Happy New Year Diana
I've been following with interest the posts about Miss Channer's mat and
wonder if it might be a good idea to contact Tricia Bury, as she might
possibly know a little more of the history relating to the pricking(s)?
Fond Regards
Cathy
Catherine Barley Needlelace
I've just noticed that on the bottom of my pricking of Miss Channer's mat is
printed Pricking adapted by Patricia Bury from an earlier copy in her
collection
There certainly are equally/more challenging Buck Point patterns. Just one is
in Fine Buckinghamshire Point Lace Patterns Belonging to the
Something for us all to think about when making a will I guess. My own
family know nothing about lace and would probably just throw out any design
sketches/samples that I had worked, so maybe I should put them all in a
folder with a note to say that I would be happy for them to be made
I also have one of Alex Stillwells books which goes through stages of
explanation and pattern building, reading, understanding. It is a lovely
book and if I had more time to spend on Bucks I would have achieved several
masterpieces by now:-) I have achieved some pretty minor pieces though.
Oh yes, very nice book. Just got it for Christmas.
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK
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Subject: Re: [lace] continueing on with Miss Channer
I can second (third?) the praise for Alex Stillwell's books on Bucks, but I
want to be sure that it is clear, in answer to the original query, that there
are two books, the first on Geometric Bucks Point and a second on Floral
Bucks. The second builds on the first, so you need to get the first
Just an idea, but I'll bet that MS Visio would be good for tatting diagrams.
It has a good interface for handling arcs and curves once you get the knack of
it, and you can make your own library (stencils) of motifs.
Nancy
Connecticut, USA
From: Ruth Budge
I agree the two books on Bucks Point lace by Alex Stillwell are the best
books to learn form. They are so well organised that it is possible to work
the patterns without a teacher - although a teacher does help.
You do need the Geometric Book as well as the Floral Book as the Floral book
does
Sorry, Yahoo added some extra characters to that link to Alex Stillwell's books.
this should work: http://alexstillwell.wordpress.com/books/
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And I would agree with you, Alex's books, both the Geometrical and Floral Bucks
Point books are ideal for anyone wanting to learn and work Bucks point. There
are not only clear pictures of the lace projects which are in both the books,
there are also clear diagrams and written instructions as
It will be a while before I can afford the new book, unfortunately, but
in the meantime if anyone decides to have a go at the overlapping gimp
rings in Chapter 14 of the first book, and hasn't got either the Spring
2010 Canadian Lacemaker Gazette or Lace No. 141 (January 2011) to refer
to,
Hi All, I'm glad others remembered to mention other beautiful Bucks
patterns. I remember that from previous discussions. The URL someone
sent to the Poole Bobbin Lace site didn't work for me, this one might, I
just took it from the site.
http://www.cyberlink.co.uk/pblc/cope.htm
The Bishop's
Since Alex is on the list can she please email me privately. I am interested in
her books. Thank you muchly...keep the discussion going I am enjoying the read.
Sherry
New York, USA
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Can anyone on the list give me some advice please? I've just finished
scanning all the pages from my book Needlelace Designs and Techniques, which
are in numerical order on my computer. However, having loaded them all onto a
disc, some appear to have jumped out of sequence! It would seem that
Subject: RE: Channer Mat
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 08:59:41 -0700
Lace Fairy has two mats for view. One is Miss Channer's original and the
other done by Janice Savage.
http://lace.lacefairy.com/Lace/Gallery/Channersmat.htm
Rosemary
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Hi Rosemary et all.
Not sure which I prefer. The lower photo looks more dense than the top one.
I do have the later pattern and pricking, and one lady in our lace group
worked it about 2 years ago in 6 months or so!
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK
Lace Fairy has two mats for view. One is Miss
Thank you for sharing this link, Rosemary, and hello everyone.
Certainly both mats are incredible, beautifully made works.
As a design though, I notice the florals aren't as pleasingly placed in the
composition as they could have been, which I find detracting. I keep trying
to 'place' them. Agree
There is also a very pretty picture of Miss Channers Mat on the Poole Bobbin
lace Circle site as well
here is the link for that.
http://www.cyberlink.co.uk/pblc/mat.htm
Sue T
Dorset UK
Hi All, I'm glad others remembered to mention other beautiful Bucks
patterns. I remember that from previous
I think that Jean has just told us where to go for information on copyright of
the pricking. If it has been adapted by Pat Bury then the copyright will have
started for that pricking, with her. She may have sold it to Ruth Bean, or
licensed it to her but this should be, as others have said,
Liz writes:
I think that Jean has just told us where to go for information on
copyright of the pricking. If it has been adapted by Pat Bury then the
copyright
will have started for that pricking, with her. She may have sold it to Ruth
Bean, or licensed it to her but this should be, as
Liz wrote:
I think that Jean has just told us where to go for information on copyright
of the pricking. If it has been adapted by Pat Bury then the copyright will
have started for that pricking, with her. She may have sold it to Ruth Bean,
or licensed it to her but this should be, as others
Patricia Bury doesn't have email, unless things have changed since last
summer.
Eve
Poole, Dorset, UK
On 05/01/2014 19:10, dmt11h...@aol.com wrote:
Does anyone have contact information for Patricia Bury?
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Just for the record, neither of the 2 pictures of Miss Channer's Mats is
mine, even though I did send a picture of it.
The top one is from the Poole Bobbin Lace circle and the lower one is
made by Diana Smith.
Janis Savage
On 2014/01/05 06:19 PM, Rosemary Horr
Hi Robin,
I use Lace8 on my MacBook Pro. I have something called VisualBox
which brings up the Windows desktop and I can access Lace8 through it. Some
things are a little temperamental at times but with help, I have managed to
use it. I think I use the fn key and delete at the same time to
It is probably quite true that there are other, equally difficult, perhaps
more beautiful large pieces of point ground lace out there, but when you
say, Miss Channer's Mat, many, many people in the bobbin lace world know
what you're talking about. Making Miss Channer's Mat is something of a
A friend's granddaughter is getting married in September, and thinking of
wearing the Brussels Lace veil, which has been worn by 50 or so brides in
the family. So it has been brought out for inspection, and a jagged edge
tear discovered in it.
I was sent photos today to see what I thought
Hi, my thought is to do a sprig lace in Honiton lace or similar and
appliqué over the tear.
Joan in stormy Ontario
On Sunday, January 5, 2014, Sue Babbs wrote:
A friend's granddaughter is getting married in September, and thinking of
wearing the Brussels Lace veil, which has been worn by 50 or
The net isn't torn, it looks as if its been chewed. Â How on earth did it
happen. Â Or was it speared by a stiletto heel.
I agree with Joan that appliquéd sprigs (plural) are one way to go.  As the
damage is in from the edge a way they'd need to use more than one, balanced
either side of
Does anyone know of anyone who does lace repairs?
It's not my field of expertise, and this big a tear looks daunting. They
have now confirmed that it is a quarter (not the dime that I was told it
would be) and thus even bigger than I thought
Sue
On Jan 5, 2014, at 6:38 PM, Sue Babbs
I seem to remember posts in the past saying that there are professionals
in ?Bruges who can repair lace like this - as with you, I don't think
I'd fancy trying. If that isn't an option, it is difficult to tell
exactly where on the veil the tear is - could a bit of cotton net be
stitched behind
Anybody Can Mend is most certainly still in print — thanks for asking!
It is available both on my website, www.LaceMerchant.com, and on my ebay sales
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All my books should remain in print forever, thanks to digital printing!
Elizabeth
On Jan 5, 2014, at 6:53 PM,
Hi Sue and fellow Arachnids,
What a shame the veil is damaged and shame on the bride who put it away
without admitting and dealing with it. However, that is water under the
bridge. Have you thought of asking the Lace Guild, the London School of
Needlework? Or maybe one of the museums which
From: Sue Babbs suebabbs...@gmail.com
Subject: [lace] Torn veil - help needed
A friend's granddaughter is getting married in September, and thinking of
wearing the Brussels Lace veil, , and a jagged edge
tear discovered in it.
I describe how to repair net in my âSalex
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