[lace] Re: Coats Silk thread

I was in JoAnne Fabrics yesterday and came across some small spools of Coats silk thread. ¬ÝThe label reads Coats 100% Seta Reale and 80m-nr100 made in Hungary. I did not see it in the Threads for Lace Edition 5 book but maybe it will be in the new Edition. ¬ÝHow does it compare in wraps?Janice¬Ý¬

[lace] floral bucks point patterns

Hi All, If you want Bucks Point patterns with the 'wow' factor, why not look through your back copies of 'Lace'? What do you mean - you're not a member?! This is why we're members ;-) ! Lace 16/27 included a pretty edging from C.C.Channers 'Lacemaking Point Ground' along with an edging from

[lace] Stunned

How do I feel about this? How *should* I feel about this? I don't know - apart from feeling completely stunned! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STUNNING-VINTAGE-HONITON-LACE-PICTURE-HAND-MADE-IN- SCOTLAND-TERN-SEA-BIRD-NICE-/400605011027 This is a beautiful vintage HONITON LACE of a bird in flight I t

[lace] Re: Stunned

Hi All, Thank you for all the comments. Devon, you're quite right. I gave the pattern to the Lace Magazine so that others could enjoy seeing the lace and making it for themselves. I have no problem with that and its very nice to think that someone enjoyed making and having it. I suppose its a

[lace] Milanese Books (Read & Kincaid)

Hi All, For anyone interested in Milanese lace, I have some "insider information". I have, in my hand, a letter from Anova Books, the company that owns the Batsford imprint. They are about to add the Read & Kincaid books to their Print on Demand service and also make them available as ebooks

[lace] Eye of the Needle

Hi All, I'm just back from the Eye of the Needle exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (UK). Perhaps its because I'm a lace maker not an embroiderer but - Wow! The exhibition is of embroidery from the Feller collection. I've no idea who Elizabeth and Micheal Feller are, but they have a

Re: [lace] Eye of the Needle - Feller, Goodhart, Witney

Dear Jeri, When I wrote my email, I felt sure that you would know of the Fellers - and must surely have the books, but it was late and I was tired and not up to searching the archives. Thank you for the URL. This time I've bookmarked the search page. Nor did I have time to look around the As