[lace] Re: demonstrating lace/NY (SWAT team logo)
After thinking about Start With A Twist I realized that Ulrike would not approve as this leaves a bigger hole. Maybe for demonstrating purposes Stop, Watch And Try would be better. Pene On 10/24/2011 11:12 PM, Tatman wrote: On 10/24/11 4:58 AM, pene piipp...@eggo.org wrote: I really like the poster, Mark, but I wondered if S.W.A.T. in lace terminology stands for Started With A Twist? HAHAI was trying to think of what the acronym for SWAT would be in lacemaking terms as I was working on the graphic. I like your idea! - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Re: demonstrating lace/NY (SWAT team logo)
Hello! My name is Jolene and I am 26 and brand new to lace making. I recently went to the Fiber Arts Festival in Hemlock, NY where the Genesse Country Lace Guild had a booth set up. They were demonstrating bobbin lacemaking and that was the first time I had ever seen the process. I fell in love immediately!! I attended my first guild meeting last month and I am looking forward to my new adventure into the beautiful world of lace. I would highly recommend live demonstrations because that is what worked for me! I would also recommend demonstrating to your local art schools. There are a lot of artists who would be excited to see this process. I know I would have loved this while I was in school. I also wanted to let everyone know that you all are doing such a great job thinking of ways to inspire others to get into lacemaking. Even reading your brainstorming e-mails have given me a lot of resources!! Thank you!! P.S. This is my first time responding to these discussions and I hit the reply to all button and I am not sure if this is the correct way to do it. Hopefully it works! On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 5:33 AM, pene piip p...@eggo.org wrote: After thinking about Start With A Twist I realized that Ulrike would not approve as this leaves a bigger hole. Maybe for demonstrating purposes Stop, Watch And Try would be better. Pene On 10/24/2011 11:12 PM, Tatman wrote: On 10/24/11 4:58 AM, pene piipp...@eggo.org wrote: I really like the poster, Mark, but I wondered if S.W.A.T. in lace terminology stands for Started With A Twist? HAHAI was trying to think of what the acronym for SWAT would be in lacemaking terms as I was working on the graphic. I like your idea! - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/**user/arachne2003http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Re: demonstrating lace/NY (SWAT team logo)
Hi Jolene Welcome to Arachne - and thanks for posting. Your suggestion re art schools is great, and I would also suggest that the textile and theatre costume departments of colleges and universities would also be interested in demonstrations. Feel free to post questions / thoughts as they come up. Normally we just reply to lace@arachne.com (for lace related topics) and only reply to the individual who has posted if we want to chat privately with them. We also have Arachne-chat for non-lace related subjects, though that is much quieter than it used to be Sue sueba...@comcast.net - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Lace display question
I was listening to some lace makers discussing the perils of showing pieces of lace. People canât seem to keep their hands off. To say nothing of the light-fingered. One person suggested putting the lace piece between two pieces of glass. Seems like a winner to me. Might not deter all thieves, but at least itâs not something you can easily crumple into a pocket. (What a dreadful picture.) Perhaps even something that can come apart and be put together again with a different piece. Screws of a discreet nature? Does anyone have experience with such things, and where does one obtain such items? If I search online, what terms do I use in the Google box? Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US, where fall days donât get better than this. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Vermeer - women and domesticity
If you want to study Dutch domesticity at the Time of Vermeer, take a look at: Franits, Wayne E.: Paragons of virtue : women and domesticity in seventeenth-century Dutch art. Cambridge University Press, 1995, ISBN: 0521431298 Greetings Vibeke in Copenhagen - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Lace display question
hi Arachnids, Glass might be somewhat fragile and heavy to carry around with all the other bits needed for a demo. I prefer to use sheets polycarbonate which can be 'clipped' together with upvc 'U' profile all round and is light-weight, virtually unbreakable, can be re-used and cut to size/shape with a fine-toothed saw (rub the edges with fine sandpaper). Also, as one would not leave the lace in it afterwards off-gassing should not be a problem. Happy lacemaking, Joepie, East Sussex, UK From: Lyn Bailey Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 2:36 PM I was listening to some lace makers discussing the perils of showing pieces of lace. People can’t seem to keep their hands off. To say nothing of the light-fingered. One person suggested putting the lace piece between two pieces of glass. Seems like a winner to me. Perhaps even something that can come apart and be put together again with a different piece. Screws of a discreet nature? Does anyone have experience with such things, and where does one obtain such items? If I search online, what terms do I use in the Google box? Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US, where fall days don’t get better than this. - - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Lace display question
Talk to your local picture framer. I'm not sure of the correct terminology but you want to float your piece between pieces of glass/plexi. You might want to think about UV filters, too. They should be able to give you starting ideas. Cynthia On Oct 25, 2011, at 8:36 AM, Lyn Bailey wrote: I was listening to some lace makers discussing the perils of showing pieces of lace. People can’t seem to keep their hands off. To say nothing of the light-fingered. One person suggested putting the lace piece between two pieces of glass. Seems like a winner to me. Might not deter all thieves, but at least it’s not something you can easily crumple into a pocket. (What a dreadful picture.) Perhaps even something that can come apart and be put together again with a different piece. Screws of a discreet nature? Does anyone have experience with such things, and where does one obtain such items? If I search online, what terms do I use in the Google box? Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US, where fall days don’t get better than this. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Lace display question
On 10/25/2011 6:36 AM, Lyn Bailey wrote: Perhaps even something that can come apart and be put together again with a different piece. Screws of a discreet nature? Does anyone have experience with such things, and where does one obtain such items? If I search online, what terms do I use in the Google box? What about CD cases for small items? I did that with some bookmarks I wanted to pass around at a class. It worked well. I put a neutral felt behind the piece and the button that holds the CD in place created enough pressure to keep the lace in place! It was easy to open if they wanted to see the back. There is a size limitation, but it's better than handing it around unprotected. Lauren - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Lace display question
Thanks Joepie, Cynce and Lauren, Floating picture frame, while not being frameless, which is what I had first contemplated, does fill the bill, and clearly is sufficiently popular (Walmart, anyone?) so I have lots of choices. And with 2 11 x 14 frames for less than $20 at Walmart, it won't break the bank, and clearly can be re used. Also, with glass, no gassing problems. Right, Jeri? I was listening to some lace makers discussing the perils of showing pieces of lace. People cannot seem to keep their hands off. To say nothing of the light-fingered. One person suggested putting the lace piece between two pieces of glass. ... Does anyone have experience with such things, and where does one obtain such items? If I search online, what terms do I use in the Google box? Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US, where fall days do not get better than this. - - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Displaying Lace safely at lace days etc.
Lynn in Pennsylvania wrote:- One person suggested putting the lace piece between two pieces of glass. Seems like a winner to me. Might not deter all thieves, but at least itâ?Ts not something you can easily crumple into a pocket. (What a dreadful picture.) Perhaps even something that can come apart and be put together again with a different piece. Screws of a discreet nature? Does anyone have experience with such things, and where does one obtain such items? If I search online, what terms do I use in the Google box? How about the Clip It type of picture framing that comes in either glass or plastic. It is made from a sheet of hardboard as the backing and a sheet of glass, or plastic, (plexi glass),that comes with clips to hold them together. You could put a piece of lace between the hardboard and glass/plastic and clip them together, use a piece of suitably coloured piece of card, the type sold in art shops, stationers, beneath the lace to better show the design off. The plexi glass might be best for transporting as it should be lighter and safer to carry about than glass. It might also slip into the back of your pillow bag behind your pillow if your frame is not too large. You should find the type of thing I mean on this site which I found by googling for Clip it picture framing http://www.picturelizard.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=184588 This site is a UK site which seems to sell only in quantities rather than single frames, it might however give you an idea of what is available. I am sure that by making the same google search that I did above you should find similar framing sold in your own country. You should be able to buy this type of frame at Art/Craft/picture framing type of shops, once you know what to look for from the pictures at the above site. I have nothing to do with the above company concerned on this webpage just trying to help solve a problem of displaying lace at lace days without it going walkabout. Regards Jenny DeAngelis Spain. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Lace display question
I place unframed laces flat on a table covered by a table-cloth size of clear vinyl that hangs well over the edge. People can poke at them all they like. I can put my beverage mug on the table, too ;) If you are concerned that someone would reach under the vinyl and take the lace, secure the vinyl in some way. I have a few lace pieces that can be handled, that wouldn't matter if they went walkies. So far they haven't. Clear page protectors in a binder hold other flat laces. I tape the opening of each page shut with magic tape to keep them contained. I have the binder open for display, and people can flip through it to see the range of laces. The binder contains assorted laces including examples of tatting alongside bobbin lace, traditional regional lace samples, a lace-trimmed hanky, animal motifs in different styles, contemporary lace - anything I can think of that would interest the people attending the demo. On 10/25/11, Lyn Bailey lynrbai...@desupernet.net wrote: I was listening to some lace makers discussing the perils of showing pieces of lace. People can’t seem to keep their hands off. To say nothing of the light-fingered. One person suggested putting the lace piece between two pieces of glass. Seems like a winner to me. Might not deter all thieves, -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Bobbins song and a Hello
Thank you Noelena, this is the best song to have stuck in my head. The words put a big smile on this ol' face Hello Jolene, enjoy your lacemaking. Aine in Reading Pennsylvania Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Re: Lace display question
I haven't had anything taken at a demo, but am aware of the possibility. I have most of my display items on folding display boards (one black and one white). I attached my lace with a small TOT stapler, carefully straddling thread strands with the staples so it won't pull or break. These boards are easy to set up and take down, and difficult to steal from or even to 'feel'. If there is a table handy, items may be laid out on it, and covered with a thin plastic sheet. 3-D items are set towards the back of the table where it's harder to reach. I also have some medium large DO NOT TOUCH signs that can be used. When I had an exhibit that was up for two months, and had a working pillow on display, I put a round clear plastic cloth over it. The cloth hung clear to the floor, making it a bit difficult to do a quick snatch of a bobbin. At a demo, when some people leave their pillow for a bit, they cover it with a large cloth. If the bobbins are not visible, they are less tempting. When there's more than one person, we try to take turns so there's always a person watching the pillows. With a single demo, covering with a large cloth is probably a good idea. Alice in Oregon... where I may hunt out that round plastic cloth and put it in my demo bag. I tend to take large pillows to demos and would hate to have a bobbin stolen. - Original Message - From: Lyn Bailey lynrbai...@desupernet.net I was listening to some lace makers discussing the perils of showing pieces of lace. ... One person suggested putting the lace piece between two pieces of glass. ... Perhaps even something that can come apart and be put together again with a different piece. Screws of a discreet nature? Does anyone have experience with such things, and where does one obtain such items? If I search online, what terms do I use in the Google box? - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Lace display question - cover cloth
Dear Lace Demonstrators, For added security: Recommend you pin the cloth to your pillow around the outside edge. Something like pearl-headed corsage pins pushed all the way in (if possible), angled horizontally, will work and not be as tempting as some of the very decorative separator pins. Recommend, also, that you demonstrate in pairs (2 people) if at all possible. Then, you can take breaks from demonstrating, with less concern about sticky fingers, nasty scissors, etc. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center In a message dated 10/25/2011 12:46:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, lacel...@frontier.com writes: At a demo, when some people leave their pillow for a bit, they cover it with a large cloth. If the bobbins are not visible, they are less tempting. When there's more than one person, we try to take turns so there's always a person watching the pillows. With a single demo, covering with a large cloth is probably a good idea. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Another place to demonstrate - Sheep Wool
Dear Lyn and Others interested, Since you attended the IOLI Convention, you will be familiar with the Chesapeake Region Lace Guild. I think they were looking for demonstrators at the Maryland event in a recent newsletter, but I did not find it on their website. Go to to _www.crlg.org_ (http://www.crlg.org/) . There is a contact us option on the Events and Demonstrations page. Or, go to your IOLI Members Handbook and find the section called Lace Groups Listed by States, then other Countries. You will find a contact under Maryland and another under Virginia. The Finger Lakes Lace Group may have a contact for the New York State Sheep and Wool event. You reported that you attended this and will know how to contact someone there, or look in the IOLI Members Handbook for contact. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center In a message dated 10/24/2011 5:13:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, lynrbai...@desupernet.net writes: I have noticed that a very, very large number of lacemakers also knit. The same may go for weavers, but since bringing a loom for handwork isnââ¬â¢t practical, I donââ¬â¢t notice that as much. Anyhow, there are 2 very popular wool conventions in the middle Atlantic states, the Maryland Sheep and Wool, and the New York State Sheep and Wool. Iââ¬â¢m wondering about lace demonstration in those areas, and have emailed the Maryland Sheep and Wool people to find out if one would have to pay for demonstrating, since no profit would be made by the demonstrator, directly or indirectly. It might require making lace with laceweight yarn, but there are designs for such things. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Lace display question
Google riker mount... these are shallow cases with a glass lid and cotton batting. They're used to store/display all kinds of things; you've probably seen them in antique stores being used to display things like projectile points or similar small items. For lace, I'd suggest a piece of finely woven cotton fabric over the batting to contrast with the lace so the design stands out. I wouldn't recommend them for long-term storage of lace, but for short-term display they'd be great since they'd resist casual pilferage. KW Katrina Worley kwor...@mac.com -- History: special people in special places at special times Anthropology: everyone else the rest of the time. K.Worley, 1997 On Oct 25, 2011, at 6:36 AM, Lyn Bailey wrote: I was listening to some lace makers discussing the perils of showing pieces of lace. People can’t seem to keep their hands off. To say nothing of the light-fingered. One person suggested putting the lace piece between two pieces of glass. Seems like a winner to me. Might not deter all thieves, but at least it’s not something you can easily crumple into a pocket. (What a dreadful picture.) Perhaps even something that can come apart and be put together again with a different piece. Screws of a discreet nature? Does anyone have experience with such things, and where does one obtain such items? If I search online, what terms do I use in the Google box? Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US, where fall days don’t get better than this. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Lace display question
Sorry I haven't been following all of this topic...so I apologize if I reiterate someone else's perspective. What I do is take along a piece of dark burgundy cloth and put my lace on that. Then I put a layer of clear plastic sheeting over it. Nobody can touch or take my stuff. I get my plastic at WalMart in the fabric/craft section. It is (or was) sold on a roll and comes in various weights. Karen Bovard The ShuttleSmith Omaha, NE - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Lace display question
Just make sure the clear covering hangs 'way over everything to keep the items in place. On 10/25/11, Karen Bovard k.bov...@yahoo.com wrote: What I do is take along a piece of dark burgundy cloth and put my lace on that. Then I put a layer of clear plastic sheeting over it. Nobody can touch or take my stuff. -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Re: Lace Display Question
Places that sell store displays, sell lucite boxes (5 sides, no lid) that can cover something (inverted/upside down) hold things for sale, or be used as a pedestal to feature something on top of it . They would be perfect to cover a bobbin pillow, etc. and come in varying sizes. Prices vary so you have to shop around. If your hubby is handy, he can buy the stuff and cut to size and glue it for you, but pre-molded is nice. You should be able to find these things online, also. The glitch is that lucite types of things do scratch, so you might want to make a cloth sleeve to protect the outside, and then your bobbin pillow,etc. can go inside. Sadly, with the bad economy, you may find stores that go OOB and check their display sales. Plastic sheeting comes in various mills (millimeter thickness) at chain fabric stores, typically located at the back of the store. You could also cut up a shower curtain liner as they typically come in clear, and are on special price when kids go to college in the fall. I suppose an intimidating dog and a sign, might work also...but then there is insurance for potential risk to the offender...(teehee) I get really sick of how rude people seem to be getting, more and more. A child screamed yesterday in the store and startled me, and I must have given a disconcerting look...so the woman walked away and loudly kept saying, Sing loud baby, sing really loud for all to hear you! over and over. It wasn't singing, it was screaming, and parents don't even teach their children how to behave...those little kids end up at needlework shows with their little candied fingers and sense of entitlement...argh! My daughter would have food sample women at the grocery, shocked that she said please and thank you. Like that was an anomaly...and according to the servers...it was! They had never had a child have manners before, and wait their turn. Argh! again! End of rant. Best, Susan Reishus - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Lace display question
When we demo and have a table that we can put pieces on, we cover them with a clear plastic dropcloth over a dark tablecloth. This works for the flat pieces that would be easily lifted by the light fingered. On top of this we put any framed pieces that hold it down or we pin the plastic to the tablecloth. The plastic cloths are from the dollar store and so are very thin when fully opened. It also helps if we are out in the wind or rain. Recently, I have been taking a few of my latest pieces to display before and after my yoga classes. Gives people an opportunity to see what I have been doing and I leave cards with my web address and where they can see more lace. They are quite excited to see the real stuff rather than just photos. Janice I was listening to some lace makers discussing the perils of showing pieces of lace. People canât seem to keep their hands off. To say nothing of the light-fingered. One person suggested putting the lace piece between two pieces of glass. Seems like a winner to me. Lyn Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Lace display question
Clearly the question of displaying lace has been solved in many ways. Thanks to all of you. I had a half off coupon at AC Moore, (a chain craft supplies store in the US) so I picked up a floating picture frame, 10 x 14 of display, with a black frame, and glass, and a gizmo to make it stand up on a table for $5. Not bad. And if I need more, I can get them, and they'd all match. I'll put something dark on the table, and I'm all set. I get my clear vinyl at JoAnn's (a chain fabric store, cheap fabric, both in quality and price, in the US) which has several thicknesses. Great to top a table, like my new cherry kitchen table, so the wood shows through and only the plastic needs cleaning. The glass is fine for me, as I'm doing car demonstrating mode right now, so I've got a car, then a rolling crate to carry stuff in, portable tables, etc. should be no problem. Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US, where it has, indeed, been a beautiful fall day. They are talking some snow on the weekend. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Lace display question
I, to have never lost anything I've displayed. Partly because I took to heart what I encountered in Phoenix when I participated in a display at a museum by the Desert Valley Weavers. It was a Pioneer museum and the pieces were to be displayed among the exhibits of household furnishings. Everything was sewn together with thread or monofilament from underneath and thus attached to the furnishings. That stuff was going nowhere without taking the whole display!! It takes only a stitch or two over one or two threads and does no harm to the piece or the display. Linda, the string-a-holic in Oregon where the leaves are blazing and the weather is fine (for now!!). -Original Message- From: Janice Blair Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 2:00 PM To: lace Subject: [lace] Lace display question When we demo and have a table that we can put pieces on, we cover them with a clear plastic dropcloth over a dark tablecloth. This works for the flat pieces that would be easily lifted by the light fingered. On top of this we put any framed pieces that hold it down or we pin the plastic to the tablecloth. The plastic cloths are from the dollar store and so are very thin when fully opened. It also helps if we are out in the wind or rain. Recently, I have been taking a few of my latest pieces to display before and after my yoga classes. Gives people an opportunity to see what I have been doing and I leave cards with my web address and where they can see more lace. They are quite excited to see the real stuff rather than just photos. Janice I was listening to some lace makers discussing the perils of showing pieces of lace. People can’t seem to keep their hands off. To say nothing of the light-fingered. One person suggested putting the lace piece between two pieces of glass. Seems like a winner to me. Lyn Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Lace display question
Most of the ladies in my guild have small samples in a 3 ring binder. They get those clear plastic sleeves and put in a nice piece of paper that contrasts with the lace thread. Most either leave them unattached or use a bit of acid free tape to keep them from shifting. One lady has a whole range of laces from netting to torchon to tatting. That way the people can flip through the book not getting dirty hand stuf on the acutal lace and it's hard to walk off with. One person I know puts it all up on a board at the back so people can touch it, but it's so far back it's hard to see. Also at one park demo they put us right next to the dutch oven cooking...smoke everywhere! Lots of a hand washing that week. Me I just take stuff I don't care if it gets a little dirty etc. RLD -- Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. - Douglas Adams - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] New to the list
Hi all, Just wanted to take a moment to introduce myself. My name is Vicki and I am a beginner lace enthusist. I hope to learn a lot from all of you! Vicki - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
RE: [lace] New to the list
Hello Vicki Welcome!! Its lovely to get new members. Daphne Norfolk UK Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:39:56 -0400 Subject: [lace] New to the list From: pieceofy...@gmail.com To: lace@arachne.com Hi all, Just wanted to take a moment to introduce myself. My name is Vicki and I am a beginner lace enthusist. I hope to learn a lot from all of you! Vicki - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Lace display question
One thing my local group used to do to deter light fingered visitors was to cover the entire display table in transparent plastic (either cheap plastic tablecloths or drop cloths for painters) and then fold the hanging edge of plastic under and clamp it down. The result is not 100% secure, but removing a piece of lace involves some really obvious and visible behavior which can be easily spotted. Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Demonstrations
I often just take my little travel pillow to demonstrations, these days. I also use Helen's Road map idea, and I also have a working diagram, pinned to the inside of the front flap of the pillow, so that people can see the road map and I can point out where I am exactly on the pattern. It is also a Must have for me as I may not go back to that piece of lace for 6 months or more, - and I need the working diagram to remind me of what I am doing!!! (big grin!) Currently, I have a spikey edge from the Early Laces book by Rosemary Shepherd on the travel pillow. It looks very much like a Ruff edge! I am trying to work it as she suggest, - how they made it in the 16th Century - with very few pins. That makes you work on tension, I can assure you!! After working it for a 2 day demonstration, last year, I then returned to my cookie pillow and some Beds lace - and wondered why it was looking different - Well, it was because for the 2 day demo, I had worked the Windmill crossings without a pin, and now with the Beds lace, I had forgotten to put up a pin in the centre of each crossing! It is amazing what a difference that pin makes!!! Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, where we have turned on a beautiful warm sunny day for the Queen's brief visit. lizl...@bigpond.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Lace display question
When doing a demonstration, I usually have a display board on legs behind me with my lace pinned on it for display. I feel it is safer that way. If I have to leave my pillow, I slot knitters stitch-holders through the spangles (like I do when carrying the pillow from A to B,) then cover them over with the cover cloth, leaving the lace and working area still on show. If anyone tries to nick a bobbin, - well, they have to take the whole bunch! Each stitch holder holds about 9 Pairs of bobbins. They are not too easy to undo to remove just one or 2 bobbins, - especially if they are stacked overlapping each other. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. lizl...@bigpond.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] fake VerMeer
About 24 years ago I was able to purchase a reproduction print of picture entitled The Lacemaker by VerMeer, original owned by the National Gallery, Washington DC. I loved the picture and went several times to the Gallery when visiting Washington to try to see it..But noone seemed to know anything about it. The painting was very much related to the famous Lacemaker Same yellow dress, lace collar and cuffs,. same type of stand and the blue embroidery pillow with red and yellow threads spilling out. In this the case the young woman is looking out at the camera, but her hands appear to be in the act of making lace. Actually I think she must have been left handed because that is the hand that appears to setting a pin. When the wonderful VerMeer collection was shown at Gallery in1995 I, of course, made a special effort to see the exhibit, especially the famous and delightful Lacemaker.. And reading in the very scholarly catalog that was published at the time of the exhibition I dixcovered what had happened to the other Lacemaker She had been discoverd to be a FAKE! Now attributed to the notorious van Meergan (1937), is described as now in storage,. My copy still in on my wall of fame (lacemakers!) and I love her. If the Gallery wants to get rid of the oriiginal, I would be happy to give her a good home. Incidentally the scholarly description of the wonderful original Lacemaker, is mostly technical regarding the construction of the design of painting but quite respectful of the craft depicted. -the crisp accents of light illuminate the precision and clarity of vision required by this demanding craft. Trenna Ruffner Michigan - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Re: demonstrating lace/NY (SWAT team logo)
pene piip p...@eggo.org wrote: After thinking about Start With A Twist I realized that Ulrike would not approve as this leaves a bigger hole. But a number of lace traditions use the open method of TC instead of CT. They always Start wtih a Twist (well, except for CTC). Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
