[lace] interesting novelty
I hope its alright to post this here rather on chat as it is lace related? Yesterday while shopping in our local Morrisons supermarket (here in the uk) I found some lovely novelty items. See through Bauble shapes, star and also a flattened bauble shape. They were sold to fit photos into for oneself or else as gifts and they would make delightful gifts, but of course my brain straight away thought Lace I bought a bauble shape and the flattened bauble shape (not feeling up to making a star shape at the moment) and sometime between now and christmas I will make or find a suitable piece of lace or two to fit inside them to hang with our decorations. I am posting this in case anyone else in the UK would want to buy something like it. They are in the special cardboard box displays that go up in store in the seasonal aisle. Sue T Dorset UK where the sun is shining but the temperatures have dropped quite low with a spiteful wind chill factor so I might need to decorate my thermals with lace [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/png which had a name of wlEmoticon-smile[1].png] [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/png which had a name of wlEmoticon-winkingsmile[1].png] - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Pinterest boards
I got a lot of great feedback from the new lacemaking threads board on the LaceNews Pinterest site yesterday http://www.pinterest.com/LaceNews/lacemaking-thread/. And many people said they were interested in pins and needles. So that is starting up too http://www.pinterest.com/LaceNews/lacemaking-pins-and-needles/. This one is more difficult. It's fairly easy to track down thread manufacturers on the web, and also needle makers. But pins are a problem, many common brands are job shopped in the far east. But I'll keep looking. So these two boards are basically collections of equipment suppliers. I think I will expand on this, and open more equipment boards, first one for bobbins. Most of the bobbin makers are now listed under the boards for Supplies and Books. But I think these should be reserved more for more retail shops offering a variety of items. If a shop also does manufacturing (for example Handy Hands, which is a general interest tatting shop but also manufacturers Lizbeth thread), then they can also be listed under the appropriate equipment board. The site is slowly evolving, I'm fast approaching 1000 pins for lace resources. The only real problem is the lack of the ability to do sub-boards on Pinterest - a feature much requested by users, but not available yet. Laurie Waters http://lacenews.net lacen...@gmail.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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Pinterest boards
Thank you for taking the time to do this Laurie. I'm sure the boards will come in useful to many of us. I do hope my reply messages are being trimmed. I use gmail and when I am writing a message after using the 'reply' button, the original messages does not show up for me to delete. In fact, I would be very grateful if someone would tell me whether they *are* trimmed or not. Thanks, Karen in Malta. On 19 November 2013 16:05, Laurie Waters lswaters...@comcast.net wrote: I got a lot of great feedback from the new lacemaking threads board on the LaceNews Pinterest site yesterday http://www.pinterest.com/LaceNews/lacemaking-thread/. And many people said they were interested in pins and needles. So that is starting up too http://www.pinterest.com/LaceNews/lacemaking-pins-and-needles/. This one is more difficult. It's fairly easy to track down thread manufacturers on the web, and also needle makers. But pins are a problem, many common brands are job shopped in the far east. But I'll keep looking. So these two boards are basically collections of equipment suppliers. I think I will expand on this, and open more equipment boards, first one for bobbins. Most of the bobbin makers are now listed under the boards for Supplies and Books. But I think these should be reserved more for more retail shops offering a variety of items. If a shop also does manufacturing (for example Handy Hands, which is a general interest tatting shop but also manufacturers Lizbeth thread), then they can also be listed under the appropriate equipment board. The site is slowly evolving, I'm fast approaching 1000 pins for lace resources. The only real problem is the lack of the ability to do sub-boards on Pinterest - a feature much requested by users, but not available yet. Laurie Waters http://lacenews.net lacen...@gmail.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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] blue film and book inventory
In the past, my lace group in the USA has imported a full roll of blue film from Europe and re-sold it to the members in small sections. At the time, we had the help of a friend in Europe who got the roll and brought it to us. We are in need of another roll. I've been searching on the web for a supplier to order it from but having no luck. I think the suppliers are in countries with languages other than English so my English search can't find them. I know a couple sources for buying smaller sections of film but it's the roll I'm looking for. Does anyone in Arachne know of a source for a full roll of blue film? On another subject... I've been working on Christmas ornaments, took a class in Rosaline, am on the third square of a 36 square table cloth ( I expect 3 years on this project), and am getting geared up to take a Cantu class using a genuine Cantu bolster pillow. I also want to make an inventory of my lace books on a Tablet so I can take the list to conferences, etc. I thought about using a basic spread sheet for the inventory. Who else has their books inventoried, and how did you do it? Alice in Oregon where we are in the middle of a blustery storm, and I have to go out in it to retrieve my cat from the vet. Then I get to stay home the rest of the day and do whatever I choose. - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] blue film and book inventory
I always get my blue film from SMP Lace (http://www.smplace.co.uk/index.htm ). They sell a 10 meter roll for £36.00. If someone from the US is going to the National Christmas Lacemakers Fair in early December, perhaps they could pre-order it, bring it back to the US and then send it to you? Jill, Milton Keynes, Bucks - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] book inventory
Dear Alice et al, I catalogued my books right before the Ithaca Lace Days so I would know what I had and what I didn't. I used a chart template in my WordPerfect. Author in 1 column, last name first, title in one column, and subject, (manual, history, Bucks, Honiton, Christmas, etc. or nothing) That way I can sort it by author, or by subject. I save 3 versions, the one where I just add to the bottom, then save it, then sort by author, save that, then sort by subject, save that. So I can print out or look at it in each way. Then when I got home with my new purchases, I added them immediately. So I know what I have that are duplicates, where the big gaps are in my library. I have 9 pages, so this is a great way to keep everything straight. Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, where it's windy, but still rather warm for this time of year, 46F, 7C. We've had some lovely autumn weather this year. On another subject... I've been working on Christmas ornaments, took a class in Rosaline, am on the third square of a 36 square table cloth ( I expect 3 years on this project), and am getting geared up to take a Cantu class using a genuine Cantu bolster pillow. I also want to make an inventory of my lace books on a Tablet so I can take the list to conferences, etc. I thought about using a basic spread sheet for the inventory. Who else has their books inventoried, and how did you do it? - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Blue film
I too have spent many hours looking for blue film in vain. In an effort to make my blue film last longer and go farther, whenever I do a project at home, I use my photocopy/scanner to copy the pattern onto a blue paper, or else even a colored card and cover it with clear matte film available, very inexpensively, from Ace Hardware. Unfortunately this doesn't help me when I am at a class and the pattern is copied onto white paper. Another lacemaker I used to know traveled with a blue highlighter and would color the white pattern with it so that she could then use the clear matte film. Nonetheless, I would still like to have a tube of the blue film if anyone finds it. Devon - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] blue film and book inventory
Hello Alice and everyone Just a thought - check out the apps offerings for your particular tablet? I found one on google-play specific for 'book inventory' and inexpensive. I worked some basic Cantu from the Italian video using a bolster pillow and the Cantu bobbins - it all felt 'right' - have fun with the class. On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 8:46 AM, lacel...@frontier.com lacel...@frontier.com wrote: On another subject... I've been working on Christmas ornaments, took a class in Rosaline, am on the third square of a 36 square table cloth ( I expect 3 years on this project), and am getting geared up to take a Cantu class using a genuine Cantu bolster pillow. I also want to make an inventory of my lace books on a Tablet so I can take the list to conferences, etc. I thought about using a basic spread sheet for the inventory. Who else has their books inventoried, and how did you do it? -- Bev working on Torchon bookmarks 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] book inventory
I had catalogued mine using Excel and put in many details, such as ISBN, whether the books were autographed or not, ex-libris or new, the price I had bought them for, edition number etc. I kept on adding to it every time I added a new book. One fine day, I noticed that the details of one book were not quite right and then I noticed that somehow, the cells of some of the columns had moved. Now I have started doing the same thing, but in writing. When I finish will be another matter :-) On other days I wonder whether I should just forget about that and work lace instead! Hope this message is properly trimmed now. I have tried. Tell me if if's not, because many times I refrain from participating in a discussion because of this 'trimming business' (i.e. I can never suss out whether my message is trimmed or not). Karen in Malta - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Book inventory.
RE: Book inventory. I made my book list using Excel from the Microsoft office group. I made columns of the things I wanted to remember such as: Author, title, Company, Year it was published, Hardback or paperback, number pages. and price. Topic columns are also included such as: type of lace, country of origin... In Excel I can reformat the list to arrange by whichever heading I want to search by. It is very easy to see how much I have supported my interest in lace by totally the price column. Oh, my;-O Susie Johnson Morris, Illinois - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
RE: [lace] blue film and book inventory
I have been using an App for my android mobile phone called Book Catalogue by Evan Leybourn for some time. It uses the camera in the phone to scan the barcode, which then automatically searches the internet for that book, and places all details of it, including a thumbnail of the cover and a brief description, into the catalogue.Then, when I bought my android tablet, I also placed the app on that and I synchronise the data between the two appliances. If the book has no barcode, its ISBN number can be keyed in manually. Failing that, the entire details can be keyed in manually and a picture of the cover taken and included. Having it on my mobile phone means I can always check if I already have the book if I see something for sale. Oh yes, and the whole thing can be exported to or imported from a spreadsheet CSV file and emailed. And it doesn't have any advertising! Noelene in Cooma nlaffe...@ozemail.com.au Who else has their books inventoried, and how did you do it? Alice in Oregon - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
RE: [lace] blue film and book inventory
I've just checked the exported CSV file of my lace book catalogue. It opened immediately in Excel, and has 40 columns of data! Noelene in Cooma nlaffe...@ozemail.com.au I have been using an App for my android mobile phone called Book Catalogue - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] blue film and book inventory
I paid the grand sum of about £2.49 for the iPad app of 'My Library' which lets me scan bar codes in and save the inventory to my drop box account then pick it up on my iPhone. I've used excel and MS a access databases but I like the low cost of this and the fact I can pick it up on both my iPhone and tablet. I'm not sure if there is an android variant L Kind Regards Liz Baker On 19 Nov 2013, at 16:46, lacel...@frontier.com lacel...@frontier.com wrote: In the past, my lace group in the USA has imported a full roll of blue film from Europe and re-sold it to the members in small sections. At the time, we had the help of a friend in Europe who got the roll and brought it to us. We are in need of another roll. I've been searching on the web for a supplier to order it from but having no luck. I think the suppliers are in countries with languages other than English so my English search can't find them. I know a couple sources for buying smaller sections of film but it's the roll I'm looking for. Does anyone in Arachne know of a source for a full roll of blue film? On another subject... I've been working on Christmas ornaments, took a class in Rosaline, am on the third square of a 36 square table cloth ( I expect 3 years on this project), and am getting geared up to take a Cantu class using a genuine Cantu bolster pillow. I also want to make an inventory of my lace books on a Tablet so I can take the list to conferences, etc. I thought about using a basic spread sheet for the inventory. Who else has their books inventoried, and how did you do it? Alice in Oregon where we are in the middle of a blustery storm, and I have to go out in it to retrieve my cat from the vet. Then I get to stay home the rest of the day and do whatever I choose. - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Blue film
Devon and the gentle spiders, I have, in the past bought this off the peg from good stationers and ordered it specially from art suppliers. I've also found it in ebay a couple of times under art supplies and stationery. In the UK the proprietary name for this is fablon or as it was always referred to on blue peter; sticky backed plastic. I have had both Matt pale blue film and also dark blue - both worked as well as the other. Hope it helps as a direction Kind Regards Liz Baker On 19 Nov 2013, at 17:13, dmt11h...@aol.com wrote: I too have spent many hours looking for blue film in vain. In an effort to make my blue film last longer and go farther, whenever I do a project at home, I use my photocopy/scanner to copy the pattern onto a blue paper, or else even a colored card and cover it with clear matte film available, very inexpensively, from Ace Hardware. Unfortunately this doesn't help me when I am at a class and the pattern is copied onto white paper. Another lacemaker I used to know traveled with a blue highlighter and would color the white pattern with it so that she could then use the clear matte film. Nonetheless, I would still like to have a tube of the blue film if anyone finds it. Devon - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] blue film and book inventory
Wow - that sounds great. I'm off to look for it. Karen in Malta - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
FW: [lace] blue film and book inventory
Oh, that sounds nice. Now I really wish I made the bar code column I will have to check to see if it works on Nook or on HP Touchpad. Susie Morris, Illinois. -Original Message- Subject: Re: [lace] blue film and book inventory I paid the grand sum of about £2.49 for the iPad app of 'My Library' which lets me scan bar codes in and save the inventory to my drop box account then pick it up on my iPhone. I've used excel and MS a access databases but I like the low cost of this and the fact I can pick it up on both my iPhone and tablet. I'm not sure if there is an android variant --Liz Baker - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
RE: [lace] Blue film
I too have used the highlighter method to make my pattern colored but would prefer blue film...Why is it in the US all film is clear?? Cearbhael -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of dmt11h...@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 11:14 AM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] Blue film Another lacemaker I used to know traveled with a blue highlighter and would color the white pattern with it so that she could then use the clear matte film. Nonetheless, I would still like to have a tube of the blue film if anyone finds it. Devon - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Blue film
Could you photocopy the pricking on blue paper, and cover with the clear film? I too have used the highlighter method to make my pattern colored but would prefer blue film... FWIW I don't care for the blue film at all, and usually work on a white paper pricking that I've covered with matte magic tape,. Though I mostly use coloured threads, I do this for white thread, too (for Honiton where I work on firm brown card). Bev in Shirley BC on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of BC 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
RE: [lace] Blue film
Hi All, Not sure where Joanne Scowcroft (supplier, Josco Lace) gets hers from, but obtaining blue, matt film is not a problem to Australians. Mary Carey Campbelltown, NSW, Australia - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] blue film and book inventory
Hi Alice, On 20/11/2013 6:42 AM, Noelene Lafferty wrote: I have been using an App for my android mobile phone called Book Catalogue by Evan Leybourn for some time. I agree wholeheartedly with Noelene. I also have an android mobile, Samsung, and use the Book Catalogue. Very handy when out and about looking at books. After our lace meeting yesterday I can add Eleana's Bibilla book to my library, signed as well. :-) Cheers, Shirley T. - summer was here for a few days then left us. :-( - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Blue film
re: laminatefor pricking. Around school time I have found a blue film but it was tectured a bit and to dark for my likeing. The laminate we use is actually clear shelf liner with a sticky back. Susie Morris, Illinois - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
RE: [lace] Book inventory.
Good day to you all Hi Susie, how about sharing your excel sheet with the list? Manie Kriel South Africa - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
