I read through this and then took a sharp intake of breath. Oh what a
mess.
Another lesson for us all, never transport pillows and bobbins without
putting them in good bobbin holders. I have tried a variety of these over
the years and my current favourite is shoelaces. I can look one of those
through a number of pairs of my spangles (an important feature of course)
so I can remove and use bobbins immediately from either end for the next
piece of work and hold them all in place when the pillow is moved or just to
stack the bobbins over out of my working area when I using a fair number of
bobbins. Also if you were ever transporting/shipping a pillow with working
lace on then include instructions about how to leave it display etc .
I would have been heartbroken if it had been my lace. We know we can add
new threads and bobbins but normally staggered as they get close so not all
in one area and of course with this piece it would have had to be taken back
a bit to be able to begin working new threads in.
Forgive any errors in my typing as I am currently attempting to type with
having just put my eye drops in.
Sue Dorset UK
Dear Lacemakers,
We are too quiet. Today has been spent searching through old
lace/embroidery paper files for confirmation of something I want to write
about. In
the process, I came across an announcement in a newsletter:
"Lacemaking in Le Puy" - at a Lace Guild of New York meeting, Jefferson
Market Library, 10th Street and 6th Avenue, Manhattan. Sat. Oct. 8, 1983
at
12:30 p.m. Michel & Helene Jourde will lecture, answer questions and
demonstrate. Admission free."
I remember, and have written about this before, but it seems timely to
repeat. This program was arranged to be held while the Jourdes were in New
York in connection with a store-wide lace-themed promotion at Bloomingdale's
Department Store. The Jourdes shipped a large lace pillow to the store,
upon which a complex lace was in the process of being made, with lots of
bobbins attached. It arrived at the store with the bobbins in a tangled
mess,
and the store employee who unpacked it thought she would be helpful by
cutting off all the bobbins! Well! It is a lace story to remember, isn't
it?
Michel Jourde and many of the leaders of the Lace Guild of New York are no
longer alive. (Are any other past members reading this?) Many were
associated with the large New York City area museums; truly lace experts
like
Devon's colleague, Gunnel. This lace guild disbanded when it became
impossible to get people to fill leadership positions. (A lesson for all
to
learn.) ...The library building has been converted into a women's prison
...Sixth Avenue usually goes by the name Avenue of the Americas
...Significant
changes in 31 years.
But ...Le Puy and its centuries old lace making tradition lives on!
Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
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