I think this should go to the Lace List, so am forwarding it. Alice in Oregon
--- Sharon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 10:57:01 -0800 > From: "Sharon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Last week our lace group lost it's longest standing > member. Jean Feely had > started out by being the pillow carrier for her > mother back in 1919 when the > members used to take a row boat over to Denman > Island for lace lessons. > Jean remained a member of the Denman Lace Club for > the rest of her life. > She was a great lady with a wonderful sense of > humour. In her later years, > when her eyesight was failing, she turned to > painting but she still attended > our lace meetings. Personally, I remember best the > meetings we had at her > house. Jean would pull out all the stops by putting > on a fantastic array of > goodies and using her best china..what a lovely > touch :) How many of us > have beautiful china that never comes out of the > cupboard? > Recently Jean turned all her lace supplies over to > the club. Many of the > items reminded us of how difficult it was for old > lacers to get supplies. > For prickings, if a member was going to the > Mainland, that member would buy > pieces of lace (I have a catalogue from that time > for a company that sold > "real lace") and the lacers would trace the design > and make their own > prickings from the purchased lace. The bobbins were > locally made but very > fat and coarse since the turners had never seen the > genuine article. It > wasn't until several decades later that the club > members learned to make > anything other than torchon lace, there just wasn't > the opportunity, but > they stayed together and when the mines closed down > and some had to leave > they took their lacemaking enthusiasm with them and > started new groups in > British Columbia. Jean saw all this and had kept > albums with all the news > over the years. She will be missed for her humour > and "lacey" stories. > Sharon on Vancouver Island > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
