[lace] Lace in Lille

Hi all I'm wondering if anyone can give me information about museums in northern France/ Belgium where I would be able to see collections of Lille lace. I shall be travelling from Calais through to Germany in April and I thought a visit to one or two museums to do some research on Lille lace v.

[lace] lace pillow and stand

Hi all, Finally re-enlisted after several months break, nice to be back, but the list seems very quiet at the moment, everyone getting ready for Christmas or too busy making lace? Have just got home from my lace groups Christmas lunch which was all very pleasant. Anyhow I've just come across

[lace] Lace Guild Convention

HI Jean That may be Lace Guild policy but it doesn't work like that in practice. My husband and I were both delegates at the Scarborough Convention this year, I am a member he isn't. When it came to the AGM he was officiously refused entry by the woman on the door, I queried it but she was adamant

[lace] informal survey

Hi Bev and all I'm currently working on a pretty torchon wedding garter designed by Maragret Allen, my son (oldest of three sons) gets married in February 2005 and it is for his bride to be. My husband is also working a pretty wedding garter, my middle son gets married in August 205 and this is for

[lace] Scarborough Lace Guild Convention

I've just been catching up with the lace-digests and been reading Angela's account of the weekend and have to agree the Spa at Scarborough is a really lovely venue, overlooking the south bay which at night was quite lovely with all the lights reflecting in the water, and the weather did us proud, g

[lace] Re: lace-digest V2004 #113

Hi Irene Looking forward to meeting you and others in Tonder, but I'm not taking part in any of the courses. greetings to all from Nickyin a rather wet Suffolk > > Who's going to the Tønder Lace Festival and what workshops are you > taking? > > Counting the sleeps, > > Irene, > Surrey, BC Can

[lace] Tonder Lace Festival

Morning Spiders I see postings about those of you planning to go to Prague, but who is going to the 6th Tonder Lace Festival in Denmark June 4th - 6th? And what about the Lace Guild Conference in Scarborough 23rd -25th April? It would be nice for those of us going to these events to meet up th

[lace] re: depiction of lacemaker 17th C Holland

Hi spiders Had no problem with this site at all. At the top right of the page click on search site, then complete the details asked for surname only of artist, name of picture and year range -details for each all given in the original message click search/find and the page comes up. They are both v

[lace] Re: lace-digest V2004 #35

Hi Peggy Like you I took my teaching qualification and was teaching at the local college taking over the class from a lace tutor who was retiring, she had helped me during my training. A year or two into teaching there it became increasingly evident that the college couldn't be bothered with and d

[lace] IOLI Convention

Hi spiders I've just been catching up on digests as I've been unable to receive e.mail for the past few days (I'm back on line Alice) my DH (my Hero) has been able to sort out the mess I made of uninstalling spam pal! Anyway I digress. I have been reading the comments about the Convention and costs

[lace] Maltese Bobbins Raffle

What an amazing response I had to the raffle 125 entries! Thank you to those winners who have sent me their address details, your prizes are going into the post this morning and should be with you shortly, do enjoy them. I am still waiting to hear from Amanda Richards - Nottingham and Diane Wil

[lace] Maltese Bobbin Raffle Winners

Hi Spiders Just to announce the winners of the Maltese Bobbins Raffle drawn by my DH and DS Anita Awenat - Bromley UK Diane Williams - Illinois USA Sherry Townsend - ? Patricia - Wales Irene Whitham - Surrey BC Canada Antje Gonzales - Spain Jackie Bowtey - Rochedale AUS Amanda Richa

[lace] Battle of Britain Lace Panel

Hi Spiders Happy New Year to you all. Yes I did see Flog It, in fact I've got it on video, it was Sheila Mason who was interviewed and the panel shown in the programme was from the Mason Collection the same one that she took to the Ratti Centre at the Metropolitan Museum, and yes the jacard cards

[lace] lace guild competition

Hi Karen I submitted my entry to the competition okay. Hope you get through. best wishes to all Nicky in Suffolk - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Christmas greetings

Just want to wish health, happiness and peace for the Christmas Season and the coming New Year to fellow spiders and their families. best wishes to one and all Nicky in a wet grey Suffolk where the snow is still lurking from the blizzard we had in the early hours yesterday. - To unsubscribe send

[lace] Maltese bobbins raffle

Hi spiders Just in case I wasn't clear in the original message (which for some odd reason has duplicated several times, sorry but,I only pressed the button once promise), as this has cropped up in replies, but 10 pairs equals 10 prizes, ok? Very best wishes to all for Christmas & the New Year. Nick

[lace] Maltese bobbins

Hi spiders I am posting this to both lists (I hope!). I have a number of old Maltese bobbins that recently came into my possession (about 300 actually!). They originally belonged to a Maltese lady who made lace, she died in 1950 and had owned them for about 20 years, prior to that who knows, so th

[lace] Richard Gravestock

Hi spiders Yep, Richard Gravestock's boxes are absolutely stunning, but no I didn't succumb, however, my husband spent quite sometime looking at and admiring them and went on to say, I guess you'd like one of those wouldn't you .., "oh sometime would be nice" I replied, as we have Richard comin

[lace] newbies

Morning spiders one and all Welcome to all the newbies, you've joined a very friendly site, where you can glean masses of useful information and ask qurestions to your hearts content. But whereabouts are you in the world, its a big place? Kentucky is pretty big to! My question of the day, well its

[lace] NEC

Hi Spiders Organised a coach to the NEC this year, a very early start for some as the coach made its first pick up at 6.15 am but we arrived at the NEC just before 11.00 am. The trip went without any hitches until we arrived at the NEC, despite having previously arranged and received an authority n

[lace] bookmarks

Hi spiders An easy way to slip a lace bookmark into a plastic sleeve is by folding a piece of thin card in half and cutting it along its length so that it is just slightly narrower but longer than the plastic sleeve. Place your lace between the folded card with just the top of the lace poking out a

[lace] men making lace

Hi spiders My husband got the bug and began making lace a couple of years ago - was fascinated by what I did and wanted to join in the classes I teach - he attends all three each week. He has recently completed a wedding garter for one of his granddaughters and plans to make one for the other gran

[lace] Bill Rowe

Hi Spiders Bill Rowe does not have internet access so sorry no e.mail. Bill is 80+ he and his wife live in a sheltered retirement home so it might be easier to contact me if you wish to purchase a copy of his book. The book is £10 plus £2.00 postage if in the UK, if not that would have to be advi

[lace] OIDFA UK Website

Hi Jean I tried to access the new site but it came back as page unobtainable, any ideas please? Nicky in sunny Suffolk > For some time the OIDFA UK group has had its own website, authored by > Kate Canter. Kate has had to give this up, and David agreed to take > over responsibility for the site,

[lace] laminating

Hi all I have begun to laminate patterns which are either on coloured light card or paper (the colour determined on the thread to be used) - depending on whether the pattern is likely to be used more than once - and it is quite easy to put the pins in without pricking beforehand - I have found th

[lace] making tallies

Hi all, Just to add to the hints on making tallies, keep the passive threads nice and short while working the tally, you can handle/tension them all more easily and keep them evenly spaced with one hand while weaving the worker. Nicky in Suffolk - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] co

[lace] jetlag

Hi Ilske Sorry to hear your suffering from jet lag. We arrived back from California and have suffered no effects of jet lag - we all took a homeopathic remedy called No Jetlag which we bought at San Francisco airport, it is from New Zealand and worked a treat. Hope your suitcase has caught up with