I forgot: you can stitch your own Bayeux tapestry . I attended a
workshop and bought a kit a few years ago . It's not very difficult
and interesting
you tube sorry it's s in French
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0x7xqwwI3wfeature=player_embedded#!
streets with bad names , the world over .
http://www.yesbutnobutyes.com/archives/2009/01/where_the_stree.html
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Le 24/08/11 17:09, Agnes Boddington a écrit :
A palindrome reads the same backwards as forward.
incredible !
I really enjoyed it .thanks for sharing .
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Le 02/02/11 00:01, dmt11h...@aol.com a écrit :
leaving me to wonder if the French didn't have this
Valentine custom.
well, they don't .. nowadays, you're supposed to offer something to
your sweetheart but it's an imported custom actually .
dominique
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Le 26/01/11 14:33, jeanette a écrit :
Magnificent!! Most enjoyable video. Thanks for the link.
Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa.
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Le 15/12/10 13:25, Brian Lemin a écrit :
a genre of bobbins that are sort of thinnish
in my group , when we must use a lot of bobbins filled with thin
threads we tend to use thinner bobbins .. for example,middland bobbins
without the spangles ..
further more some Le puy carreaux could be
You're right .. it would suit her fine ... :)) they're beautiful .
dom in Paris .
Le 06/12/10 13:55, lynrbai...@desupernet.net a écrit :
Maybe they'll buy them for Abby to wear on NCIS, the television show.
Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where it's cold, 28F -2C, but clear. Wind
I always enjoy that joke as if it was the first time ... thanks for
reminding me of Moses andJesus !
dom from paris
Le 02/12/10 21:46, Agnes Boddington a écrit :
Jesus knows:
A burglar broke into a house one night.
He shined his flashlight around looking for valuables when a
Le 09/07/10 18:46, lacel...@verizon.net a écrit :
When it finally turned hot, it turned hot with a vengence.
oh yes ! we had the same temps here as Dakar, Senegal ! can you imagine
??!
dominique from scorching hot Paris :
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Le 01/07/10 14:49, Louise Bailey a écrit :
For those of you who don't want to mess with IEvbg, here are the links to
the actual pictures from the html source file for the Binche kerchief ...
http://thmb.inkfrog.com/thumbn/kmbrlyan/Picture_099_006.jpg=600
and from Clay's pictures of
Le 30/06/10 10:26, Jean Nathan a écrit :
But I have to check that it's got it right - I've managed to
persuade it that Agnes Boddington isn't spam, but no matter what I do
(even marked her as approved) it insists on treating Jeri Ames posts,
not only as spam, but as the next level - to be
sooo funny ... and apt!though our french millionnaires have been
_walking_ about rather aimlessly
as to vuvuzelas , they are banned from rugby fields in South Africa :
rugby has a predominently white audience . Soccer is the favorite sport
among black people who couldn' t
Le 12/06/10 03:34, Beth Stoll a écrit :
http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-LACE-MAKING-TOOL-ABALONE-HANDLE-/400127458197?cmd=ViewItempt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item5d29747b95
it could be an aficot : A tool originally devised from a lobster
claw used to lay and burnish threads in needle lace .
Le 22/04/10 15:48, Lesley Blackshaw a écrit :
3. Iceland goes bankrupt, then it manages to set itself on fire. This
has insurance scam written all over it.
5. Waiter, there's volcanic ash in my soup. I know, it's a no-fly
zone.
10. It's a bit early for Iceland volcano jokes. We should
Le 12/04/10 12:31, scotl...@aol.com a écrit :
Everything has to be wiped off and then reinstalled. I
will also have stronger security installed at the same time.
If I have infected anyone vial my email my sincere apologies. Apparently, if
I had taken my computer in immediately it could
I also wondered what it was . thanks for the explanations
dom from paris , france . the sun is with us again .. at long last ! .
Le 31/03/10 21:05, Lorri Ferguson a écrit :
Just a note to those who may not know.
About a third of the way thru the pictures just after a side note
Le 30/03/10 10:42, Jean Nathan a écrit :
My browser blocked the web site, but when I searched Symantec for fateback to
see if it was a threat, I got:
Discovered: May 14, 2004
Updated: February 13, 2007 12:23:06 PM
Also Known As: Backdoor.Throd.a [Kaspersky]
Type: Trojan Horse
Systems Affected:
Le 23/03/10 23:18, bev walker a écrit :
waves hand in air the conventional plioir is 15 cm. long; four
complete turns of lace or fabric around it will measure 120 cm.,
called an 'aune' - a Napoleonic measurement.
Google 'mesures usuelles' to the broader entry in English, in the Wikipedia.
set 25 is out . here's the link :
http://www.ville-retournac.fr/musee/anglais/famille.php?idFamille=1
dom
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illustrations :
to show you the carving is done : wood and a knife
http://www.mjc-chambery.com/Sculpture-a-l-opinel_a66.html
old engraved Queyras lace pillow sold 6200 EUR
http://www.folkcollection.com/spip.php?article303
another one engraved 1738
Le 24/03/10 22:02, Jo a écrit :
I like to see your laces, but the popups of webshots make me paranoid. My
Firefox 3.6 does not block them. What is the experience of others.
Jo
Click on Firefox, then on preferences and in 'content' tick block
popup windows.
dom
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Le 17/03/10 23:59, Vicki Bradford a écrit :
Today on AOL, the following story was posteda new use for
(machine...I doubt anyone would want to use handmade!) lace. Enjoy!
http://www.stylelist.com/2010/03/15/black-lace-manicure-lace-nails/
Vicki in Maryland where spring has finally
reallty a splendid collection but some of the photos are hardly up to
standard ...
dom from paris, france .
Le 09/03/10 08:53, catherine a écrit :
Simply stunning. What a collection!
Catherine Barley
Henley-on-Thames
UK
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scotl...@aol.com a écrit :
I did see, though, that he has published a book of cat cartoons. They can
be found on Amazon, if I remember correctly.
i've just been offered it and it's fantastic ! i guess all cat
owners have the feeling Simon knew their purring little pest .
Hi
there are two books about La guipure du Puy . here's one on amazon
http://www.amazon.fr/Guipure-du-Puy-Mick-Fouriscot/dp/2841671550
now of course you know that Mick Fouriscot isn't a lace maker and is the
editor of the book .
guipure has no ground , only head and foot.
it is usually
Susan Reishus a écrit :
People don't trim their posts, (1-3 seconds of cut-and-paste to include a few
words/paragraph to refer to). If challenged by cut-and-paste, then deleting
the whole content, and typing a few words of reference takes just a tad more
time
agreed ! . I couldnt say it
that's what comes from not reading till the very end . lol ... not
used to our scroll down jokes yet Marion ?
dom from Paris
dmt11h...@aol.com a écrit :
But do they sing Freeze a Jolly Good Fellow? Perhaps they favor Auld Lang
Syne, or The Parting Song?
I guess Jean had better label
dmt11h...@aol.com a écrit :
it 's a very simple recipe and all the yummy taste comes from the
boiling water dissolving the onion juices caught on the bottom of the
pan .
Hmm. Water, not stock. From an actual French person.
Where is the outrage?
Devon
shivering in the snow, eating
Google's recent attempt to settle with publishers for sole rights to
expired copyrights?
so that's what they were after ! it's about as bad as copyrighting
plant cells ... once they control something they can put whatever
price they want on it ... disgusting!
dom from Paris
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good thing you couldn't ! i absolutely love this one ... ROTFL
dom from Paris.
Tamara P Duvall a écrit :
Never could resist a good word play...:)
From: R.P.
Two bees met in a field. One said to the other, How are things going?
Really bad, said the second bee. The weather has been
Carolyn Smith-Kizer a écrit :
I am looking for lace instructions to make 18thC lace engageants and barbed or
lappets caps/coiffures such as:
http://www.marquise.de/database/dbout.php?name=mm1740_4pfad=170
hi
theyre called engageantEs and barbes in French . it might help you in
your
for those who wonder what engageantes are :
http://dentelle-et-papillon.over-blog.com/article-32607855.html
and in english though i dont agree with their definition as false
sleeves .. they were the finishing touch to the sleeves .
dom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engageante
Carolyn
I was on holiday in Nothingham and there was a demo at the lace museum
. i had a try and thought it was not that complicated ...but once back
home didn't find a teacher till 30 years later in Paris ..
and I am the first to make lace . my mum did some sewing and knitting
and her sister was a
another photo from the same Picasa album . i love Chantilly but will
never try making any .. not enough knowledge of the art .May I remind
everybody that for traditional Chantilly you must use *grenadine* silk
, preferably black .
but then you don't have to be traditional ;)
Madame RD wrote:
another photo from the same Picasa album . i love Chantilly but will
never try making any .. not enough knowledge of the art .May I
remind everybody that for traditional Chantilly you must use
*grenadine* silk , preferably black .
but then you don't have to be traditional
agreed !
dom from Paris where Springs seems to settle down for good ..
Avital a écrit :
Sue and others,
I meant only that majordomo is not as user-friendly as some of the
newer programs. But it does work! It just has some difficulty dealing
with HTML, certain codes, and very polite
it seems there was a shadow the world over : it's freezing cold here
this morning ...
dominique from Paris, France
Sue Duckles wrote:
Hi All
According to the news on Sky last night, the groundhog did see a
shadow, so there are definitely 6 more weeks of winter!! We've got
the wind back
Tamara P Duvall wrote:
It's that patterns -- and the challenges they offer -- are dreams,
the same way that cosmetics are dreams; we buy and file them, for that
one day...
i hadn't thought of the link between patterns and cosmetics but you are
absolutely right !!i have enough lace
as there's a lot of talk about Ebay and some of us even buy on Ebay
;-) , i thought you might enjoy this song
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=HYokLWfqbaUfeature=related
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Tamara P Duvall wrote:
Hope this one doesn't offend anyone.
didn't offend me :-D :-D
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hi everybody
lace-chat is devoted to everything but lace actually ... or so i
thought .. ;-)
dominique from Paris
Shere'e wrote:
Actually I agree with political comments being kept off the list. Not
everyone is of the same agreement politically and some comments that
have been posted are
I must disagree with you i'm afraid about Mylene Salvador . i am French
and when i went to Bayeux, the lacers there were all very unpleasant and
Mylene as well ; actually, we had the feeling we didn't exist ! they
went on making their lace and talking without even giving us a glance.
We
:-D :-D :-D i'd read it before but completely forgotten . love it
Carol Melton wrote:
Subject: Exercise for older people
Then try 50-lb potato sacks and then eventually try to get to where
you can
lift a 100-lb potato sack in each hand and hold your arm straight for
more
than a
:-D :-D :-D :-D :-Dexcellent !
dominique in Paris .
David in Ballarat wrote:
A woman takes a lover home during the day while her husband is at work.
Her 9-year old son comes home unexpectedly, sees them, and hides in the
bedroom
cupboard to watch.
The woman's husband also
from what i remember of the italian i learnt at school, men should stand
for meno which means less ...and più means more .. non più=no more/no
longuer ...
so the quotation could mean: a work which is no less beautiful than
useful and necessary and not sold any longer ... at light ? that part is
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