[lace-chat] Another odd item on Ebay

2008-04-01 Thread Sue Duckles
Morning fellow Spiders Found this on ebay this morning: Item number 150232034247 I'm sure it's a footstool!!! (I suppose one could always make lace with the feet!!) (It's for those among us whose arms aren't long enough for them to be able to see clearly!!!) Sue in a sunny but win

[lace-chat] Another odd item on ebay

2008-04-01 Thread Jean Nathan
Sue wrote: Think this had been advertised as a "lace making cushion" at least once before. If not, another one like it. I'd say a footstool too - another case of if we say it's something to with lacemaking someone will pay a shed-load of money for it. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK To unsubs

[lace-chat] Another odd item on ebay

2008-04-03 Thread Jean Nathan
Sharon: item is a Tuffet. It sounds as though she thinks a tuffet is a type of lace pillow.> I emailed the seller and told him/her three reasons why it isn't a pillow and added it's a footstool, also known as a tuffet. Got an email back saying thanks for the information and he/she would cha

Re: [lace-chat] Another odd item on Ebay

2008-04-01 Thread Patty Dowden
Hi Sue, I went to look, sucker for curiosity and left the seller a note. When I saw it I said, "It's a tuffet!." So the joke is on the seller. It really is a tuffet, she said, smirking. A good one for April Fool's Patty Found this on ebay this morning: Item number 150232034247 I'm sure it'

Re: [lace-chat] Another odd item on Ebay

2008-04-03 Thread ranvaig
>Hi Sue, > >I went to look, sucker for curiosity and left the seller a note. >When I saw it I said, "It's a tuffet!." So the joke is on the seller. >It really is a tuffet, she said, smirking. > >A good one for April Fool's Now the page says "With thanks to the ladies of the Lacework guild, this i