[lace] Making leaves on a bolster pillow

2018-12-29 Thread Earl & Ruth Johnson
Do you work on a bolster pillow? Are you skilled in making leaves? I started an Idrija pattern with leaves, and while I understand on paper how to do it, I cannot find information on the "technique". I searched online for YouTube videos with no success. When I work on a flat pillow I use the fl

[lace] Making Leaves on a bolster pillow

2018-12-31 Thread Earl & Ruth Johnson
It is nice to know the Arachne SOS Help Line is still alive and well. I had responses from six individuals and I have corresponded with and thanked them all. Our hobby/passion is worldwide and I can see that it would be useful to have facility in many languages, in this case in German and Spanish

Re: [lace] Making leaves on a bolster pillow

2018-12-29 Thread Lin Hudren
which direction are you trying to do the leaves/tallies? if you are going down they should be easy. if going across, it is more of a mind set than a technique. perhaps try to do some samples off to the side and then work along on the pattern doing a couple of successful passes to each until succ

Re: [lace] Making leaves on a bolster pillow

2018-12-29 Thread Bev Walker
Hello Ruth and everyone I found this searching kloeppelspitzen formschlag at google-dot-de https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm_DESWGT_w Be patient through the intro. At 1:24 and onward you will see how the tensioning goes. I hope this helps. On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 9:14 AM Earl & Ruth Johnson <

Re: [lace] Making leaves on a bolster pillow

2018-12-30 Thread dagmar . beckel
Good morning Ruth, I did a tutorial in video right here: https://www.facebook.com/712228095474063/posts/1770101446353384/ Dagmar Machyckova > On Dec 29, 2018, at 12:11 PM, Bev Walker wrote: > > Hello Ruth and everyone > > I found this searching kloeppelspitzen formschlag at google-dot-de > > ht

Re: [lace] Making leaves on a bolster pillow - Thank you!

2018-12-30 Thread Jeri Ames
How very nice to have encouragement from Dagmar Beckel Machyckova, who is featured in Devon's lace exhibit and exhibit catalog.  She is the Czech lace expert who wrote about Milca Eremiasova in the catalog.  It is heartwarming when someone with such expertise interrupts a busy life to answer subs