Some time ago I was also searching for a local source of laminate film. I
found a kind of film for sticking on windows (I never knew anybody did that!).
If you look through all the pages on this site, you will find several solid
colors. It is a U.S. source. I never bought any because a 49.5
Found some others, now that I know what to call it.
http://www.windowtint.com/Blue-Matte-Window-Film.html
http://www.windowtint.com/Blue-Car-Film.html
Lorelei
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In the UK readily available means you go to a specialist supplier for what
you want. Outlets like Asda (Walmart) only carry goods that will sell quickly,
and blue film isn't one of them. They might sell self-adhesive shelf covering,
but what I've seen in my local Wilko is opaque and patterned, so
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Subject:
[lace] Blue film, etc
In the UK readily available means you go to a
specialist supplier for what
you want. Outlets like Asda (Walmart) only carry
goods that will sell quickly,
and blue film isn't one of them. They might sell
self-adhesive shelf covering,
but what I've seen in my local
] Blue film
Could you photocopy the pricking on blue paper, and cover with the clear
film?
I too have used the highlighter method to make my pattern colored but would
prefer blue film...
FWIW I don't care for the blue film at all, and usually work on a white
paper pricking that I've covered
Dear Friends,
It is not always necessary to use blue film on a pricking. I photocopy onto
blue card and do not cover it with film. I find the film too shiney when
making lace.
I have always bought the cheap shiney blue film from the newsagents
or the Reject Shop for about AUD $1 a roll. These
Apparently blue film is widely available in England. Here it is totally
unavailable from all but a single supplier who does not sell it by the roll,
but rather in small pieces. I am grateful that the supplier does, in fact,
go to a lot of effort to buy this film from England, as it seems
Wouldn't it be simpler in the USA simply to persuade the teacher to print
the pattern on blue paper or card, and then you could use clear film?
My personal preference when working with white thread is orange card. I've
been converted!
Sue Babbs (in Northfield, IL)
suebabbs...@gmail.com
I agree with Devon that copying the pricking onto colored card is a good
approach, but will only work if your printer doesn't chew up the card, or if you
can convince the local Staples store that you aren't infringing on copyright
when you want something copied when it has a copyright mark on it
My printer doesn't chew up card and I have never had an argument about
copyright in a copy center in the US. But, I haven't visited a copy center in
about 15 years because excellent home printers are widely available in the
US, whereas blue film is as rare and costly as Beluga caviar.
If
This is the way it has always been done in South Africa and I always thought
it was standard pratice!!! I have actually changed to orange paper after
seeing all the Spanish lacemakers working on orange background and the
threads are more visible.
Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa.
If
It seems like the way to resolve this is to get the teachers to change their
habits.
Jill
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Surely a tutor should have a supply of this blue film available for students
to purchase from her if she expects them to use it, knowing that it is not
available in the US. From whom and where does she purchase her own
supplies?
Catherine Barley
UK
Catherine Barley Needlelace
In Spain it is also difficult to find blue film. It is sold in lace
meetings and is very expensive. I also agree with Devon that we should
print on blue paper. It is easy to print the pattern in our home printer.
We do not need to print on cardboard, because we can put cardboard under
the blue
Hi,
Blue film is readily available in the US. The major lace suppliers all carry
it. If you want a size different from the pre-cut size, most of them will
happily sell you whatever size piece you want. Â The price is higher than it
used to be because of the cost of postage from Europe to the
There is no absolute rule that you have to use blue film!
I gave up years ago, and went back to the traditional method of pricking
the pattern onto (glazed manilla) pricking card, then marking in the
pattern markings I need (and after a few years' experience you don't
need to mark everything,
Susie writes:
The company that used to import the Form X film stopped doing so about 10
years ago when demand dropped as the graphic arts industry began
digitizing.
From that I conclude that about 10 years ago it became so easy to print
things on colored paper in the US that it didn't
I noticed it listed as a lace supply on the Kenmare lace website yesterday.
You might want to check it out.
Sherry
New York, USA
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Hi All,
Someone gave me a pad with lots of different colours in it. I have
successfully used this paper with pattern copied on to it and then laminated.
Have a machine left over from my Guide Leader days.
Laminating pouches are available in Stationery stores and the Post Office in
Australia and
Could you photocopy the pricking on blue paper, and cover with the clear
film?
I have a home printer that will not feed heavy paper, let alone cardstock. Not
a problem. I print out on regular-weight paper in the colour of my choice, then
cut a piece of thin card (manila folders are good) that
In the past, my lace group in the USA has imported a full roll of blue film
from Europe and re-sold it to the members in small sections. At the time, we
had the help of a friend in Europe who got the roll and brought it to us.
We
are in need of another roll. I've been searching on the web for a
I always get my blue film from SMP Lace (http://www.smplace.co.uk/index.htm
).
They sell a 10 meter roll for £36.00. If someone from the US is going to
the
National Christmas Lacemakers Fair in early December, perhaps they could
pre-order it, bring it back to the US and then send it to you?
I too have spent many hours looking for blue film in vain. In an effort to
make my blue film last longer and go farther, whenever I do a project at
home, I use my photocopy/scanner to copy the pattern onto a blue paper, or
else even a colored card and cover it with clear matte film
Hello Alice and everyone
Just a thought - check out the apps offerings for your particular tablet? I
found one on google-play specific for 'book inventory' and inexpensive.
I worked some basic Cantu from the Italian video using a bolster pillow and
the Cantu bobbins - it all felt 'right' - have
I have been using an App for my android mobile phone called Book Catalogue
by Evan Leybourn for some time. It uses the camera in the phone to scan
the barcode, which then automatically searches the internet for that book,
and places all details of it, including a thumbnail of the cover and a
I've just checked the exported CSV file of my lace book catalogue. It
opened immediately in Excel, and has 40 columns of data!
Noelene in Cooma
nlaffe...@ozemail.com.au
I have been using an App for my android mobile phone called Book Catalogue
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I paid the grand sum of about £2.49 for the iPad app of 'My Library' which lets
me scan bar codes in and save the inventory to my drop box account then pick it
up on my iPhone.
I've used excel and MS a access databases but I like the low cost of this and
the fact I can pick it up on both my
Devon and the gentle spiders,
I have, in the past bought this off the peg from good stationers and ordered it
specially from art suppliers.
I've also found it in ebay a couple of times under art supplies and stationery.
In the UK the proprietary name for this is fablon or as it was always
Wow - that sounds great. I'm off to look for it.
Karen in Malta
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Oh, that sounds nice. Now I really wish I made the bar code column I will
have to check to see if it works on Nook or on HP Touchpad.
Susie
Morris, Illinois.
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I paid the grand sum of about £2.49 for the iPad app
11:14 AM
To: lace@arachne.com
Subject: [lace] Blue film
Another lacemaker I used to know traveled with a
blue highlighter and would color the white pattern with it so that she
could then use the clear matte film.
Nonetheless, I would still like to have a tube of the blue film if anyone
Could you photocopy the pricking on blue paper, and cover with the clear
film?
I too have used the highlighter method to make my pattern colored but would
prefer blue film...
FWIW I don't care for the blue film at all, and usually work on a white
paper pricking that I've covered with matte
Hi All,
Not sure where Joanne Scowcroft (supplier, Josco Lace) gets hers from, but
obtaining blue, matt film is not a problem to Australians.
Mary Carey
Campbelltown, NSW, Australia
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Hi Alice,
On 20/11/2013 6:42 AM, Noelene Lafferty wrote:
I have been using an App for my android mobile phone called Book Catalogue
by Evan Leybourn for some time.
I agree wholeheartedly with Noelene. I also have an android
mobile, Samsung, and use the Book Catalogue. Very handy when
re: laminatefor pricking.
Around school time I have found a blue film but it was tectured a bit and to
dark for my likeing.
The laminate we use is actually clear shelf liner with a sticky back.
Susie
Morris, Illinois
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Hello All! When I was checking out www.needlelace.com for the Stitch of the
Month, I happened across her supplies tab found blue matte film! Looks
like it might have a grid on it?? Hope this helps the needlelace experts. I
don't know Doreen Holmes but I sure like her SOTM feature!
are shrinking..
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Subject: [lace] blue film for needlelace
Hello All! When I was
checking out www.needlelace.com for the Stitch of the Month, I happened
across her
If you cannot find the matt film just buy the cheap shiny stuff and rub all
over with a pan scrub to take the shine off,hey presto matt film.
Sue M Harvey
Norfolk U.K.
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The last time I looked, the blue film from Europe was available from main lace
suppliers in the USA, like Van Sciver and Lacy Susan. Browse your favorite
suppliers' webpages.
It's available from some European suppliers but shipping is quite a bit since a
roll is heavy. I bought a roll some
I do use blue cardstock and clear contact paper for my bobbin lace and I have
used blue sticky back film from our vendors but I don't think it was ever as
dark blue as the kind Catherine uses. I will have to look out for some. At
present I draw my needle lace patterns on clear plastic with
, in East Sussex, UK.
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Subject: Re: [lace] Blue film
I do use blue cardstock and clear contact paper for my bobbin lace and I
have
used blue sticky back film from our vendors but I don't think it was ever as
dark blue as the kind Catherine uses. I
I use blue film on my prickings because I print them on an inkjet printer
and the ink isn't waterproof. I notice in the group I attend on Monday that
people who use it attach the blue film to their prickings in different ways.
I always wrap mine round the edges to the underside. Some just
Years ago (pre heat laminator days) I was shown how to 'laminate' a
piece of paper with clear film.
Cut the film to about an inch bigger all round. Place the paper face
up on a table, preferably formica or similar surface and stick the edge
of the film to the table just above the top of the
Hello Sue
The problem is probably because you are using photocopies. Almost all
photocopiers are set to print just very slightly narrower than wide (or
is it the other way around?) because the powers that be think that is
a good thing in that it reduces the chances of loosing something very
Jean
I always wrap mine round the edges to the underside. Some just stick
a piece over the pricked area of the card and leave an uncovered
border round the edges. Others stick the film so it covers most of
the card and then trim the edges of the card and film, so the film
reaches right the
Dear Betty Ann,
One can buy contact paper without the shine and that works well.
Yes indeed. But the shiny one is dirt cheap at every supermarket -
less than $1 a roll for us - and it goes a loong way!! Personally
I prefer blue for white thread, and green for black.
All you need do
I usually print my patterns directly onto light blue cardstock. I then put a
piece of clear film over the top and cut the cardstock down on my paper cutter
leaving a margin around the pricking.
I had a large packet of this light blue cardstock which I finally ran out of
about a year ago
I prefer pricking card for my patterns and have an excellent Canon copier that
copies onto the card without any distortion of the dots. When I learned
lacemaking, we drew all the gimp lines onto the pricking card after pricking
through the paper pattern.
I still use pricking card if it is a
We don't have a Staples in our town so I will have to look for one next time I
am out and about. Thanks for the tip.
Janice
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Dear Janice,
I got my last light blue card stock at Staples office supply. I have quit
dealing with our
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Dear Janice,
I got my last light blue card stock at Staples office supply. I have quit
dealing with our local OfficeMax because their shop just isn't what it used to
be.
Happy Lacemaking,
Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia who is looking forward to returning to Illinois,
I always used blue film and ended up sticking it on crooked or with
creases in it I now copy onto blue or green paper and laminate it, if it
is only going to be used once there is no need to pre-prick which is an
added bonus for me.
Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK
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In the summer I discovered book covering vinyl in Walgreen's, in the back to school
section. (It is made by
Kittrich). I have been using it on the patterns for the group I teach at the local
school and it seems to work
as well as the blue film. It cost me about $3 for a pack of four rolls each
Well golly you guys, Thank you for responding so quickly, tomorrow is payday,
yeah so I can go shopping.
Lynn
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Dear Lacemakers,
film you guys are talking about is. And where would you get it? I am
using grid
paper with scotch tape all over it.
Yes, Lynn, when I started, that's what I did. Well, I suppose I learned
from the experience, and it wasn't all negative.
And Clay, I've been through
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