In a message dated 12/10/04 1:22:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> At the moment the Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth collection is unavailable to be > viewed because it is being catalogued. They have received a lottery grant to > help get all the items in the collection catalogued. All the quilts have been > done and there is now a CD on sale with pictures of the quilts. It is hoped > to have everything done by October 2005. The house is open to the public > between Easter and the end of October each year and there are a few rooms with > some of Rachel’s collection on display. Please do not try to see the collection > yet because it is unavailable and there are very few people doing the job. > They get upset at having to turn people away but it must be finished. > > If anyone is interested in hearing more from time to time I can keep you > informed. > > Dear Dianne, YES! Thank you so much for this updated report. I hope, some day, to return to Gawthorpe. It won't be soon, as the cost of travel from here to there precludes that. Instead, I buy books (even though they have gone up in price to about two-times the American dollar once the postage is added). What I wanted to write about is the CD of the quilts. This type of product is not as permanent as a book. I hope there will be books about the collection? Recently, a large collection of samplers in Haslemere, England, was reviewed in a embroidery magazine. A CD-Rom for $89. I would not order for my library because it will degrade over time, equipment for viewing will change, etc. Many of us are not going to keep buying equipment, and we will not know about the time-damaged CD's until after the damage has happened. I already resent having to replace a computer every few years. While Arachnes will quibble about CD's, please let's not get off the topic of lace and how best to bring it to students. I do not think any CD can make that claim, and I do not want CD's to "take over" as source materials or as a topic of discussion (again) on Arachne. Rest assured, I'll not be reading memos about CD's. It's a waste of effort to convince me. Just like the fact that natural fibers have withstood the test of time, books have done so if printed on proper paperstock. I am still referring to a needlework book given to me 55 years ago. It even still has the paper jacket! Dianne, is the 42-page booklet about Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth by Canon G. A. Williams still available? I think there are people on Arachne who would love to read about this remarkable woman who was so involved in the beginning years of the Girl Guide movement and The Embroiderers' Guild. The last photo in the booklet is of Rachel K-S "With students at Gawthorpe". She is shown at a lace pillow, with three young women. If the booklet is available, perhaps you could gather purchasing info and put it on Arachne? "Cherish the Past, Adorn the Present, Create for the Future" - from the cover of the booklet. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace & Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
