You asked what we would do. Here is my husband's horrified reply to your question. Actually you'd do nothing because you are too nice (believe me he's wrong - it would have ended with blood but ...). You would not have said anything but I would have. I know how much time and effort goes into your work and for them to have done that (and in muttering as he left room to get lunch ..... muttering continues as he comes back ....) I'd have told them in no uncertain terms .... (muttering continues as he goes out back door). He has also suggested that you should name and shame the event and it's a pity you don't know who the people are to name and shame them. I am very loathed to take out any of my good bobbins to shows these days after a friend had her bobbins cut from her pillow at a large open lace day some 10 years back. I have 40 or so pairs of cheap (ok relatively cheap) bobbins with unsentimental spangles on them that I use for demo. We were looking at the pillow I'm working on at the moment which has over 70 pairs on it and the average cost of each bobbin and spangle is £18. This pillow goes out to our group evenings but I wouldn't take it to a big event as when I worked out the cost of that pillow it was staggering. The pillow is exceptionally wide block pillow from SMP plus the bobbins (all Chris Parsons ebony and pewter, Stuart Johnson bone and Sarah Jones painted with a few Janet Retter and others) the cost of that pillow with the bobbins is just a little over £2,600. Yes, you are talking about a collection of bobbins built up over 20 years and these aren't all my most expensive! You could just spit blood couldn't you. BTW hubby has just come back and is still muttering about 'don't they understand the amount of work that goes into it .... '
Kind Regards Liz Baker thelace...@btinternet.com My chronicle of my bobbins can be found at my website: http://thelacebee.weebly.com/ --- On Sat, 12/2/11, Carol <nestalace.ca...@btopenworld.com> wrote: <snipped> I asked her not to touch, when the accompanying lady told me that the girl was very accomplished, had won prizes at school for handwork, and could only help me to finish the lace. <snipped> Carol - in Suffolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
