[lace] Textile Support is Moving!
Hello everyone, For those of you who don't know, Textile Support will be moving from Pavia, Italy to Wollongong, Australia in mid July. We have loved living in this beautiful country but it is time for a change and for new challenges. Before leaving I will be teaching one last course in Gandino about lace an passamentry, for anyone will be in Italy in early July you can find the details here: http://textilesupport.net/lace-and-passamentry-in-gandino/ Our new URL is: textilesupport.net Our new email is: i...@textilesupport.net Best wishes, Angharad Angharad Rixon Piazza S Teodoro 2 27100 Pavia tel. 0382 34789 cell. 349 293 8972 www.textilesupport.net - 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] Wolds Lacemakers lace meeting 10th May 2014
Hello All Wolds Lacemakers will be holding their next lace meeting as detailed below. If anyone wants any further details, please do not hesitate to contact me, I will be happy to answer them. ORGANISATION: Wolds Lacemakers EVENT: Coggeshall (Tambour) Lace with Maureen Bromley A quick and easy way to decorate a plain net using A tambour hook We have a practice pillow for anyone who has not tried bobbin lacemaking and would like to. DATE TIME: Saturday, 10th May 2014 10.00 am - 4.00 pm VENUE:St Johns Newland Parish Church Hall, Clough Road, Kingston-upon-Hull HU6 7PA United Kingdom SUPPLIER: Larkholme Lace CHARGES: Members - £1.50; Non members - £4.00 Everyone is welcome. We look forward to seeing you. Maureen E Yorks UK Website: www.woldslacemakers.co.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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] wedding dresses
Today's Daily Mail has an article about a new exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, which starts on May 3rd and continues until 15th May next year. The theme is Wedding Dresses 1775 - 2914, and there are many photos of the exhibition or the actual weddings in the article. http://tinyurl.com/mubygtl The VA's website is here. http://tinyurl.com/qf5fbpy with links to further information, including a Pinterest Board with more photos. And, no, Queen Victoria's wedding dress is not among them. Liz Pass In Poole, Dorset, where it's raining yet again. - 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: Milanese books
Just a couple more - Mrs Read's introductory lessons from Lace were republished by the Lace Guild, and have now been joined by her Alphabet, good value at GBP5 and 6 respectively; I assume plus P+P. Kind regards leonard...@yahoo.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/
[lace] Book: La Dentelle de Venise Contemporaine/Venice Needle Lace Today
New French/English Book - Review La Dentelle de Venise Contemporaine Venice Needle Lace Today By Myriam Benamor Published by Editions Didier Carpentier Nov. 2013, 95-page Hardback ISBN 978-2-84167-855-6 If you have wished for English translations of books published in France - this one is for you! Support for this book may send a consumer message to the publisher that we want more English translations! It is nice to be able to read the ten pages of history of lace in Venice and Burano - all well illustrated. For those with some experience making needle lace, and those interested in colorful laces. Makers may need to work under magnification, because the lace stitches are tiny - like the originals. Amply illustrated in color, with many drawings and photos. Traditionally, this lace was made with white thread. This book offers contemporary patterns and ideas for using color. Therefore, perfect for making one-of-a-kind needle laces. Silk and cotton thread options given are Aurifil, DMC, Phenix, Sajou, and Valdani. Twenty-two Technique pages from which to practice: Several leaves with different fillings. These leaves can be used after completion, so your time is well-spent. Thirty Designs to stitch, with detailed instructions - mostly flowers and butterflies. Suitable for sewing onto clothing, hats, etc. Framed pieces. Jewelry - pins, earrings, a bracelet. Two sets of earrings; each set has two possible designs (for example, 2 different orchids). The reviewer is an experienced embroiderer and embroidery teacher. If you have never made needle lace (using variations of buttonhole stitch), enlarge the pattern and practice using larger thread. Stitching with the eye end of the threaded needle prevents piercing surrounding threads with the point and yields a crisper appearance. It is also nice to consult other needle lace books to see if a different way of illustrating stitches is helpful. I found the illustrations wonderful, but if you get stuck on a tiny detail - this is how to work your way out of puzzlement. For your convenience, the following Specialty Book Suppliers have been verified. Please tell them you heard about the book from this Arachne book review. Europe - _www.barbara-fay.de_ (http://www.barbara-fay.de) USA - _www.vansciverbobbinlace.com_ (http://www.vansciverbobbinlace.com) USA - Kern's MARCH Issue (Menu at Right) http://ruthkernbooks.blogspot.com/ Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - 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] Venetian Lace article in PieceWork Magazine, May-June 2014
To supplement the book review just sent to Arachne, Venice Needle Lace Today, I have copied an article in the new May/June 2014 PieceWork issue, and placed it in the book. Invisible Lacemakers - The Needlework of Venetian Nuns, by Isabella Campagnol, tells in two pages about Venetian nuns and historic writings in the 1500's and 1600's about needy girls and women living in hospitali and nunneries. The lacemaking, sewing, embroidering and weaving they did supported them in the places where they lived and some money was set aside for dowries, if they wished to marry. I have ordered the 160-page Hardback book by Campagnol, Forbidden Fashions - Invisible Luxuries in Early Venetian Convents, published by Texas Tech University Press, on sale for $27.96. It is briefly announced on page 64 of PieceWork, with a price of $34.95. It is also available as an e-book. http://ttupress.org/books/forbidden-fashions This book received support from the Costume Society of America. If there is interesting lace content, it will be reviewed for Arachne members, though it seems few are interested in lace history. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - 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] Textile Support is Moving!
Dear Angharad What a lovely surprise to hear that you are returning to Wollongong and bringing Textile Support with you. It will be a thrill to be able to attend your workshops locally! Good luck with the move Annette in a sunny but cool Wollongong Australia -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Angharad Rixon Sent: Thursday, 1 May 2014 5:06 PM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] Textile Support is Moving! Hello everyone, For those of you who don't know, Textile Support will be moving from Pavia, Italy to Wollongong, Australia in mid July. We have loved living in this beautiful country but it is time for a change and for new challenges. Our new URL is: textilesupport.net Our new email is: i...@textilesupport.net Best wishes, Angharad Angharad Rixon Piazza S Teodoro 2 27100 Pavia tel. 0382 34789 cell. 349 293 8972 www.textilesupport.net - 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/
