Re: [lace] Lace Buttons
Hello Hendrika Now the button collector , who mentioned that she is familiar with crochet buttons ,and myself are rather curious if there are, or if anyone has ever heard of, Lace buttons ? Dorset buttons, as used on the traditional smocks worn by agricultural workers, are a form of needle lace - worked in a similar way to a small Tenneriff motif inside a small bound ring. http://www.thedorsetpage.com/history/Button_Making/button_making.htm Brenda in Allhallows, Kent - where we have a dusting of snow http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re Lace Buttons
Making needlelace buttons is great fun. You are welcome to have a look at some flower buttons I have made. The quality of the photo is not very good but you can get the idea. http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/1012352908028331769TtxnVQGCpk Ann Yorkshire UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Bedfordshire lace corners
There are some Bedfordshire lace samples for sale on ebay, supposedly from the 1900s (which I suppose could mean any time until 1999), two of those shown having corners. I was under the impression that corners were a relatively new development and that lace was gathered prior to their development. Can anyone say when corners were first made? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1900s-BEDFORDSHIRE-BOBBIN-LACE-SAMPLES-LACEMAKING-CRAFT_W0QQitemZ330086377352QQihZ014QQcategoryZ57203QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem tinied: http://tinyurl.com/36sqmj or search for item number 330086377352 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]
[lace] Fiber Art Supplies needed!
Hello ladies! I've just gotten an email from Michael Giusiana who tells me that his art budget this year is gone, and next year doesn't look good either. You may remember that he teaches middle school art at the military base in Ramstein, Germany during the school year and teaches Flanders and Binche lace here in the US during the summer. Here's his message: Could you ask all your friends if they have any weaving and/or embroidery stuff: magazines, patterns, charts equipment, they would like to get rid of. I have no art budget this year, and next year isn't looking so good either. I have threads, and yarns so my program, for the 8th graders are making a transition, any assistance would be greatly appreciated. I've got lots of books and patterns and charts for embroidery, and thought you might as well. If you have things that you'd like to send him, write me back privately, and I'll send you his address (It's an APO address, so domestic rates apply). Thanks for helping out!! Clay - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Soles de Maracaibo
Hello spiders, yesterday night finally I found images of Soles de Maracaibo, a relative of nhanduti or tenerife lace. That is what I am seeking after 2 months. They are very beautifull. There are many fotos that can show us the technique of the lacemakers and, as it seems, like nhanduti/tenerife lace I know, there are two ways to do soles de maracaibo. Go to http://www.maracaiboonline.com/04-articulos/articulos.php elizabeth horta corrêa Nhanduti de Atibaia G.A.S Grupo dos Amigos da Serra - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Callado Canario
Hello every spiders again I know another two pieces that I want to partager with you. A virtual museum with two pretty pieces of callado canario (?) http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/ManitobaCrafts/solubilityandsolution/ artifacts/placemat.html and http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/ManitobaCrafts/solubilityandsolution/ artifacts/coaster.html elizabeth horta corrêa Nhanduti de Atibaia G.A.S Grupo dos Amigos da Serra - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Bedfordshire lace corners
Since lacemaking has been around for 500 years, 'relatively new' could be a couple hundred years. More to the point, the book Les Dentelles Aux Fuseaux by Dillmont has many corner patterns, and the author died in 1890. I can't give an earler reference, but I think corners came in during the first half of the 1800's. Anyone have a more precise date? Alice in Oregon -- mild but damp this week --- Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are some Bedfordshire lace samples for sale on ebay, supposedly from the 1900s (which I suppose could mean any time until 1999), two of those shown having corners. I was under the impression that corners were a relatively new development and that lace was gathered prior to their development. Can anyone say when corners were first made? - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] lace buttons
Greetings to all, There was talk of lace covered buttons earlier today/yesterday. I came across this book by Gilian Dye on ebay: Bobbin lace patterns for Birds, buttons bookmarks if anyone is interested. Item number: 290080357670 The description says there are 15 patterns for lace buttons. Best wishes Andrea Lamble Cambridge, UK Where the snow is now freezing. _ Get Hotmail, News, Sport and Entertainment from MSN on your mobile. http://www.msn.txt4content.com/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Soles de Maracaibo
Oh, what a wonderful piece of synchronicity! My maternal grandma was from Maracaibo, and used to make Soles when she was a girl. My mum never learned, and when I discovered lacemaking, grandma had died a couple of years ago... What a pity that she never passed her skills on... Thanks for sending this link. I'll try to get in touch with some of these people (if I can) and see if we can learn from each other over the Internet... Many thanks! Debora L. P.S.: Many of the people arriving with the conquerors to these parts were from the Canary Islands (Tenerife). Pity they didn't bring bobbin lace... - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Bedfordshire lace corners
I'm at work, and have class tonight so can't get more specific until the weekend. But as I recall there are examples of BL worked corners in Santina Levey's Lace, a History dating from the 1500-1600s Beth McCasland in the 'burbs of New Orleans where we have spring like weather. -Original Message- From: Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Feb 8, 2007 4:39 AM To: Lace lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] Bedfordshire lace corners There are some Bedfordshire lace samples for sale on ebay, supposedly from the 1900s (which I suppose could mean any time until 1999), two of those shown having corners. I was under the impression that corners were a relatively new development and that lace was gathered prior to their development. Can anyone say when corners were first made? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1900s-BEDFORDSHIRE-BOBBIN-LACE-SAMPLES-LACEMAKING-CRAFT_W0QQitemZ330086377352QQihZ014QQcategoryZ57203QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem tinied: http://tinyurl.com/36sqmj or search for item number 330086377352 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: Bedfordshire lace corners
I have tried to find information in the books I have, but have not been able to find anything that gave a date for the appearance of corners in lace. I did find a statement by Geraldine Stott that in the old days, lace was always made straight and then gathered round the corners. (The Bobbin Lace Manual) I assume that she is talking about the English laces. I looked in Santina Levy's book and found an old piece with corners, but it was hard to tell if the corner was part of the design, or if the lace was sewn together to make a smooth turn around the corner (I never can remember what the term is for that). In any event, it was made of gold (?) and made in Europe. Remember the East Midland lace industry was a cottage industry where time was everything, so the extra work involved in making lace the exact size needed so that a corner could be part of the finished piece (or 4 corners...) would have taken more time and most likely been a special order. I read in Romance of the Lace Pillow that the Bedfordshire laces became the favorite lace of the lacemakers (nearly putting an end to Bucks PointI cannot imagine!!) because it could be made in less time (more yards equaled more money), and was easier to hide mistakes. How wonderful to be able to make lace in these times when we can choose from many different styles and take our time to finish...even taking the leisure to store lace in progress on our pillows for months(?)!! It's easy to forget the conditions people had to make lace in before us! The beautiful laces by Thomas Lester were designed and made at the beginning of the 1900's, a date that matches the lace in the Ebay group. Debbie in Florida [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Dorset Buttons
Having seen the pictures of the Dorset Buttons on the links sent to the list, made me realise that I have a couple of similar buttons in my button box. They were left in this house by the German lady we bought the house from. I found them in the sewing basket the lady left for me. She left a lot of personal items in the house, if it wouldn't go in the car on their last day here then it got left behind for us to use or dispose of as we saw fit. I thought the buttons were something from Germany but now I wonder if these too are from Dorset and had been exported to Germany perhaps. They are very plain to look at and are made, I think, with white cotton thread. The ring is covered with very tightly packed stitches and spokes go to the centre, the spokes too are tightly packed into the middle of the ring. Just inside the outer ring are two circles of what look to be very tiny chain stitches worked in and out of the spokes. The centre of the button is the hardest part to see how it was made because the buttons must have been laundered so much. But it looks like a bunch of threads on both sides of the centre. These buttons look to me as though they would have been everyday sort of buttons for use on household linens or something of that kind as they are not really very decorative and they do look as they have been well laundered. I found this site for making the buttons http://dorsetbuttons.com/ And this site has some very colourful buttons http://www.hermit.org/Blakes7/Home/DorsetButtons.html Regards Jenny DeAngelis Spain. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Lace Buttons
On Feb 8, 2007, at 5:12, ann.humphreys wrote: Making needlelace buttons is great fun. You are welcome to have a look at some flower buttons I have made. The quality of the photo is not very good but you can get the idea. http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/1012352908028331769TtxnVQGCpk Wow! Those are wonderful (and I don't see anything wrong with the photo's quality, either)! *Much, much* nicer than the plain Dorset ones we were shown first (sorry, can't remember who supplied the site. Wood-something, in Gettysburg, PA), though I wouldn't want to be making even those for 60 cents a button... :) I've often been envious of people who can (and even like to, much to my amazement) make NL, because of the rich, 3-D texture that NL has. Could be why I fell so hopelessly in love with Rosalibre, which imitates the same feats with plain, old, bobbins. -- 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] Pattern raffle
Hi, all Just a reminder that the raffle for the bucks point pattern closes on Sunday night, if anyone hasn't entered yet and wants to. There are 42 entries so far. Beth In a very cold Cheshire, NW England - we only got a little snow yesterday; enough to look pretty but not cause any real problems, but the roads will be very icy this morning. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Snowflake raffle - correction
Gentle Spiders, As one of my respondents pointed out, February 14 is a *Wednesday*, not a Tuesday. Sigh... Even when actually looking at a calendar, I can, *still*, mess up dates/days of the week :) But, this time, it's the *dates* which count; I will draw on the 14th (Wednesday) and announce the winner on the 15th (Thursday). Also... I started by answering each and every message (most of the early ones coming in from OZ), but wimped out after 10th. With over 50 Snowflake raffle titled messages in my Inbox now, there's no way I'll be letin each of you know you've been added to the list. But I *am* checking my Spam-box *very carefully* (have weeded out 2 'flake raffle ones so far, out of over 100 junk ones), so your entry shouldn't get lost. I'm flattered and humbled by such great response. Again, best of luck to everyone, T -- 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-chat] Attitude
Attitude There once was a woman who woke up one morning, Looked in the mirror, And noticed she had only three hairs on her head. Well, she said, I think I'll braid my hair today. So she did And She Had A Wonderful Day. The next day she woke up, Looked in the mirror And saw that she had only two hairs on her head. H-M-M, she said, I think I'll part my hair down the middle today. So she did And She Had A Grand Day. The next day she woke up, Looked in the mirror and noticed that she had only one hair on her head. Well, she said, today I'm going to wear my hair in a pony tail. So she did And She Had A Fun, Fun Day. The next day she woke up, Looked in the mirror and noticed that there wasn't a single hair on her head. YEA! she exclaimed, I don't have to fix my hair today! Attitude is everything. Be kinder than necessary, For everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle. Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly... David To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Kipling kloeppeling:
A paragraph from With The Night Mail: Still the clear dark holds up unblemished. The only warning is the electric skin-tension (I feel as though I were a lace-maker's pillow) and an irritability which the gibbering of the General Communicator increases almost to hysteria. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] joke
This is a new one for me - a little risque - came to us via a friend in Illinois and he got it from a friend in Germany. A man wakes up in hospital, bandaged from head to foot. The Dr comes in and says Ah I see you've regained consciousness. Now you most probably won't remember but you were in a pile-up on the motorway. You're going to be OK, you'll walk again and everything, but something happened. I'm trying to break this to you gently but your pen*s was chopped off in the wreck and we were unable to find it. The bloke groans a bit, but the Dr goes on But It's going to be alright, we have the technology now to build you a new one that will work as well as the old one did in fact.It doesn't come cheap though. It's a thousand pounds an inch The bloke perks up at this, even though it's very expensive. So the thing is the Dr says, It's for you to decide how many inches you want. It's something you'd better talk over with your wife, if you had a five inch one before and you decide to have a nine incher she might be put out. But if you had nine inch one before and you decide to invest in a five inch one this time she might be disappointed. So it's important to discuss it with her, as she will play a vital role in helping you to come to a decision The bloke agrees,so the Dr comes back to see him the next day. So says the Dr Have you spoken to your wife ? I have, says the bloke. Has she helped you to make a decision? She has, says the bloke. And what is it? asks the Dr. The bloke looks up and says... We're getting a new Kitchen. Best Regard, Carol Melton Valley of the Sun, where it has been in the 80's for the last few days Phoenix, AZ U.S.A. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] IT and management
I think I've seen this before, but it is still amusing and probably true A man in a hot air balloon realised he was lost. He reduced altitude and spotted a woman below. He descended a bit more and shouted, Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am. The woman below replied, You're in a hot air balloon hovering approximately 30 feet above the ground. You're between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude. You must be in IT, said the balloonist. I am, replied the woman, How did you know? Well, answered the balloonist, everything you told me is technically correct, but I've no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help at all. If anything, you've delayed my trip. The woman below responded, You must be in Management. I am, replied the balloonist, but how did you know? Well, said the woman, you don't know where you are or where you're going. You have risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise, which you've no idea how to keep, and you expect people beneath you to solve your problems. The fact is you are in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but now, somehow, it's my fault. Malvary in Ottawa (the Nation's capital), Canada To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Snowflake raffle - correction
Gentle Spiders, As one of my respondents pointed out, February 14 is a *Wednesday*, not a Tuesday. Sigh... Even when actually looking at a calendar, I can, *still*, mess up dates/days of the week :) But, this time, it's the *dates* which count; I will draw on the 14th (Wednesday) and announce the winner on the 15th (Thursday). Also... I started by answering each and every message (most of the early ones coming in from OZ), but wimped out after 10th. With over 50 Snowflake raffle titled messages in my Inbox now, there's no way I'll be letin each of you know you've been added to the list. But I *am* checking my Spam-box *very carefully* (have weeded out 2 'flake raffle ones so far, out of over 100 junk ones), so your entry shouldn't get lost. I'm flattered and humbled by such great response. Again, best of luck to everyone, T -- 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-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
