No, no, *please* let's try and persuade U.L. to publish the Art Nouveau PG flowers--if necessary even in preference to the Mechlin book, wonderful as *that* would be.
Some of us can't take courses--I currently can't be away from home for more than a day or two at a time, and in any case if hotel bills are added on to travel costs such things are out of my budget. I learn my lace from books, which works well for me. More to the point, the books are available in libraries for future lacemakers, and their techniques will be as clear in a hundred years as they are now. It would be very sad if the methods U.L. has devised for these patterns (I'm sure they are superb--all her methods are!) were lost again, or only preserved indirectly. Of course, if I should get a chance at her class in this, I'll do my best to go--but I really feel in the long term a book of these patterns would be as worthwhile as it likely will be time-consuming for U.L. to create. The very reasons that it will be a difficult book to do are why it would be perhaps her most important one. With desperation (and also great anticipation), Susan Lambiris Raleigh, NC (where it is hot and sticky, and already feels like midsummer!) At 05:33 AM 5/14/2004 -0400, you wrote: > Re: [lace] Loehr's flowers >Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 11:32:42 +0200 (MEST) >From: "Eva Von Der Bey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [lace] Loehr's flowers >Re Loehr's flowers, best thing first: >"Ice flowers" and "Art Noveau PG Flowers" are not the same story! > >Last december, U.L. showed some of those Mechlin prickings to us, and not >only the prickings, because some of the patterns were worked by participants >of this class I am as lucky as happy to join. >(Two weekends a year - the next two are already fixed - is this a "regular >student"? ) > >Marvelous, stunning - but Mechlin is hard work.. >Nevertheless, with a good share of attention, concentration and patience, >every lacemaker who is fond of these kind of lace and is familiar with the >one or other kind of Flanders lace, will find them a possible task, but >positivly a task. >Yes, and they are monochrome, designed for light colours on darker >background. > >Somehow I remember they are ment to become a book, though I don't remember a >publishing date was mentioned. >"Ice Flowers" certainly will be eye candy like "Schneeverweht" and >"Schwarzarbeit" and "Jagd.." are, even if it's likely that you leave some >patterns unworked. > >The idea for the PG flowers may have been developed while making the mechlin >patterns, but they are different in style. >They are really brandnew, dated 3/04. > >In her usual quest for perfection, she developed some very special ways to >treat the coloured threads (gimp and workers which form the motives), >special beginnings and lots of "magic" with the help of lots of magic >threads. So I doubt these patterns will by available out of class. But this >is only my guess.. > >If you have the chance for this class, take it! Susan Lambiris Raleigh, NC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
