Re: [lace] Fan sticks

2014-05-13 Thread Clay Blackwell
I believe it is named for the famous opera singer of that name. If you google the name, this pops right up. Clay Sent from my iPad > > Is it named after the nurse Jenny Lind? We had a children's hospital of that > name in Norwich the nearest city to where I live and my daughter had an > op

Re: [lace] Fan sticks

2014-05-13 Thread Sue Harvey
Is it named after the nurse Jenny Lind? We had a children's hospital of that name in Norwich the nearest city to where I live and my daughter had an operation there at 18 months old. Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK Sent from my iPad > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing

Re: [lace] Fan sticks

2014-05-13 Thread The Lace Bee
I think that it is more likely after the opera singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Lind The children's hospital in Norwich is also named after her as she gave charity concerts to raise money to found the hospital http://www.nnuh.nhs.uk/Page.asp?ID=307 Kind Regards Liz Baker > On 13 May

Re: [lace] Fan sticks - Spangle conservation

2014-05-12 Thread Brenda Paternoster
A friend who used to work as a tambour beader (she worked with sequins as well as with beads) tells the story of a colleague who once wore a dress decorated with old gelatine sequins - she became quite hot during the evening and obviously perspired quite bit and the end result was that her arms

Re: [lace] Fan sticks - Spangle conservation

2014-05-12 Thread Jeriames
Dear Susan and all on Arachne, Some old spangles (sequins) dissolve in water. This is something I saw demonstrated at a Costume Society of America seminar conservation class presented by a professor from the Rhode Island School of Design. Spangles (sequins) were made of something like gel

[lace] Fan sticks

2014-05-12 Thread Jean Nathan
That type of fan is called a Jenny Lind. If you google Jenny Lind fan, there all sorts of images and information. Basically, instead of having a whole fan leaf spread across the sticks, each sticks has it's own "feather-type shape attached separately". A fine thead is attached to the sticks to ensu

[lace] Fan sticks

2014-05-11 Thread hottleco
Hello All! Hope springs eternal! From time to time, I've entertained the idea of making a fan. What's not to like? They're girly, coy & elegant. To that end, I have collected some fan sticks along my way. Yesterday, I found another vintage set that blew my socks off. I've uploaded photos

Re: [lace] Fan sticks

2010-09-23 Thread Nancy Neff
[lace] Fan sticks  - a brise fan doesn't have a leaf. The perspex is merely a support for each piece of lace to make the sticks more rigid, not a skeleton for the whole fan. I've been puzzling over this since it was originally mentioned, wondering how you could use something that f

[lace] Fan sticks

2010-09-23 Thread Jean Nathan
Jacquie wrote: material as well to widen the normally narrow bit that the fan is attached to?> No, you don't see fan sticks at all. A brise fan doesn't have sticks in the sense that we usually use. Imagine piling several bookmarks that you've made on top of each other and then putting a pin

[lace] Fan sticks

2010-09-23 Thread Jean Nathan
I'm obviously not very bright, but, having found the review of the book 'Blonde' in the Lace Guild magazine, I've just realised that the fan sticks mentioned are for a BRISE fan, a word I missed in Robin's post, which is made of several sections (a bit like bookmarks) placed on top of each other

[lace] Fan sticks - not really

2010-09-16 Thread Jane Partridge
In message <7b6c6547969e493faa814556d6ba1...@yourb45be3bb8c>, Jean Nathan writes What else has anyone found another use for - I think Eve Morton used large jewellery making split rings to fit over the top of glass Christmas baubles to hold her lace decoration in place. http://www.cyberlink.co.u

[lace] Fan sticks - not really

2010-09-16 Thread Jean Nathan
The thought of using laminator film or the acetate sheet used for the front cover of comb-bound booklets for the not-intended purpose of fan sticks reminded me of other things we see another use for , such as the wire spiral from note books to keep bobbins secure on the pillow, and a battery ope

Re: [lace] Fan sticks

2010-09-15 Thread catherine
Simply Exquisite! The time,effort, planning and love that has gone into producing an item of such beauty is amazing! 'A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever'. Catherine Barley Henley-on-Thames UK Jean Nathan wrote: What about these rather lovely hand-mad fan sticks for a tatted fan. Think we've

Re: [lace] Fan sticks

2010-09-15 Thread L.Snyder
Absolutely stunning! Lauren Jean Nathan wrote: What about these rather lovely hand-mad fan sticks for a tatted fan. Think we've seen them before. http://www.lecurieux.com/Frivolite/frivolite.htm Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line

[lace] Fan sticks

2010-09-15 Thread Jean Nathan
What about these rather lovely hand-mad fan sticks for a tatted fan. Think we've seen them before. http://www.lecurieux.com/Frivolite/frivolite.htm Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help

Re: [lace] Fan sticks.

2010-09-15 Thread Maureen Bromley
If anyone wants to see the book I know that the Lace Guild have it in their collection I did a book review on it last year. It is nice to know when the fan sticks can be bought from Maureen E Yorks - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y..

Re: [lace] Fan sticks.

2010-09-14 Thread robinlace
Sue Babbs wrote: I find the idea of acrylic fansticks intriguing. Does anyone know who the teacher was and which book the pattern is in? I kept waiting and hoping someone would enlighten us!- I bought the book at convention this summer. It's "Blonde" by Lia Baumeister-Jonker and Ch

RE: [lace] Fan sticks.

2010-09-14 Thread Lorri Ferguson
I don't remember which teacher it was, or the book she authored. But any one could 'draw a pattern' of a fan stick, and cut repeated copies of it. I do recall that her fan sticks were much wider than normal - they were shaped with a flower silouette of the flower featured in the fam behind each flo

Re: [lace] Fan sticks.

2010-09-14 Thread Sue Babbs
I find the idea of acrylic fansticks intriguing. Does anyone know who the teacher was and which book the pattern is in? I kept waiting and hoping someone would enlighten us! Sue Babbs - Original Message - From: "Lorri Ferguson" They were carved/cut from sheets of acrylic. The patte

RE: [lace] Fan sticks.

2010-08-23 Thread Lorri Ferguson
They were carved/cut from sheets of acrylic. The pattern is in the book she has written, I can't remember the name. But any pattern would do, you could easily draw one up yourself. the acrylic was a type used for something common, but again I don't remember just exactly what -pattern making come

[lace] Fan sticks.

2010-08-22 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
I noticed, at the Teachers showcase in Portland, (IOLI convention) there was a fan mo8unted on clear acrylic fan sticks. Clever idea, as they did not show through the lace. I wonder if they were hand carved from Perspex, - or does anyone know if they are commercially available? Regards from Liz

[lace] fan sticks

2010-02-05 Thread Sue
Thanks to all who sent me contacts for the fan sticks I am looking for. I am checking them all to see what I can find. Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@ya

[lace] fan sticks

2006-08-14 Thread Janice Blair
Jean wrote: Alternately, if the fan is going to be kept open for display, winding thread around the rivet at the back where it won't show will keep the sticks tight. This was a problem I had when I made my 20" point ground fan for an IOLI competition. My sticks were ebony and about 3 of

[lace] Fan sticks - long

2006-08-14 Thread Jean Nathan
I collect fans - in any condition and of all types from any country. Must have over 100. Having sticks made or buying ready made might be beyond the pocket of some, but that's no reason not to make and mount a fan. I carefully remove the leaf from those old ones in poor condition - the threa

[lace] Fan sticks

2006-08-10 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Alice wrote "I suggest you go to Lacefairy on the web. She has four sources listed with the one in the USA being John Aebi of Indiana. He does not have a webpage that I can find, but there is an email address listed." I can vouch for John Aebi's fan sticks. They are gorgeous. He makes some to fit

[lace] Fan sticks

2006-05-13 Thread RYDERPOND
Fellow Spiders, I'm looking for sources for doll size fan sticks or a fan frame, approximately 2.25 inches in length to be in scale with a 19 inch French fashion doll. I have Ann Collier's book Lace in Miniature but would also appreciate locating other fan patterns suitable for dolls. Sue i

Re: [lace] Fan Sticks

2004-10-20 Thread Dorte Zielke
hoo.com/ph/dorte_zielke/my_photos - Original Message - From: "peter greenway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 8:13 PM Subject: [lace] Fan Sticks > Dear Lacers, > I have found some very old fan sticks - the leaf has fallen to p

Re: [lace] Fan Sticks

2004-10-13 Thread Peter Thomsen
Dear Margaret, could you find in UK the cleanig-material for porcelain-doll? This is also possible to use for bone-sticks. Otherwise if you come to Germany I can give you the adress from the specialist for ivory, mother-in-pearl and all such materials. He lives ear Bremen. And I myself sent him

[lace] Fan Sticks

2004-10-13 Thread Jean Nathan
Margaret wrote: On a recent 'Antiques Roadshow' TV progamme, one of the experts was asked about cleaning ivory, and I would presume it also applies to bone. He said that on no account should you use anything water-based to clean it, like milk or lemon juice because it absorbs water. The only thi

[lace] Fan Sticks

2004-10-12 Thread peter greenway
Dear Lacers, I have found some very old fan sticks - the leaf has fallen to pieces, so I want to clean the guards and sticks which appear to be made of ivory or bone (not wood) to use again - any ideas about how to clean them, also how to remove scraps of leaf still sticking to the sticks. Many tha

Re: [lace] Fan sticks

2003-11-27 Thread Thelacebee
Jean and the spiders, I met kleinhout last year at the NEC and had a fantastic time with these people - they are passionate about lace and have some excellent lace 'things'. It was from them that I got my green horseshoe gizmo. Any spiders who are going on Sunday - fingers crossed, Annette and

[lace] Fan sticks

2003-11-27 Thread Jean Nathan
I was just having a look to see if Kleinhout from the Netherlands is going to be at the NEC this weekend - just my luck, they were at NEC last year when I went to Havant, and they were at Havant this year when I'm going to NEC - when I spotted the word 'Fans' on the left hand side of the screen. T