/04/13 4:57 PM, Jean Nathan wrote: DH was an engineering lecturer and taught, among other things, technical drawing. When the subject started to move to computers, he brought home what the college had because he didn't think computers would catch on (LOL) and knew the college would throw

[lace] Lace conventions

2013-04-24 Thread Anna Binnie
I have read with interest all the discussions on lace conventions. Travel costs are the big thing that stand in the way of attending any convention this applies to the US as well as Australia where distances are very similar. And yes we have the same requirements as well. I've been a member of

[lace] Conventions

2013-04-24 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Firstly. - ANZAC Day greetings to all Aussies. I went to the Portland convention in 2010 - as a student, (the other 2 I have been to I was a teacher), - and I had a ball there! Loved every minute! The hotel was very helpful, and class rooms were very good. I have very happy memories. It is so