Re: [lace] Fans
try here http://www.annmargaretkeller.com/ jenny barron Scotland Fran Higham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been to check out Malcolm Cox's fanstick site and notice that he mentions that his fanssticks suit patterns by Springetts, Snowgoose and Ann Keller. Can anyone tell me who Ann Keller happens to be and where I may see her patterns? TIA Fran - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Milanese Lace on ebay
Has anyone seen this piece of lace up for sale on ebay at almost $13,000 US. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=2219item=7323077731rd=1ssPageName=WD2V Boy have I got the wrong idea about Milanese, I thought it would be simpler than Bedfordshire or Honiton, I don't think so. Lynn Scott in Wollongong, Australia - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] travel pillow on eBay
When I was at Lace Convention in Bristol in April, the lady sitting next to me had a pillow almost identical to this one. The main modification was that her husband had made a tray with a cutout hole to fit over the working surface so that she had more room to work. When she packed it up for travelling, the tray came off and fitted down the back of the specially made pillowbag. It had been home-made and the sides were made from the bottoms of the boxes that dates come in (usually around Christmas and from the time when the bottoms were actually made of wood). The support on hers was also made from the bottoms of date boxes. It worked very well and packed up very nicely and fitted into the travel bag she had specially made for it. I took note of it at the time so that I could make one sometime. Malvary in Ottawa Here's a funny-looking little travel pillow: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=19158item=8191702313rd=1 Do you think it would be useful? - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] decorating bobbins
I've just seen an easy way of decorating bobbins with postage stamps, I suppose it's decoupage http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=19319item=8192139510rd=1 of course to work properly the body of the bobbin would have to be straight. jenny barron Scotland where its very sunny but the north wind doth blow - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] decorating bobbins
...And there are so many pretty lace stamps from 'round the world.Once could 'build' nice set of bobbins.. I have a set of glass bobbins that have these stamps slipped inside the stem. Cannot remember where I got them..almost 20 years ago? Beggars Lace, I think. Of course I love them,even tho' I use only Continental bobbins. I might even try a set like those shown on ebay.What fun! BarbE - Original Message - From: Jenny Barron To: lace Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 9:05 AM Subject: [lace] decorating bobbins I've just seen an easy way of decorating bobbins with postage stamps, I suppose it's decoupage http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=19319item=8192139 510rd=1 of course to work properly the body of the bobbin would have to be straight. jenny barron Scotland where its very sunny but the north wind doth blow - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] ebay tatted coasters
Sue, as a tatter I am not offended just frustrated that most people can't recognize the differences between the laces. So many times, at demos, folks will confuse tatting with crochet or bobbin lace. I have had it also confused with drop spindle spinning (amazingly enough)! So no offense. I am glad the seller did correct her statements. Dianna Stevens www.domesticarts.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
re: [lace] tatting
Hi everyone and Jane who wrote: Apparently, tatting in machine lace terminology means a geometric lace (ie of bobbin lace appearance, not tatting done with a shuttle). Hence the number of ladies of a certain generation who insist that bobbin lace is tatting - though they are more than likely thinking of the correct terminology they saw applied to machine made lace in shops in their youth, than distinguishing between terms for machine and hand made lace. Thank you for sharing this tidbit. I'm always willing to give people the benefit of the doubt. I also think that many people who don't do thread craft consider 'tatting' to be anything that refers to what someone does bent to task with thread and things. In their minds it is the same. :p bye for now Bev in Sooke, BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Milanese Lace on ebay
Has anyone seen this piece of lace up for sale on ebay at almost $13,000 US. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=2219item=7323077731rd=1ssPageName=WD2V Boy have I got the wrong idea about Milanese, I thought it would be simpler than Bedfordshire or Honiton, I don't think so. Lynn Scott in Wollongong, Australia === Hi Lynn, Yes, Milanese can be quite complex. I have serious doubts that this is 1640 Milanese. The double bar brides bother me; when I see them, I always thinks later Flemish. The complete symmetry of the design. The large single piece. Most of the larger items of lace from the period are more likely to have been piece together and built up in layers, so to speak. I find that the oldest laces have quality of spontaneity that later laces gave up for exquisiteness and order. These are fairly flimsy points to hang an objection on, but it just doesn't feel right. My gut reaction is 19th century revival. But everyone has an opionion, don't they??? LOL Patty Dowden - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
re: [lace] Milanese lace on ebay
Hi everyone and Lynn, Thanks for the link to the Milanese lace of antiquity! http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=2219item=7323077731rd=1ssPageName=WD2V The description by the lace evaluator is excellent, but for that money I'd like a bit more provenance. I note the seller prefers Paypal and will mail the thing for $9.75 - a pedestrian amount compared to the opening bid Interesting to see a rate of $10.00 per square inch, new commission value. this would be why the item is priced the way it is. At an inch an hour, working 8-hour days, a person would be busy for about 8 months on this thing. Is it worth it? (and would the lacemaker get benefits?) ;) -- bye for now Bev in Sooke, BC (on a pretty spring day on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
re: [lace] decorating bobbins
Hi everyone and Jenny: I've just seen an easy way of decorating bobbins with postage stamps, I suppose it's decoupage Definitely is, the art of cutting out and pasting on ;) Works well with paper napkins too, if you have a lightweight one with a pretty design, butterflies for instance - clip out and dab on to bare bobbin wood, allow to dry then apply varnish. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=19319item=8192139510rd=1 of course to work properly the body of the bobbin would have to be straight. If your stamps aren't 'special' like the ones at the ebay link - they are the US lace stamps! - you can trim the stamp to fit, or paste away and forgive the overlap. I did a lot of the cub bobbins that SMP sells for travel bobbins, just using standard postage stamps soaked off my mail. -- bye for now chatty Bev in Sooke, BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Carrickmacross Lace
Hi All For those interested in Carrickmacross lace, Mary Shields tells me she will be teaching at the IOLI Convention in Denver in August. She will also be giving a class at Ithaca next October for the Finger Lakes Lace Guild's 25th Annual Lace Day Event. Hope some of you can attend these classes. I thoroughly recommend Mary. She is an excellent teacher and a really nice person. Lindy in Ireland (who has begun to learn Carrickmacross from Mary) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Milanese Lace on ebay
At 04:17 AM 5/17/2005, you wrote: Has anyone seen this piece of lace up for sale on ebay at almost $13,000 US. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=2219item=7323077731rd=1ssPageName=WD2V Boy have I got the wrong idea about Milanese, I thought it would be simpler than Bedfordshire or Honiton, I don't think so. Don't give up, Lynn. Milanese is not harder. It just uses a different approach and working routine. To some people, Bedfordshire is near impossible with the leaves and the adding/removing of many pairs. Milanese tape patterns can be either very simple or very elaborate. The same can be said of Bedfordshire and Honiton. When learning a lace style, you start with the basics and work up to the fancier techniques. Take a look at Louise Colgan's Milanese in Color patterns. The heart pattern is not intimidating. Anyway.as to the piece of Milanese on eBay, I think I tend to agree with Patty rather than the statements on the listing. They say the comments came from a lace appraiser, but not who this person is or the background/training of the person, The reference books are the same ones I have. I'm still learning, so could be very wrong with my impressions. Just because a piece does not have a mesh background, does not mean that it is early 17th century. V A museum has a large piece dated 3rd quarter that has no brides at all. See fig. 200 in Levy's book. Also, there is no way to prove that only one person made this piece. The large flower head (cabbage rose type thing) was made separately and fastened in when the leaf/stem trail came past it. These could easily have been made by different people. Sections could have been done by different people and put together when the connecting motif was reached. The separate fillings in the middle of the tulip-like flower could have been done by a different person. The project could have been mounted on a main pillow and worked on in sequence by a whole crew of lacemakers. (It has been documented that rush orders were sometimes worked on round the clock by multiple lacemakers in rotation.) I would more easily believe the revival lace timeline than the early date listed. I could be wrong -- have been before --- and will again in the future, I'm sure. G The beginning bid price is extremely high. I would be surprised if they sold it. As to the commission price comment, I guess that explains how they set their price because there would be 1296 square inches in it, though I don't know where the extra $29 fits in -- perhaps that's that cost of posting this item. G By the way -- if anyone is interested in a nice needle lace tablecloth that's 172 inches long by 68 inches wide, there's one listed on eBay under either needlelace or needle lace (or just search the number 172). It would fit a 12 foot table most nicely. Perhaps a wedding caterer could put it to good use. Alice in Oregon -- where I'd better get my shopping done because a big storm is supposed to start later today. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] needle lace cloth 172 long
I looked up the address for this item. It's interesting. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=7323065941 Alice in Oregon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] needle lace cloth 172 long
Subject: [lace] needle lace cloth 172 long I looked up the address for this item. It's interesting. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=7323065941 Alice in Oregon === Hi Alice, This sure looks like the conbined efforts of several lacemakers. The design has a lovely flow. I wonder if we could detect the hand of different lacemakers if we could examine the tablecloth? This kind of project or any project requiring multiple workers and a consistent product is the root of all the rules of lacemaking. The only real reason to be obligated to always work a certain way is so that many pairs of hands can produce matching work. But even in the sameness, the individual spark of each pair of hands will leave subtle differences. H . . Patty - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] lace fairs and football
Dear Friends Having had my DH say Or Both when I was musing about attending the Tamworth Lace Day (4 June) or the Chepstow Lace Fair (21 May) I thought - Go for it. What I'm wondering is how will the traffic be driving to Chepstow via the M5 and Severn Bridge on Saturday when the Cup Final (English Association Football for interested non-UK folks) is taking place in Cardiff the same afternoon. Does anyone know what it's like on these roads when there's a major sporting event at the Millenium Stadium? (When one of the competing teams comes from Manchester) Would I be better off trying the M50 route (I'll be driving from Worcestershire)? Many thanks Viv Ps - Jane, my ticket for Tamworth arrived today - thank you. See you soon! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Veruschka's Secret - Hand Crochet from Poland
Dear Lacemakers, Have been waiting for someone else who read The New York Times Style Magazine on Sunday, May 15, to report on the color photo of a Polish crocheted lace thong, on page 24 of the Travel Supplement. The Web Site to see the line of these items -- on models (fair warning), is: www.koniakow.com Choose the British flag, and go to the Shop. You will recall quite a discussion on Arachne about this a year ago, when (among other things) we learned Angela T. had brought one of these fashion items back for, I think, The Lace Guild's collection. I will quote the first paragraph of the NYT caption, and someone else can quote the second (funnier) paragraph - so you all can have some fun discussing at some appropriate Summer lace event: Three years ago, the women of Koniakow, a small village in southwest Poland (the country's lacemaking center), had a knotty problem: no orders. Driven by necessity, they started producing lacy thongs that were sold to tourists at the nearby ski resorts. A collective was formed to sell the lingerie online, and orders began pouring in from as far away as Japan. Next Jeri Ames in Maine USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Matisse exhibition and lace
The EG review is illustrated with 5 color photographs: a French toile de jouy, embroidered Romanian peasant blouse, Turkish woman's robe, North African pierced and appliqued hanging, plus a painting Decorative Figure on an Ornamental Background - 1926. The reviewer says the show reveals textiles as an intrinsic element previously neglected in the analysis of this much-studied artist, and now Matisse's love of textiles is set to take center stage in the reassessment of one of modern art's greatest founding fathers. The catalog by Spurling Matisse, His Art and His Textiles: The Fabric of Dreams was published by Royal Academy Publications in 2004, 0-9039734-6-5, hardback, 40 pounds (probably around $75-$80 in U.S.) The big question is whether there is any lace in his collection? This book may already be in the bookshops of the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Dear Jeri I am afraid there is no lace; the selection printed by the EG is a good summary - though the pattern books from the weaving firms are very impressive, the interest is mainly colour and design, and there are some couture garments that appear in his work as well, and the ecclesiastical vestments. It is an understatement to say that for anyone interested in Matisse or textiles, the exhibition is more than worth while, and it makes the influence of his textiles on his paintings obvious now, though I'd never noticed it before! Hilary Spurling points out that the late paper-cutouts he used show a dressmaker's skill with scissors. The African wall hangings (haiti) could inspire lace - they are coloured cotton fabrics appliqued to sack cloth and pierced, in some cases the holes being bound. Techniques possibly of broderie Anglaise or Richelieu work, but results not! In the UK, as is often the case with exhibitions especially at the Royal Academy, a paperback version of the catalogue is available, but only at the gallery. The paper just as good as the hardback, and it is well bound. It's about half the price of the hardback (I paid GBP19.95, with discount), so it might be worth discovering if you'll be able to get it in the US at the exhibition. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Save time, find those important emails with search capabilities for scanning your inbox and folders. Get Yahoo! Mail http://uk.mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Matisse exhibition and lace
Some info is also available on the Royal Academy website: http://www.ramagazine.org.uk/index.php?pid=228 Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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[lace] Tatted mats
I have just looked at this item on Ebay, and it came up, still, with the Tatting explanation. As I scrolled down the digest, I see it has , supposedly, been corrected. Well, at 2.04pm Australian Eastern Standard Time, it had not! (It is now 2.05 pm A.e.s.t.) Still, it is nice to know the Tatting Lady is still alive and well, out there! (said very sarcastically!!! :)) ) Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Speed on motorways
Steph Peters wrote: The M25 around Heathrow is one of the busiest parts; I've been told that 50 limits there are quite normal. Also with the roadwork widening the M25 between the M3 junction to the M4 the speed limit at that point is only 40mph. Eve London, UK. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace-chat] Speed on motorways
Don't tell me - I spent nearly 2 hours yesterday doing the stretch between the M40 and the M23 - about 30 miles!!! Cheers Liz Steph Peters wrote: The M25 around Heathrow is one of the busiest parts; I've been told that 50 limits there are quite normal. Also with the roadwork widening the M25 between the M3 junction to the M4 the speed limit at that point is only 40mph. Eve To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Speed on motorways
Janice wrote the driver who didn't say a word... Coach drivers aren't supposed to talk while they are driving; It is a safety issue. I, for one, get very uneasy when one does start chatting to the passengers nearest him. I feel he is not concentrating fully on his driving and the road and traffic conditions. Patricia in Wales [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
