hi there and to see how superb tallies can be , you really should go to Brioude ; it's quite near Le Puy . they are famous for using leaves in all their works and coloured leaves in their latest ones . i remember seeing the most exquisite coasters for sale with loads of pretty red tallies. didn't buy them because they were too expensive for me but i really wished i had taken more money with me .... and the museum is very interesting . there's lace in all the shops in Le Puy and a good part of it is handmade since it's part of the stocks of the ancient lace merchants. watching all these vintage laces you'll see that your tallies are not worse than the tallies the lacers of old used to make ... lol ... they had to earn money and didn't undo when they made mistakes as someone said here a few days ago .... now of course you may never hade made tallies but then it will encourage you to have a go ..... i quite like making tallies though the first ones i made looked like russian church steeples ... bulbous ...... lol ...
If you go to Normandy you should try and have an appointment with M. Le Delezir in Courseulles, the owner of the museum . He's getting old now but he's so interesting and his laces are stunning .... you could ask Michel Bouvot about it . don't have his mail adress but it must be on his site : http://blondecaen.chez.tiscali.fr/esom.htm and of course there's Retournac , the only french lace museum that's using modern communication techniques !! ..... they really are worth visits and support. http://www.ville-retournac.fr/musee/anglais/indexang.htm i forgot : the museum in Chantilly (le musee du patrimoine i think ), near Paris this time, is also very interesting . quite small but with beautiful laces when i last went there two or three years ago and good explanations on how the huge shawls were made .. and there's an oddity : a dress that can't be moved nor cleaned .. the lace is falling into pieces because of age and bad conservation. I don't know the english for the state of the silk . in french we say it's been "cooked" by the light of day. dominique from Paris. soooo hot . it's been around 32C for a week .... and last night was warm ... aaaargh ! ... it's only cool mornings that enabled me to survive .... i'm dreaming of a white christmas ... lol ... - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
