[lace-chat] Never argue with a woman

2006-05-22 Thread Janice Blair
, but you have all the equipment. For all I know you could start at any moment. Have a nice day ma'am, and he left. MORAL: Never argue with a woman who reads. It is likely she can also think. Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http

[lace] strange places to meet other lacemakers

2006-05-19 Thread Janice Blair
the same necklace and this time a lacemaker from the Netherlands and I had a very interesting conversation whilst we looked at the lace exhibits. So I guess the moral of this message is to wear something recognisable to another lacemaker. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest

[lace] lace in fashion

2006-05-17 Thread Janice Blair
lace on unusual items. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] lace cruise to Mexico

2006-05-08 Thread Janice Blair
like fun to me. I have wanted to do a cruise but DH is not keen on the idea so I have always thought it might make a good venue for an IOLI convention and not as much work for the hosts. Of course, the Caribbean might not be a great place in the summer! Was it expensive? Janice Janice

[lace] lace day

2006-05-05 Thread Janice Blair
details. Proceeds are going to David's chosen charity, Education Action International. Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL

[lace] free pattern

2006-05-01 Thread Janice Blair
if you google Lacemakers Collectors Exchange we are now registered with Google so you can find us that way. Lacemakers of Northern Illinois does not bring us up near the top of the list yet unless we get a lot more hits so feel free to visit us that way. Happy lacing, Janice Janice Blair

[lace] Re: Stil Bluten

2006-05-01 Thread Janice Blair
Bluten is awe-inspiring. Thanks for your help Janice. Joyce Moes Lake Placid (Cairns)(Australia) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line

[lace] Fwd: free pattern

2006-05-01 Thread Janice Blair
Sorry I meant able to print a free pattern. :-) Janice Janice Blair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 09:15:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Janice Blair [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: free pattern To: lace-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Sue Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Spiders, If you

[lace] Re Stil Bluten and the coloured threads

2006-04-28 Thread Janice Blair
for this course in advance. Twilling is the blending of several strands of 90 Floss in colors to achieve the color desired. It is the same technique she uses in her butterflies. Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe

[lace-chat] new favorite non-lace toy

2006-04-20 Thread Janice Blair
can easily release the bug to be studied or (as in my case) flushed away. Where did you purchase it? I could use it when I get the usual couple of bees in the house each summer. I use a fly swatter at the moment but then I have to deal with the bodies. Janice Janice Blair Crystal

[lace] Has anyone got any ideas please?

2006-04-19 Thread Janice Blair
. I use lengths of machine lace about one to one and half inches wide as garlands in my tree each Christmas. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing

[lace] Jean Leader Workshop

2006-04-13 Thread Janice Blair
Susie Johnson completed her Bucks project. Mine is framed and ready for show and tell at our lace meeting on Saturday. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL

[lace-chat] Fabric stash

2006-04-04 Thread Janice Blair
. Any ideas? Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re Stamp raffle

2006-03-18 Thread Janice Blair
and have never moved in the frame. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Ulrike Voelker

2006-03-16 Thread Janice Blair
Does anyone have an email address for Ulrike Voelker (Lohr)? I am hoping to get into her point ground colored flower workshop in Montreal. Has anyone done this workshop with her already? Please email off the list. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois

[lace] Free pattern (DP)

2006-03-14 Thread Janice Blair
at least 10 last year and they sold well at craft fairs placed in frames from the dollar store. See url below my signature. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing

[lace-chat] Free pattern (DP)

2006-03-14 Thread Janice Blair
at least 10 last year and they sold well at craft fairs placed in frames from the dollar store. See url below my signature. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing

[lace] Lacefairy

2006-03-11 Thread Janice Blair
Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Lacefairy

2006-03-09 Thread Janice Blair
appreciate it as she thinks it might help get more hits than we do at present. It is under my signature. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line

[lace] Heavy heart

2006-03-05 Thread Janice Blair
. I shall treasure the patterns and gifts she has sent me and will miss her sage advice and friendship. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line

[lace] Introduction

2006-03-02 Thread Janice Blair
that you might think are stupid, its amazing how many of us learn something else from the answers. I am also from Manchester (Stretford), but have lived in the US now for 24 years. Welcome to Arachne. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http

[lace] Montreal convention

2006-03-02 Thread Janice Blair
be and whether they carry threads such as Pipers silk? Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write

[lace-chat] Blow the dust

2006-02-28 Thread Janice Blair
that kind of fun, having others to do the work for her. It was like icing a giant cake!! I did resist licking my fingers though. :-) Do other lacemakers like to do diy stuff? Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http

[lace] redrafting a pricking

2006-02-20 Thread Janice Blair
have tried to work without pins in the past but am never confident that I might not miss a row. I like the idea of taking the pins out fairly quickly to achieve an straighter ground. Thanks for the tip. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http

Re: [lace-chat] Soduku

2006-02-16 Thread Janice Blair
out called something like Karoake. David in Ballarat Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write

[lace-chat] Sudoku

2006-02-16 Thread Janice Blair
away and try later, otherwise I wouldn't get anything done some days. Before I leave this computer which has the printer attached I will have to visit the web site that Sue gave. Thanks to you all. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http

[lace] Lace in Wall Street Journal

2006-02-14 Thread Janice Blair
Santina Levy and a note at the bottom says WSJ.com subscribers can see more of Ellen Byron's photographs of Indian lacemakers at WSJ.com/OnlineToday. I did find the site but as I am not a subscriber, that was as far as I went. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago

[lace-chat] Soduku

2006-02-14 Thread Janice Blair
will be gratefully accepted and tried. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL

[lace] National Lace Day

2006-02-02 Thread Janice Blair
small to accomodate more than one lacemaker at a time. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write

[lace] wood bobbins to apply eye bolt to

2006-01-31 Thread Janice Blair
suppliers. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] lace-in

2006-01-31 Thread Janice Blair
before the event, along with the hosts email address, so we can put it on our calendars. Now I am wondering what I missed. :-( I know that this was a spontaneous meeting but now that we are talking about it, let's bear in mind that we all don't get the reflected messages. Janice Janice

[lace] lace

2006-01-31 Thread Janice Blair
they should ask the audience to hold their applause until the end and then the whole program would be a lot shorter. Its worse than the Oscars, but at least then you get to see the beautiful people!! Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http

Re: [lace] lace-in

2006-01-31 Thread Janice Blair
the hostess directly, not to the lace list anyway, so the meeting chat would be current. On 1/31/06, Janice Blair wrote: I was disappointed to read about the last lace in chat after it had been going on for quite a while. Reason - I get the digested version of lace chat and if there has not been

[lace] Graph paper

2006-01-29 Thread Janice Blair
? Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace] Graph paper

2006-01-29 Thread Janice Blair
or mm) 4 Graph paper - drag your mouse over the down arrow and then select one of the sizes from centered, edge, lower left or lower right CLick on print and it will download a .pdf of your chosen graph paper. Brenda On 29 Jan 2006, at 20:02, Janice Blair wrote: Dee wrote: This one has polar

[lace] magnets

2006-01-28 Thread Janice Blair
to sell with the commemoratives? Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Commemorative time again!

2006-01-24 Thread Janice Blair
I am also in favor of JoAnn doing the bobbins again. I like the idea of making it personal and I think I joined in late 96, just too late for the Nottingham meeting. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org

[lace] thistle bookmark

2006-01-20 Thread Janice Blair
it appears to be all green in the center? Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] IOLI Montreal Convention

2006-01-16 Thread Janice Blair
. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Expressions for OED

2005-12-29 Thread Janice Blair
Jean wrote: pop one's clogs before 1977 (assumes pop means to pawn) I know pop was used for pawning things but I always thought this expression meant that the person had died. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http

[lace] Lace book corrections (was Muriel Instructions...)

2005-12-20 Thread Janice Blair
don't remember ever looking at Lacenotes so if anyone knows of any other lists of corrections perhaps they would post it to the list. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL

[lace] buckspoint question

2005-12-18 Thread Janice Blair
. Has anyone done this pattern and knows what to do with them? Adding up the pairs shown does come to the correct number of 38 pairs, so they must be used somewhere. Am I right to assume that they become extra passives going around the perimeter of the circle? Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake

[lace] Christmas lace cards

2005-12-18 Thread Janice Blair
all of you a Happy Christmas or Happy Holidays, whichever you prefer and a prosperous and healthy New Year with more time to make lots of lace. Love, Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send

[lace] buckspoint question

2005-12-18 Thread Janice Blair
. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] card exchange

2005-12-14 Thread Janice Blair
. They sound so wonderful that my simple creation will pale in comparison, but we mustn't make it look hard for the newbies to contribute to an exchange by working such wonders of lace that it puts them off. Well, that is my excuse for an easy design. :-) Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50

[lace] card exchange

2005-12-05 Thread Janice Blair
Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Peeling mushrooms

2005-12-05 Thread Janice Blair
stuck the brush in the cupboard under the sink. Maybe I should rescue it and add it to my pillow tools. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line

Re: [lace-chat] car number plates

2005-11-29 Thread Janice Blair
using PRICK!!! I'll be most interested in other responses. David in Ballarat Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED

[lace] Christmas card exchange

2005-11-27 Thread Janice Blair
of other Christmas patterns there to choose from but probably a little late for anyone who has to make it and send it off. Although having said that, my pattern is so simple I made it in a couple of hours. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http

[lace-chat] car number plates

2005-11-27 Thread Janice Blair
weeks, maybe we can come up with a list of them for future reference. I believe if it includes a number the plate is cheaper. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing

[lace] Cards for lace

2005-11-22 Thread Janice Blair
the digests coming over this holiday week (in the U.S.). Happy Thanksgiving, Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL

[lace] Cards for lace

2005-11-21 Thread Janice Blair
that seem so popular these days. I was also beginning to think I had been dumped from Arachne as I had to wait from Friday to today to get one digest. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email

[lace] lace card exchange

2005-11-17 Thread Janice Blair
that I am feeling a little better I hope to get to the post office soon to send my card to Germany. No point in waiting until the deadline if the card is already made. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org

[lace-chat] junk mail

2005-11-15 Thread Janice Blair
on it and put the remainder in the prepaid envelope to send back to them. DH was delighted with the idea and promptly started stuffing everything non personal into his envelopes even including all those cards that come in the magazines that drive him crazy. Thanks for the idea. Janice Janice

[lace] Piecework magazine

2005-11-10 Thread Janice Blair
doable, but not for me, so I hobbled back to the car disappointed. Thanks for the review of the Anna magazine, I doubt I will go in search of that one. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send

[lace] lace software

2005-10-29 Thread Janice Blair
tape lace designs. Unfortunately, the program is on the upstairs computer and I have just had a full hysterectomy and my doc has forbidden stairs for now. Good job my bedroom/bathroom is on the ground floor! Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http

[lace-chat] Ger your gyni check up

2005-10-25 Thread Janice Blair
that checkup and you can bet your life I will be writing a thank you to my nagging doctor. Please don't send me lots of emails as I still have 16 digest to read and I have to use my husbands lap top which is not easy for me as I am used to a desktop keyboard. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake

[lace] Re Christmas Card Exchange

2005-10-15 Thread Janice Blair
and I love seeing them do it. It amazes me how they remember the stitches from one year to the next so that I can leave them to get on with it while I talk to the adults who are afraid to have a go. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http

Re: [lace-chat] Neat Trick for DIY roller painters

2005-10-14 Thread Janice Blair
. Anything for quick clean up. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Judith McNaught, author

2005-10-12 Thread Janice Blair
the taffeta which she says describes the local tradesmen she has been dealing with. They can't take criticism and flounce off. She is in a rural area of Ireland and says Dublin laborers might be another story. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois

[lace] lace books

2005-10-07 Thread Janice Blair
. They had about 15 lace books on their web site, look under Needlework. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [lace] Robber Barons

2005-10-04 Thread Janice Blair
Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Robber Barons

2005-10-03 Thread Janice Blair
, humorous way and I was sorry that I could not hear her presentation. This way my guild will have a program that might be more appealing than some of the slide presentations available today. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http

[lace] pillow bag

2005-10-03 Thread Janice Blair
pillow on your table and drop the sides down to make a pretty cloth while you work. Just a thought Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line

[lace] Pillow Bag - horizontal

2005-10-02 Thread Janice Blair
Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Fwd: Re: Lacemaker

2005-09-30 Thread Janice Blair
, the second is the spider and the third is the ladybug. It's a lovely piece but it will also make you smile. Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe

[lace] Socks raffle

2005-09-30 Thread Janice Blair
on and the second number drawn was #8 which is Beth McCasland. Would Marie and Beth please send me their snail mail addresses and I will get them in the mail asap. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email

[lace-chat] Re: coffee and tea preferences

2005-09-22 Thread Janice Blair
as I age. I also don't care for all the flavored teas that you see on the supermarket shelves over here. DH prefers hot chocolate or green tea. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL

[lace] Raffle (DP)

2005-09-20 Thread Janice Blair
the list, although it does seem quiet at the moment. Janice http://community.webshots.com/myphotos?action=viewAllPhotosalbumID=149126673 Hope I did this right! Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email

[lace-chat] Raffle (DP)

2005-09-20 Thread Janice Blair
the list, although it does seem quiet at the moment. Janice http://community.webshots.com/myphotos?action=viewAllPhotosalbumID=149126673 Hope I did this right! Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ To unsubscribe send email

[lace-chat] red hats

2005-09-19 Thread Janice Blair
lace guild years ago for lacemakers. I have not been able to find that particular issue of our newsletter but I seem to remember it was quite amusing. I did do a design for the IOLI Bulletin of a red hat pin, so look out for it when Debra has space in the future. Janice Janice Blair Crystal

[lace] IOLI Competition

2005-09-07 Thread Janice Blair
on my demise! Maybe it will be for sale on eBay one day. :-) Earlier if I need the money!! Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write

[lace] US postal insurance -- packing info

2005-09-03 Thread Janice Blair
it as they are getting higher and higher each year as it is. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] New lace guild web site(DP)

2005-09-02 Thread Janice Blair
such as updating the events pages, which she has done now for our September meeting. Please go and have a look, some links are still under construction. Let me know if you have any problems viewing the site and I will pass the info on. http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/cal.html Janice Blair President

[lace] Corrected address for web site (DP)

2005-09-02 Thread Janice Blair
://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Corrected address for web site (DP)

2005-09-02 Thread Janice Blair
://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Fwd: It may save your life

2005-08-23 Thread Janice Blair
. It is good advice and something to think about...and it may save your life someday. Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL

[lace-chat] decorating bobbins for those who can't paint

2005-08-17 Thread Janice Blair
should pre-prick each pinhole, but I am extremely lazy and only do that when I am working something like a point ground lace with so many pins so close together that it is hard to see the pinhole. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA To unsubscribe

[lace] lace note cards

2005-08-13 Thread Janice Blair
Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] lace note cards

2005-08-13 Thread Janice Blair
Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] lace note cards

2005-08-13 Thread Janice Blair
If this takes you to a page with lots of photos, look for my cake or swanmask to click on my personal page. Maybe someone will post a tiny url for the page. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing

[lace-chat] lace note cards

2005-08-13 Thread Janice Blair
If this takes you to a page with lots of photos, look for my cake or swanmask to click on my personal page. Maybe someone will post a tiny url for the page. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing

[lace] Lace note cards

2005-08-12 Thread Janice Blair
Noben-Slegers, Belgium (Binche Blue Flag Iris), Yvonne Scheele Kirkhof, Netherlands (Whitof Red Hibiscus) and myself, Janice Blair, Illinois (Point Ground Lily of the Valley). The pack includes one of each design and the cards are blank inside. They have the prickings for the lace designs

[lace] polychrome workshop

2005-08-10 Thread Janice Blair
=418994530security=yNMtbn Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] IOLI Convention

2005-08-09 Thread Janice Blair
up to date with lace but still plowing through the chat ones!! Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace] threading the needle

2005-07-30 Thread Janice Blair
my lace friends there, especially the Arachne luncheon. Thanks to the Denver group for arranging it this year. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [lace] Yves Saint Laurent Bruges Handbag

2005-07-25 Thread Janice Blair
in the magazine. to me it looks like Battenburg lace mounted on a leather handbag. I shan't be getting one @ $2,395!! Janice Off to pick up Pene Piip at OHare in about an hour on her way to Denver from Estonia via Warsaw and Chicago. Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago

[lace] Re: popular uses for lace

2005-07-11 Thread Janice Blair
today in downtown Chicago with Miriam who is on a visit from Israel. We met at the Millenium gardens and finished up at the Art Institute, all walked out and dripping everywhere as the weather was very, very hot. Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA

[lace-chat] Hanseatic Days 2005

2005-07-11 Thread Janice Blair
? This was the first time I had seen a stand like that. Janice http://www.tartu.ee/index.php?page_id=2931lang_id=2pic_id=804 Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED

[lace-chat] London

2005-07-08 Thread Janice Blair
far down below in the dark. I saw on the TV tonight how they were ringing the bell that was sent from Britain to New York as a memorial to victims of 9/11 but this time it was ringing for those in London. Very sad. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA

[lace] Lace around a window

2005-07-07 Thread Janice Blair
thread required many joins and I think I was using the large Tatsy tatting shuttle for my string. Try it, what do you have to lose but a few hours and some thread, and tell us about your experiments whether in tatting, wire or thread. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest

[lace] Burano

2005-06-22 Thread Janice Blair
and the museum worth the entry fee. There is probably a web site for it by now. Have a great time. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write

[lace-chat] London markets

2005-06-19 Thread Janice Blair
have another American with me on Monday so might have to do some of the usual tourist stuff. At least this trip I will be able to buy my wine gums which I missed getting last month on my return trip from France. Usually I stock up as the ones I can get round here are terrible. Janice Janice

[lace] Lenka/foreign currency

2005-06-17 Thread Janice Blair
unless anyone knows of anything lacey in London from June 25 to June 28. Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] London markets

2005-06-17 Thread Janice Blair
could between recurring messages. Shall have to try later. I was planning on using my free time without DH to visit the VA but I think the textile rooms are still closed. :-( Does anyone know of other sites, or shopping, to visit in London to satiate my lace addiction? Janice Janice Blair

RE: [lace] Extra lighting - safety tips

2005-06-14 Thread Janice Blair
not a member of chat. Sorry. Still, I think that sufficient numbers of Arachnids are heading to Denver that this subject MIGHT still be welcome on Lace. I won't be offended if told otherwise!! Clay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois

[lace] Extra lighting - safety tips

2005-06-13 Thread Janice Blair
as they are an energy saver not an increased output light. I like the idea of the itty bitty light. We have removed the shade in the past to get more light from the lamps. Maybe this discussion should be moved to Chat now. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA

[lace-chat] Harry Potter and other matters

2005-05-28 Thread Janice Blair
an Irish saying? Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] lace demo

2005-05-23 Thread Janice Blair
and nurses were coming from surgery to have a look. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] transportation woes (long)

2005-05-15 Thread Janice Blair
can keep my eyes open for a while. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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