Due to change of ownership of the fairs that were organised by Linda Fountain
we will not be at the Coventry lace fair in September. Due to this we have a
free date on the 4th of September.
KEEP LACING, VIVIENNE, BIGGINS
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I just checked. There are *14* pincushions featured on the site, *and*
two of them (Alix from Luxembourg, and Iris from UK) used plain fabric
(Iris embrioidered hers -- beautiful), not the web and spider that
Pauline'd sent. So... 12, out of a 100 completed their obligations.
deserves...
The
How about this one - a 'scrimshaw' lace bobbin carved by a sailor at sea for
his sweetheart! Really???
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2595550223category=439
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Where do sellers get their ideas from?
Jean in Poole
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Well, my lace is done, but I haven't attached it to the heart yet.
Nancyanne
Browns Mills, NJ, USA
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BRITISH LACE EVENTS IN MAY
Does anyone know of any residential lace courses and/or lace days in the UK
in May?
Great Escapes have a course running on 21st-23rd May with Sandi Woods in
Derbyshire. The URL I have for them doesn't seem to be working, but the
email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Since I joined after the hearts, I didn't get one...However, I fell in love
with the hearts and spiders pattern and have since made a good bit of that
:) Does that count?
Mikki Griffin
Fairbanks Alaska where spring is thinking about it :)
| Well, my lace is done, but I haven't attached it to
Someone has the New Idea No. 2 book by Norma Benporath for sale.
The seller says 1950-1960, yellowed paper, but all there.
I think this is the publication put together during wartime with a
special dispensation from the government to use precious paper
(hence the poor quality paper) as a morale
I've just checked this again, and someone's obviously been in touch with the
seller. The title's changed to Old bone lace bobbin. Compton. bobbin maker
and the descripion is much simpler.
Jean in Poole
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Jean-
This particular idea stems from the knowledge that all bone
items were carved by sailors for their sweethearts, and
that all those sailors were on whalers in 1843.
It's the same knowledge from which we get all that lace that is
indisputably victorian. :-
Vasna
in snowy Boulder, Colorado,
G'day All,
I've been following this thread with some interest, as I sit in both
camps, so to speak.
I have a personal membership to several groups - and even though I don't
have the full benefit of my overseas memberships, to me the most
valuable part is the magazines and newsletters.
My
Once when demonstrating at a craft fair with some of my beautiful old
Midlands type spangled bobbins on the pillow I was told by a very
knowledgeable gentleman spectator that *did I know that the bobbins were
send home by the soldiers to their sweethearts during the war with messages
in code on
I was a proud recipient of one of Pauline's hearts :) I don't think you can
fault everyone for not sending in a picture of the finished cushion with the
promised lace. I, for one, do not have anything with which to take a picture.
My only camera is a cheap point and shoot and the cushions are
I agree with Sharon completely! Not only are some people on
the list unable to get pictures onto Lori's site, but
another compelling fact exists... Many of our members,
unlike Tamara, have one or more of the following
considerations in their lives... a) a full time job, b)
children in the home
Like Christine, I have been lurking - Hi Chris! How is hot and sunny Perth?
Have been reading Noelene's letter about mounting. I usually do three sided
stitch. this is quite secure and takes less time than four sided stitch.
Sometimes I have used three rows of Pin Stitch as described by Elsie
On Feb 11, 2004, at 16:06, sharon wrote:
I was a proud recipient of one of Pauline's hearts :) I don't think
you can
fault everyone for not sending in a picture of the finished cushion
with the
promised lace. I, for one, do not have anything with which to take a
picture.
I think I sent the
I must also confess to not having an edging on my heart pincushion from
Pauline.
I started a black Bucks Point edging on my travel pillow as my
go-to-meeting lace, but there is so much meeting and greeting and chatting
etc at the lace meetings (not to mention the cakes and cookies)that if I put
in
Hi All Spiders,
I have just started a piece of Withof and was discussing it with another
Arachne member who remembered there had been a suggestion on the list of an
alternate way of rolling the edge. I was unsubscribed at the time so could
the spider please e-mail me privately and let me know her
Jennifer,
I wanted to mount a piece of lace and needed it done 1) fast and 2)
securely for an aunt who would want to wash it regularily.
So, I tacked it securely onto the fabric and then sewed it on using the
button hole stich on my sewing machine - fantastic and it is great 2
yeas and many
Must admit that I don't get number 2 - probably refers to American football
rather than English soccer.
Eight Words with two Meanings
1. THINGY (thing-ee) n.
Female...Any part under a car's hood.
Male...The strap fastener on a woman's bra.
2. VULNERABLE (vul-ne-ra-bel) adj
I would be quite happy to be involved with SP, also except for the seemingly
high cost. Although the prezzies seem quite lovely to receive, it is a
rather substantial amount of stuff to have to compile to send to someone,
when often the family doesn't fair that well with overseas shipping costs
As far as the Christmas in July thing, I have heard that it started in the
Blue Mountains in New South Wales, when a bunch of Irish tourists decided
that the snow falling made it look like Christmas. This inspired them to
get the hotel staff to do up the place for an appropriate Christmas meal
Well, Lynn, it was in the Blue Mountains that I first heard of the Christmas in
July celebrationsso maybe it isn't an urban myth.
Nice to finally meet you today at the Stitches and Craft Show!
Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia)
lynn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As far as the Christmas in July
I spent today (another 40c beauty) demonstrating lacemaking at the Stitches and
Craft Fair here in Sydney. It was not as crowded as in previous years, thank
goodness, but my head's still swimming.
I came home to find the power had been off for 3 1/2 hours. Another
three hours passed, and we
Hi everyone
and I forget who included this interesting word mathom: in their message
re gathering gift stuff for secret pal or other purposes - but this is a
new one for me, and must be an old word! I can't find it in any dictionary
of mine then I googled for it, and found it is used (invented?)
I haven't participated in Secret Pals so far, but I've been thinking about
the suggestion that some people might be disappointed with the parcels they
receive and that a limit of, say, 10 dollars per parcel might be an idea.
One possibility for making some people feel disappointed if this was
What a bargain! :-)
Won't fit my dining room table either - way too short.
Seriously, I couldn't tell from the close up of the figure, but was it
really a NL figure or was it more along the lines of richelieu work with
some NL work around the figure. The figure looked to be of cloth - are
my
On Wednesday, February 11, 2004, at 02:31 PM, Jean Nathan wrote:
I believe it was said
a while ago that what we pay for a cup of coffee will buy a complete
meal in
Canada.
Well, not quite unless you consider eating at McDonald's a meal :-) It
is true however, that almost everything in the
Just a quick question. Is that material available on the market? Or was it
specialty material. I would love to have some, I would try my hand at an
edging for it. :)
Lynn
Wfalconsmate
Clarksburg, West Virginia
where it's cold outside and my furnace is on the fritz and the landlords
sick.
From: Jean Nathan
Must admit that I don't get number 2 - probably refers to American football
rather than English soccer.
2. VULNERABLE (vul-ne-ra-bel) adj
Female.Fully opening up one's self emotionally to another.
Male.Playing football without a cup.
Probably a private parts
Dear Secret Pal
Thank you so much for another wonderful parcel which arrived this morning
much to the annoyance of the cat who will insist on sleeping behind the
front door and was rudely awakened by the delivery of the mail which landed
on him.
The contents are just marvellous - the silk is
To my Australian S P
Thank you so much for the package that arrived today. It really did cheer me
up after a stressful day at work.
I had a dragonfly brooch for Christmas and the earrings are a perfect match,
and so pretty. I have not done any bead work so I will enjoy making the bead
dragonfly.
Dragonflies
I'm afraid that Dragonflies generally live longer than a day. Even if you only
count the time spent as an adult. The nymphs live underwater and can take a
number of years to reach maturity. It is not uncommon for adult dragonflies to
live 3 weeks and some may occasionally live for up
Hi Jean and everyone
I haven't checked out wether these are true or not - but then would you
want to?
I definitely wanted to know about this one:
On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament
building is an American flag.
Not true! Of course our $2 bills aren't in
From my step-grandson... Now I wish I had the Photoshop and the time
and knowledge to play with it g
The true art of Photoshop...
otherwise known as someone with too much time on their hands
http://www.annthenwhat.com/photoshopped.html
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Tamara P Duvall
Lexington, Virginia, USA
If you can, go look at this comic which was in the Sunday papers.
http://www.ucomics.com/nonsequitur/2004/02/08/
I had a real good laugh after I asked DH if he did this, he replied
absentmindedly Yes then realized that he wasn't listening to me.
Our 2 sons came downstairs to see why I was
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
Dear Jean, and Lace-Makers,
thank you for the very funny and provocative list.
But I must rise to this one item: Churchill was NOT born in a ladies' loo!
Below I'm quoting from the Blenheim Palace website, at:-
Dear Ruth, and Lace-makers,
A few days ago we were discussing Hot Cross Buns. Now I find that my
local
bakery has Chocolate Chip Hot Cross Buns!Has anyone else come across
this
...um...is it an improvement??Or an abomination??
Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia)
No doubt at all -
I wanted to comment on this as I am a Secret Pal.
I got involved because I wanted to have contact with a lacemaker in another country.
I am so interested in the different countries and learning more about them. Money and
type of gift means nothing to me, I enjoy anything from my secret pal.
Dear Lacemakers,
recently, my next-door neighbour went on holiday to Canada, and has brought
me back a gift of some maple syrup. What is it? Please will anyone suggest
how I might use it? The bottle is labelled Clear Maple Syrup Product of
Quebec and 250mls, but there are no instructions or
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