RE: [lace] Embroiderers' Guild (UK) 100th Birthday
Dear Jeri and all Thank you for a very interesting perspective and I loved reading about the connections of Lady Reigate as I have her book but had no idea of her connections. Yes, as Jeri suggests, the New South Wales EG was started as a branch of the UK EG. After gathering strength, the NSW Guild became autonomous. In 2007 we plan to celebrate 50 years! In Australia, each state has its own autonomous Guild. NSW was the first. We exchange information and occasionally tutors but not much else unfortunately. I am a member of NSW and South Australia and have visited Victoria and Western Australia. All are similar yet different. In the early days when NSW was part of the UK Guild, we had many visiting tutors from the UK who helped us widen our horizons. We were also assisted in the early days by loans of collections from the Needlework Development Scheme, organised by the EG UK on our behalf. This scheme was developed in Britain to encourage greater interest in Embroidery and to raise the standard of design. The Scheme was run by the Art Schools at Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow and when it disbanded in 1961, the collections were shared amongst Museums and The EG in Britain. I have a book; Embroideries from the Needlework Development Scheme: Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, 1965 which documents the items received by the Edinburgh Museum and gives the history of the Scheme. Annette Meldrum In a very wet, cold and windy Wollongong NSW Australia -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 10 September 2006 12:48 AM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] Embroiderers' Guild (UK) 100th Birthday - Long Dear Lacemakers, We are into the last third of 2006, and I do not recall any lace@arachne.com acknowledgement of the 100th Birthday of the Embroiderers' Guild (UK). Where would many of us be without this organization to emulate in various ways? It was the organization that definitely influenced Americans to establish The Embroiderers' Guild of America, Inc. as a separate entity. And, if that is the case, perhaps the Embroiderers' Guilds in Canada, Australia, and other countries? Connecting the web of history, dear Arachnes, is a very interesting exercise. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - 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] Of possible interest to Seattle-area lacemakers and needleworkers
Amongst the "rare and unusual" books offered in the silent auction during the fall Friends of Seattle Public Library book sale is An Illustrated History of Needlework Tools by Gay Ann Rogers (1983). The silent auction is part of the preview sale Friday evening, 6:30-9:30 p.m, September 15. (The regular semi-annual book sale is Saturday and Sunday.) You have to be a Friend of the Library to attend the preview sale, but you may purchase an annual membership at the door for the full-year rate of $15.00 (or $10.00 for the partial year from July through December). The Book Sale is held in Building #30 at Magnuson Park, 7400 Sand Point Way N.E., just northeast of the University of Washington. More information at: http://www.splfriends.org. Follow the "book sales" link. No disclaimer--I unabashedly admit to being a Friends' member! (But I do not intend to bid on the book, so you're safe.) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Embroiderers' Guild (UK) 100th Birthday - Long
Dear Lacemakers, We are into the last third of 2006, and I do not recall any lace@arachne.com acknowledgement of the 100th Birthday of the Embroiderers' Guild (UK). Where would many of us be without this organization to emulate in various ways? It was the organization that definitely influenced Americans to establish The Embroiderers' Guild of America, Inc. as a separate entity. And, if that is the case, perhaps the Embroiderers' Guilds in Canada, Australia, and other countries? Many of us learned about guilds, how they are operated and what they can offer members, from this role model. And, I say it at every opportunity - it was The Embroiderers' Guild of America, Inc. that offered lace classes - of laces made with a threaded needle - that started me on my own passion for lace and lace book collecting. It is in this context that I think of it as being a great supporter of many lace makers. For over 25 years, I have subscribed to "Embroidery", the Embroiderers' Guild's magazine that comes across the Atlantic from the UK 6 times a year. (Yes, it IS expensive!) It keeps one informed of many international events, the most contemporary artists and crafts persons using threads, embroidery history, exhibitions, new books and authors, teachers, etc. I subscribe to maintain a running history of embroidery of the last quarter of the 20th C. from a more global view than the American Embroiderers' Guild offers. There is now a new (additional) EG publication called "Stitch" that can be purchased in the U.S. at Barnes and Noble (a large bookstore that is located in many cities). This is more geared to providing projects to work. It has many redeeming qualities, such as introducing new products and techniques - something people limited to shopping in chain craft shops might not learn about for quite a while. If you are one of the lucky who will attend the Knitting and Stitching Show - NEC Birmingham September 14-17 (next week), or at Alexandra Palace London October 12-15, please deliver (in person) my "thank you" message to those representing The Embroiderers' Guild. Hopefully, others share my sentiments. May I suggest we Arachnes be magnanimous and come up with a way to send an official "Thank You" for all they have done to further lace through the past 100 years? A "Thank You" from our list (with our members throughout the world) seems the least we can do. For more information, go to: www.embroiderersguild.com You will be given the opportunity to read abouth the UK's first National Embroidery and Textile Center that is to be established in Manchester, with funding of nearly l-million pounds from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Below the funding announcement is a picture of a pair of 17th C. gloves, lavishly embellished with embroidered gauntlets, and edged with gold lace. From the text in the current EG bulletin, I can tell you these were donated by Lady Reigate in 1961. Those of you who have "An Illistrated Guide to Lace" by Emily Reigate will know (from the book jacket) that she was an American, brought up in New York, who lived in England following her marriage to Lord Reigate in 1940. She was Chairman of the Royal School of Needlework for 10 years, and for 5 years was a member of the Advisory Council of the Victoria & Albert Museum. Connecting the web of history, dear Arachnes, is a very interesting exercise. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Alan and Barry CD raffle result
16 People entered the raffle. About an hour ago, I wrote each person's name on a piece of paper, and threw them in the air. My next-door neighbour's four-year old granddaughter caught one (eventually) with the name..drum roll.. Jackie Simpson I assume from the layout of your address that you're in the USA. and that Avon, IN is Indiana and not Avon just up the road from where I live. I'll get it in the post at the beginning of next week. Hope you enjoy it. Jean, Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
