[lace] Extra work for tutors

2004-01-25 Thread Jean Nathan
One of the reasons which made me decide to retire from full-time teaching in a secondary school was the amount of paperwork which was being piled on us - and that was in 1995. I also did adult education tutoring, but there was little paperwork involved in that then. Apart from becoming out of

Re: [lace] Extra work for Tutors

2004-01-25 Thread Jean Barrett
Dear Peggy, This appears to be an escalating problem for teachers of adult education classes across the UK. I do not teach a class now but have close friends who do and attend one FE class myself and that tutor has her own ways of dealing with the problem, most not to be recommended. I am not

Fw: [lace] Fw: IOLI Pattern typo!

2004-01-25 Thread Sue Babbs
Ooops! Sorry - I'm not the greatest typist, as is illustrated by the typo in my freebie pattern found on the IOLI Convention 2004 website I couldn't find this free pattern of Sandi Woods. Can anyone enlighten me as to where it is? Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL

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2004-01-25 Thread Jay Ekers
The pattern, reached from the Keystone Lacers home page is at http://www.keystonelaceguild.org/WoodsPattern.htm Jay, Sydney , Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Ooops! Sorry - I'm not the greatest typist, as is illustrated by the typo in my freebie pattern found on

Re: [lace] Movie - girl in pearl earring

2004-01-25 Thread RICHARD TAYLOR
Thanks Antje I have managed to find the book at our local library, reading the first few pages it looks as if it is my kind of book. Sue Taylor - Original Message - From: Antje González [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Arachne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 12:54 PM Subject:

Re: [lace] RE:patterns?

2004-01-25 Thread Linda
- Original Message - From: Helen Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED] I personally prefer my patterns in one piece - partly because it's difficult to get a perfect match on the 2 halves, when you're putting them together (I'm one of those sticky tape challenged people that just as you get them lined

[lace] A Manual of Lace... ebay

2004-01-25 Thread Clay Blackwell
Hello Spiders - and especially Jeri ! I've just come across a book on ebay that I haven't seen before. It is A Manual of Lace by Jeanette E. Petherbridge, Cassell,1947, 71 pages. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2591603122 I've never hear Ms. Petherbridge mentioned before...

[lace] Re: A Manual of Lace... ebay

2004-01-25 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Jan 25, 2004, at 18:06, Clay Blackwell wrote: I've just come across a book on ebay that I haven't seen before. It is A Manual of Lace by Jeanette E. Petherbridge, Cassell,1947, 71 pages. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2591603122 I've never hear Ms. Petherbridge mentioned

[lace] Looking for reproduction 1630 lace

2004-01-25 Thread ranvaig
A friend asked me to help her find lace for reasonable lace for a 1630 dress. Lace of that time had deep scallops about 3 inches across. Any ideas for some sources? Sharon Palmer - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

[lace] Arachne webshots details

2004-01-25 Thread Jennifer Nielsen
Hi all, Could I please have some help, I bookmarked the Webshots page and put the username and password somewhere altogether too safe as I can't find it g. Could the details be posted to the List again. This time I promise I will look after them a bit better :) This is a wonderful forum. The

[lace] lace crafts quarterly - free draw

2004-01-25 Thread Julie Ourom
I have an extra copy of Vol 2 No 3 of Lace Crafts Quarterly (articles by Pat Earnshaw, Marni Harang, Nancy Evans and others) that I'd be pleased to give away to a lacemaker. Send me your name (off list only) and I'll figure out a way to have the cats choose one on Valentine's Day. It's taking me

Re: [lace] Looking for reproduction 1630 lace

2004-01-25 Thread Liz Beecher
Sharon, I do 17 Century re-enactment - I usually encourage people not to put lace on dresses of the period unless they are exceptionaly high class (we are talking aristocracy and royalty only). If your friend is desperate that it must have lace then you are looking at milanese style with very

[lace] Lace Day

2004-01-25 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Firstly - Happy Australia Day to all Aussies world wide. On Saturday, the Victorian Branch of the Aust. Lace Guild held its first Lace Day for the year, and I thought you might like to know that Debbie of Mozambique was there. She arrived safely in Oz, and had put her lacemaking gear in her

Re: [lace] Looking for reproduction 1630 lace

2004-01-25 Thread Jeriames
In a message dated 1/25/04 6:33:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A friend asked me to help her find lace for reasonable lace for a 1630 dress. Lace of that time had deep scallops about 3 inches across. Any ideas for some sources? Sharon Palmer Dear Lacemakers,

[lace-chat] Closet survey.

2004-01-25 Thread Shirley Meier
1. Do you know the direction your garments (jackets/coats/blouses/shirts) “face” without looking in the closet? (Y/N) Yes 2. Do all the garments face the same direction? (Y/N) If not, go to question 6 Yes 3. Do they face right or left? (R/L) Right 4. Are you male or female? (M/F)

Re: [lace-chat] Closet survey

2004-01-25 Thread Liz Beecher
I was going to answer this like Jean has done until I got to question 3 - do they face right or left - my clothes all face forward. Am I being surpressed by my parents because of their closet arrangements? Liz Jean Nathan wrote: I maintain the closets. 1. Do you know the direction

[lace-chat] Mayonnaise - was Olive Oil

2004-01-25 Thread David Collyer
Dear Dominique, Thanks for your lovely recipe. I must say the proportions for your French Dressing were a bit different from mine - I use 50% oil and 50% vinegar as the base (Balsamic is nicer). However, I thought you might like to try my Granny's old recipe for what is known here in Australia

Re: [lace-chat] Closet Survey

2004-01-25 Thread David Collyer
Susan Definition: For a garment to face left, the front of the garment must nearer the left wall of the closet than the back of the garment (Left wall is the one nearer your left hand as you stand facing the closet). Reverse for face right). 1. Do you know the direction your garments

[lace-chat] Closet Survey Results (long)

2004-01-25 Thread Webwalker
Thank you all for your help. As one of the 25% who make no effort toward consistency within the closet, this has been educational and fun. I had no idea it could matter so much to so many. This all started due to an off-hand comment within my family. When it grew to the point where a survey

[lace-chat] Dazzling brilliance :-)))

2004-01-25 Thread Jeanette Fischer
This is another old joke but I enjoyed it again. Jeanette Fischer,Western Cape,South Africa. A wealthy old lady decided to go on a photo safari in Africa. She took her faithful pet dachshund along for company. One day, the dachshund starts chasing butterflies and before long the dachshund

[lace-chat] re: closet survey

2004-01-25 Thread Joy Beeson
At 07:23 PM 1/24/04 -0800, Bev Walker wrote: Does anyone have a closet where the rods hang out from the wall and your clothes therefore face you (or, less likely, face the wall...cf. the 5 red shirts observation...g)? The closet under the stairs in my sister's house has rods running from the

[lace-chat] l-c only raffle

2004-01-25 Thread Bev Walker
Hi everyone This is for lace-chat only. I've been going through Stuff, trying to weed out that which I can part with - here is something I'd like to see go to a good home, it is a magazine/booklet instructions and patterns for an 18 soft sculpture doll, whose face can be turned to show waking or

Re: [lace-chat] History through the eyes of kids...

2004-01-25 Thread dora.northern
Thank you for the kid's history. Just what I needed, a good laugh after spending some time in hospital. Please can I have more. Greetings from the knotter Dora UK http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dora.northern To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe

[lace-chat] Happy Australia Day

2004-01-25 Thread Helen Bell
I just want to wish a Happy Australia Day to all the Aussies on the list :-) I have just spent my Australia Day on Australian time, shoveling about 5-6 of snow from my side of the driveway, so I don't have to do it tomorrow morning in 10F temps :-) However, I can look forward to a real Aussie

[lace-chat] Re: Happy Australia Day

2004-01-25 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Jan 25, 2004, at 22:41, Helen Bell wrote: I have just spent my Australia Day on Australian time, shoveling about 5-6 of snow from my side of the driveway, so I don't have to do it tomorrow morning in 10F temps :-) That is most unfair; I am most aggrieved... You can't expect anything else in