[lace] Lace Express

Dear Friends I have just received my regular copy of the lace magazine Lace Express and am sorry to find that it is to be the last one. This magazine has been around for some years and has added greatly to my enjoyment of lacemaking. It is has also been a great teaching resource. The

[lace] Re: Australian Wildflower patterns

Thanks for all the suggestions I have been sent in my search to identify my Australian wildflower pattern. The return on my request has been quite amazing: (I always knew lacemakers were brilliant.) I'll post a picture of the handkerchief when finished - if wedding preparations don't get in

[lace] Italian lace tablecloth

Dear Sue It seems to me that you have got to get a sight of this lace before starting or you risk not matching at all given all the different potential styles of Italian lace. When I was on holdiay this year, we visited the lace museum at Rapallo which contained every style of lace going, and

[lace] Newspaper report

Dear Alice What a brilliant report. What's a few technical not quite accuracies when the whole thing is wonderful publicity for the craft. Well done!! We expect to hear of lots of new lacemakers in your area! Rosemary in Sussex, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Four Seasons lace

Dear Andrea I don't know what type of lace you are doing, but there are some beautiful period images of the four seasons in filet lace in Federico Vinciolo's Renaissance patterns for lace, embroidery and needlepoint, the facsimile of his 1587 work. Rosemary (sweltering) in Sussex - To

[lace] Holiday lace

Dear Spiders I feel I must post about a lovely lace museum that I found some years ago and revisited this last month in the Italian town of Rapallo (near Genoa). They have the complete archive of the lace manufacturer Mario Zennaro dating from the start of the last century and which includes

[lace] Nottingham lace

Dear all I can remember being told by an interested visitor when I was demonstrating, that her mother had made Nottingham Lace. She was quite insistent. Since I was making bobbin lace I had to accept that she meant the same process (of course she might have meant tatting!.) I concluded

[lace] Aficot

Dear Liz My aficot is three and a half inches long (9 cm) and the bulbous end is one inch ( 2.5cm) wide. So it fits neatly into the palm of the hand. Hope this helps! Rosemary (in Sussex, UK) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL

[lace] Winter break in Budapest

Dear friends A last minute plan to spend a weekend in Budapest before Christmas - where do I go for some lace? Have a great holiday all Rosemary in Sussex - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL

[lace] Latest Lace magazine

Dear friends I just have to write with a little boast that my lace has been chosen for the front cover of this quarter's Lace. I am also flattered by a double colour page in the magazine as well. The work was produced for my City and Guild Part I, which I completed last year and was

[lace] Burano

I was in Burano last year. Most of the lace on sale does indeed look like foreign importation, but the museum in the old Lace School is well worth the visit. I think if you apply in advance they might let you look in their additional presses. There were lacemakers demonstrating there too.

[lace] Cotton net

I have bought cotton net for Carrickmacross lace from Tim Parker. I'm sure he'd help. Or for something finer, what about the Honiton Lace Shop? Rosemary in Sussex - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL

[lace] Lace, Girlguiding Lenka

Dear Arachnes I think I should add my name to the Guiding list here. I have been involved for most of my life and am still helping to run a Brownie pack, having done the Commissioner bit too in the past. I have never tried to teach any of the girls to make lace, although I did run a young

[lace] Cautionary tale on garters

Dear friendly arachnes I have a little cautionary tale with regard to the making of wedding garters. I recently made one for an old friend, who received it with absolute delight. Following advice aired on this list, I had searched out underwear type elastic which was stitched behind the

[lace] OFSTED inspection

Dear Christine I have been teaching a basic lace class for the Adult Education department of a local college for seven years and this year had an ALI inspection which ran in conjunction with an OFSTED inspection for the college as a whole. Although it is advertised as a beginners class, in

[lace] lace makers sought in Texas

Dear all I have just received a letter from a student of mine who has returned home to Texas, having been introduced to bobbin lace here in UK. She was very keen and would like to find a class in her area, and also I thought contact with a guild would be nice for her. Can anyone help? She

[lace] Advent Calendar

Dear Jean Thank you very much for the lovely Advent calendar and its original competition. It was greatly enjoyed by me and I'm sure everyone else who played with the jigsaw. Please don't joke about forgetting it next year!! It's an essential part of a lacemaker's Christmas. A very happy

[lace] Cattern Cakes recipe

Dear Maureen How can your cakes rise in the tin without any raising agent? Should there be yeast in the recipe? I'd like to try this recipe for my lace classes next week! Rosemary in Sussex - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL

[lace] Myth and Mystery

Dear all and especially the prize winners I am enjoying the correspondence about the MM competition; congratulations to the lucky and talented prize winners. I am looking forward to seeing the winning pieces, and all the rest, later in the summer when we make the pilgrimage up to Coventry from

[lace] Visit to a lace dealer

Dear all I promised that I would report back after my visit to a local lace dealer's. The visit was truly a treat, and all because one of our number (I don't remember who) had advertised the web address to us all. Thank you! The Mendes are professional Lace Dealers, semi-retired, in that

[lace] Lace dealer's web-site

Just a quicky to thank whoever it was that a week ago recommended a web-site, www.mendes.co.uk. I took a look and found a beautiful array of highly valuable pieces offered for sale, from a firm trading in Brighton. I live just outside Brighton and had never heard of them. A quick email to

[lace] Is lace declining?

://homepages.tesco.net/~rjbrown Don't worry, keep lacing! Rosemary Brown West Sussex - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]