Re: [lace] Lace trimmed shoes

2012-03-02 Thread J D Hammett
Hi Arachnids, Nice to see lace on shoes. BUT; help! I want a parachute! Happy lace making. Joepie in East Sussex, UK, where we have a peasouper fog at present. -Original Message- From: Brenda Paternoster Subject: [lace] Lace trimmed shoes Have a look at this for a fashion

Re: [lace] Lace trimmed shoes

2012-03-02 Thread Clay Blackwell
I was at a wedding last weekend where nearly all the young women were wearing those atrocities (shoe style, not the lace!) and a few 40-something's with the Demi Moore Syndrome were also staggering around in them. I know their feet will give them serious problems way earlier than usual, but of

RE: [lace] Lace trimmed shoes

2012-03-02 Thread Sue
Love them, love them, love them, only wish I could still wear them, ah! Sue M Harvey Norfolk Uk Subject: [lace] Lace trimmed shoes - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

Re: [lace] Lace trimmed shoes

2012-03-02 Thread Adele Shaak
Hi Clay and everybody else: Some years ago a woman from Singapore (I think) came to my needle arts guild and brought her hand-embroidered shoes for Show 'n Tell. I thought they'd be like Sherlock Holmes' persian slippers, but no, they were proper professionally made leather-soled 2 heels.

Re: [lace] Lace trimmed shoes

2012-03-02 Thread Sue Babbs
By August, I should have a much better idea about shoemaking, as the inter-disciplinary group (Women's Journeys in Fiber) to which I belong has assigned shoes as our project for this year. Last year's theme was aprons, and was the first year I had time to belong to the group. Next week our

Re: [lace] Lace trimmed shoes

2012-03-02 Thread Clay Blackwell
I know it is available, but I'm not sure exactly where. In needlepoint shops everywhere, they have painted canvases which can be made into slippers or shoes after being worked. I suspect that it's a matter of finding a cobbler who does more than just replacing heels and soles. I just did a

Re: Re: [lace] Lace trimmed shoes

2012-03-02 Thread Clive Betty Rice
I recall many years ago in our couuntry county in Virginia, the Home Demonstration Club had a class? project? or whatever that they were covering opera pumps with fabric. My mother had had polio so couldn't wear pumps but did cover a pair of her old ladies comforts. It was a situation of sanding

Re: [lace] Lace trimmed shoes

2012-03-02 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Yes, there are courses - in London, San Francisco and Melbourne - but not exactly cheap!. Have a look at the Prescott and Mackay website http://www.prescottandmackay.co.uk/ then click on the shoemaking section - and look at the video. Although there's no lace being used I'm sure it could be!

Re: [lace] Lace trimmed shoes

2012-03-02 Thread Clay Blackwell
I also spotted a course offered in Cincinnatti, Ohio (USA). Clay Sent from my iPad On Mar 2, 2012, at 7:56 PM, Brenda Paternoster paternos...@appleshack.com wrote: Yes, there are courses - in London, San Francisco and Melbourne - but not exactly cheap!. - To unsubscribe send email to

[lace-chat] Gillardand her spin

2012-03-02 Thread Jean Nathan
Seems it's typical of politicians everywhere. What you'd get in the UK is The real question is .. following by As I've already said . Does any politician anywhere actually answer the question they've been asked? I doubt it. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK To unsubscribe send email