Mary Carey says she is working on a memory quilt. What is that?
Karen in Malta
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My Christmas card from Janet T. in UK arrived yesterday.
Thank you for such a lovely card. I hope you don't mind waiting, but
I'll be mailing
your card when I've finished making the lace for your card.
I've been busy working on a large piece of lace for the Grundtvig
Project which
will be
I have been working on a piece of Floral Bucks Point but today I really must
write an article for the editor of The Lace Society about making a lace
jabot and cuffs for the current High Sheriff of East Yorkshire. After
that, well there are a couple of pillows with a piece of Duchesse on
Hi
I think that this is lovely.I hope it is of some help to her.
Memory quilts are made using photos from a given person's life transferred
to
fabric for the quilt. We have gathered photos from around the family, and
when Lorraine has the quilt others can use it as a starting point for
When the request was made to identify photos of our own lace left in the
unidentified photos, I went through and added information and name to mine,
but then got called away. I now have no idea what to do with them, how to
get them moved into my own folder or in actual fact i was just
Dear Friends,
Having finished a piece of Chantilly lace last week, I am now having
a few weeks off to knit myself a lovely Aran jumper in 5 ply grey.
It's much easier to take knitting with me to Fiji next week than bobbin lace.
David in Ballarat, AUS
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Hi Sue,
Sadly, the reason that you're having trouble is that the system that Webshots
and Smile set up was very strange, and ultimately we all agreed that Smile
was not for us. They moved all of pictures to Smile, but did not move the
associated information. So it was necessary for us to
I have things on 4 pillows. I have a Bucks edging on my travel pillow.
I've finished 14 inches of 53. This pillow will come with me to Sweden on
the 16th to celebrate Christmas with Middle Child. Haven't done that for 5
years. Will be bringing what I can for an American Christmas dinner. I
Quite a few years ago, a very dear friend of mine died. She left a
seven-year-old son. I wanted to do something to help, but lived several
hundred miles away. I decided to make him a memory quilt. I used a simple
star pattern quilt which had squares in the center of each star, where I
**Everyone - it is important to stop lurking and expecting others to do
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writing. Any list like Arachne is only vital if everyone participates.
It
seems that there are fewer members trying to keep lace alive around the
world. We must correct this. Please step up to the challenge and
Clay what a wonderful tribute to your friend and a treasure for her son and
husband! To incorporate her scrubs was a brilliant idea. Fabrics, like music
and smells can pull up such strong memories.
Thanks for sharing that.
Dona
On Nov 27, 2012, at 8:50 AM, Clay Blackwell wrote:
Quite a few
I am working on a shawl in Milanese-technique, in 3 different brown
shades, and I hope to have it finished for Christmas.
Alix
from Luxembourg
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IT IS THE HOLIDAY SEASON. LET'S ALL HONOR THAT. BE KIND AND OF GOOD CHEER
TO OUR ARACHNE FAMILY, PLEASE. [?]
Happy Holidays and Hugs,
Lin and the Mali in Overton, NV USA
On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 6:13 AM, Susan Reishus elationrelat...@yahoo.comwrote:
**Everyone - it is important to stop
On 27/11/2012 14:13, Susan Reishus wrote:
**Everyone - it is important to stop lurking and expecting others to do
the
writing. Any list like Arachne is only vital if everyone participates.
It
seems that there are fewer members trying to keep lace alive around the
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To Lesley and everyone
It *is* fun to read what laces others are doing! I think the list isn't as
quiet now ;)
On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Lesley Blackshaw
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In response to the 'what are you making?' question: I have just finished
my Christmas lace
I've been working on edging for a set of placemats. I chose this
project for my demos at Heritage Park in Calgary this past summer. I
volunteered one day per week. The edgings provided long enough pieces
that I didn't have to start a new piece each week. I'm still working
on the third
I just finished my Christmas laces so am free to explore other things.
I've been working on a guipure lappet from the OIDFA book, and added about four
inches to it. It's ready to set aside for a while. This project will take 2-3
years to complete.
At the same time, I'm sorting and collecting
I am doing a Michel Jourde pattern , the tiger which appeared on the cover of a
past issue of Lace Express magazine. If any arachne member has laced that one,
I would appreciate your e-mailing me privately, I have big questions on how to
best complete the black fur markings halfway into the
I am working a 's Gravenmoerse scarf that I started during the Doris Southard
Lace Guild retreat at the beginning of November. I have passed the halfway
mark; a good thing since this is going to be a Christmas gift for my mom. I'm
having so much fun with this project that I can't wait to start
Thanks everybody for sharing what you have been making, I was busy on Xmas
things and thought perhaps everyone else was too. Really interesting to see
what others are making.
Keep lacing
Sue
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I realize was wrong to request a private answer to my questions about the
tiger pattern from LACE EXPRESS magazine (which I am currently working on)
since the whole point of Arachne is SHARING, so if anyone is familiar with that
pattern, I hope you might share your solutions to smoothly
I have the mat with the trident edge that I was asking about, still half
done, and on the pillow, ready to be worked on!
I will take my little travel pillow on holidays with me, and that has a
Cluny Edge using only about 12 pairs, but it looks like an Early lace
design. Comes from the little
Liz, my dear... You've left us all in the dust! Of course, I've had the
privilege to meet you, in person, and to see your lace, and so that comes as
no surprise to me to see your WIPS!
Your agenda certainly reminds me of how different your experience of the
Holidays is, and what a culture
Setting up my pillow to do an Hinojosa Christmas tree that I designed.
It's also a piece to help me practice smooth, rounded corners and sharper,
pointed corners.
Peg
in chilly Fairview Park OH
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Hi
I have some Bucks point lace on one pillow and an almost finished piece of
Milanse lace on another. I have just completed a quilt for my son which I
will give him on Friday.
In the evenings I am doing a Blackwork cushion cover I found in the depth of
my sewing cupboard. I am looking for
I've had no chance yet to unpack my lace after our most recent move back to
the States. For a variety of reasons it's taken longer than usual to settle
in this time. Nothing bad, just a lot going on along with a small house with
limited space for setting up a pillow. I head to Israel in a couple
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