Re: [lace] Freehand Lace Power Point
Hello Susan, There is a German book called Freihandspitzen von der Schwäbischen Alb, edited by the German Kloeppelverband, which starts with very narrow edgings with 5 -7 pairs. In fact it is a very simple edging, which you can also find in patterns of Le Pompe and this type of laces. If you want, I can send you a drawing of this 6 pair piece of lace. Best wishes, Antje González, from Spain. - 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] Thank you for the pattern
We'd like to say thank you again to Sue Turnbull who provided today's pattern for the Lace Guild Advent Calendar - this is the fourth one she's sent us since 2009. If you haven't looked at the website Advent Calendar on an iPad or other tablet before and are wondering where to find the pattern, click on the date - it's white when there's a pattern. Jean and David Leader Lace Guild website: http://www.laceguild.org - 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] Swedish lacemaker
Hi Arachnids Is there a Swedish lacemaker who will help me contact a Swedish author. I need a translator. Happy lacemaking Alex - 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] organisation
Thanks for sharing this Agnes. I looked at some other videos she has posted on youtube, and the lacemaker uses the same system in each of them to keep her bobbins organised. Very nice! It 'almost' makes me want to give the tombolo technique a go! Jill, in cloudy Milton Keynes, Bucks On 29 November 2013 at 19:36 Agnes Boddington ag...@weatherwax.karoo.co.uk wrote: Talk about being organized on your lace pillow. Have a look at this lace maker: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYJVgKyj470feature=c4-overview-vllist=PL22B 1A50D49D0F648 - 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] organisation
Organised yes but oh, so slow.  I wonder if this lacemaker uses all those divider pins when she's not doing a video for the benefit of an audience.  If you watch people working on a bolster pillow,  either held horizontally or vertically,  they don't fuss with a pin for every pair.  If you had lots of bobbins you couldn't do that anyway.  They pin bobbins out of the way in bundles, and lift/drop them down a few pairs at a time. Because half stitch is worked twist, cross,  it is quite quick to sort off the next group of bobbins needed as they are all hanging untwisted in more or less the right order. They get no more jumbled than when you have lots of pairs flat on a pillow.  The speed at which they are able to make the stitches more than outweighs the time spent sorting.  What they are strict with themselves about is to keep all the leashes the same length; this keeps the bobbins in order better and makes it much easier to move the bobbins around each other,  both when sorting and when working. Sent from Samsung tablet Original message From Jill Hawkins j...@myhawkins.co.uk Date: 03/12/2013 11:13 (GMT+00:00) To 'lace Arachne' lace@arachne.com,Agnes Boddington ag...@weatherwax.karoo.co.uk Subject Re: [lace] organisation Thanks for sharing this Agnes. I looked at some other videos she has posted on youtube, and the lacemaker uses the same system in each of them to keep her bobbins organised. Very nice! It 'almost' makes me want to give the tombolo technique a go! Jill, in cloudy Milton Keynes, Bucks On 29 November 2013 at 19:36 Agnes Boddington ag...@weatherwax.karoo.co.uk wrote: Talk about being organized on your lace pillow. Have a look at this lace maker: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYJVgKyj470feature=c4-overview-vllist=PL22B 1A50D49D0F648 - 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] Freehand Lace with 6 pairs or less
Dear Susan, If you have access to Gil Dye's The Isham Samples and Other Linen Edgings there are several patterns that would suit you from the Elizabethan era. Some use 2 colors of thread, which I have found makes it easier for people new to viewing a lace demonstration to see the thread paths. Adding a bit of history at a library location, would be appropriate and you might find a costume book that shows the narrow laces used on coifs and clothing edges. Because of the Isham connection, there was a long article (with pictures) by Rosemary Shepherd in the Fall 2012 IOLI lace bulletin. You might even find an article by Gil - she writes for both IOLI and The Lace Guild (UK) bulletins. Or, you can make a simple Torchon ground of any width. See Rosemary's Introduction to Bobbin Lacemaking, page 32. People can relate to stitches which resemble machine-made net (tulle) yardage. I used this idea and set up a basic pillow with tatting threads (they don't break at demos, and there is enough space to see the threads and show the route an individual thread takes using a corsage pin as pointer). I wound bone bobbins with white, and black hand-painted bobbins with blue variegated. The effect is pretty, and the bobbins are set up in a sequence to create a diamond shape of blue down the middle. Not for your limited pillow space, Susan, but an idea for anyone who wants to talk with the public while demonstrating. A large fully-dressed pillow with many bobbins and dense pattern is discouraging and elicits the usual I don't have the patience!. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center In a message dated 12/2/2013 10:55:29 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, hottl...@neo.rr.com writes: My plan for making Skansk hit a major snag when I realized all of my patterns require more than six pair. Google brought up Jean Leader's articles, Lorelei's test strips Jo Edkin's ribbons. With such a tiny pillow, I'm reluctant to add my beaded Mechlin bobbins to the mix, but six pair lace options are less appealing. The pillow needs something cute petite! Have I missed any attractive six pair resources that may be worked freehand? - 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] Re: Blue prints of lace
Hi Devon, Thanks for the explanation. I never thought a sun print process, but that make a lot of sense. I used to make blue line prints and that process used ammonia to set the lines; but you still had to be careful not to keep the paper in the light too long before running it through the machine. I'm glad they aren't being used anymore. Paper cuts from those sheets were deep and painful. I kept threatening to claim workman's comp every time I had to put a plan set together back in my Junior Civil Engineering days G. Kathy On Wed, 11/27/13, dmt11h...@aol.com dmt11h...@aol.com wrote: These are cyan prints. You put a piece of lace on a treated paper and then place it in the sun to make them. They are a primitive form of photography, but not, I think terribly expensive in the era to which you refer. Kids still make these sun prints in science class and summer camp often of leaves and ferns. I had blue prints like these from my lace teacher in the 1970s when photocopying was still in its infancy. I think that it was still quite a common way to provide an image at that time. SNIP - 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] Freehand Lace with 6 pairs or less
A large fully-dressed pillow with many bobbins and dense pattern is discouraging and elicits the usual I don't have the patience!. Oh how I agree with Jeri on this one.  And it can be a real act of diplomacy to try to tell potential volunteers that their 'boasting' pillow with 200+ expensive bobbins and fine Point Ground lace completely hidden by pins is not going to be an inspiration to new lacemakers.  On the contrary,  it will frighten them away. One of the best show pillows I have seen is Arachne Leonard Bazaar's.  From memory it is a largish circular cloth (maybe a metre or so across, but I'm sure he'll let us know), worked in a 5 pair braid lace, all cloth stitch (is that right?) with minimal plated fillings, Bruges style.  I seem to remember the design is made in thirds, and when i saw it last, at least one third was finished and hung impressively at the front of the pillow.  The work in progress is so basic that I have seen Leonard invite people to do some for him when there is a queue for the have-a-go pillow.  They can immediately understand how this simple stitch and braid can make a beautiful and even complex design. Jacquie in Lincolnshire Sent from Samsung tablet Original message From jeria...@aol.com Date: 03/12/2013 17:04 (GMT+00:00) To hottl...@neo.rr.com,lace@arachne.com Subject Re: [lace] Freehand Lace with 6 pairs or less Dear Susan, If you have access to Gil Dye's The Isham Samples and Other Linen Edgings there are several patterns that would suit you from the Elizabethan era.  Some use 2 colors of thread, which I have found makes it easier for people new to viewing a lace demonstration to see the thread paths. Adding a bit of history at a library location, would be appropriate and you might find a costume book that shows the narrow laces used on coifs and clothing edges. Because of the Isham connection, there was a long article (with pictures) by Rosemary Shepherd in the Fall 2012 IOLI lace bulletin. You might even find an article by Gil - she writes for both IOLI and The Lace Guild (UK) bulletins. Or, you can make a simple Torchon ground of any width. See Rosemary's Introduction to Bobbin Lacemaking, page 32. People can relate to stitches which resemble machine-made net (tulle) yardage. I used this idea and set up a basic pillow with tatting threads (they don't break at demos, and there is enough space to see the threads and show the route an individual thread takes using a corsage pin as pointer). I wound bone bobbins with white, and black hand-painted bobbins with blue variegated. The effect is pretty, and the bobbins are set up in a sequence to create a diamond shape of blue down the middle.  Not for your limited pillow space, Susan, but an idea for anyone who wants to talk with the public while demonstrating. A large fully-dressed pillow with many bobbins and dense pattern is discouraging and elicits the usual I don't have the patience!. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center In a message dated 12/2/2013 10:55:29 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, hottl...@neo.rr.com writes: My plan for making Skansk hit a major snag when I realized all of my patterns require more than six pair. Google brought up Jean Leader's articles, Lorelei's test strips Jo Edkin's ribbons. With such a tiny pillow, I'm reluctant to add my beaded Mechlin bobbins to the mix, but six pair lace options are less appealing. The pillow needs something cute  petite! Have I missed any attractive six pair resources that may be worked freehand? - 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] Apology
Sorry, I forgot to trim my last post. Sent from Samsung tablet - 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] Demonstrating strategy
I agree that a few bobbins, not uncountable numbers, is a much less intimidating picture. Also a relatively clear pillow. Not a lot of pin cushions or tools around. Few tools or other paraphernalia in view. I am demonstrating most Sundays at church so people have a better understanding of what is going into making the altar cloth for the side altar. I use everything on the pillow that I use at home, except the lamp, as 40/2 linen doesn't really need a lamp in full daylight. This is so they appreciate the labor and concentration involved. I also put a colored thread in loosely every Sunday so they can see the progress. That's where I was last Sunday, and this is where I am today, and I work at least an hour every morning. Remember that most Americans have never seen bobbin lace. If I were doing a demo to invite people to try it, I would do a much simpler lace with many fewer pairs, although 40/2 is a good thread to use. I would clear my pillow of all possible tools and extras, as they make the project look more complicated. The idea is to make it look like anyone can do it. Part of my 'patter' is the two steps of any stitch, and when I talk about moving #2 bobbin over #3, I stop to say, Now you could do that, couldn't you? And they always nod yes. Then on to the twist, and and a similar phrase, with a similar response. This shows them that they can do it. Demonstrating is teaching and theater, and anything you can do to set the stage for the point you want to prove is a good thing to consider. Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA where we are having appropriate weather which is more pleasant than usual. Right now no rain, temperatures always above freezing. Good time to see Christmas lights at night. - 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] Demonstrating strategy
...Demonstrating is teaching and theater, and anything you can do to set the stage for the point you want to prove is a good thing to consider Love this statement! It is so true. I have done the wide lace with 126 bobbins (see http://www.brandis.com.au/craft/Lace/201305.html and it is the one with Merlin the cat) at the local markets and got lots of admiring comments but it is when I demo on the 28 pair length (see http://www.brandis.com.au/craft/Lace/201305.html and it is the blue one) that I get people willing to have a go. Now reading the message about less is best I am going to do a tape lace animal or three (probably snake or lizard) for display and alternate between the 'easy' animal and the blue length as I need to do 3 more metres of the blue. Regards Jenny Brandis Kununurra, Western Australia je...@brandis.com.au www.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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Cymbal bags for carrying lace pillows
Are you wondering what to ask Santa to bring you? A few months ago I accompanied a friend to a Scrabble club and most players carried their game boards in cymbal bags. That got me thinking that these zippered, padded, round nylon cases could possibly be used for transporting lace, especially on rainy days or in nearly-clean car trunks (car boots). I did an online search and there were many to choose from, starting at 9.95 U.S. dollars. Some have shoulder straps and pockets, or can be carried on the back â perfect for hiking with your lace! Here is one possible source in the U.S.: http://www.steveweissmusic.com/product/meinl-professional-frame-drum-bags/dru m-hardware-bag If the URL is too long, Google âSteveweissmusic.com, then go to Accessories/Bags, Cases and Covers/Cymbal Bags. I corresponded with someone at this company and he said the cases are divided on the inside to accommodate two cymbals; after all, one cymbal is not of much use, is it? He did not think it would be easy to remove the divider, but if the case was deep enough than might not be necessary and possibly useful for carrying tools, thread, extra bobbins, etc. Obviously, such cases would be for round (cookie) pillows, not block or roller pillows. Regarding the link to the music supply company above, I assure you I know nothing about the company; it was amongst the top of the Google search so I went to it first. I suggest that if anyone wants to look into this further that they pay a visit to a local music supply store. If ordering online, get very precise measurements of the bag and be assured the bag would be returnable if not suitable. Hoping this may help someone, Ruth Johnson Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Where my Yaspé silk scarf is now about 50 inches (124 cms) long. Iâve been side-tracked into making owls using the pattern shown in the latest OIDFA Bulletin.) - 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] Demonstrating strategy
I set up the Springett snake because it gives an alternative color down the middle and can be made rapidly even for new triers. it lets them follow the path of the bobbins. it has few bobbins and i use a metallic thread in the middle to give glitter to it which also is appealing. i pre-wind bobbins in sets and take at least 3 pillows with me so hopefully they will take the time to work on it and finish it to take home. i also make sure i have a bead for the eye. it is fast and is lovely. if you have time beforehand, you can make up some in the colors you take as kits and let them work until they have to go and then just give them the one you made in those colors and another trier can finish it up and take home the one made by two people. i like to send them home with something because then they admire it and think i can do this. a list of supplies needed to get started (only for this simple pattern as supplies can get overwhelming if they see all the will eventually use as they develop can also be handed out. you also can have 3-4 triers doing it at the same time. i frequently set up a card table at the library and give 4 people at a time the opportunity. i have 2 pieces of square thick foam covered totally in cloth for triers and then carry 7 cookie pillows for 2 more. light weight and small. my prickings are also prepared and pricked ahead. i carry at least 10 with me when i go to a demonstration. i use a tripod table which i can elevate for them to stand and see me work but also lower so i can sit down on my piano stool which has a back and glass claw feet. if i don't carry my cup of tea, i can carry all of the above in one trip. i haven't made a cup holder to drape over my shoulder yet. but the tripod has a cup holder and if i can keep it upright over my shoulder, i can put my spill-proof cup in it. that tho is iffy. one other thought is to start the snake and go until you have the bead for the eye in place and let them go from there. this pattern also lends itself to roller pillows that have narrow rollers. i make the same pattern so i have a supply of finished ones for the next demo. Hugs, Lin and the Mali *Mistakes are beautiful. Mistakes are part of the fun.* - 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] Cymbal bags for carrying lace pillows
Years ago some people investigated cymbal bags. They found out that many of them are thinner than the space pillows need. I suggest checking out music stores in person to actually look at the bags that are available. You might find one that works but not all of them will. Another suggestion one time was a bag used to carry cowboy lassos. An interesting idea but not readily available. If there's a horse supply store in your area, you might check it out. Don't overlook the option to make your own bag to fit. Make it of raincoat material and it will be rainproof. Years ago I bought a bag in England that was square with zippers on the two sides. The open top was gathered to handles. The neat thing was the layer of plastic put between the outside and the lining. My pillow never could get wet. PS-- while in that music store, check out the folding music racks. Before the multitude of folding stands now available, I used a music stand as a portable compact stand with my travel or small pillows. Being metal, it had some weight but didn't take much room for transport. It had three arms that could be adjusted to support the pillow. Happy lacing, Alice in Oregon --- where its very, very cold and even we might have snow by the end of the week. From: Earl Ruth Johnson ejohn...@magma.ca Are you wondering what to ask Santa to bring you? A few months ago I accompanied a friend to a Scrabble club and most players carried their game boards in cymbal bags. That got me thinking that these zippered, padded, round nylon cases could possibly be used for transporting lace, especially on rainy days or in nearly-clean car trunks (car boots). - 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] Disposing of Files. Comment-a-Day for Next 7 Days
quote -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of jeria...@aol.com I found a few tidbits in some quite old Embroiderers' Guild newsletters that might amuse, to share 7. When I was giving a lecture, I wore an antique lace shawl. After commenting that it was at least 100 years old, one of the students asked, Did you do the work yourself? unquote LOL, I would have said Yes, I was just 13 at the time just to see if they really meant the question. Then again I am prone to answer stupid questions with non nonsensical answers. Regards Jenny Brandis Kununurra, Western Australia je...@brandis.com.au www.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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Cymbal bags for carrying lace pillows
this is the time of year when you can find wreath storage bags almost everywhere. i have a plastic box that holds 2 pillows. I have a wreath storage bag that holds 3 and i have two 36 cookie pillows it in along with a third pillow. I also think i got a grey pillow bag from Holly Van Sciver in 2001. but the wreath storage bag is found around and not expensive. after the holidays you will find them for half price. i got the plastic box from JoAnne Fabrics at half price by accident but having about 22 pillows, most are stored. my pillows range in size from 7 up to 36. just a thought. Hugs, Lin and the Mali *Mistakes are beautiful. Mistakes are part of the fun.* - 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] Cymbal bags for carrying lace pillows - second email
Further to my earlier email, the text below is copied from my last correspondence with the music supplier and I thought it would be worthwhile to forward it too: QUOTE Just as I suspectedyou should look at a Frame Drum Bag they look a lot like cymbal bags but are sized to fit the depth of the drum's shallow shell. Meinl offer a four different sizes and we do show them on our site with a part # like MEI-MFDB22 which strangely enough is a 22 bag, the 20 looks like MFDB20 etc. Check those out to see if they might work better at keeping your thread work from getting tangled. END QUOTE So, a frame drum bag might be a consideration as well. Good luck, and sorry if I am off-topic a bit here. Ruth Johnson Ottawa, Ontario, 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] Cymbal bags for carrying lace pillows
I have a collapsible and folding music stand (from my husbandâs high school band days) and I sometimes use it set the technical drawing of a pattern on. I place the stand near the front of my pillow and It is closer than it would be on a table beside my pillow. I usually remove it after I have learned the pattern. We lacemakers are a resourceful bunch of self-starters, arenât we! Ruth Johnson Ottawa, Ontario, Canada From: lacel...@frontier.com Sent: Tuesday, December 3, 2013 10:07 PM To: Earl Ruth Johnson ; lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] Cymbal bags for carrying lace pillows Years ago some people investigated cymbal bags. They found out that many of them are thinner than the space pillows need. I suggest checking out music stores in person to actually look at the bags that are available. You might find one that works but not all of them will. Another suggestion one time was a bag used to carry cowboy lassos. An interesting idea but not readily available. If there's a horse supply store in your area, you might check it out. Don't overlook the option to make your own bag to fit. Make it of raincoat material and it will be rainproof. Years ago I bought a bag in England that was square with zippers on the two sides. The open top was gathered to handles. The neat thing was the layer of plastic put between the outside and the lining. My pillow never could get wet. PS-- while in that music store, check out the folding music racks. Before the multitude of folding stands now available, I used a music stand as a portable compact stand with my travel or small pillows. Being metal, it had some weight but didn't take much room for transport. It had three arms that could be adjusted to support the pillow. Happy lacing, Alice in Oregon --- where its very, very cold and even we might have snow by the end of the week. - --- From: Earl Ruth Johnson ejohn...@magma.ca Are you wondering what to ask Santa to bring you? A few months ago I accompanied a friend to a Scrabble club and most players carried their game boards in cymbal bags. That got me thinking that these zippered, padded, round nylon cases could possibly be used for transporting lace, especially on rainy days or in nearly-clean car trunks (car boots). - 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] Cymbal bags for carrying lace pillows - second email
Hello Ruth and everyone This is most interesting and a useful resource. I love it that the chap at the music place is helpful beyond the specific use for the carry bags. I should think these bags would be strong enough for lace pillows if they are meant to carry drums or cymbals. On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 6:43 PM, Earl Ruth Johnson ejohn...@magma.cawrote: QUOTE Just as I suspectedyou should look at a Frame Drum Bag they look a lot like cymbal bags but are sized to fit the depth of the drum's shallow shell. Meinl offer a four different sizes and we do show them on our site with a part # like MEI-MFDB22 which strangely enough is a 22 bag, the 20 looks like MFDB20 etc. -- 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Cymbal bags for carrying lace pillows
This is a great idea. you can also use two chop sticks glued into a very small piece of wood with two pin holes which will go into your pillow to hold your pattern. if you laminate the pattern or print it on card stock you only need one set for this. i made two because it works better for me. corsage pins will secure it nicely or you can use doll needles and make divider pins with decoration to suit your pleasure. Hugs, Lin and the Mali *Mistakes are beautiful. Mistakes are part of the fun.* - 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] Cymbal bags
I took a 20 inch lace pillow into a music store and asked about the cymbal bags. I found one to fit--a long strap fits over the shoulder, two shorter straps to carry it by hand, one large pocket that will hold the lace pillow that zips shut, a large pocket on the front for tools, etc that zips shut, and waterproof. It is well padded. On the front of the bag it says Sabian, a design under that, and under that it says Cymbal Makers. It cost $36---around 10 years ago or so. It is a wonderful bag. Annelore Stone In The Shadow Of Mt. Rainier In The Great State Of Washington annel...@mashell.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/
