[lace] Re: lace sitting on pillow

2009-02-13 Thread Alice Howell
No need to be embarrassedYou are NORMAL!!! It is very common to have an unfinished project waiting for many years. I'm currently working on a piece that was on the shelf for almost ten years. At one IOLI Conference, they gave a prize to the person who had an unfinished project, that they

[lace] Toender Lace

2009-02-13 Thread Jane Partridge
In message 20090213034446.0460ff...@fep03.mfe.bur.connect.com.au, David in Ballarat d.collye...@aapt.net.au writes And if by magic here are the pictures of his exquisite Tønder Lace edging for you to admire: http://www.margorsson.com/David_Collyer_Tønder_Gallery.html How come

Re: [lace] My Toender Lace

2009-02-13 Thread Sue
An incredible piece of work. thank you for sharing the ongoing work and now the finished piece. Now we are all looking forward to seeing this piece, Sue T Dear Friends, Today I was able to finally complete my piece of Toender lace which I had commenced on 14 Jan 2007!! I have sent the

[lace] Men making lace

2009-02-13 Thread pene piip
That is absolutely beautiful work, David.Vaga, vaga ilus, as they say in Estonia. And while you are at this web-site click on Men n' Lace at the top of the page, then click on the name Priit Halberg just under David Collyer. Priit is Estonian. Make sure that you also look at his photos on

[lace] Toender Lace Link Found

2009-02-13 Thread David in Ballarat
Thanks Debbie - I've found it now. You wouldn't believe the upset one little pesky Danish slashed O could cause. Here's the link which now works for me. http://www.margorsson.com/David_Collyer_T%C3%B8nder_Gallery.html Thanks again Julian. David Same here. My computer does not recognize that

[lace] Toender tallies

2009-02-13 Thread David in Ballarat
Lorelei, A beautiful piece. the design is interesting. I wouldn't expect leaf tallies and cucumber tallies in English Bucks point. But they have slipped into the Danish version. Very interesting. Has anyone else seen this combination of elements in other Toender pieces? I must confess I

Re: [lace] threads

2009-02-13 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Yes you're right, DMC Cordonnet 100 is very similar in thickness to Broder machine 30 or Bockens 100/2. Finca 40 and DMC Cordonnet/Dentelles 80 are all a little thicker whilst Brok 100 and Finca 80 are both much finer. Brenda On 13 Feb 2009, at 06:30, Lorelei Halley wrote: Hi Can

[lace] Lace Express index

2009-02-13 Thread Jenny Brandis
In 2005 I began my lace making journey and some of you will remember helping me out along the way. One person who inspired me was Jackie Bowhey (dec) of Queensland Australia. Over my first year of lace making Jackie lent me her collection of Lace Express and as a thank you I did up a index for

Re: [lace] Barmen lace, straw work and Victorian Farm

2009-02-13 Thread Sue
These 4 did a previous series which was shown again, so maybe they will. We did record and watch, so that anything missed could be revisited. I asked about Ruths lace which several people mentioned chemical lace. I too enjoyed seeing her working the straw and all the other facest of this

[lace] Spanish catalog

2009-02-13 Thread Jeriames
Dear Lori, Yes, please! It would be nice to have, as so little is available from Spain. Do you need $ now? Jeri In a message dated 2/13/2009 3:05:09 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, lacefa...@roadrunner.com writes: You may want this. Do you want me to get it copied and bound? Here

[lace] Oops! Catalog message was not for Arachne!

2009-02-13 Thread Jeriames
Yes, please! It would be nice to have, as so little is available from Spain. Do you need $ now? Jeri **Nothing says I love you like flowers! Find a florist near you now. (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=floristncid=emlcntusyelp0002) - To unsubscribe send email

[lace] Tonder lace

2009-02-13 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Congratulations David. That is a Beautiful piece fo lace. I hope you bring it to a Lace Day sometime - soon!! We have missed seeing you recently. Regards from Liz in Melbourne lizl...@bigpond.com -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 5.9 million users fighting

Re: [lace] Re: [lace-chat] CROCHET HOOKS

2009-02-13 Thread viv . lace
Dear All This has been a great and timely thread. I'm just about to embark on Vivienne's table cloth pattern and one of the options for joining the pieces is to crochet them together. What size crochet hook would you suggest for Finca 20? Thansk Viv in Worcestershire

[lace-chat] Re: [lace] Bushfire Quilts, and Disaster Relief (v. long)

2009-02-13 Thread Beth Schoenberg
laceandb...@aol.com wrote: For those lacemakers who are also patchwork/quilters, an American who lives in Australia has started a Bushfire Quilt project to make quilts for people who have lost everything in the fires. She has her local quilt group ready to help make up the quilts; I