Hello all,
I tried to write an article on the above topic, based on some pertinent
inscriptions on lace bobbins and the social status of lace makers during
the 1800s.
To be honest, I feel I am totally out of my depth even though I did take
"The Social and Economic History of En
Uhm, I didn't say that only multiple thread lace is the only form worthy
of the name, or that knit, crochet or any of the other laces are not
'lace'. Most people interpret the word 'lace' as being done with fine
thread (crochet cotton and/or finer) or fine lace yarn, not something
done with
I don't mean that there is no room for the far out artistic in lace
making, and that we should stick to only traditional lace making. But
the conversation started with talking about having lost another well
known lacemaker. I don't know if she was also a designer of patterns
and/or a teacher,
Dear All,
With "mock" fear and trepidation I dare to enter into a contribution
regarding your beloved hobby. (I consider myself just a hanger on!)
My contribution is to certainly encourage younger people into your lace
making skill; but to limit it to what I would call "traditional" lace
Sally
I have seen Bistra's work on the internet. She is amazing. But I don't know
about the others. Can you give us last names? (In case they also have photos
online somewhere).
https://plus.google.com/+BistraPisancheva/posts
Hi All,
Quite a range of techniques we have seen from other places, for example,
knotted needle lace.
Some of her work makes me think of Mimi Dobreva's work I have seen in Lace
Express.
Will look again and hope I can get the subtitles to work. The presentation
techniques are also good - could
From a security point of view, giving last names does not seem like a
great idea. We do not know what safety concerns these lovely lacemakers in
small villages might have. I'd recommend not giving exact locations without
specific permission. Certainly, we should take the privacy
Dear Friends,
Several weeks ago I wrote to ask if anyone knew of Bulgarian bobbin lace
makers. Antje Gonzalez responded, and I followed up on her answer. I have
just returned from a trip to Bulgaria, during which I did indeed meet a
number of lace makers - Bistra, Elgina, Ivanka, Rumjana
I have had someone in the Jacksonville, Florida area contact me looking for
lace makers in that area. Please contact me privately if you live in that area
and would be willing to make contact with this person.
Thank you,
Liz Redford
Raleigh, NC, USA
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Dear Spiders,
Do any of you live in the central Florida area? I have had someone email me
looking for contacts. Please respond to me individually if you live in that
area.
Thank you,
Liz Redford
Raleigh, NC, USA
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I think that modern makers of lace makers lamps do a good job as most follow a
basic design that was published in a Woodwork magazine many years ago. They
combine the candle and the flask in one utility, which to me is a great idea.
I have only ever seen one Historical/Antique that has these two
Boddington wrote:
OK, so where else in the world are we Dutch lace makers hanging out?
I was born not that far from where Anneke lives: Brunssum near Heerlen.
Married an Englishman and moved to UK; rest of family all in the
Netherlands, quite a few still in the south of Limburg.
So groetjes to all my
Bev, this sounds lovely and to hear the sounds of people who do appreciate
the beauty of it is brilliant.
I will have to investigate somewhere that can really make use of a little
something annually, I often wish there was something for them to go towards
helping their appeals for funds but
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I have a question for all of you: What do you do with the lace? Do you
sell it or embellish you linen or clothing?
This year my DD and DIL are getting hand towels with a lace edging as
Christmas gifts. Someone in our guild
Hi Jeanette,
You are not overvaluing your lace. A few years ago I was showing a fellow
seamstress my lace (it was yardage) and her comment was I don't know why
you would spend so much time doing that when you can go and buy lace for $!
a yard at Walmart I knew there was no sense in even
Cindy wrote : I don't know why you would spend so much time doing that when
you can go and buy lace for $! a yard at Walmart
I had a similar instance to that one day when I was demonstrating. One lady
asked if I ever sell my lace and I said no because people don't want to pay
what it is
I have a question for all of you: What do you do with the lace? Do you
sell it or embellish you linen or clothing?
I make lace for gifts for friends who will appreciate it. When I first
started I made a lace owl and put it in a brooch for my daughter. Smeone saw
it in a shop and when she
One of my students *used to* make assorted quick crafts for a local self-help
group. One year they asked her to make them some lace, so she chose some
simple bookmark patterns that she could do in a couple of evenings and made
several. She finished them off in a plastic sleeve with a
Hi All,
I just saw my mistake - it should have read '$1 a yard'.
Cindy
At 02:47 PM 12/11/2007, Malvary J Cole wrote:
Cindy wrote : I don't know why you would spend so much time doing that
when you can go and buy lace for $! a yard at Walmart
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On 12/8/07 7:01 AM, Marin Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a question for all of you: What do you do with the lace? Do you sell
it or embellish you linen or clothing?
If it is just a sample or one of my lessons, I put it in my BL fun book
binder to take to events for show and tell. If
Same here, small pieces are bookmarks given away for gifts, bells and stuff
for decorations for friends and family. I have a couple of bits of lace
decoration on camp clothing as well as all the early class edgings are in
use as picture frames for special photos on one wall indoors.
Have
Hi Sue and everyone
On Dec 10, 2007 8:09 AM, sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have enjoyed being able to make money on two pieces, so was able to send
that to the Shelterbox trust who send out tents and life saving equipment
to
help in disaster zones.
This is an excellent way to use our lace
To the lace makers.
You all are good workers making that type of lace with all those bobbins
hanging around the pillow and the hours spent on doing the beautifull lace. I
know how most of you feel and like Lynne said: I like best, picking up that
piece of lace.
I have a question for all
Hi Arachnes All,
Last week, demonstrating in the Museum in Colchester in Essex, UK, I met a
lady who was on holiday from New York City, and who has mostly taught herself
to make lace, and would welcome meeting any lacemakers in New York City.
I rashly said I was *sure* there must be lacemakers,
to the
Suppliers Fairs, such as the Essex Lace Makers last Sunday - pocket money is
supplemented by parents, to a very great extent, I think!
I don't think we have many of the week-long conventions here in the UK. We
do have week-long courses, and long weekends at residential centres where we
learn laces
In recent postings to Arachne there has been
considerable information pertaining to the ages of US
lace makers, particularly ages of those attending the
IOLI conference.
Being the youngest of my local guild, and generally
one of the younger lace makers (I am not that young,
as my younger son
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