Dear Italian secret pal, Just received your parcel. Thank you for the candles and the thread, they'll come in handy some time!I like the Idrija lace pattern. have you done a course? I haven't learnt how to make it yet, but I'm sure I can do it with the help of a book. What kind of lace do you make? Cantu or torchon, or something else? I know what you mean about not having time!! I work full time and have a husband and house and garden to look after, plus I like doing other things as well, so I always run out of time. I like going to demonstrations and lacemaking weekends so I can concentrate on my lace without guilt!! Yes, I have been to Italy several times, but I have never seen any lace places. I hope I will some time. My parents live in Provence, so it's not far from Italy. DH and I go to Europe every 2-3 years for a holiday, but we spend most of our time with my parents. We do travel to Italy with them sometimes. We were supposed to visit the Dolomites region in 2003, but my husband had a tooth abcess just before we were supposed to leave Melbourne, so we had to postpone our trip for 2 weeks and cancel our Italian trip. Next time, maybe! I'm looking forward to your next parcel! I love postcards of lace and costumes, if you know of any.... When you send a parcel to Australia, can you please put a customs sticker on it to tell customs what is inside, otherwise they open the parcel (they did this time), and maybe things might fall off. You cannot send anything made of skin, rough wood (bobbins are OK :-)), or seeds, plants or anything that could contain germs or small bugs to Australia. Sweets or biscuits are OK, but not sausage, pate, ham, etc...(I'm sure you wouldn't send any of those, but just to give you an example) I'm really puzzled as to who you are! I'm not even sure whether you are English or Italian, your English is so good...Have to wait 5 months to learn!! :-)
All the best, have a nice summer, and thank you again Helene, the froggy from Melbourne Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
