re: [lace] pens and plastic for prickings

2004-05-29 Thread Bev Walker
Hi Weronika and all If you can't get contact paper right away, put the pricking into a sheet protector (student supply places should sell sheet protectors?). Trim away excess and pin to pillow through the plastic/pricking paper layers. Sheet protector plastic isn't as durable as contact paper, so

[lace] Re: Visit to Belguim

2004-05-29 Thread Liduina
Hello Jean, There are two interessant exhibitions in Brussels at that moment, one in the Musée du Costume et de la Dentelle (http://www.brussels-online.com/uk/ville.php?spartie=Cultural+activities clik on MUSEE DU COSTUME, or http://www.brucity.be/artdet.cfm?id=91nLanguage=1, but this one is only

Re: [lace] Wedding Bobbins

2004-05-29 Thread linda . walton
Quoting Adele Shaak [EMAIL PROTECTED]: (snip) Never mind that there's little evidence that bobbin lacemaking even existed in medieval times, (snip) Quoting Jean Barrett [EMAIL PROTECTED]: (snip) I think that any writing that mentions 'lace ' and 'medieval' in the same context needs more

re: [lace] pens and plastic for prickings

2004-05-29 Thread linda . walton
My personal solution is to get the pattern photocopied on to coloured paper, cut it to size, then have it laminated - all at my local copy shop. As the lamination is just heat-sealing in very thin plastic, there's no glue to worry about. Also, you can choose whatever colour of paper suits

Re: [lace] Wedding Bobbins

2004-05-29 Thread Adele Shaak
Just on this one point - I've noticed that many historians who specialise in Modern History will count the English Medieval period as ending at the accession of James I; that is, at the end of the Tudor dynasty. My Oxford reference dictionaries define the medieval period as being from the 5th to

Re: [lace] pens and plastic for prickings

2004-05-29 Thread Steph Peters
On Fri, 28 May 2004 23:25:40 -0700 (PDT), Bev wrote: Personally I don't like pinning through adhesive and I just use a photocopy of the pattern, over a piece of card, all pinned to the pillow. Lately for getting a sample done quickly, I've even dispensed with the card - easier to pin through

[lace] happy dance !!

2004-05-29 Thread Sue Babbs
Forgive me for this message, but I am so excited! I just have to share this with someone!! I've just received a letter from the Lace Guild telling me that one of my entries for Myth or Mystery - a miniature sampler roseground book based on the nursery rhyme Ring a Ring o' Roses - has won a

RE: [lace] happy dance !!

2004-05-29 Thread Clay Blackwell
Congratulations, Sue!! I think you have every reason to be happy dancing, and I've just done a turn with you!! Clay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've just received a letter from the Lace Guild telling me that one of my entries for Myth or Mystery - a miniature sampler roseground

re: [lace] pens and plastic for prickings

2004-05-29 Thread Clay Blackwell
This brings to mind the solution suggested when this subject was last on the list (two years ago, maybe?) There are little devices sold in craft shops which laminate anything you want (within reason, of course!), and while the cost might seem steep at first glance, if you use it strictly for

[lace] Re: happy dance !!

2004-05-29 Thread Joy Beeson
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[lace-chat] Kids Humour

2004-05-29 Thread David Collyer
Things I've learned from my Children (honest no kidding): 1. A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2000 sq. ft. house 4 inches deep. 2. If you spray hair spray on dust bunnies and run over them with roller blades, they can ignite. 3. A 3-year olds voice is louder

Re: [lace-chat] Re: Arrangement of dates

2004-05-29 Thread Lorri Ferguson
I have a strong suspicion -- Weronika? -- that Poland is now aping the custom (along with many others). When I was growing up, the dates were not only written in the day, month, year sequence (the logical progression from the smallest to the largest unit), but the month was written in

Re: [lace-chat] Re: Arrangement of dates

2004-05-29 Thread Weronika Patena
On Sat, May 29, 2004 at 09:19:06AM -0700, Lorri Ferguson wrote: I have a strong suspicion -- Weronika? -- that Poland is now aping the custom (along with many others). I've never heard the month/day/year version before coming to the US, so no. Sometime after I left, the month began to

[lace-chat] Fwd: [lace] Wedding Bobbins

2004-05-29 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Begin forwarded message: From: Brenda Paternoster [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 29 May 2004 20:06:49 BST To: Adele Shaak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [lace] Wedding Bobbins On 29 May 2004, at 18:45, Adele Shaak wrote: Just on this one point - I've noticed that many historians who specialise in Modern

[lace-chat] Re: Arrangement of dates

2004-05-29 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On May 29, 2004, at 12:19, Lorri Ferguson wrote: Tamara, How was it arranged when spoken? We say 'May 28, 2004', would you have said '28th of May, 2004? Dwudziestego osmego maja, dwa tysiace cztery (or: dwa tysiace czwartego roku), Lorri Ferguson napisala (on the 28th of May, two thousand and