[lace] of Love and War Exhibition at Aust. War Memorial
Dear friends, I went to the Australian War Memorial web-site so that I could send the url of the ANZAC biscuit recipe to an English lacemaker that I met had shared my biscuits with in mid-July last year. While there I discovered that the Memorial is hosting an exhibition titled of Love and War until May 2010. There are a few articles about the restoration of 4 wedding dresses. Unfortunately the one with lace was deemed too fragile to be displayed. For those who'd like to explore the on-line articles, they are here: http://www.awm.gov.au/exhibitions/loveandwar/ One interesting article is about the restoration of a kit-bag: http://www.awm.gov.au/blog/2009/12/11/dorothy-the-kitbag/ And the ANZAC biscuit recipe is here (scroll down to the bottom) : http://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/anzac/biscuit/recipe.asp When we were living in America I called these Aussie Oatmeal Cookies because people thought I was saying Anthrax. My youngest likes to call them Anthrax Cookies for fun. I realize that I have to make some soon for Australia Day (26. January). Warm regards from Pene in a very cold Tartu, Estonia. It was -22 C (-7 F) this morning. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] A Sorrel Leaf orts
Hello All! Boo-yah, the small Sorrel leaf is sewn off the pillow!! Many thanks to Jacquie, who generously came to my rescue with excellent advice. Before I tackle my next motif, I wanted to share a project for your orts. I have this lovely pile of spent Sorrel threads recall that someone posted about orts recently. Some years ago, Martha Greene handed out plastic sandwich baggies sewn to paper in the shape of a doll. She called them wad dolls but a friend updated that to Little Ortan Annie. Make a simple line drawing of a doll on paper, then using your machine on the longest stitch, sew the plastic bag onto the paper following your line. I used YLI variegated machine thread so it was colorful. Start below the outstretched arm, around the arm, head, other arm, down the A-line dress, across the hem, down the leg, around the toe/shoe, the other toe/shoe, hem again, then start up the other side of the dress. Stop. Leave thread tails about a 1 opening. Res tart sew a 2nd line of stitching just inside the 1st. Leave thread tails. Gently remove the paper from the bag. It will come loose easily as it will tear on the perforations made by the stitching. Use tweezers to groom your stitching. Stuff your doll with orts, beads etc. using a chop stick use the thread tails to sew the opening shut. Be careful not to press the chop stick through the stitching!!! Use pinking shears to cut out the fininshed doll shape. These make fun Christmas ornaments, gift ties etc. Any simple shape will do, although the dolls lend themselves to more creative use of color, beads etc. We did this as a silly activity at EGA had dolls with red hair, a heart charm bead shoes. For those of you who only work with white thread, you must be satisfied with making angels! G At LG summer school, one of the other students works with crafters, so if someone could pass along this info, that would be great as I don't know how to reach her. Enjoy your weekend. Sincerely, Susan, sunny 83* in Islam! orada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] London
Hi, I am going to be in London, Feb 6 and 7 with DH, and wonder if there is anything lacey I should look into. I could not see on the VA website if the Lace Gallery is still available. I think our hotel is within walking distance of the VA and I have some time on the Monday morning when I can get there without DH. I hope the weather has improved from what we have been seeing online. Maybe we can get down to the Portobello Road market or get same day tickets to a show. I don't want to book anything from here in case our travel plans get interrupted by weather. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] London
On 23 Jan 2010, at 16:33, Janice Blair wrote: Hi, I am going to be in London, Feb 6 and 7 with DH, and wonder if there is anything lacey I should look into. I love to visit the Fan Museum in Greenwich. http://www.fan- museum.org/Greenwich is a great place to wander around and sightsee and there are lots of flea markets there on Sundays. If it's a nice day, you can go there by boat along the Thames. Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] A Sorrel Leaf orts
Q. What is an ort? (please) A. ? (thanks!) On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 11:12 AM, hottl...@neo.rr.com wrote: Hello All! Boo-yah, the small Sorrel leaf is sewn off the pillow!! Many thanks to Jacquie, who generously came to my rescue with excellent advice. Before I tackle my next motif, I wanted to share a project for your orts. I have this lovely pile of spent Sorrel threads recall that someone posted about orts -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
RE: [lace] London
Hi Janice, Not sure about the lace gallery but the new Renaissance galleries sound fabulous and should be worth a look? Annette Meldrum enjoying a cooler day after a heat wave in Wollongong Australia -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Janice Blair Sent: Sunday, 24 January 2010 7:34 AM To: lace Subject: [lace] London Hi, I am going to be in London, Feb 6 and 7 with DH, and wonder if there is anything lacey I should look into. I could not see on the VA website if the Lace Gallery is still available. I think our hotel is within walking distance of the VA and I have some time on the Monday morning when I can get there without DH. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
RE: [lace] A Sorrel Leaf orts
Dear Bev, An ort is a bit of thread left over from a project. That little bit left on the needle or bobbin or ... Patty -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of bev walker Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 4:45 PM To: hottl...@neo.rr.com Cc: lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] A Sorrel Leaf orts Q. What is an ort? (please) A. ? (thanks!) On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 11:12 AM, hottl...@neo.rr.com wrote: Hello All! Boo-yah, the small Sorrel leaf is sewn off the pillow!! Many thanks to Jacquie, who generously came to my rescue with excellent advice. Before I tackle my next motif, I wanted to share a project for your orts. I have this lovely pile of spent Sorrel threads recall that someone posted about orts -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] A Sorrel Leaf orts
Thank you Patty, and to Susan who replied to me privately. I had not heard the term until now! I call them 'thread ends' those bits of left over thread :) On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 5:53 PM, Patricia Dowden pat...@netwiz.net wrote: Dear Bev, An ort is a bit of thread left over from a project. That little bit left on the needle or bobbin or ... Patty -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
