In a message dated 9/2/04 5:40:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I am doing > something that was not done during the period that > Stumpwork was made in England. Why not? Surely we > need to progress with what ever we are doing, not > stand still. The person I was speaking to was more > upset about machine embroidery, why not, why does all > the embroidery have to be done by hand, yes I have > done part of the C & G machine embroidery, this is what > gave me the idea. Well don't put it in a lace exhibition > it will not be accepted. So do I then do a design I > have been thinking about and join the embroiderers guild? > Dear Jean, If it is approval you seek for machine embroidery, what you are proposing to create is likely to be accepted in The Embroiderers' Guild (England). I have been receiving their bulletins (from England) for over 25 years, and they show many three-dimensional machine-embroideries. Their bulletins also have numerous advertisements featuring the latest machines for executing embroidery, machine embroidery threads, and the dissolvable fabrics on which lacy embroidery is stitched. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace & Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]