Fw: [lace] 2008 Arachne Card Exchange website updated = sort of

2008-12-15 Thread Sue
Many thanks Jenny for your time and trouble in putting these together. Have you got some of those wrap arounds (I wear mine lots of the time) Hope your vision improves quickly and that it isn't painful. Sue T, Dorset UK Hello everyone I have uploaded the website pages I did before leaving home

Re: [lace] Christmas Greetings

2008-12-15 Thread Sue Duckles
Just been on Brenda's site to see todays offering (15th). My husband wants the 'original recipe'!! Sue in EY On 15 Dec 2008, at 10:33, Brenda Paternoster wrote: and a reminder that there's a link to the Advent calendar on my homepage - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com

Re: [lace] Christmas Greetings

2008-12-15 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hi Sue The best I can offer is from http://www.mincepieclub.co.uk/Mince_Pie_News/Mince_Pie_History/ The_History_Of_The_Mince_Pie.html To make Pyes - Pyes of mutton or beif must be fyne mynced and ceasoned wyth pepper and salte, and a lyttle saffron to coloure it, suet or marrow a good

Re: [lace] fan patterns - Ann Collier

2008-12-15 Thread Diana Smith
It might be of interest to some on the list - I've just received a Christmas card from Ann. In her message she tells me that fan number 178 is now underway. Her lace fan book is being translated into Russian and also one of her fans is included in the Fan Museum calendar - the only modern one.

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2008-12-15 Thread Daphne Martin
Hello I would just like to say to Jenny Brandis that I am sorry to hear about your sight problems. I hope it gets sorted out soon. The list of cards on Jenny`s is growing very nicely and are all lovely pieces of work. A credit to the lacemakers who spent the time making them. I would like to

[lace] Christmas Greetings

2008-12-15 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Just over a week to go now! My electronic Christmas card to you all is at http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/Christmas/2008/card08.htm and a reminder that there's a link to the Advent calendar on my homepage Merry Christmas Brenda in Allhallows, Kent

[lace] 2008 Arachne Card Exchange website updated = sort of

2008-12-15 Thread jenny
Hello everyone I have uploaded the website pages I did before leaving home to come to Perth for surgery. I have had problems with my vision since the surgery so have not been able to handle the glare of the screeen to do anything else so have decided to put up the two pages I had done ready for

Re: [lace] Christmas Greetings

2008-12-15 Thread Sue
I also would like to wish you all a very happy time during this Christmas holiday time. Thank you to Brenda and Jean and David for the great Advent calenders which I for one am enjoying opening every day, g Also to all the lacemakers out there, may I thank you all for the fantastic help

Re: [lace] fan patterns

2008-12-15 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hi Linda There are a number of big fan patterns around, or you could enlarge a smaller one, though coarse lace doesn't usually look good on a fan. The main thing is that you *MUST* be sure that the lace will fit your sticks before you start making it. It's not only the diameter of the

Re: [lace] Christmas Greetings

2008-12-15 Thread Clay Blackwell
Yikes! That's definitely an old one. I found the following in an old cookbook which my Mother used in the '30s and '40s. It sounds pretty close to the original ingredients, and at least they have given us measures! 4 pounds lean beef 2 pounds beef suet Baldwin apples 3 quinces 3 pounds

[lace] Tradititonal mincemeat

2008-12-15 Thread Laceandbits
Not sure that I fancy the idea of the cooked meat in mincemeat, but probably only because this one is so good; I have made it several times and it keeps well in a cool cupboard even with the fresh meat in it - it's the alchohol that does it! And after steeping in brandy for ages the smell and

Re: [lace] Tradititonal mincemeat

2008-12-15 Thread Scotlace
Clay Is that recipe from a British or American book? I ask because the cider I have drunk in America is what we call apple juice; what we call cider is fermented and highly alcoholic - and has a different flavour. Patricia in Wales _scotl...@aol.xom_ (mailto:scotl...@aol.xom) - To

[lace] Christmas Card

2008-12-15 Thread Faye Owers
Thank you Lori for the lovely card, the little angel is so cute, I have put her on the tree and the card on my Card Tree Stand Cheers Faye Owers Tasmania f...@tpinstruments.com.au - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For

[lace-chat] Card received

2008-12-15 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hi Amanda Thank you for the lovely card which arrived on Saturday - I should have acknowleged sooner but have had the sickness/diaorrhea bug that my daughter and grandson had. Feeling a lot better now though. It's a lovely card with a lace motif of a candle inside a bell, designed by

[lace-chat] Fw: Free Shipping Day - Thursday December 18, 2008

2008-12-15 Thread Janice Blair
If you are a procrastinator about Christmas shopping, you should know about this website. http://www.freeshippingday.com/ Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org To unsubscribe send email to

[lace-chat] Fw: Ways to save money

2008-12-15 Thread Janice Blair
My daughter sent the following, sounds like a good idea to save money. Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org I know you don't do a whole lot of shopping online, but this site is really useful. 

[lace-chat] Re: [lace] Christmas Greetings

2008-12-15 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hi Sue The best I can offer is from http://www.mincepieclub.co.uk/Mince_Pie_News/Mince_Pie_History/ The_History_Of_The_Mince_Pie.html To make Pyes - Pyes of mutton or beif must be fyne mynced and ceasoned wyth pepper and salte, and a lyttle saffron to coloure it, suet or marrow a good

[lace-chat] Re: [lace] Christmas Greetings

2008-12-15 Thread Clay Blackwell
Yikes! That's definitely an old one. I found the following in an old cookbook which my Mother used in the '30s and '40s. It sounds pretty close to the original ingredients, and at least they have given us measures! 4 pounds lean beef 2 pounds beef suet Baldwin apples 3 quinces 3 pounds

[lace-chat] Tradititonal mincemeat

2008-12-15 Thread Laceandbits
Not sure that I fancy the idea of the cooked meat in mincemeat, but probably only because this one is so good; I have made it several times and it keeps well in a cool cupboard even with the fresh meat in it - it's the alchohol that does it! And after steeping in brandy for ages the smell and