Dear Lace Friends, I would not reopen this matter, but have been getting private letters about it. Very obviously, what was intended as a compliment to Australian lacemakers was misunderstood by Ruth She and I have corresponded privately and cleared the air. There was nothing about race in my letter. It was about nationalities helping each other. It was about how lacemakers feel isolated from other lacemakers. The original correspondence was from Peg in Cleveland Ohio USA. Most of the outpouring of responses came from people living in Australia. Really very nice. I will try to be clearer when complimenting others in the future. Kind regards, Jeri Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center ------------------------------------- In a message dated 6/18/2011 5:18:34 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
I may live in Australia, but I am *not* Australian. And country of origin doesn't come into it - I reply to any person, regardless of their race, if I think I can help with their query. Ruth ----------------------------------------- Beginning of letter from Jeri to Peg:and [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) on June 18, 2011 at 3:46 p.m. Dear Peg, (In Cleveland Ohio USA) The Australians have replied to an American, which was quite a surprise. Many of them are *really isolated*. We write about lace book availability and teachers often on Arachne. Some authors of books published in fairly recent years have given Tess permission to scan books into _http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/lace.html_ (http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/lace.html) In addition, books that are out-of-copyright can be found at this free University of Arizona site. A huge amount of work has gone into making this available to lacemakers, and in my travels I have met lacemakers all over the world who use it! You can also go to _www.Lacefairy.com_ (http://www.lacefairy.com/) - a virtual lace museum, and the first developed for Americans who think they are all alone in the process of wanting to know more about lace. The Lacemakers of Maine are behind these two (above) resources, and up to now we have not had more than 8-10 members at any one time. We know what it is like to be in a remote location, away from museums and lace resources, and have tried to fill information gaps for everyone. Yes! Everyone! All over the world! Letter cut at this point -------------------------------------- - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
