[lace] UK guild website

[Robin Asman]

Can I add my voice and also thank Jean and David for what has always been a
wonderful site

Many thanks for all you have done

Robin from canberra

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[lace] Lace in Prague

[cec]

All,

I have noticed the latest posts about traveling in England and it
reminded me it isn't too early to ask my questions.

In mid September 2017 I will be on a tour (with beaders) and have at
least one free day to visit museums or other places in Prague that is
not on the scheduled tour.  Anyone have any suggestions for lace and/or
embroidery.  My searches on the web hasn't gotten me much information on
Museums content in Prague.

We are going to go to tour a bead factory, button factory and blown
glass ornament factory while in the czech republic.  
We travel out for a day or two to another city for this with classes
with the bead instructor Jill Wiseman who is on the tour with us. 

Cindy in Virginia USA

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[lace] Lace at Amsterdame Festival of Lights

[cec]

Someone provided the link over a month ago if not longer.  I remember
taking a look at it.
Cindy in Very Cold Virginia.

Subject: Re: [lace] Lace at Amsterdam Festival of Light

Dramatic!  It is surprising that we were not told about this  lace by
our 
friends in Amsterdam.  Thank you so much for  bringing it to our
attention - 
from South Africa.  The links are  interesting. ...

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[lace] Uk Lace webmaster

[Elizabeth Ligeti]

Thank you, Jean & David for all the work you have done with the Guild web
site.  It is always a pleasure to go there, and be able to navigate all its
pages so easily.
Whoever takes over has very big shoes to fill. 

Enjoy your "retirement"!!!

Liz in Melbourne, Oz
lizl...@bigpond.com

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[lace] Re: Pincushion

[Joy Beeson]

All my experience with pincushions is for sewing.

For that, I switched to a magnetic pin dish decades ago, but
magnets wouldn't do at all for lace:  you can't pin a dish
to a pillow, the delicate pins would be damaged when the
magnet grabbed them and jammed them in with the others,
brass pins need not apply, I was forced to switch to
big-headed pins in order to use the dish, and despite the
large heads I fumble a bit at getting the pins out.  Getting
two or three when I wanted one is no problem with sewing
pins, but would be intolerable when making lace -- and
lacemakers are not at all impressed with being able to set
the dish on the floor and drop pins onto it from a height.

I have three pincushions made by rolling wool scraps tightly
and overcasting the end down, and one made by simply folding
a scrap of wool and pinning it to the curtain.

That last holds two doll needles and -- so that is where my
hatpin got to!  It also holds other oddball needles and pins.

Two of the rolled pincushions are nailed to the wall so that
I can hang pressing cloths by stabbing T-pins through them.

The third, I didn't notice until I walked to the window to
inspect the folded pincushion.  Even on a green curtain, red
isn't as conspicuous a color as people think; from here, one
has to know it's there to see it at all, and then it's only
a vague smudge.  This has a single sewing machine needle
stuck in it, so I think it was intended to store spent
machine needles, but I stick those into my cone of basting
thread now.  (I use spent machine needles whenever I need an
extra-thin nail and brads aren't long enough.)  There is
also a stray hand-sewing needle in it -- I store hand-sewing
needles by pinning the packet to the curtain, pinning a
scrap of wool to the packet, and sticking used needles into
the wool.  And there's a T-pin, but that is securing it to
the curtain.

I have a couple of pin cushions made by stuffing a scrap of
wool cloth into the hole of a spool of hand-sewing thread; I
wish I knew how I got the middle of the scrap to stick out
as a neat, hard dome.  And when I use a scrap to shim a
bobbin-holder onto a spool of machine-sewing thread, I
sometimes use wool or silk and leave a corner big enough to
stick a hand needle into sticking out.

I have a fifty-year-old pincushion stuffed with my own hair.
I think I made it by overcasting two pieces of embroidered
real felt together with darning wool, but it might be H2O 
flannel; it has since been slipcovered with black wool, so I 
can't look.  When first made, it was nearly spherical and 
the cat loved to bat it around; one morning she left it 
beside the bed upside down, and I stepped on it with a bare 
foot.  That really wakes one up!


One day after squeezing and squeezing to find a needle that
had slipped completely inside, I flattened it by stitching
through it, probably with darning wool.  I don't know
whether to call it quilting or soft sculpture.  This also
made it firmer.

Today it is pinned to the curtain to keep my pearl-head pins
(something like divider pins) handy.  Since the pins occupy
only the upper edge of the cushion, a packet of tidy pins
and some other special pins have accumulated on the lower 
half of the cushion.


--
Joy Beeson
http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/
west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A.

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RE: [lace] Flanders Edging with cats, photo

[J-D Hammett]

Hi fellow Arachnids,

Although I agree with Sally on several points, I.e. that Mary Niven did a 
wonderful job of designing as well as providing us with a useful book at a time 
when there were not as many books available as there are now. Also, that we 
should always acknowledge designers and makers by name. However, this is a 
photo on the net and not in the book near the pricking and working diagram 
where it needs to be.  I think it is the only pattern in the book that lacks a 
photo. Otherwise the book is an excellent resource for patterns in Flanders 
lace where the pricking, working diagram and photograph are kept as close as is 
possible within the constraints of the book format.

Joepie, East Sussex, UK



From: Sally Jenkins
Sent: 11 January 2017 19:50
To: lace@arachne.com
Subject: [lace] Flanders Edging with cats, photo

Dear lacers,

I receive the Arachne list in digest format and saw several posts about an
edging with cats. One person said there was a working diagram but no photo.

There is a photo of this, worked by the late Bart Elwell of Tulsa,
Oklahoma, here:
http://lacemakersoklahoma.weebly.com/photos.html

As a side note, let me say I am grateful to Mary Niven, the designer, for
calling me out (scolding me gently) when I, as the webmaster for the above
website, failed initially to label the photo with the name of the pattern
designer. All of us who post photos in public places should try to credit
the pattern designers when possible. (Speaking to self!)

I hope the photo will help those who want to make this pretty edging!

Sally in western Oregon, where we are in a brief warm respite before the
next freeze



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Fwd: [lace] 18th C. Lace-trimmed Sack Back Gown, per BBC

[Lbuyred]

Wow! What a gorgeous dress!  The colors are so bright!  It really gives you an 
idea of how beautiful those gowns were when they were first worn.  Does anyone 
have any idea what the gold edge on the lace was?  
Liz R
Raleigh, NC, USA

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Re: [lace] 18th C. Lace-trimmed Sack Back Gown, per BBC

[Diana Smith]

The lady owner was really not interested in the gown which was probably its 
saviour. Though not stored in perfect conditions it had survived very well.

The textile was superb - a real treat as I love that period. I was longing to 
get a closer look at the lace but what could be see was not very exciting, not 
what one would expect on such an exquisite garment, and appeared to be in poor 
condition. 

Diana Smith in the U.K.

> On 11 Jan 2017, at 14:06, jeria...@aol.com wrote:
> 
> BBC Antiques Road Show Find 
> 
> May we have some feedback, please?  Otherwise, why  should anyone continue 
> posting lace news here?
> 
> Anyone interested in how lace was used to add extra refinement to  an 18th 
> century sack back gown will appreciate this.  Painted silk  is encountered 
> in conservation studies.  The reporter  is quite right - the silk and 
> chemicals in paint do not usually marry  well.  (Something modern artists 
> need to 
> know.)
> 
> So, this is about lace, and it is about  conservation.  Both of which need 
> understanding because of the way lace was  used an embellishment.
> 
> My shy lace friend sent this link to me  for you all!
> 
> https://www.facebook.com/BBCAntiquesRoadshow/videos/1388719294502644/
> 
> Unless I missed it, she does not even  mention the lace!
> To learn more about this style of dress, there are pictures (with proper  
> underpinnings) and a list of books provided at:  
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack-back_gown
> 
> Jeri Ames in Maine USA
> Lace and Embroidery Resource  Center
> 
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[lace] Flanders Edging with cats, photo

[Sally Jenkins]

Dear lacers,

I receive the Arachne list in digest format and saw several posts about an
edging with cats. One person said there was a working diagram but no photo.

There is a photo of this, worked by the late Bart Elwell of Tulsa,
Oklahoma, here:
http://lacemakersoklahoma.weebly.com/photos.html

As a side note, let me say I am grateful to Mary Niven, the designer, for
calling me out (scolding me gently) when I, as the webmaster for the above
website, failed initially to label the photo with the name of the pattern
designer. All of us who post photos in public places should try to credit
the pattern designers when possible. (Speaking to self!)

I hope the photo will help those who want to make this pretty edging!

Sally in western Oregon, where we are in a brief warm respite before the
next freeze

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[lace] UK lace museums

[Leonard Bazar]

Could I add a couple to Jeri's list:
Honiton, which of course shows Honiton lace - but most of it of much higher 
quality than the Honiton in other collections. It's not that far from Bath.
The Bowes Museum has an excellent collection of high quality lace in the 
Blackborne collection. Its website is not that useful, so personal contact 
advised before a visit. thebowesmuseum.org.uk You have to go to collections 
then collections search to get anywhere.
Kind regards

leonard...@yahoo.com

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[lace] 18th C. Lace-trimmed Sack Back Gown, per BBC

[Jeriames]

BBC Antiques Road Show Find 
 
May we have some feedback, please?  Otherwise, why  should anyone continue 
posting lace news here?
 
Anyone interested in how lace was used to add extra refinement to  an 18th 
century sack back gown will appreciate this.  Painted silk  is encountered 
in conservation studies.  The reporter  is quite right - the silk and 
chemicals in paint do not usually marry  well.  (Something modern artists need 
to 
know.)
 
So, this is about lace, and it is about  conservation.  Both of which need 
understanding because of the way lace was  used an embellishment.
 
My shy lace friend sent this link to me  for you all!
 
https://www.facebook.com/BBCAntiquesRoadshow/videos/1388719294502644/

Unless I missed it, she does not even  mention the lace!
To learn more about this style of dress, there are pictures (with proper  
underpinnings) and a list of books provided at:  
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack-back_gown
 
Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource  Center

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[lace] Wolds Lacemakers meeting 14th January 2017

[Maureen]

Good morning



Please find details of Wolds Lacemakers up and coming meeting.



ORGANISATION:Wolds Lacemakers



EVENT: Lace Meeting

‘Do your Own Thing’

A chance to work on your own project and help is

at hand if you want it or to finish an item from an

earlier workshop



Come and have a go at lacemaking on

Our practice pillow




DATE & TIME: Saturday, 14th January 2017

10.00 am - 4.00 pm



VENUE: The Marist Hall, Church and Parish
House

119 Cottingham Road, Kingston-upon-Hull

HU5 2DH United Kingdom

Parking available



SUPPLIERS:Sixpenny Bobbins

Wolds Sales Table

Helen’s Sales



CHARGES:   Members - £1.50;

Non members - £4.00

Bring a packed lunch with you.

Disabled access.

Everyone is welcome.



As 2017 is City of Culture for Hull, we hope to be demonstrating our lace in
and around the area.



Thank you



Maureen Bromley

Wolds Lacemakers

Website: www.woldsmakers.co.uk

TWITTER: @woldslacemakers

FACEBOOK: Wolds Lacemakers

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[lace] Lace Guild Web site

[Jean Nathan]

Thanks to David and Jean for all the work they put in to the Lace Guild web
site over the years. It was very easy to navigate and thanks especially for
the Advent Calendar competition each year, which obviously took a lot of
effort to compile.


Hope that whoever takes over manages to match the quality of what David and
Jean produced.


Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK

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