[lace] update
UPDATE I have just uploaded 4 more pictures so the total online are 333! Speaking of which, don't forget to refresh the page when you go to see the new ones, your browser will remember the old page otherwise :-) Just a few more to come in so if you have received any of those, please try to get a scan or photo through to me so I can update the site. happy lacemaking Jenny Brandis Jenny Brandis Kununurra, Western Australia je...@brandis.com.au brandis.com.au - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Varied and Sundry
Cheer detergent will avoid most bleeding, and if there is some, you can use Whink Stain Remover. (If left on color for a long time, it could fade a tad) I have used it to remove fuchsia stamp pad ink from my white leather furniture as if magic. If it was heat dried, then difficult, but then remove and soak, if it is worth the effort. Highlighter tape is helpful with lace charts, if you put the chart within a page protector, or equivalent. Turn ends under for easy removal. I find that most narrow highlighter tape isn't as tacky as I would like, and wider colored tape is too wide for most 1/4 rows, so I just run a highlighter mark down the sticky side of frosted Scotch tape, let it dry a bit, and use that. One strip typically lasts for a whole project, can be color of choice and is always accessible (and a fraction of the cost). Architect's Linen can be made with starch and a fine linen. I would suggest a non stick sheet teflon type like sold at quilt stores, or perhaps drying on freezer paper. It can be reused (pencil erased with Pink Pearl eraser, or washed and re-starched) for those who wish for the authentic thing. There are papers available that replicate it, but some industries now use mylar as a replacement. Perhaps even a perfect piece of parchment might work for some things. Of course you all know about the plastic coatings on various stock. Sorry to hear of Doris Southard's passing on my birthday. Now she knows how many she has blessed in her lifetime. Delayed and ganged response, as I went home for Christmas in time to drive my father to the ER/ICU, and he is home now and hopefully will greatly improve. I had to return to my home for business. Happy New Year to everyone! Best, Susan Reishus - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] statistics from the Arachne card exchanges
Jenny, Thank you for posting the cards! To all the Arachne members who made them - They're lovely! I have got to participate next year!! (famous last words) ;-) Beth McCasland Seattle, Washington, USA where the sun is shining today!! - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Varied and sundry
Susan wrote: Cheer detergent will avoid most bleeding, and if there is some, you can use Whink Stain Remover. Presumably these are products available in the US. Got no idea what they are apart from a detergent, of which there are many, and a stain remover, again there are many types. We all know that various things have different names in different countries - muslin and calico being one example - and certainly commercial names will be different too. Some products won't be available in every country, so it would be helpful if, when recommending a product, a description of what it actually is eg is Whink Stain Remover a liquid or a stick, for soaking or spot application, safe on all fibres, etc would be more helpful to people in other countries than just a product name, which means nothing outside your own country. What is particular about Cheer that it will avoid bleeding? Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Doris Southard
Me, too, Loreleiabout 1972/3, we first made contact. Such a sharing and loving person. She taught me more than lace. I knew when I heard her sons voice that the inevitable had happened. She was a wonderful friend, as well as mentor Fondly Barbara Engle Sent from my iPa On Dec 30, 2011, at 12:07 AM, Lorelei Halley lhal...@bytemeusa.com wrote: Diane Thank you for telling us the news about Doris Southard's passing. She was a very fine lady, generous, good natured and always helpful. I have held her in great reverence ever since I had first contact with her back in 1973. She has given so much to the world. Her life was a gift. Lorelei Halley - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Mom's obituary and arrangemetns
http://www.dahlfuneralhome.com/obit/obitlist.php Doris A. Southard Print-Friendly http://www.dahlfuneralhome.com/obit/printfriendly.php?obitid=1615 SERVICE: 10:30 am Tuesday, January 3, 2011, at Stout Gospel Hall, Stout, Iowa VISITATION: 4-7:00 pm Monday at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, and one hour before the service at the Gospel Hall MEMORIALS: A memorial fund will be established Doris A. Southard, 91, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, December 29, 2011, at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. She was born September 2, 1920 in Clarksville, Iowa, the daughter of Fred and Frieda (Freese) Kramer. Doris married Talmage Southard on May 19, 1941 in Waterloo, Iowa. He preceded her in death on August 3, 2005. Doris attended Clarksville School and brailed for the blind for over forty years at the Iowa School for the Blind. She also resurrected the Belgian art of lace making, authoring the instruction manual Lessons in Bobbin Lace Making. Doris taught students worldwide via correspondence and travelled the country for speaking engagements for many years. Survivors include her son, Ron (Carole) Southard, of Buena Vista, Colorado; her former daughter-in-law, Lynda Southard, of Aplington; four grandchildren, Bridgett (Clyde) Johnson of West Bend, Iowa, Kim (John) Koch of Aplington, Mitch (Tracey Rideout) Southard of Austin, Texas and Heather (Chad) Pruisner of Parkersburg, Iowa; eight great grandchildren, and a brother, Carl (Valgean) Kramer, of Brooklyn, New York. Doris was preceded in death by her parents, husband and two brothers, Alfred and Edward Kramer. Services will be 10:30 am Tuesday, January 3, 2011, at Stout Gospel Hall, Stout, Iowa, with burial at Butler Center Cemetery near Allison, Iowa. Visitation will be 4-7:00 pm Monday at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home in Cedar Falls, and one hour before the service at the Gospel Hall. A memorial fund will be established. Online condolences may be left at http://www.dahlfuneralhome.com/../memorial.htm www.DahlFuneralHome.com. [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of image001.jpg] - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Varied and sundry
In message 3F9EA2A34D524934A7A00A25D30B3FFE@yourb45be3bb8c, Jean Nathan j...@nathan54.freeserve.co.uk writes Susan wrote: Cheer detergent will avoid most bleeding, and if there is some, you can use Whink Stain Remover. Presumably these are products available in the US. Got no idea what they are apart from a detergent, of which there are many, and a stain remover, again there are many types. Can I also add to this the warning that not all detergents are safe to use - as we found out when one of my students used literally a couple of drops of a very well known (UK) brand of washing up liquid in water to remove a grubby mark from a small piece of lace she had made. The *ecru* DMC Broder Machine 30 was bleached to snow white, and the gold coating on the Madeira Metallic Gold 6 she had used was stripped to the orange under-core - not the effect she wanted at all. I assume that although kind to hands, the grease removing element in the detergent was concentrated lemon juice or similar. -- Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Varied and sundry (Cheer detergent)
-- Jean Nathan j...@nathan54.freeserve.co.uk wrote: What is particular about Cheer that it will avoid bleeding? Cheer brand laundry detergent makes the claim and (I assume) Sue has tried it if she endorses it. I'm sure whatever allows the company to make this claim is part of its proprietary formulation and we may never know what it is. We also won't know if/when they decide to change it, which is why I'm sure it won't get an endorsement from Arachnean textile watchdog, Jeri Ames. Even if it's been tested for safety and effectiveness by professional textile conservators (unlikely), there's no knowing how long it will remain safe and/or effective. [I'm really not calling you a dog, Jeri, honest! But you're the one with the most conservation knowledge on the list and the one that usually has to reiterate your warnings.] Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com = - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Irma Osterman and Doris Southard
How sad to hear of the passing of both Doris Southard and Irma Osterman. These two exceptional lacemakers will be sorely missed. We have all learned much from them, directly or indirectly through their students. I had the fortune of knowing and learning directly from both of them. Doris Southard was my first bobbin lace instructor through her book (after my mother had shown me the basics on the last day of her visit). Doris was also very generous in responding to my queries. Later I enjoyed her class in Tonder lace. Irma and I moved to Arkansas at about the same time, and I was delighted to be part of her lace group for the 5 years we lived there. She was such a fun person to be around, as well as an excellent teacher. Irma loved needlelace and contributed so much. Karen in Washington, DC - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Happy new year
Hello everyone Happy New Year to you all from Norwich England. I hope you get a lot of lacemaking done next year. Daphne Martin - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] making lace with my granddaughter
Dear Rose and spiders I just have to join in and tell you that I also have a 7 year old granddaughter (she will be 8 in February) who has just become a lacemaker. She and her little sister came to stay in early December and I took them to a lace day with me. I did not get any of my own lace done that day as we started a multicoloured snake and everyone made her feel very special and admired it. It was not finished that day but next morning when I got up at about 6.30am, I found her already up and sitting at the lace pillow determined to finish her snake before leaving, which she did. I promised to make up her own lacemaking kit for Christmas and on Christmas day her face lit up on receiving it. Today, New Year's Eve I have the girls to stay again and we made a fish (from the Lace Guild website) in 1 hour. Maybe we will make anther one tomorrow so that she will remember how to start the next one herself. I am as pleased as punch. It is now just 2012 and I have just finished watching the Royal Variety Show. It is time I went to bed so that I can be a wide awake granny tomorrow. Happy New Year to one and all. Janis in Honeydew South Africa Dear Spiders I very rarely post but I had to tell you... I've had my 7 year old granddaughter to stay and I was delighted to get her making bobbin lace. We made a highly prized silver snake with a purple strip down its back and golden bead eyes. Rosemarie Peel Nuneaton UK -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Pinpoint, and is believed to be clean. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Cheer detergent ingredients
I went a-googling and found: Cheer brand detergent contains: Fragrance(s)/perfume(s), Color protection/processing agent, Color safe oxygen bleach (sodium perborate and bleach activator),Sodium sulfate anhydrous,Cleaning agent(s),Colorant/Pigment/Dye(s),Fabric whitening agent(s),Sodium silicates (unspecified), Soil suspending agent(s), Water softeners (complex sodium phosphates/sodium carbonate) Could be the sodium perborate prevents colour bleeding. -- 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 arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Sad deaths
I am very sorry to hear of the passing of Doris and Irma. Although I only know them by name, it is sad to hear their wonderful skills, teaching abilities, etc are gone forever. Also Steve the bobbin maker. Greetings and a Happy New Year to everyone. I hope 2012 will be a good year - and productive with your lace. No fishing today, - so I will make lace instead!!! :) Liz, still on holiday in Mallacoota, Australia! lizl...@bigpond.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Lace2000 and Lace R-XP files
I am sure I am not the only person who has either of these programs on their computer. One of the great things with this software is the ability to design an element ONCE, save it and have it available to be used in every pattern you design from then on. Think about that, never have to redraw a specific type of spider again - a few clicks and it is there, repeatable. Anyway, seeing as how I have made a stack of these torchon elements based on the number of pins surrounding them I have them on my website for free download. YOU WILL NEED the software as these are just the files I have drawn up but if you already have the software, go ahead and download the files, they are free and for everyone to use. http://www.brandis.com.au/craft/Lace/lace2000.html Have a go at designing your own bookmark, length of lace or be adventurous and design the shawl you always wanted. Jenny Brandis Kununurra, Western Australia je...@brandis.com.au brandis.com.au - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Conservation advice - do no harm (Long - but read it!)
Now that I've stopped giggling, Robin, would all the holdouts who have been reading my warnings from the very beginning of _Arachne_ (mailto:Lace@Arachne) hear loud and clear: Learn how to take care of precious textiles - you'll find many of my memos in our archives: _http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/index.html_ (http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/index.html) A search of just my name will bring up over 1,000 entries. Refine this by searching Jeri Ames conservation advice, which has about 18 entries. Any suspect washing solution should be tested on a like-textile bit of thread or an inconspicuous inside seam allowance of a garment. If putting even a drop on lace, choose to put it on some thread that has not been made into lace. On old items, you can often find a thread somewhere to isolate and test. Conservators start with plain distilled water, a drop at a time (or dab with a Q-tip - small wand with cotton on both ends - cotton swab that is sold in pharmacies). If distilled water makes a color bleed, it is likely that all additives to the water will bleed that much, or worse. For example, I tried this method on each thread color in an 1838 embroidered sampler. One green dye ran in one part and not in another! Perhaps the green threads were from two different dye lots that looked the same when new. The next test is to add some Orvus to water and test again with the drop method. Then, the decision to be made is whether to wet clean, or not. This is what a responsible conservator will do -- make sure before taking drastic steps. Sometimes it is best to let well enough alone. If a gentle wash in Orvus (see archive) does not remove a stain, do not follow it with a heat treatment of any kind (such as putting in a hot dryer or pressing with a hot iron). Avoid sun. If you shouldn't expose your complexion to sun, why would you trust your lace to it It was an old method, discredited by today's museum conservators because today's sun rays contain more damaging UV. Do not take advice from old books and old cleaning recipes. If you want to take further steps, consult a local curator at a museum that has a collection of textiles. Have a professional conservator tackle it. (I do not mean a dry cleaning establishment.) Not just in this stream of memos, but another recently, I saw specific product names given. The only one I recommend for cotton/linen is Orvus - a Procter Gamble product available in many parts of the world - used for wet cleaning fine rugs and upholstery by professionals, for washing sheep and other animals that will be displayed at fairs and the like, and hand washing delicate fabrics. Orvus is the product that museums use, always in a conservative way. It has just 4 ingredients: Sodium lauryl sulfate, lauryl alcohol, sodium sulfate, and water. Incidentally, I call Proctor Gamble every few years to reconfirm that the ingredients have not changed! All these different manufacturers with their high-blown advertising claims are free to change formulas at any time. They also have not stood the test of time --- old containers of cleaning solutions may chemically change over time. Museums have sorted this out and recommend Orvus. Orvus used to be hard to find in shops women frequent. Quilting shop owners now often make up small bottles for sale (from the big industrial-size container it comes in). If you are located in a farming area, tack shops (shops where animal supplies are sold) often carry this product. You could get a group of ladies together and buy the large container and re-bottle it. Please use some common sense. No perfumes which may discolor over time. No lanolin (leaves residue behind that microcosms like to eat). Colorant/Pigment/Dye(s) - come on, whom are we kidding? -- memo below of one product's claims! Always remember that whatever liquid cocktail you put your textile into, not all of it will ever be rinsed out. It stays in fibers. Forever. It just reached midnight in Maine. Happy New Year to all our lace lovers. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center 12/31/2011 4:04:18 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, robinl...@socal.rr.com writes: -- Jean Nathan j...@nathan54.freeserve.co.uk wrote: What is particular about Cheer that it will avoid bleeding? Cheer brand laundry detergent makes the claim and (I assume) Sue has tried it if she endorses it. I'm sure whatever allows the company to make this claim is part of its proprietary formulation and we may never know what it is. We also won't know if/when they decide to change it, which is why I'm sure it won't get an endorsement from Arachnean textile watchdog, Jeri Ames. Even if it's been tested for safety and effectiveness by professional
RE: [lace] Lace2000 and Lace R-XP files
Or you can buy a disc of the motifs, already drawn up, neatly filed in folders which automatically installs into your RXP programme. Ruth thelacema...@optusnet.com.au -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Jenny Brandis Sent: Sunday, 1 January 2012 1:01 PM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] Lace2000 and Lace R-XP files I am sure I am not the only person who has either of these programs on their computer. One of the great things with this software is the ability to design an element ONCE, save it and have it available to be used in every pattern you design from then on. Think about that, never have to redraw a specific type of spider again - a few clicks and it is there, repeatable. Anyway, seeing as how I have made a stack of these torchon elements based on the number of pins surrounding them I have them on my website for free download. YOU WILL NEED the software as these are just the files I have drawn up but if you already have the software, go ahead and download the files, they are free and for everyone to use. http://www.brandis.com.au/craft/Lace/lace2000.html Have a go at designing your own bookmark, length of lace or be adventurous and design the shawl you always wanted. Jenny Brandis Kununurra, Western Australia je...@brandis.com.au brandis.com.au - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace-chat] Rock throwing
Gosh Liz, when we were kids I got a hiding for merely pointing the hose on to the cars from the top of a nearby cutting. I never did that again!! David in Ballarat, AUS It amazes me how many stupid ways these kids dream up to cause injury or death ot others. What is the world coming to? To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
