Re: [lace] Re: Speaking to the Coutiere Society
Spiders, I happened to be in Springfield, Illinois yesterday for work and talked my boss into an hour's visit to the brand new Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. (We spent an hour in the museum and an hour in the gift shop!) An hour isn't nearly enough, but we zipped through a special exhibit they had on the First Ladies. There were a few dresses and I was trying to peer closely in the dim light to look at the lace on the dresses. There were only a couple that had lace. One I distinctly remember was from the 1820s and had what looked like tambour on it. The only other dress with lace was from the 1870s or 1880s and was definitely machine lace. Does anyone know when chemical lace started because that's what it looked like. The museum was wonderful; I can't wait to go back! Diane Williams Galena, Illinois USA Tamara wrote: I expect that, early on, machine-made lace had a novelty cachet that hand-made didn't (didn't one of the American First Ladies wear, on her husband's inauguration, a dress of machine-made lace given to her by a Nottingham factory?). Which I suspect is the reason why you see little (if any) hand-made lace in the early Haute Couture (including the AngloMania Met exhibit) __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://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: Speaking to the Coutiere Society
The only other dress with lace was from the 1870s or 1880s and was definitely machine lace. Does anyone know when chemical lace started because that's what it looked like. According to Pat Earnshaw, In the late 1880s... the Schiffli began to emerge as a formidable power. The Schiffli is the embroidery machine I usually associate with chemical lace. This also corresponded to a fashion for wearing heavy Venetian laces which were especially suited to being reproduced on the Schiffli. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] lacemaker car sticker
Hi All, It seems we all have fond (or embarrassing!) memories of the car stickers - maybe we ought to make enquiries, and see where we could get some more made - I'm sure they'd sell well. Carol - in Suffolk UK - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 6:29 PM Subject: [lace] lacemaker car sticker I still have a Lacemakers do it on a Pillow sticker in the back window of my 26 year old Mini Clubman Estate - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Car sticker
I don't own a car but I'd love to have this 'motto', and a drawing/picture of a lace pillow, on a T shirt. Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot/seaspray/SeasprayLaceGuild.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Selection of treen and bone/ivory bobbins relisted
The collection of treen (wood) and ivory/bone bobbins has been relisted on ebay because of a timewaster. If you want to follow it this time, the item number is 8285635198 Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Selection of treen and bone/ivory bobbins relisted
Hi, I am new to this network; my question is about finding a good second hand pillow to do long yardages on! I guess it is a roller type? I have never done e-bay. Does anyone have a practical solution for a neophyte on line shopper. Joanna in Ontario Canada. On May 17, 2006, at 5:10 PM, Jean Nathan wrote: The collection of treen (wood) and ivory/bone bobbins has been relisted on ebay because of a timewaster. If you want to follow it this time, the item number is 8285635198 Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - 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] Re: Lace Guild Website Update
Oops! We got our wires crossed about who'd mounted what and the new membership bobbins and the updated Second-Hand Books list have only just been added. Jean and David At 9:15 am +0100 16/5/06, Jean Leader wrote: We've just done quite an extensive update to the Lace Guild's website, adding details of: 1. The 2007 Lace Guild Calendar 2. 30th Anniversary Pattern Book 3. Membership Bobbins for 2006-7 4. 30th Anniversary Commemorative Bobbin 5. New Notelets 6. Second Hand Books available from the Lace Guild (30% off this month) The url is in the signature. Remember to reload/refresh your browsers if necessary. David and Jean in Glasgow -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Selection of treen and bone/ivory bobbins relisted
Hi Joanna and welcome to the group. If you want to make lengths then yes you are right you need either a roller pillow or a block pillow. Block pillows are quite easy to make with pieces of styrofoam/ethafoam. Malvary in Ottawa - Original Message - From: Peter McEwen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Lace lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 5:42 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Selection of treen and bone/ivory bobbins relisted Hi, I am new to this network; my question is about finding a good second hand pillow to do long yardages on! I guess it is a roller type? I have never done e-bay. Does anyone have a practical solution for a neophyte on line shopper. Joanna in Ontario Canada. On May 17, 2006, at 5:10 PM, Jean Nathan wrote: The collection of treen (wood) and ivory/bone bobbins has been relisted on ebay because of a timewaster. If you want to follow it this time, the item number is 8285635198 Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - 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] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Long yardage pillow
Long yardages don't have to be done on a roller, Joanna, they can be made on a square pillow with removable blocks down the centre, so that you just keep leapfrogging your blocks.I make my own block pillows out of an easily cut polystyrene insulation board I buy from an insulation supplier specialist quite cheaply, with a bit of thin ply underneath. The best tip for bidding on eBay I can give is to decide at the beginning just what is the maximum you will pay for an item (don't forget postage) and stick to that. I've bought lots of useful stuff on eBay, but you have to do your homework and make sure you're not paying too much for something (good example, the recent bids for the treen and bone/ivory bobbins). Noelene in Cooma, Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ Hi, I am new to this network; my question is about finding a good second hand pillow to do long yardages on! I guess it is a roller type? I have never done e-bay. Does anyone have a practical solution for a neophyte on line shopper. Joanna in Ontario Canada. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Nottingham Lace (was: Speaking to the Coutiere Society)
On May 17, 2006, at 9:29, Diane Williams wrote: [...] brand new Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. (We spent an hour in the museum and an hour in the gift shop!) An hour isn't nearly enough, but we zipped through a special exhibit they had on the First Ladies. There were a few dresses and I was trying to peer closely in the dim light to look at the lace on the dresses. There were only a couple that had lace. One I distinctly remember was from the 1820s and had what looked like tambour on it. [...] Tamara wrote: (didn't one of the American First Ladies wear, on her husband's inauguration, a dress of machine-made lace given to her by a Nottingham factory?) I think that must be the dress I remember hearing about; certainly the date is one that's been buzzing in my head (without being specific g) And the tambour lace --part machine-made (the tulle) and part hand-made (the design at first, later on just the picots at the edges) -- fits too. Where I heard about it was _in Nottingham (Arachne '98)_, when I went to the lace shop located in Severn House (seemed an appropriate name for the place, since I was spending my husband's -- whose name is Severn -- money. Made a point of sending him a postcard of the house, too. The cheapest item on the horrendous by my standards bill of sale g). They had lots of machine-made lace items for sale, both of the Nottingham lace (the tambour, though now that everything is made by machine, the edges are no longer as impressive) and the chemical kind. I also happened to luck in on the one day of the week that they had demos of BL to show the customers the difference. Once the demonstrating ladies realised that I was a clued-in American, we had a nice chat about hand-made lace. Not to be outdone, one of the sales-clerks chipped in on the side of machine-made by mentioning the First Lady dress. That led to a spirited, 5-point (there were 2 sales-clerks) discussion of lacemaking in general, which lasted till a group of American tourists -- on the trail of Robin Hood, rather than lacemaking -- poured into the shop. I heard the dress mentioned again; I think it must be a standard selling point... :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] lace in fashion
Alice wrote: And having lace on garments is coming back in fashion. I was at the hairdressers last week reading one of those magazines that just have lots of things to buy. It had an article about lace including lace wallpaper, but the thing that caught my eye was a tote bag made of raffia or straw with a border at the bottom of about four 3 squares of Irish crochet. There was also some crochet on the large fastener. What got my interest and astonishment was the price - $3,500. It was by Dolce Gabanna sp Some people must have more money than sense but it was good to see lace on unusual items. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: lace in fashion
On May 17, 2006, at 22:22, Janice Blair wrote: Alice wrote: And having lace on garments is coming back in fashion. I was at the hairdressers last week reading one of those magazines that just have lots of things to buy. It had an article about lace including lace wallpaper, but the thing that caught my eye was a tote bag made of raffia or straw with a border at the bottom of about four 3 squares of Irish crochet. There was also some crochet on the large fastener. What got my interest and astonishment was the price - $3,500. It was by Dolce Gabanna sp Some people must have more money than sense but it was good to see lace on unusual items. That one sent me digging through some old, almost forgotten, stuff... :) Years ago -- long before I started making BL -- I made myself a pocketbook for summertime occasions. Took a 50-cent, cream-colored, 13x8 filet-crochet doily as the base (those things used to be dirt cheap in antique and second-hand stores; probably still are). Folded the length: 7.5+1.5+4. Made it into an envelope bag by crocheting two sides (1.5x4), each with a strong loop at the top, to the folded doily. Made a (same colour) lining. Same size as the bag, but with the bottom (1.5x8) re-inforced with a strip of flexible plastic (cut off an old binder, but almost anything would serve, as long as it's washable). Crocheted a tab for the front, hammering in half of a snap through the (re-inforced) lining first. Crocheted a cord to go through the side loops (I like bags which hang over the shoulder and low enough for easy access to my pack of cigs g). The second half of the snap was pounded in through both the doily and the lining. And I added a couple of crocheted buttons (scrounged off MIL's bedjacket that she was about to toss out) to dangle off the tab, for fun. The doily was $0.52 (tax included g); the matching crochet cotton (for sides, front tab and cord) was about $1. The lining was fabric left over from lining curtains and the hammer-in snaps I always had on hand for the Polish style pillow- and quilt-cases and for my son's clothes (those crotch snaps, which make a diaper change easy, were a _revelation_; I'd seen nothing like that back in Poland of 33 yrs ago g) Thanks, Janice, for reminding me of the bag. It's really too small for everyday use, which is why it had been stashed in the back of the closet for 20 yrs or so and entirely forgotten. But I dug it up just now and it's still _nice_. Once it's washed, it'll go well with one of the outfits I plan to take with me for the CA wedding (DH's nephew). And I'll feel very, very smug about my -- parsimonious -- fashionable wear :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] What is everyone up to?
I just finished the leaf sampler bookmark from Barbara Underwood's 20 Lessons book. I was demo-ing at a fiber arts festival in Hammondsport, New York, a couple weekends ago, and took that one as an easy pattern that I could do while still talking to people. It was quite interesting; as with the last time I was at the festival, I got a lot of people who appeared to think that that was tatting, although I had one woman say to a companion, Oh, look, she's tattering! I didn't tell her that it was my nerves, not my lace, that were in tatters. My other project, which didn't go to the festival, is the Beds cap from another of the Underwood books. Best regards Elizabeth Grasse, France - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
