[lace] christmas card

2007-12-15 Thread Janice Blair
Just before I went away the postman brought my Arachne card exchange from Alessandra Tolin, Santa Maria La Longa, Italy. It is a beautifully made Hardanger angel, white and gold, on a deep turquoise blue paper. Alessandra added a gold ricrac border. I really appreciate it as I did try to do

[lace] Re: Judging Criteria

2007-12-15 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Dec 15, 2007, at 16:08, Janice Blair wrote: Hey, Tamara, maybe it would make a good article for the Bulletin. How to judge and what to look for in competition entries. I dare say it would, but don't look in my direction for writing it; I'm just a rude mechanical :) I provide patterns --

[lace] Question of terminology

2007-12-15 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Gentle Spiders, A rose may smell as sweetly by any other name, but, when it comes to lace, I like to have as few names as possible for the same item. In fact, I prefer to have *just one* name, if at all possible :) So here goes a question: What do you call a ground which is constructed as