[lace] Re bead illustrations.

2016-06-29 Thread Brian Lemin
Thank you for your help spiders. I now have even an expanded table of beads with illustrations that have been donated to me. Many thanks Brian - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

[lace] Needle lace book

2016-06-29 Thread Ann-Marie Andersson
I have an antique needle lace book that needs a new home. Please email me privately if you are interested and I will send photos and details. Kind regards Ann-Marie Andersson Sweden - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For

[lace] 2016 Bookmark Exchange

2016-06-29 Thread Elizabeth H Correa
Hello arachnes I have to say that it is my first time at Bookmarck Exchange and I loved it. Lin ask me and she was very attentive. Jenny's site is wonderful. I liked very much to make my first bookmark all lace. I dont received yet Lin's bookmark in Exchange but it is lovely. I saw it at

Re: [lace] Re bead illustrations.

2016-06-29 Thread Louise
dear Brian, and Arachnes, I am a little too late but looked through my few old bobbins. I had a few examples of swirly and dotted glass bottom beads, but there were a couple of oddities one a coarse ceramic and another organic with odd porthole decoration. I don't know if it is carved wood or

[lace] Idrija lace pillows

2016-06-29 Thread Susan
Kathleen, We are very lucky to have an Idrija lace teacher in Pennsylvania. I believe Allie is teaching at the IOLI convention next month & she is scheduled to teach in Ithaca, NY in October. Allie Marguccio has studied in Slovenia & her husband makes the pillows, stands & bobbins. I made my

[lace] finishing lace garters.

2016-06-29 Thread Rick & Sharon Whiteley
‘Tis the season for lace bridal garters and a fellow lace maker had been working on one for a several months. In this case the lace maker wasn’t sure about the circumference needed to go around the bride’s leg. So she made plenty of lace to allow for any size changes, the problem came with

Re: [lace] finishing lace garters.

2016-06-29 Thread Karen ZM
Perhaps you can just pull the elastic as tightly as needed, cut off the extra (just leaving a bit to overlap). Then with needle and thread, sew the elastic and let it pull itself into the casing. You could also have a small blue rose at hand (something blue) to sew onto the place where the casing

RE: [lace] Design Challenge

2016-06-29 Thread Jenny Brandis
6 days to go . - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/

RE: [lace] pictures from OIDFA Congress in Slovenia

2016-06-29 Thread Noelene Lafferty
Thanks for that Arlene. As Arachne splits the long link into two lines, here's a Tiny URL to the google site: http://tinyurl.com/zyqnkfc Noelene at The Angle Here is a link to a photo album that shows all the country stands and, I believe, the individual contest entries, as well as some other