[lace] wedding hanky/baby bonnet

2011-08-18 Thread Sue
I am currently spending an amount of time on most days sewing around my lace to hanky but of course that now brings up another question for you good people. When completed, this one will be 12 inches square. What size would I need to turn a bridal hanky into a temporary baby bonnet in the

[lace] Workshops New Greenham Arts Centre 2012

2011-08-18 Thread Catherine Barley
Pompi Parry has been receiving enquiries from several anxious students as to the arrangements for a second workshop next year, so I thought it would be helpful to post details on Arachne DATES: Tuesday April 17th - Friday April 20th 2012 VENUE; The New Greenham Arts Centre, New Greenham

Re: [lace] wedding hanky/baby bonnet - storage

2011-08-18 Thread Jeriames
Dear Sue, My suggestion would be to roll, or store flat. Many have taken a wonderful set of fine linens out of long-term storage, and had them separate at the pressed creases. Every time you crease fabric, or press creases into it, you weaken the fibers in the creased area. Your

[lace] Antique Pattern Library

2011-08-18 Thread Jean Nathan
I've belonged to this Yahoo group for several years, but have just encountered a problem. The latest scans need Adobe Reader10 - I have version 9 - and so far I haven't managed to install it. It fails at the last stage. When I have time, I'll really have a go at it and see if I can work out

Re: [lace] Re: lace-digest V2010 #432

2011-08-18 Thread J D Hammett
Hi Mary and other Arachnids, Has anybody else downloaded this program? I tried three times and had to un-install it three times as neither Adobe 10, Windows office nor any other program on my computer could open the instructions. It would not work any way I tried it. It kept giving a message

[lace] Calibre e-book organizer

2011-08-18 Thread Debora Lustgarten
Hello all, I use this program and I like it a lot. The user manual/help file can be found on-line here: http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/ You don't need to use other programs to open it or use it. I don't know if it is capable of converting lace files, but it is great with other e-book files.

[lace-chat] Got long hair?

2011-08-18 Thread Jean Nathan
I could sit on my hair up to about age 12. I used to have it in a single plait which was cut off in one piece. The hairdresser asked if she could have it, and like a fool, I said yes. I later found out that she'd sold it, rumoured for hairwork, but I suspect for wigs. As for dying hair. I am

[lace-chat] Murder at Wal-Mart

2011-08-18 Thread Malvary Cole
Tired of constantly being broke stuck in an unhappy marriage, a young husband decided to solve both problems by taking out a large insurance policy on his wife with himself as the beneficiary, and then arranging to have her killed. A 'friend of a friend' put him in touch with a nefarious

Re: [lace-chat] Murder at Wal-Mart

2011-08-18 Thread Bill Linda Mitchell
Priceless, Malvary! Subject: [lace-chat] Murder at Wal-Mart Tired of constantly being broke stuck in an unhappy marriage, a young husband decided to solve both problems by taking out a large insurance policy on his wife with himself as the beneficiary, and then arranging to have her