[lace] IOLI Convention

2018-08-07 Thread Liz Ligeti.
We are home, safe and sound, after a Great week in San Antonio, Texas, -- although it was “Mighty Hot” – especially after leaving our very cold Aussie winter!! Thank you, Janice , for again organizing an Arachne Lunch, although a few people missed the announcement of the lunch venue and

[lace] IOLI Convention & Magazine

2018-07-11 Thread Liz Ligeti.
We are gearing up for our trip first to Texas and then on to Seattle to visit family! We get to San Antonio a couple of days early, to give us time to get over Jet-lag, so we will have a look around, Janice, to see if there is room for an Arachne lunch! I have already purchased a small gift to

[lace] Lace Guild Artefact of the month

2018-07-01 Thread Liz Ligeti.
I received my Artifact of the month, too., and Yes the new look is good. I saved the main photo, but did not try to save the close-ups, as I had a feeling it would not work!! A pity, though, as they would be good to go back to later on, as enlarging the photo on the computer makes it go fuzzy!

[lace] Broken bobbins

2018-06-05 Thread Liz Ligeti.
David, - Try John Beswick in Adelaide, and see if he can mend your broken bobbins. He repaired a couple of broken bone, ones Helen & I had, and it was a superb repair. You would never know they had been broken. I highly recommend him, so contact him – “Torchon House” and talk to him

[lace] Machine lace and its manufacture

2018-05-28 Thread Liz Ligeti.
Quite a few years ago (25 or more!) my daughter Helen and I were demonstrating Lacemaking at a local “Craft Happening”, and an elderly gentleman came by, and stopped and had a good look at the lace on display, and watched us working. Then, when we spoke to him, we found out he had come to