Gentle Spiders,
Today has been a great day...
First, I got a phone call from Debra Jenny -- The Editor of the IOLI
Bulletin -- to tell me that she's agreed to serve as its Editor for
another two years. Since I think Debra's Editorship is one of the best
things that could have happened to IOLI, that was very good news
indeed.
Second, my silk threads (Au Ver a Soie) for the Montreal class arrived.
I had followed Barbara Joyce's advice and got them from the
Threadneedle Street.
http://www.threadneedlestreet.com/
Since I couldn't, quite, determine what my colour options were, and
since I cared less than usual (I don't plan to use the class piece for
anything; just for practice), I gave a her a rather vague guidance:
"some shade of green for the Alger, and 5 shades of pink/rose, etc
Ovale, to go with it". And she came up trumps; the colours look
luscious together! It's not easy to shop by mail, so when something
works out beyond one's expecttions, it's like a gift :)
Many thanks, Barbara, for the recommendation. I can now recommend the
place too (have already written Denise to thank her).
Third. Energised by those two events, I gathered my courage and
finished the earrings (more wire, folks <g>) for the next Bulletin.
They'd been sitting on my dining-room table for a couple of days,
waiting to have their "hanging loops" made. I came up with yet nother
way of doing that and, although I had tested the method once, I wasn't
sure it was going to work again, never mind twice. But it did...
So... I decided to go for the fourth "piece of candy" :)
I need a _flat_ pillow for the Montreal class. But my only flat pillow,
the beloved wool block one from Germany, is a 24" square which won't
fit into any suitcase. No problem when I'm driving to a workshop -- it
has its own bag to keep it safe -- but definitely a problem when
flying. It needed a new -- smaller -- frame, into which the same
blocks, but in a smaller number, would fit.
I haven't done any woodwork in years, and I was never all that good at
it in the first place, so I have been putting it off and putting it
off. But, with the Montreal trip coming up faster and faster (only a
week before I fly! Yikes!), like some demented Red Queen... The chore
had to be faced. So I took myself off to a combination lumber/hardware
store hoping to get all the necessary ingredients: wood, wood glue
(mine has dried out, through years of disuse <g>) and brads for
re-inforcement. I knew that store had ply-wood remnants, and hoped to
find one of suitable size for the base. Whether they'd have suitable
wood for the sides, I didn't know. But hope springs eternal :)
So, I get in there, and explain what it is I have in mind. The owner
(it's a family-owned place, not a managed franchise) says: "who makes
it? I make it, or you do?" My jaw dropped down to my bust with
surprise, and I stomp on my budding excitement (be still, my heart
<g>), *hard*. "Um"... I say. "It would depend..." I say. "When could
you have it ready?" I ask. "And (now almost rushing the words) how much
would it cost, if you did it?"
He asks some more questions to clarify a few points, measures the
blocks which will go into the frame and says: "Tomorrow morning? 20
bucks? Will it do ya?" Will it do me??? I could have kissed him, if I
hadn't been conscious of propriety :) It'd have been worth at least 50
bucks of aggro to me, _plus_ supplies, to make it myself. And it would
have taken me much longer, too, eating into the time I need for other
things. This is beyond priceless.
So we shake on the deal and he says: "call you tomorrow, nine-ish". I
decide to push my luck... "Not up yet at nine" I say. "When, then?" he
asks. "Ten? Ten-thirty?" I say (they close at noon on Saturdays). He
gives me a wink and says that's when he'll call.
So, OK... so, maybe, I shouldn't get my hopes up too high, just yet...
But he struck me as a professional, so, maybe, maybe, tomorrow I can
tick off _that_ item off my "to do" list too...
--
Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
-
To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line:
unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
