RE: [lace] Bedford Hangings

[Annette Meldrum]

Did not receive the email re Bedford Hangings. Could it be reposted?
Thanks 
Annette in South Cost, NSW, Australia

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From: owner-l...@arachne.com  On Behalf Of Elizabeth
Ligeti
Sent: Tuesday, 4 February 2020 1:15 PM
To: Lace@arachne.com
Subject: [lace] Bedford Hangings

Thank you for this very interesting article. I went to school next door to
the Bedford Jail! I remember that they had  a magnificent wisteria climbing
over the inside wall, - which was beautiful when in full bloom, =- but was
only seen by b

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RE: [lace] Wedding lace

[Annette Meldrum]

The handkerchief as we know it is in fact only around 400 years old. It was
said to be the idea of a Venetian lady to cut a square out of pure flax and
decorate the edges with lace. From Italy, it soon crossed the Alps to France
and the court of Henry II. 
Handkerchiefs of this period were usually adorned with embroidery and were
objects of great luxury and a showy dress item, carried in the hand rather
than tucked into a pocket. Many portraits show handkerchiefs flowing from
the hand.

Antique examples were extremely large,15-20" of fabric. Smaller items are
usually described as chalice covers.
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/215260?sortBy=Relevance
shows a handkerchief 15inches square.

Annette Meldrum in a rainy, South Coast NSW, Australia
-Original Message-
Alice Howell
 It's lovely.B  Hankies used to be much larger than they are today.B  It
could have been a wedding hanky.B  It took a lot of work to make, and should
be for a special occasion.B  I can believe it to be wedding hanky but I have
no proof of it.
Alice in Oregon

   

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RE: [lace] Arachne 25yrs old in 2020

[Annette Meldrum]

I joined in 1996 too!
Annette in the Gong (Australia)

-Original Message-
From: David C Collyer
Me too Shirl!!

I believe next year, 2020, will be the 25th anniversary of Arachne on the
internet!!B  Wow, that's a long time for group on the web. Wonder how many
'first timers' are still with us.B  I joined in 1996.

David Downunder in Ballarat, AUS

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RE: [lace] Corbett's Flanders

[Annette Meldrum]

Ladies, we should not be too critical of author's mistakes as publishers are
often to blame. From my own experience of writing a book, it can be very
difficult to get corrections made to everyone's satisfaction as every
correction means a time delay and publishers can override an author's
requests for corrections to save money and time. It can be so disappointing.
Annette, in a cold and wet south coast NSW, Australia

From: Lorelei Halley
The pattern and the diagram do not match. 
if I try one of her patterns I will carefully check the pricking against the
diagram before I start.

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[lace] visiting Seattle and Vancouver

[Annette Meldrum]

My sister and I will be visiting this region in September and wonder if
there are any lace or textile related things happening or any museums or
collections that we could visit. My sister is a quilter. Any suggestions
would be much appreciated.

Annette currently in cold and windy Southern NSW, Australia

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[lace] Wedding Veil

[Annette Meldrum]

I finally found a good photo of the embroidery on the veil.

 

http://meghansmirror.com/royal-style/royal-wedding/meghan-markle-wedding-cer
emony-dress/

After enlarging and enhancing the photo I can confidently suggest that the
embroidery was tamboured with some needle applique as well.

The photo clearly shows the predominance of chain stitch in the stems and
lots of looping and filling work which can all be done with a tambour hook.
The applique may have also been tamboured or done with a needle. 

This makes perfect sense as tambouring is the fastest process and in order
to research, then design the flowers of all the Commonwealth countries to
fill the circumference of the royal length veil, it was the best method to
employ. It has been said that the dress and veil, including the embroidery
was done in the Givenchy workrooms in France.

Tambour has always been an important part of Haute Couture embellishment.

 

Annette in a warm and sunny South Coast of Australia.

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RE: [lace] Earnshaw, Diaper

[Annette Meldrum]

Pat Earnshaw was a scientist, not a lacemaker. She did however make a huge
contribution to the study of lace and how it was made and had a good eye for
lace identification.

Marie Laurie who wrote the only instruction book on Halas Lace, wrote to Pat
correcting Pat’s notes on Halas Lace in her book: Outlines and Stitches and
Pat wrote back very apologetically saying that she only studies the lace
through a microscope!



Annette Meldrum, in sunny Australia



From: Devon Thein <mailto:devonth...@gmail.com>
I find it staggering to learn that Pat Earnshaw didn’t make lace. Although I
suppose it is possible that you could draw stitch diagrams from observation





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[lace] RE: Bucks Prickings

[Annette Meldrum]

Jane,

unfortunately, I was only given the prickings.

This is an interesting idea? 

Annette

From: Jane Partridge 

Were any of the prickings shown alongside lace made from them?

 

pricking alternate pinholes, and second rows not being complete, could
result in the pricking for a different ground to what we know as point
ground? 

 

there is a ground of honeycomb stitch (CTTpCTT) referred to as Spanish
Ground, and wondered whether this, or Kat Stitch, could have resulted from
misreading of an incomplete pricking.

 

Jane Partridge 

 

  _  

From: f Annette Meldrum <ameld...@ozemail.com.au
<mailto:ameld...@ozemail.com.au> >

 They are designed for a triangular mantilla, with the borders heavily
worked and the ground worked in strips with flowers at intervals. Pins were
expensive, so they only used every second hole and it is evident that only
every second row is fully pricked. 



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RE: [lace] Bucks Prickings

[Annette Meldrum]

Hi ladies, 
As you requested more information, I checked my notes, and this is what I 
recorded. Spanish Blonde prickings, known to be over 100 years old. They are 
designed for a triangular mantilla, with the borders heavily worked and the 
ground worked in strips with flowers at intervals. Pins were expensive, so they 
only used every second hole and it is evident that only every second row is 
fully pricked. Suitable for 120 thread, doubled and twisted for the flowers for 
better coverage, 250 thread for the ground. It was explained to me that Spanish 
Blonde lace is not as fine as the French Blonde lace. The correct name is 
French Blonde lace in the Spanish tradition.
As you suggest, it could be Almagro blonde, but I did not record that and maybe 
it was not suggested as I would not have understood the difference.
Sorry for any confusion, 
Best wishes
Annette in Wollongong, Australia

From: Elena Kanagy-Loux
Hi everyone,
I hope I’m understanding this correctly. When I studied Spanish Blonde at the 
Lace association in Barcelona in 2015, the same thing was explained to me about 
pinning only on either side of the tulle. I also did not prick the pattern. I 
did however use a pin in every stitch of tulle, because I was a beginner and 
wanted more security.
Best,
Elena 

Maria Greil  wrote:
>  Hello Annette,
>  What you write about Spanish blonde has made me very curious. Would 
> you mind telling us a little bit more about the 'very old prickings' 
> an English speaking Spanish lace historian gave you for the Gild 
> collection? As much as you tell (and Antje already found out and 
> perfectly described) it can only be Almagro blonde.
> Maria Greil
> a German lacemaker living in Spain

Annette wrote"
>> Hi all, Interesting discussions.
>> In Spain, I was given some very old Spanish blonde prickings for our 
>> lace guild archive. The lacemaker who donated them, explained that 
>> the ground was only pricked in each alternate row as lacemakers only 
>> pinned alternate rows to make the work quicker. 
>> The prickings are well used and indeed only pricked in alternate rows.


>> From: Diana Smith
>> Hi Alex
>> Like you I’ve studied many old prickings over the years but very few 
>> without the ground pricked.
>> 
>> I have a theory, that in order to save time when working large areas 
>> of point ground some workers would work a row of stitches without 
>> pinning up, at the end of the row the pins were inserted into the 
>> pricked holes all in one go. One worker bobbin would follow a row and 
>> would therefore be used to tension the work. I’ve tried this and it works 
>> well.
>> Diana


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RE: [lace] Bucks Prickings

[Annette Meldrum]

Hi all,
Interesting discussions.
In Spain, I was given some very old Spanish blonde prickings for our lace guild 
archive. The lacemaker who donated them, explained that the ground was only 
pricked in each alternate row as lacemakers only pinned alternate rows to make 
the work quicker. She is a lacemaker and lace historian, so I trust her 
knowledge.
The prickings are well used and indeed only pricked in alternate rows.
Annette, enjoying an unusually rainy and cool day, in Wollongong Australia.



From: Diana Smith
Hi Alex
Like you I’ve studied many old prickings over the years but very few without 
the ground pricked. 

I have a theory, that in order to save time when working large areas of point 
ground some workers would work a row of stitches without pinning up, at the end 
of the row the pins were inserted into the pricked holes all in one go. One 
worker bobbin would follow a row and would therefore be used to tension the 
work. I’ve tried this and it works well.

Diana

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RE: [lace] On the Banks of the Ouse

[Annette Meldrum]

Thanks Janice, for the link
I read it (couldn't pull myself away) on Monday and enjoyed it very much. I
love these glimpses into the social history of lace. 
Wow, I needed a quiet day after a busy weekend and it supplied it nicely.
Much appreciated
Annette, south coast of NSW, Australia



>From Janis Savage
I found a scanned version of 'On the Banks of the Ouse' from Princeton
University Library at
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101073308502;view=1up;seq=5
I have an interest as I lived just outside Bedford for 8 years and used to
take my children to feed the swans on the River Ouse in Bedford
Janis in South Africa



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RE: [lace] Angles in Bucks point

[Annette Meldrum]

Dear Leonard
I don't make Bucks and it is not among my favourite laces but I did enjoy
reading your email and thinking through the points you raise. I will
investigate your references.
Thanks for giving such a detailed account. It takes time to put it all
together in a meaningful way.
Best regards
Annette in sunny but cold, Wollongong, Australia.

Leonard quotes
'It is an interesting fact that two areas of ground or ground and a filling
on the same pattern may use very different grids, both the angle and the
distance apart of the holes.' 


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RE: [lace] Festive Costume Auction on Dec. 12, 2016

[Annette Meldrum]

Thanks Jeri
I so enjoyed looking through the virtual catalogue. What a varied
collection.
Well worth the look! Some great detail about the apron in the opening
message.
Annette in very hot Wollongong Australia

From: jeria...@aol.com
Anyone interested in fashion and costumes, and how lace was sometimes used?
How about Royal garments?  
 
This pre-Christmas auction in England has some very interesting  elegant
offerings:
 http://kerrytaylorauctions.com/Catalog/?id=437
 If you enjoyed this, please comment, so others will know I have posted
this.
 
Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center


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RE: [lace] Wemyss School of Needlework, Scotland - Goldwork possibilities

[Annette Meldrum]

Dear Jeri
Thanks for another interesting email. I had never come across the Wemyss
School and it looks so delightful. On my wish list to visit.
You tempted me to also look up the RSN website and did indeed find some
lovely gifts for friends (and me). A thoroughly enjoyable diversion. Thanks
again for sharing the information.
Annette in an overcast and rain threatening Wollongong, Australia.

Jeri wrote: about a school supported by the Wemyss Clan/family, near Fife
Scotland, that has been in operation since 1877.  The founding of this
small school that prepared up to 36 local girls per 6-month session for a
vocation, was inspired by the Royal School of Needlework's founding in
1872.  
 



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RE: [lace] Hermitage Russia

[Annette Meldrum]

Hi Nathalie
When I was there a few years ago now, there was one single item of lace on 
display and no catalogue to buy with anything further unfortunately. 

Annette in a sunny Wollongong Australia.

] On Behalf Of Nathalie
Hello everyone,

A dear friend of mine is visiting Russia. She wondered if there's lace on 
display in the Hermitage. If so, is there also a catalogue?



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RE: [lace] 1795 Needle-lace sampler

[Annette Meldrum]

Thanks Jeri
That context is helpful. What a delightful sampler and a little different to
others that I am familiar with.

Annette Meldrum in a cool but sunny south coast of NSW Australia
Where autumn has suddenly arrived and I miss summer already.

On Behalf Of jeria...@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, 22 March 2016 4:03 AM

Just found on http://winterthur.org/embroidery
 
the second item on the right, 
If you are in another nation, you can place this work in historical context
by knowing that the American Revolutionary War ended 1783.
 


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RE: [lace] archive

[Annette Meldrum]

Hi all
I may be strange and it might be explained by the fact that I am a Librarian
but since joining Arachne in the early days I have kept a range of email
folders into which I file emails of interest. It is a great reference and I
can look up topics as needed.
I have on occasion sent info to people who have asked but I have not kept
everything, just topics that interest me so that I have never used the
archive.
I have to say that I highly value the information shared on Arachne and have
learnt so much. I have most of Jeri's emails carefully saved under
conservation and have shared these with lace guild members and other
inquiries forwarded from the lace guild website.
I have to add my thanks to Jeri and have done previously for all her shared
wisdom.

Annette in a damp South Coast of NSW, Australia




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RE: [lace] Antique Laces of American Collectors c.1922

[Annette Meldrum]

Hi Arlene
It is here on the Arizona website:
https://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/articles/120_lac2.pdf

enjoy
Annette in sunny and warm South Coast of NSW Australia

-Original Message-

Hello, all -
Came across a reference to this book and am quite interested in seeing it.
B Given its old copyright, I was wondering if anyone knew if it was scanned
thanks, Arlene in NJ




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[lace] tape lace distinguishing features

[Annette Meldrum]

Borris Lace and Branscombe lace both use a machine made straight tape. Like
a tape made on the straight with whole or cloth stitch.
Battenberg lace uses Battenberg tape which is courser and made on the cross
grain so that it can be drawn up to fit the design curves by pulling the
gathering thread that runs along the edge of the tape. Princess tapes can
also be gathered up in this way.
Borris and Branscombe tapes do not gather and must be whipped along the edge
to gather up. Branscombe tape is all mounted and whipped to lie flat before
working the fillings. Borris tape is drawn up while working the fillings.

Hope this helps with understanding. Please ask questions if I have not
adequately explained it.

Best wishes
Annette Meldrum

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From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of
Lorelei Halley

What are the distinguishing features of Borris lace, Branscombe, Battenberg
and princesse?  Battenberg is usually considered quite crude. Are there
other styles of mixed tape lace that I haven't mentioned?

Lorelei




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RE: [lace] Borris Tape Lace-Annette Meldrum

[Annette Meldrum]

Hi all.
It is similar to Borris Tape lace but it does look a little stiff! Borris
lace is usually more flowing in design but otherwise the fillings are
reflective and square mesh ground is characteristic. The Point de Venice
edging is also characteristic.
As it has no bars with picots it is not possible to definitively classify it
as Branscombe or Borris. As mentioned in the previous email the picots can
often determine the place of origin and the technique. I think that
Branscombe almost always included picoted bars and the picots are large
(called nibs). In my book on Borris Lace I have a table which shows the
similarities and differences between Branscombe and Borris laces as they are
very similar in some aspects but poles apart in others. The picots are the
defining difference.

Wouldn't it be nice to know more about the maker, what it was made for and
for whom? What a shame we don't keep better records of what we make and why.
We are no better at doing this than previous generations.

Thanks for sharing Nathalie. I have not found any new examples of Borris
lace for ages. It must be out there but still hiding?

Annette Meldrum in sunny but cool, South Coast of NSW, Australia.


-Original Message-
From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of
dmt11h...@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, 17 November 2015 12:15 AM


I was looking at the sample provided by Nathalie and wondered if it were
Borris Lace, an Irish needlelace that Annette Meldrum wrote a book about. 
Maybe  she could comment. The book is called The Borris Lace Collection: A
Unique Irish  Needlelace.
Devon





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RE: [lace] Jeri's posts

[Annette Meldrum]

Jeri how can any of us presume to know what others do? I for one file your
information for future reference after reading and have used it in talks at
my local Lace Guild meetings and other groups.
I too have posted on Arachne with no response from the masses but that
doesn't mean that no one read my posting.
We all wait for someone else to respond or read it too long after the event
to think that a reply is polite.
My email files are huge as I am always behind in my reading but file and
keep anything of interest once read. Thus my folders on conservation, book
reviews, history of lace and lace identification are huge! In all I have
around 60 folders but can usually find anything that comes to mind. It is
just the librarian in me I guess! And there are so many librarians on this
list! Since Arachne started I have never just trusted the archive but have
made my own. At times I have sent files of emails on a topic to friends when
asked.

Thanks again for using your resource centre and your knowledge to educate
lacemakers worldwide. Don't' stop. Many do read and appreciate!
Best regards
Annette in Wollongong, Australia

Beth Marshall wrote;I'm sure Jacquie is right here...

a considerable amount of information will already have been absorbed by
other lacemakers or saved in their files, so your articles will not have
been a waste of effort.

Regards Beth


  Jacquie Tinch wrote:
 Maybe *some people* don't read what you write on Arachne but I'm sure
there are enough of us who do to justify asking you to continue.

 Jacquie in Lincolnshire.

   jeria...@aol.com wrote:
 I was told again this week, that people do not read what I write on 
 Arachne.   
  Maybe I am just writing for future researchers who will delve  into 
 Arachne archives?  

 Jeri Ames in Maine USA
 Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
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RE: [lace] Deadly Victorian Fashions

[Annette Meldrum]

Thanks David, that was very interesting. I had to click on it a second time
to get the article but worth the time.
Thanks for sharing.
Annette in the Gong

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From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of
David C COLLYER
Sent: Saturday, 14 June 2014 12:06 AM
To: lace@arachne.com
Subject: [lace] Deadly Victorian Fashions

some of you may find this interesting.
If an Ad appears first, just close it.

David in Ballarat, AUS

http://www.macleans.ca/culture/arts/deadly-victorian-fashions/




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RE: [lace] Textile Support is Moving!

[Annette Meldrum]

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

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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,
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RE: [lace] Stunned

[Annette Meldrum]

Jane, 
As an overseas buyer on eBay (Australia) I would be deterred from buying a
glass framed item from the UK as postage is expensive and the chance of the
glass arriving in one piece would be minimal. Even well packaged books often
arrive with bent or damaged corners.
Glass framed items therefore are not popular or the buyer can hope that the
seller will take the glass from the frame before shipping but not all
sellers are this obliging. 

A beautiful design. Please feel impressed that your design was liked so much
that it was beautifully worked and framed and enjoyed on his wall for the
remainder of his lifetime by him and supposedly his friends.

Annette in Wollongong, NSW Australia 
Where we are getting much needed rain.

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How do I feel about this? How *should* I feel about this? I don't know -
apart from feeling completely stunned!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STUNNING-VINTAGE-HONITON-LACE-PICTURE-HAND-MADE-IN
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SCOTLAND-TERN-SEA-BIRD-NICE-/400605011027

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RE: [lace] Bonham's lace auction 21st January 2014

[Annette Meldrum]

Hi Catherine and Jeri
Marie Laurie gave me the information re the sale. Marie had a Christmas Card
from Roger, Susan's husband with the details of the auction in case she
wanted to view it online. Marie spent Christmas with us, so while she was
here, I searched Bonham's under the sale date Roger gave and then 'searched
within' for 'lace'. I came up with 5 pages of lace items: lot numbers are
between 309-355, some of which Marie recognised from her days of classes at
the School.
Marie particularly remembered the Hollie Point which Susan brought out for
her to study while she was learning Hollie Point as a private lesson.
Marie gives Susan credit for getting her started on lace and through Susan's
encouragement Marie went on to devote her life to learning and teaching
lace.
I have made a tinyurl to the items I believe are from the Lace School, part
of Susan's personal Collection. 
http://tinyurl.com/lkbce8u

Roger supplied these details but I cannot get any results from these :
FUR140120X 21727
Marie is not on arachne but I forwarded Jeri's email and she is trying to
ring Roger to get more information but he seems to be away at present.

I will let you know if we get further clarification.

Best regards
Annette, Wollongong Australia


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Subject: Re: [lace] Bonham's lace auction 21st January 2014

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I have a 95-page 1980 lace exhibit book called Catalogue of Antique  Lace
 from Dr. A. I. Spriggs' Collection at The English Lace School 
 (Tiverton), copyrighted by Mrs. S. M. Cox.  Does anyone know if 
 Spriggs  was related to Mrs. Cox?  Are the laces in the January  2014 
 auction from his collection?

 Also, I found a 1 1/2-page May 1980 article Mrs. Cox wrote for 
 International Old Lacers in the U.S..  This was about 18 months after 
 The English Lace School was opened in Tiverton.  It was quite a leap 
 of faith  to start, because there was nothing like it in the U.K. at 
 the time, and there  were very few lace teachers.

Good morning Jeri

I have been unable to find the lace items for auction from the late Susan
Cox effects, so am unable to identify whether or not some are from his
collection.  However, I did teach for many years at The English Lace School
both at Tiverton and Rockbeare where at that time the Dr Sprigs collection
was on permanent loan to the School, and every evening after dinner Susan
would bring out a selection of items from his collection, which we were all
able to view at close hand - what a treat that was!

 I believe it was when the school closed that the complete collection then
transferred to the museum at Exeter.  I have a letter from Dr Spriggs giving
me permission to photograph and use any of the lace from his collection for
my book that I was then writing 'Needlelace Designs and Techniques Classic 
Contemporary and several examples from the collection are featured in this
book.  Heather Toomer and myself stayed at Cynthia Voysey's home and Heather
Toomer was in charge of the lace collections at that time.  The three of us
spent a wonderful day together at the museum, discussing, photographing and
drooling over the beautiful laces in the Dr Spriggs collection.

If you are able to view the lace on the auction site and have a copy of my
book, you will possibly be able to identify and compare the laces.  However,
somehow I doubt that any of the lace would be included in the auction as it
did not belong to Susan Cox but was on permanent loan and was then
tranferred to the museum at Exeter when the school closed.  To the best of
my knowledge, Dr Spriggs was not related to Susan Cox, but I don't know for
certain.

Annette, I couldn't access the lace collection with the link you sent,
neither have I been able to find it through 'Google'

Happy New Year to all and I hope you have been able to make a little time to
yourselves to sit and make your lace, be it bobbin, needle,crochet, tatting
etc.

Catherine Barley
UK

Catherine Barley Needlelace
www.catherinebarley.com

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[lace] Bonham's lace auction 21st January 2014

[Annette Meldrum]

Roger Cox is selling some of his late wife Susan's 'English Lace School'
lace through Bonham's Auctioneers. This link will take you to the 5 lots
which comprise the lace items.

http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21727/#/MR0_page=3
http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21727/#/MR0_page=3MR0_length=10MR0_catego
ry=listq0=laceMR0_currency=AUDm0=0
MR0_length=10MR0_category=listq0=laceMR0_currency=AUDm0=0

 

Susan Cox set up the English Lace School in Tiverton, UK in 1979. She
succeeded in reviving lacemaking in the UK by teaching live-in lace classes
and inviting the well-known lacemakers of Europe to come and teach at her
Lace School.

These items for sale were part of her private Collection and decorated the
rooms of the Lace School.  

 

The school outgrew the premises at Tiverton and moved to Rockbeare, a
village near Honiton. It closed a few years later do to the demands of the
unexpected arrival of 2 young sons. 

So many of our well known lacemakers of today, Bobbin and Needlelace, after
studying at the Lace School went on to teach and continue the revival and
publish the books on which we now depend.

The Lace School also started the John Bull Lace Competition (Mrs John Bull
was the beneficiary) and after the closure of the School, the English Lace
Guild continued the prestigious competition.

 

Susan died from cancer in 2010?

 

Small images of representative items are available to view.

 

Annette, Wollongong Australia

Where we have had a very wet and cool Christmas.

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RE: [lace] bobbin lace is like chess

[Annette Meldrum]

I agree Rebecca. My husband is a good chess player but has never learnt
bobbin lace. However he has often studied what I am doing and has detected a
mistake before I was aware of it.
Like chess, he examined the possibilities of pathways and was able to see
the upcoming problem.

Annette in a warm Wollongong, Australia


Rebecca Mikkelsen wrote

Lorelei posted that she compares learning bobbin lace to woodcarving. I
compare learning bobbin lace to chess. In one chess lesson you can learn the
basic moves and play a simple game of chess, but it takes a lifetime to
master the game. I think bobbin lace is like that.

Rebecca

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RE: [lace] 17th c. premade tapes, Mezzo Punto

[Annette Meldrum]

Hi Devon and all.
I did some research into the early tapes for my book on Borris Lace. See
p.14
Mezzo Punto was first employed by lacemakers in Milan and Genoa in the 17th
century according to Mrs Head, The Lace and Embroidery Collector, 1922, p33.

The manufacture of braids was an important craft in medieval Europe where
they were produced in workshops and also made by noble women as a leisure
activity. Crowfoot E. et al, Textiles and Clothing 1150-1450, Museum of
London. 2008 p.130

I also found references to loom-woven linen tape produced in Holland prior
to 1885. Caulfield  Saward, A dictionary of needlework, 1885 p.472

I expect that the early tapes were produced by both loom and bobbins. An
early piece of Borris lace in the National Museum of Ireland dated 1868
contains a thick but narrow tape which resembles a tightly woven shoe lace
which I presume to have been made using a small loom similar to
illustrations in Crowfoot where the tape produced resembles this shoelace
style of tape.

An interesting topic but much that is written seems to be conjecture.
Unfortunately I haven't time at present to look up my research notes so have
just referred to what is mentioned in my book.

Regards
Annette in Wollongong Australia.

Devon wrote:

In the 17th century there were laces made from premade tapes.  The tapes
were tacked onto a pattern and filled with often very beautiful and
elaborate needle lace stitches. These tapes look to be of woven linen. 
I would think it would be much easier to make such tapes with  a small loom.
However, my colleague who weaves thinks it might be easier to make  them
with bobbins. 
P.S. In the 19th and early 20th century there were laces based  on these
early laces such as Battenburg lace that were quite popular. It is  often
the case that these are also called Mezzo Punto. In fact, it may be that
only in the 19th century did they start to call the tape based laces of the
17th century Mezzo Punto, so this adds to the confusion. I am assuming that
all the  tapes in the 19th and 20th century were machine woven.

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RE: [lace] 17th c. premade tapes, Mezzo Punto-ribbon loom?

[Annette Meldrum]

No I did not find any references to ribbon but it is another interesting
crossover.

Annette in Wollongong, Australia

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Thanks Annette.
This is very helpful.
 
There seems to have been something called a ribbon loom which  could weave
multiple narrow ribbons simultaneously. There are some photos of the  loom
on the site of the Comines Ribbon Industry Museum
http://ribbonindustrymuseum.wordpress.com/
 
I wonder if ribbon is the key word for this question. Did  you run across
anything like this in your research on the Borris Lace. (I have  the book.)
 
Devon

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RE: [lace] Query about Queen Mary's Youghal lace

[Annette Meldrum]

Dear Elizabeth,
When I was researching Borris Lace, I tried to inquire as the whereabouts of
the Borris Lace items purchased for or commissioned for the Royal Family.
P.31 a large order came through from Givens of London, about 1938, for a
set of table mats for the English Royal Train for the tour of South Africa
by the King and Queen. The train tour never happened due to the onset of
WWII. My enquiries as to where these mats might be now or other Borris items
known to have been purchased by royalty. It was suggested that they may have
been lost in the Windsor Castle fire in 1992. Apparently some royal lace was
housed there and was lost. 

I hope this was not the case with the Youghal lace wedding train.

Annette Meldrum in very wet Wollongong, Australia


In a message dated 11/16/2013 12:24:23 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
ekure...@gmail.com writes:

Does  anyone have a suggestion of where I might find close up pictures of 
Queen  Mary's Youghal lace train?

Any suggestions?  And by  the way, where it the actual train?  Is it ever 
available to see for  real?

Elizabeth Kurella

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RE: [lace] Kenmare lace festival

[Annette Meldrum]

Thanks Catherine, it is indeed Borris Lace.
Regards
Annette Meldrum, Australia

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Thank you for the link Noelene and many congratulations to Annette Meldrum
in winning third place in the Traditional Lacemaking section.  Would that be
Borris needlelace Annette (picture not clear enough to identify accurately)?

Catherine Barley
UK

 The Kenmare Lace Festival (in Ireland) has put the winners of their 
 recent competition on their website:

 http://www.kenmarelace.ie/?page_id=46


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RE: [lace] Lace Teachers

[Annette Meldrum]

Wow Anna, now that is interesting history, some of which was new information
for me.
As Archivist for the NSW Lace Guild, I will capture it for our records. We
must get together some time to fill out more detail.

Annette in sunny Wollongong where the smoke has cleared.

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To follow the discussion I had 2 brilliant bobbin lace teachers.

I started lace when I was 26 years old and a very new Mum. Jenny Fisher 
was my first teacher, 

My second teacher was Margaret Holt to whose class I went on those 
afternoons. both Margaret and Jenny were instrumental (amongst others) 
in setting up the Australian Lace Guild in 1979. 

Anna from a sunny Sydney

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RE: [lace] Two major lace auctions in October 2013

[Annette Meldrum]

Hi Nancy, 
Of course I wouldn't publish them. They are for my own interest and
education. Personal use and education without profit is an entirely
different situation.
The item descriptions are copied just for the language so I can improve my
lace vocabulary. There is always so much more to learn about lace and living
so far distant from the large museum collections the internet is my friend.
Sorry if I gave the wrong impression.

Annette, Wollongong Australia where we are promised rain but nothing so far
and we desperately need a shower!

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Sent: Monday, 7 October 2013 10:39 PM
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Subject: Re: [lace] Two major lace auctions in October 2013

Annette,
 
Please be aware that, in the US at least, images taken by someone else, even
if they are published on-line, are under copyright protection unless
permission to download is explicitly stated on the website.  The ebay
sellers who restrict download are protecting their copyright, which they
have every right to do.  Downloading without permission is in violation of
US copyright law which has international force, although many people do it
and are not in the usual course of things going to be prosecuted.  Just be
careful distributing the photos, for example to your museum, because
publishing them without the copyright-holder's permission, even
inadvertently, does stand a higher likelihood of prosecution and you
wouldn't want to get your museum in trouble.
 
Just FYI.
 
Nancy
Connecticut, USA

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Sent: Sunday, October 6, 2013 8:00 PM
Subject: RE: [lace]
Two major lace auctions in October 2013
  

Thanks Laurie for posting the
link to this auction.
I have enjoyed saving some of the images together with
the very detailed
descriptions. It is always good to learn how to accurately
and descriptively
describe pieces of lace.
I need to do it for the lace
collections I work with but also it is useful
when describing our lace work
for exhibition labels and catalogues.
It is very commendable that the auction
house allows downloading of the
images though some are not too clear. It is
annoying when sellers on ebay
restrict access to the images. It makes me
think twice about buying from
them as they are just being mean.

What a
lovely way to spend the morning, lost in lace.
Annette in sunny Wollongong
Australia.



Yet more of Pat Earnshaw's collection (very nice pieces)
will be sold at
Kerry Taylor on October 14th, see

http://tinyurl.com/pnuhr5p


Laurie

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RE: [lace] Two major lace auctions in October 2013

[Annette Meldrum]

Thanks Laurie for posting the link to this auction.
I have enjoyed saving some of the images together with the very detailed
descriptions. It is always good to learn how to accurately and descriptively
describe pieces of lace.
I need to do it for the lace collections I work with but also it is useful
when describing our lace work for exhibition labels and catalogues.
It is very commendable that the auction house allows downloading of the
images though some are not too clear. It is annoying when sellers on ebay
restrict access to the images. It makes me think twice about buying from
them as they are just being mean.

What a lovely way to spend the morning, lost in lace.
Annette in sunny Wollongong Australia.



Yet more of Pat Earnshaw's collection (very nice pieces) will be sold at
Kerry Taylor on October 14th, see 

http://tinyurl.com/pnuhr5p


Laurie

http://lacenews.net

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[lace] Buratto vs. Filet Lace

[Annette Meldrum]

Hi Devon and all
Below is some research I conducted a few years ago when I acquired a piece
of 16th century Buratto. It is basically a list of references and
definitions. I think it is best to use the two names, Buratto really refers
to the weave and not the work and so at least to call it Buratto it must use
the leno weave base. Hope this is useful to your student. 
Annette Meldrum, South Coast of NSW, Australia.


The cloth has a loom woven background mesh that is technically a gauze and a
form of darning over a leno weave. Paired warp threads are twisted before
the weft thread goes across. Alternating twists to left and right, make the
spacing of the weft threads settle at nice secure squares. There are no
knots in the mesh. It is a sister to Filet only in the square mesh
background and the way the figures are filled in. The construction of the
mesh is very important to the name. The squares are filled in by needle and
thread to make the contrast between open mesh and solid figures.

Buratto References
Buratto refers to an early type of weave with woven intersections forming an
open mesh. Sometimes called sieve weave. 
It was usually embroidered with a curved needle -using locally spun silk
thread often coloured.  Woven in Southern Italy, Sicily and Sardinia-
usually of hand spun linen thread. Many pattern books were published to
provide patterns for this work (earliest 1527). The mesh is woven on a loom,
the threads being twisted at the junctions resulting in a square mesh.
Over-darning with silk provided the design. Similar to lacis (knotted mesh)
and copied lacis designs..Buratto is distinguished by the cloudy ground. It
is rarely found due to its age, particularly if embroidered with coloured
silks which deteriorated. After 17th century it was forgotten until revived
by the arts and crafts movement in the 19th century. 
Gwynne  J. The Illustrated Dictionary of Lace 1997. P.50-51

Filet or lacis as it was first named (from the 12th century) is probably one
of the earliest forms of lace and was used from the medieval times for
decoration of household textiles and dress accessories. In lace
classification terms, it is an embroidered lace because it is worked over a
previously constructed base fabric. The base fabric of filet was originally
a hand knotted square mesh. It had a 'companion' fabric which was known as
Burato or Buratto (from the Latin bura meaning coarse cloth). The Burato
used for lacemaking is a hand woven square-meshed fabric (leno weave) in
which pairs of warp threads are twisted, and the twist fixed by a single
weft thread. The earliest patterns for these laces, published in the 1500's
were identical and designate their use for both forms of lace embroidery (
and could be used for other kinds of counted thread embroidery like
monochrome cross stitch). 
Contemporary filet is in fact Burato because it uses a machine -woven leno
weave fabric as its base. (Hand knotted filet laces are still made in China
for the western market. Lacis is the umbrella term - filet lacis and Burato
lacis.  This was Mrs. Hungerford Pollen's solution, no doubt influenced by
Lefebvre, and earlier writer, who says that according to a dictionary of
1684 lacis is a 'tissue of net', the threads of which are knotted or
interlaced the one with the other. Contemporary lace historians prefer to
keep the two techniques separate.
Rosemary Shepherd, Powerhouse Museum, Sept.2003

Buratto: leno fabric as base for embroidery. Buratto embroidery (Buratto
Ricamato) combination of stitches on leno weave. Category; counted thread
embroidery - free embroidery. P.38
p.80 Fragment end of XVI century, beginning of XVII century. Origin Italy.
Buratto (embroidered) , geometric embroidery. Darning stitch in one
direction.
Merletti e Ricami Italiani: Italian Laces and Embroideries: Forum 2005. The
Origins. 

Ch10 Buratto in Earnshaw, Needle-made laces In Buratto the background
appeared similar to Filet, but it was woven so that its production was
speedier. It lacked the knotting so characteristic of filet. Earnshaw, Pat,
The identification of lace, 1980 p.33-35

Arizona Weaving has a copy of Il Burato by Paganino It seems that Elisa
Ricci did a facsimile in 1909.
A picture of a loom looks a lot larger than what we would expect.


References:
Abegg, Margaret, Appropos Patterns for Embroidery, Lace and Woven Textiles,
Abegg-Stifflung Bern, Switzerland, 1978 Earnshaw, Pat, Needle-made Laces,
Collins, Sydney Australia, 1988 Earnshaw, Pat, The identification of lace,
1980 p.33-35 Lefebvre, Earnest . Embroidery and Lace, translated and
enlarged by Alan S Cole, 1888 Levey, Santina, Lace, A History. W S Maney and
the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1983 Notore, Cristina. Merletti e Ricami
Italiani: Italian Laces and Embroideries: Forum 2005, Italia Invita. 2005
Bologna, Italy.
Pollen, Mrs. Maria Hungerford, Seven Centuries of Lace, Macmillan, New York,
1908 Shepherd, Rosemary, Lace Classification System, Powerhouse Museum web
site 2003 Simeon

RE: [lace] lace books recommended

[Annette Meldrum]

Leonards recommendation (thanks Leonard) of the Fine and Fashionable book
sent me scurrying as I have always wanted that book so found it online in
the Bowes Museum Webshop.
Postage is cheaper to the UK and USA as I am in the other countries category
for Australia.
Included in the postage cost I managed to also pick up Wedding Dresses in
the Bowes Museum for 5 pound.

Order Details:

   Item : Book - Fine  Fashionable: Lace from The Blackborne
Collection - £9.95
   Item : Wedding Dresses from The Bowes Museum Collection -
£5.00
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Sub Total   : £14.95
Delivery Details:
   Option   : Overseas
   Price: £ 12.95
   VAT  : £ 2.59
   Total Price  : £ 15.54
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I am very happy and they shipped immediately so my treasures are on their
way.

Annette Meldrum
In a cool and cloudy Wollongong Australia

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RE: [lace] Idrija lace pattern book

[Annette Meldrum]

Hi all, just getting through emails after my trip.
While in Ljubljana, Slovenia on holidays, I was able to attend the launch of
this book. It is wonderful quality but has not yet been translated.
I was told that an English translation will be available early next year so
you might wish to delay your purchase or pre-order an English translation.
46 euro. ISBN 9789616563239 and included a DVD. I chose to wait for the
English translation.
At the launch, the authors presented a lecture on the history of lacemaking
in Slovenia which was very interesting. It was not translated but the slides
were interesting and my friend Aphrodita whispered explanations to me so
that I could partly follow what was being presented. 

Annette Meldrum in Wollongong Australia where it is sunny but cool and the
air is fresh after rain.



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Bev Walker
Sent: Friday, 7 June 2013 5:23 AM
To: Lorelei Halley

It is available through their online store.

On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Lorelei Halley
lhal...@bytemeusa.comwrote:

 This was posted on facebook, in the Slovenian lace group.  A book of 
 Idrija patterns.  I've asked how to obtain the book. ...

 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=624080394268950set=a.39017059
 7659932
 .97409.364276223582703type=1theater
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Bev in Shirley BC, 

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RE: [lace] Peeps and talk on History of Lace

[Annette Meldrum]

Dear Alice,
Your idea of decorating tables with bobbins and lace equipment is a great idea 
to set the theme for your talk. A great education for some who would not be 
familiar with these things and never seen such things up close and more 
importantly be able to touch!
I hope to remember the idea for next time I am asked to speak about lace. Thank 
you. Great idea!

Annette in wet Wollongong, Australia. We need the rain so I am not complaining.

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lacel...@frontier.com

Alice in Oregon ... getting ready to be the program at Ladies Luncheon next 
Saturday at church.  Am also decorating the tables with bobbins, thread, cover 
cloths, and hedgehogs.  Lace and pillows will be on a display table.  My talk 
is History of lace.

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RE: [lace] conference - many classes

[Annette Meldrum]

Hi from Australia.
Our conference runs 2 or 4 day classes with Wednesday being a day of rest or 
practice or time to explore the local environment.
One can take 2 x 2 day classes or a 4 day class all week.
In addition we offer short 2 hour classes at night which teach a small project 
or technique.
Perhaps our smaller numbers in Australia are an asset in that it allows us to 
use schools for accommodation. Mostly our smaller numbers are our difficulty.
Interesting comparisons. 
Our current school accommodation is quite comfortable and modern, with heating, 
secure and lockable rooms, well lit, elevators, warm carpeting, group sitting 
rooms, group kitchens for tea, coffee, and refrigerators and ensuite bathrooms 
and we feel very spoilt the way they look after us.

Annette, in Wollongong Australia

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lacel...@frontier.com
Sent: Tuesday, 23 April 2013 5:55 AM


Someone questioned how a person could attend many classes at a conference.  I 
used to belong to a sewing organization that held an annual seminar for half a 
week.  Most of the classes were 3 hours long so people could go to two a day.

Commercial hotels are expensive.  Schools usually are less expensive but have 
less luxurious rooms and facilities.  Many schools can readily hold only a 
smaller size group than IOLI often has.  
Alice in Oregon ... where the sun finally came out but the wind is still chilly.

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RE: [lace] New Website

[Annette Meldrum]

Dear Catherine,
Thank you for sharing. Your site is amazing as is your work. It is wonderful
to be able to see and study your work up close.
It will be inspirational to us all and what a lovely start to my day here in
wet Wollongong, but the sun is peaking through.

Annette Meldrum, Australia
 

On Behalf Of Catherine Barley
Sent: Thursday, 18 April 2013 6:25 PM

I've been busy lately putting a web site together and thought you might like
to take a look.  I really enjoy seeing the work of others and thought
perhaps I should share some of my efforts over the past years.  There may be
the odd typo/error and I'd be grateful if you spot any, to let me know.

Catherine Barley Needlelace
www.catherinebarley.com

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RE: [lace] Continental Pillows

[Annette Meldrum]

Hi Mary
You don't necessarily have to use a continental pillow with continental
bobbins.
It may be easier on a flat pillow as they don't roll around so much. It
would also be easier to teach on a pillow you are familiar with.
But perhaps you feel that she would manage better if taught to hold the
bobbins rather than pick up and roll?

Annette in wet Wollongong

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mary carey
Sent: Saturday, 23 February 2013 7:54 AM


Think I have interested an acquaintance in lace making but she has MS and
said she would have trouble grasping bobbins.  Have some continental bobbins
I could try but need to think of making a pillow.
Have seem them resting on stands and in baskets - has anyone on the list
made one for themselves?  
Mary Carey

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RE: [lace] Lace making in Croatia

[Annette Meldrum]

Jeri, Lorelei and All,
I understand that it is hoped to offer Pag lace as the needlelace class at
OIDFA in Slovenia in 2016.
I have also heard that there is a reluctance in Pag to teach outsiders their
special lace. This could be why there are no how to books available.
I did a lace tour of Slovenia this year prior to Caen OIDFA and it was
amazing. The OIDFA Congress in Slovenia is a not to be missed event! Their
lace is beautiful and their county amazing. Their people so generous and
friendly and the organised events were so professional.

Annette in a cool Wollongong, Australia.

On Behalf Of Ilske Thomsen
The text told us about the lace history but nothing how to make Pag needle
lace.

Ilske

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RE: [lace] Pat Earnshaw Lace - Auction

[Annette Meldrum]

Dear Jeri and others
I think it is most important and interesting to have this information. As a
lace community these auctions of collections are historically important as
well as of interest even if we are not in a position to bid for items.
I will be examining closely and if not for your announcement would have
missed it.
Thank you for sharing and keeping us informed. We all move in different
circles and together we don't miss much that is happening in the world of
lace. That is why we subscribe.
Please don't stop sharing book reviews and auctions and conservation advice.
We all value it very highly.

Annette in Wollongong, South Coast of NSW, Australia where it is wet and
cold again.

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From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of
jeria...@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, 11 October 2012 4:19 AM
Subject: [lace] Pat Earnshaw Lace - Auction

Pat Earnshaw Lace and Textile Collection items are shown under Tab 7.   
There are other lace items throughout the on-line catalog.
 
_info@kerrytaylorauctions.com_ (mailto:i...@kerrytaylorauctions.com)
Select Current Sale
 
Are lace auction notices of interest to members of Arachne?  If no  
feedback, I should stop sharing them.
 
Jeri Ames in  Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource  Center

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RE: [lace] VS: Caen

[Annette Meldrum]

Hi Birgitte
Slovenia won the best country stand with their flowers. Just beautiful.
I am not sure about the bridges. Already the memory fades.

Annette Meldrum in Wollongong Australia

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Birgitte Hauslund
Sent: Monday, 23 July 2012 9:48 PM
To: Lace@Arachne. Com 
Subject: [lace] VS: Caen

Hello All 

Is there any of you who managede to be at the closing of the congress in
Caen. 
I'm curius to know who won the public contest, which bridge and which
contry.

And thank you for putting links to the photoes up, nice to see it again. :)

Best regard 

Birgitte Hauslund

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RE: [lace] Bobbin question

[Annette Meldrum]

At OIDFA in Caen, I bought some paper Mache bobbins from the OIDFA stand. They 
were made from a thick roll of paper then thin strips of paper were wrapped to 
form the thread section and another wrapping at the bottom. They were colourful 
- used glossy paper and varnished to make it all firm. These could be made to 
accommodate a larger than normal thread supply.
At 2 euro each I was very happy with mine and might try to make some?

Annette in Wollongong, Australia 

Cheapest way out is to use chopsticks, with rubber bands wound round several 
times each end to stop the thread slipping off

Noelene in Cooma
nlaffe...@ozemail.com.au

Does anyone know where I can buy bobbins to hold yarn for making scarves?  Or 
do any of you have instructions to make bobbins to hold yarn? 
Carol Clausen

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RE: [lace] new lace photos

[Annette Meldrum]

Dear Janice
They are fabulous! Don't find fault, just be very satisfied with your
effort. The collar is magnificent and handmade is never perfect. My eye was
drawn to all the beautiful elements!
Be proud!

Annette in Wollongong, Australia

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From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of
Janice Blair
Sent: Friday, 20 July 2012 9:57 AM
To: lace
Subject: [lace] new lace photos

I just posted two photos on the third page of my album on webshots

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/149126673AmIpMo?start=24

I finished the Christine Mirecki silk scarf about two weeks ago, just never
got round to taking a photo.  The needlelace collar I finished today. I made
it in Gutterman 100/3 silk, using one whole spool.  The center back element
is a class I took with Liz Ligetti last year at convention and the other
flowers and leaves were from Catherine Barley's book.  I still need to work
on my netted ground.  I think I must have been tired when I did some of it
because the size is not consistent.  I worked on the scarf during the day
and did the needlelace watching tv at night, which also might account for
the uneven netting.  

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RE: [lace] Lace Auction in New York

[Annette Meldrum]

Thanks Jeri for a most interesting browse.
What a shame to see these items being sold off from Collections. I guess
they were stored away from sight in these museums anyway and never seen by
the public?
You wonder where they will end up?
Museums usually don't have money to purchase from auctions these days I
think? They seem to be more interested in selling.

I was also interested in the suggested prices. Much lower than I imagined
for most items.
It would be interesting to see the final selling prices.

I wonder how much interest there will still be in the fine laces for future
generations so far removed from the times and knowledge of the methods of
production.
The xyz generations are so minimalist with quick fix and throw out habits.

Annette in Wollongong, Australia 

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jeria...@aol.com
Sent: Friday, 28 October 2011 1:41 AM
To: lace@arachne.com
Subject: [lace] Lace Auction in New York

Attention Lace Collectors!
 
November 2, 2011, Noon, at Augusta Auctions [New York City], 400+ lots of  
couture and vintage clothing, fashion accessories, and rare textiles 

This auction offers a selection of rare laces, dating from the 17th -  
early 20th centuries.  The laces include handmade laces from the estate of  
early 20th C. renowned lace dealer and collector, Marian Powys.  Includes 2

wedding veils and a 18th C. 5-piece Alencon lace accessory set for formal  
dress.
 
For details visit:

_http://www.augusta-auction.com/_ (http://www.augusta-auction.com/) 


Jeri Ames in  Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource  Center

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RE: [lace] One Year Anniversary of LaceNews

[Annette Meldrum]

Dear Laurie
I would like to second what Catherine has said.
So generous.

Annette Meldrum, South Coast of NSW, Australia

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From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of
Catherine Barley
Sent: Tuesday, 30 August 2011 5:44 PM
Subject: Re: [lace] One Year Anniversary of LaceNews

 August 29th - it's been exactly one year. My deepest thanks to all the 
 LaceNews readers - I'm so grateful for your support. I just put a little 
 summary of the year's activities on the site.
 Laurie
 http://lacenews.net
 -
Dear Laurie

I've just read your summary of activities for the last and it's incredible! 
Thank you so much for the numerous hours of work you have put in, to provide

such a wonderful source of information to the lace world at large.

Many, many congratulations and thank you so much for such a fantastic 
service.  We are extremely fortunate!

Catherine Barley
UK

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RE: [lace] Royal lace and floral Bucks Point

[Annette Meldrum]

Dear Jean
Thank you for posting these links for us all to enjoy.
I was particularly fascinated with the article on the lace from the Wedding
Dress as I have been following all the posts and magazines and wrote a
summary for our Embroiderers Guild magazine which received a lot of comment.
It is a shame that the process was kept so secret but I am pleased to read
your report confirming what we thought. There has been just so much guess
work and frivolous reporting by journalists who have no idea and don't
bother to check their facts.

Those of us who live on the other side of the world, appreciate the
on-the-spot reporting. I am so envious of the ease of travel and do-able
distances in Europe compared to us in Australia who must sit in a plane for
20 plus hours to reach these destinations.

Annette in chilly South Coast of NSW Australia.
ameld...@ozemail.com.au



On Behalf Of Jean Leader
I have just added two new pages to my website:

the first one is about our visit to the lace museum in Caudry, France where
the lace that decorated the Duchess of Cambridge's wedding dress was made
http://www.jeanleader.co.uk/articles/weddinglace.html

and the second one has some hints for working floral Bucks Point lace
http://www.jeanleader.co.uk/techniques/floralbucks.html

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RE: [lace] Piecework magazine/ Carrickmacross Lace

[Annette Meldrum]

Hi Sherry
I agree that the lace issue is worth having!
BTW, The Wedding dress was not Carrickmacross lace, but the Carrickmacross
technique of appliqué was used to transfer the machine made motifs in the
lace to the tulle of the dress.
Brenda posted this url last week which is a video clip of the making of the
dress
http://www.france24.com/en/20110514-fashion-Lace-Alexander-McQueen-Sarah-Bur
ton-Wedding-Middleton

Annette Meldrum, Wollongong Australia

On Behalf Of Celtic Dream Weaver
Subject: [lace] Piecework magazine/ Carrickmacross Lace

   I thought I would let you all know with the talk of the Royal Wedding
dress
(which I didn't think the lace looked like Carrickmacross to me) bring me to
the May/June issue of Piecework magazine
Years ago I took a lace
class of Carrickmacross Lace with Mary Shields in Ithaca, N.Y. 
After
that class Mary had said she would love to have a lace bobbin painted by me.
In exchange she said she would design a Carrickmacross pattern for me that I
could use to make a pin. Imagine my surprise when I got a pattern in the
mail
along with the material I needed to finish it along with fan sticks to frame
my lace into and make a pin. Since seeing the article in the magazine it is
making me think of making that pin. There is the letter S in the middle
for
my first name.

   This email was intended to share with you all
about the Carrickmacross lace that was featured in Piecework magazine.
   
Wind To Thy Wings,
Sherry
celticdreamwe...@yahoo.com
http://celticdreamweaver.com/
http://celticdreamweave.blogspot.com/
Nata 616

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RE: [lace] Kate's wedding dress lace again

[Annette Meldrum]

The Publicity has surely been positive for the Royal School of Needlework
who did the appliqué work and has heightened the awareness of lace as a
fabric of fashion.
Realistically I think the very creative use of machine made lace made a real
fashion statement.

Thanks for sharing the link Brenda. It contains the evidence of the facts
that I have been searching for since the wedding day!

Best regards
Annette in Wollongong

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David C COLLYER
Sent: Wednesday, 25 May 2011 2:16 AM
To: Brenda Paternoster; Arachne
Subject: Re: [lace] Kate's wedding dress lace again

Dear Brenda,
Here's a link to a very interesting video clip about the making of 
that dress.
http://www.france24.com/en/20110514-fashion-Lace-Alexander-McQueen-Sarah-Bu
rton-Wedding-Middleton

Many thanks for this fascinating link. Having watched it, I find 
myself feeling really sorry for all those fine makers of HAND-MADE 
lace resident in the UK - almost like a slap in the face I reckon.

David in Ballarat

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RE: [lace] Royal lace

[Annette Meldrum]

Thanks Clay
Not a bad article for a newspaper. Thanks for forwarding

Annette in sunny Wollongong, Australia


On Behalf Of Clay Blackwell

Subject: [lace] Royal lace

There is an interesting article about Honiton lace which appeared 
recently in the NZ Herald...  a friend sent me the link.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6objectid=1072059
6

I spotted a few interesting misconceptions...  

Clay

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RE: [lace] Lace@Arachne's Birthday

[Annette Meldrum]

Ditto from Wollongong, Australia.
I don't post very often but Breakfast would not be the same without my
Arachne fix! I have learn't so much and made so many great friends all over
the world.
The best networking tool imaginable. 
My heartfelt thanks to Liz and Avital for their dedication and Jeri for her
expertise. Jeri and Avital together seem to keep us on the straight and
narrow so to speak.

Happy 16th to all
Annette in sunny South Coast of New South Wales, Australia.

-Original Message- On Behalf Of C Johnson
Ditto, from Morris, Illinois

Happy lacing to all.
Susie


Susie Johnson
Morris, IL
815-942-1838
cjohnson0...@comcast.net

Subject: [lace] Lace@Arachne's Birthday

No one has mentioned that today is our Sweet 16th birthday.
 
Thanks again to Liz Reynolds.  She has made it possible for  us to 
communicate via this medium since 1995, without charge.  Her gift has  given
many 
lacemakers opportunities to increase their knowledge about  lace.
 
And thanks to Avital for being our Webmaster for many years.
 
Jeri Ames in  Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource  Center

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RE: [lace] Thanks for Lace Newa

[Annette Meldrum]

Dear Laurie
I would also like to add my thanks and appreciation of all that you do. I
really love the interviews and have copied some articles to send to a lace
friend, not online to share with her.
Christmas greetings
Annette in cool and cloudy Wollongong, Australia

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From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of
Barbara Engle
Sent: Friday, 24 December 2010 12:12 AM
To: lace@arachne.com
Subject: Re: [lace] Thanks for Lace Newa

I agree, Janis.
Thank you, Laurie.I read your  newsletters, top to bottom.  There is
always something informative and/or interestingthings I would never find
on my own..
Have a w wonderful New year.
BarbE


On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 2:11 AM, Janis Savage lacem...@mweb.co.za wrote:

 Dear Laurie
 Many thanks for all the time and trouble to put in on the Lace News
 website.
 I am not into buying things on Ebay but  find it fascinating to ssee what
 is on offer and your expert opinion about it.
 Many thanks also for all the interesting articles about different aspects
 of lacemaking.
 You certainly feed my obsession.

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RE: [lace] future value of a specialised Lace Library

[Annette Meldrum]

Hi Jeri and others
I am chiming in a bit late after recovering from the excitement of my son's
wedding.
Interesting topic, as a Librarian and owner of a small personal lace library
myself I have wondered often about this. Like you I used to think that my
books would increase in value as they become rarer and hard to find.
On the other hand, I have also been keen to acquire ebooks for my uni
students as they are easier to locate and download and serve students at
multi campuses. However, researchers (serious students like us lacemakers)
keep telling me of the benefits of thumbing through a print book and being
able to just flick back and forwards visually between pages etc. They are
frustrated with ebooks and ebook readers still don't seem to allow this
quick flicking either with time lapse between loading each page. I can
certainly see their point,.
I think the print book is probably going to outlast the digital age for
serious researchers providing that the print books can still be produced
economically. Print on demand may be the only way this will be possible.
I lose patience with downloading from the Arizona site despite the fantastic
content. Maybe when my life is not so busy I will enjoy using it more.
Having said that, I have used it for researching my book and it was a most
valuable resource. 

Lorelei is also correct in saying that digitized collections are being
archived in new and exciting ways which may improve retrieval in surprising
ways. However, volumes and volumes of books are being destroyed after
digitization because storage is too expensive. If the systems crash like
Lucy and  others have predicted a lot of knowledge will certainly be lost.
Digital backup and storage is also expensive and everything eventually comes
down to cost.

Thanks for raising the topic Jeri and thanks for all the great insights
everyone.
Thanks also for your work in preserving the lace resource centre.

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RE: [lace] Erica MacLeod

[Annette Meldrum]

Erica lives in a small town on the west coast - Christchurch is her nearest
lace group I think?

Annette Meldrum in very windy Wollongong Australia

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Sent: Sunday, 5 September 2010 2:04 AM
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Subject: [lace] Erica MacLeod

Today, our local newspaper had an article and pictures about the 7.1 
earthquake in Christchurch NZ. Does Erica McLeod live near there? How 
about other lacemakers?
Please check in when you can and let us know how you fared, and in the 
meantime we are keeping you in our prayers.
Lauren Snyder in Snohomish WA, USA.

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RE: [lace] The meaning of Mezzo Punto

[Annette Meldrum]

Nathalie, you are exactly right. Mezzo Punto was also known as half-point
where half the work utilized a pre-made cloth tape, either woven or bobbin
made with the remainder consisting of needlelace fillings. It dates back to
Milan and Genoa in the seventeenth century surprisingly.

I discovered this when researching my book; The Borris Lace Collection: A
Unique Irish Needlelace, Marie Laurie and Annette Meldrum, Milner Craft
Series, 2010. Borris Lace is a Mezzo Punto style lace now more commonly
known as tape or braid lace. Point lace was another name used but one which
causes confusion so is seldom used these days.

Regards
Annette Meldrum in sunny but cold NSW, Australia

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Subject: [lace] The meaning of Mezzo Punto

I'm assuming that Mezzo Punto refers to mixed or half stitch? So I
would be inclined to think it's because it is a lace made with a
bobbin tape and needle decorations? Mezzo means half in Italian, or am
I wrong?

Thank you in advance.
Nathalie

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RE: [lace] Netting

[Annette Meldrum]

Hi all,
Margaret Morgan teaches netting here in Australia and I did her class in
Brisbane at the Australian Lace Guild AGM. 
One of the hardest techniques to pick up. The knot is very involved and goes
wrong if you loose concentration.
I finished one small doyley in class over 2 days (and much of the night
inbetween) and have completed another since but now that I have mastered the
basics and can understand the process I might leave it at that.
Not for the feint hearted but a great thing to do. Margaret was a great
teacher and I don't think I ever would have picked it up from a book.
 Regards
Annette Meldrum in a wet and cold Wollongong Australia


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Subject: [lace] Netting

Jane said
We used netting needles at college - look like a rod with a tuning fork 
at either end - you need something thinner than a shuttle if you are aiming 
for a fine mesh.

Netting is a middle size stone, and I have too much sand.

Jacquie in Lincolnshire

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RE: [lace] London

[Annette Meldrum]

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


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Sent: Sunday, 24 January 2010 7:34 AM
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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.

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RE: [lace] The best cataloguing I have seen of Gros Point de Venice

[Annette Meldrum]

Thank you Ilske for forwarding this link. The cataloguing of the Gros Point
de Venice example is the most thorough and informative piece of cataloguing
that I have ever seen. I certainly have learnt quite a bit and will use some
of the ideas in future.

Photography is zoomed up close so you can see the aspects being explained.
Wow. 

Thanks again
Annett Meldrum in Wollongong, Australia where we have a lovely clear day
after the terrible dust storm yesterday.


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Sent: Thursday, 24 September 2009 2:24 AM
To: ARACHNE Arachne
Subject: [lace] Re: Gros Point de Venice

Hello everbody,
those who like needle-lace will like this link:


 
http://www.ville-retournac.fr/musee/anglais/activities/FicheGrosPoint_MickFo
uriscot_ang.pdf

Best regards,  Ilske

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[lace] Rosemary Shepherd's Early Lace Work Book

[Annette Meldrum]

On the subject of another Australian lace book, I have heard that Rosemary's
book has already sold out and is in the process of being reprinted.

 

My yard is filled with broken branches after a very wild and windy night.
This morning it is still and a lovely cloudless blue sky. Have a lovely day
all.

Annette Meldrum

South Coast of NSW Australia

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RE: [lace] Finding Casalguidi in Italy

[Annette Meldrum]

Hi Barbara,
Catch a train from Florence to Pistoia. You can get a bus from the square in
Pistoia. Take care as there are two bus stops with Casalguidi listed. You
need the one in the centre of the square, not the one near the shops and the
news stand. We caught the wrong bus and did a lovely drive up into the
mountains, then the bus turned around and took us back to the square and
then to Casalguidi. All very nice scenery but we wasted a morning.

Best to ring the Library before you go as the Librarian who looks after the
museum, only works part-time. Alternatively, ring the council as the Museum
and Library are in the Council building in the main square. They speak some
English. Lots of shops sell the embroidery. They close early afternoon so
try to arrive early in the day. There is also embroidery in the church -
alter cloth etc.

Sorry haven't got time to try to look up numbers, I am off to Sydney now for
2 days.
Hope it is successful for you.

Regards
Annette in freezing Wollongong, Australia

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Barbara,
 
Casalguidi is a small place near Pistoia  which gives 
its name to this embroidery.  The map shows Pistoia as being  north-west of 
Florence, in Tuscany.  

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RE: [lace] Threads and sizing

[Annette Meldrum]

Sally, yours is an interesting comparison.
I have been told that dissolving Borax in the final rinse water adds body
similar to the original sizing. Don't know what Jeri will think of this from
a conservation point of view?

Annette in a cold and wet Wollongong, South Coast of NSW, Australia

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Subject: RE: [lace] Threads for Thomas Lester lace


The main difference between Brok and
Egyptian, I am convinced, is the sizing.  Finca, I think, is an inferior
thread made with short bits of cotton that has been coated with a strong
sizing that is effective only until the first washing.  I don't use Finca at
all anymore.

This is a subject I've been thinking about for awhile.  I wish I knew what
the thread manufacturers use for sizing.  
Like Barbara, I want stiff Bedfordshire.

Sally Schoenberg
Farmington
New Mexico

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[lace] RE: Fanny Kemble quote

[Annette Meldrum]

Dear Sue,
I loved the comment - it says so much.
Do you remember where it comes from? It would be brilliant to have the full
citation. Sorry if I sound too much like the Librarian that I am.

Annette in cold Wollongong Australia

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Subject: 

Hi all,

I chanced upon a lovely comment about lace by Fanny Kemble that I  
thought you'd enjoy.


Frances Ann Kemble, 1841


Su Carter, enjoying a lovely day in
Williamsburg, VA, USA

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RE: [lace] Fanny Kemble quote

[Annette Meldrum]

Thanks so much Sue for the full citation, I really appreciate this.
Looks like I am about to embark on yet another tangent. Life is never dull!
I am preparing some short talks for a National Trust group in my town and
this quote and the comments this has brought out from others add some
interesting insights.

Thanks everyone for these other comments on this thread. Anyone else have
something to add? Isn't the social history of lace fascinating?

Annette in Wollongong, NSW, Australia

Sue wrote: It's from:
Records of Later Life
Henry Holt  Co.
1882
pp. 254-255

She was traveling in Europe in 1841 after spending some years in  
America -- most recently with her husband on his plantation in the  
South where she experienced slavery ...

I think all her books are available on Google Book -- she wrote lots  
and well, so be careful!

Su
Williamsburg, VA


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[lace] Lace book by Kraatz on ebay

[Annette Meldrum]

Dear lacemakers


I have just found the book:


Lace by Anne Kraatz (1989) History and Fashion


Item number: 140225329830

 

On ebay with 3 days to go. Very cheap and no bids so far and it is a
wonderful read.

Seller only posts to USA. 

 

I already have this book and love it.

 

Regards

Annette

in wet and rainy South Coast of NSW, Australia

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RE: [lace] Burano lace

[Annette Meldrum]

Dona
You need to know your lace before purchasing in Burano. Most of the lace for
sale in the shops is imported lace from China or wherever. You need to look
deep inside the best shops to find the real thing and be prepared to pay the
fair price that they will charge.

The cheaper laces are mostly machine or hand embroidered tape lace. If you
go to the museum first you will see the real thing and the lace makers at
work so then you will know what you are looking for.

Regards
Annette

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Subject: [lace] Burano lace

In another week I will travel to Venice and plan to visit Burano to see the
lace.  Does anyone have specific information on must-see places?
Shops that are recommended?  Museums?  I know that Burano lace is a needle
lace (which I know nothing about)  I hope to pick up a few pieces while
there.  Is there anything specific I should look for in a piece of
needlelace?
Thanks,
Dona Bushong in Maisieres Belgium

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RE: [lace] Re: Mrs. Treadwin's book

[Annette Meldrum]

Dear Jane and all,
Oops, was going by my memory and didn't get the book out.
Thanks for clarifying. The reference to Honiton tapes is relevant to the
discussion of tape laces but not to this particular book obviously.

Regards and apologies
Annette Meldrum

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Sent: Thursday, 24 January 2008 12:15 PM
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Subject: [lace] Re: Mrs. Treadwin's book

Hi All,  I also have the reprint of Mrs. Treadwin's book.  Actually the
Honiton Lace in the title is Bobbin lace not a tape lace.  She has
information on how to do various kinds of lead works and how to make
Honiton/Devonshire BL.  There's an interesting part about hand made and
machine made net at the beginning of that part.  I'll write about that at
another time.

Jane in Vermont, USA where it has warmed up a bit - almost 32F( OC) this
morning after a few days of single digits.
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RE: [lace] Lace Care

[Annette Meldrum]

Thanks Jeri, you are certainly right on that one. People ask all the time
and need responsible answers. I realize that you are not trying to be the
lace police on this, just giving valuable information so that lace makers
have the awareness of long term repercussions. Once informed, it is up to
the individual to make their decisions with full knowledge and there will be
circumstances that overrule as others have mentioned.

Thanks very much, I am always keen to learn all the facts I can so I can
pass it on and consider it for my own lace and the lace I care for in the
Guilds here in Australia.

Regards
Annette Meldrum in full summer finally. Wollongong Australia

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Dear Lace Lovers,
 
Nobody is forcing anybody to take good care of their lace, or even to value

it.  I write for those who do.
 
When you are teaching or demonstrating and are asked about lace care, it  
helps to have a responsible answer..

Jeri  Ames
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center



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RE: [lace] Puncetto help

[Annette Meldrum]

Avital,
We used a number 30 crochet cotton and worked onto the folded edge of a
small piece of fabric while learning.
To make fabric just work stitches close together and on the return row,
stitch in between every stitch. You can work pyramids on an edge by
decreasing a stitch on each side in each row etc. To make holes, you work a
post eg. Across 3 back 3 across 3 then miss 2 stitches by making a larger
stitch across the space. This is really difficult to explain in words
without pictures but work 3 stitches up the loop to make a spoke, throw
across again etc.
Work back and forth without turning your work.

Enough for one virtual lesson?

Annette Meldrum
Australia

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Sent: Wednesday, 24 October 2007 6:38 PM
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Subject: Re: [lace] Puncetto help

OK, here are my questions:

1. In the YouTube video, you can see that in addition to the usual
filled and unfilled squares, there are also diamonds. Are the diamonds
worked from the point, going back and forth and getting wider, then
narrower? Or are they worked along one of the straight edges, back and
forth, like a square?

2. The stitch itself is rather short and wide. So how do they work the
filled squares? Do they work back and forth in rows? Or do they make a
tall stitch and then knots going up the side, the way they do for
separating empty squares?

3. Someone on Flickr told me that she begins her Puncetto with a
3-stitch ladder (worked on a supporting thread wound around the
finger, like in the video) until it's long enough. It looks as though
the lacemaker is calculating the squares at 3 stitches (skip 2, make
the bar on the third stitch). Is this correct?

4. What kind of thread is recommended for Puncetto?

Thanks, everyone!
I even brought my tapestry needle and some perle cotton with me to work. ;-)

Avital

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RE: [lace] Puncetto help

[Annette Meldrum]

Avital,
The Anchor manual of embroidery has a whole chapter devoted to Puncetto
Needle lace. I did a class in Puncetto at the first Italia Invita Congress
and really enjoyed it. I am happy to try and answer any questions you have.

Annette in Wollongong, Australia

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Sent: Tuesday, 23 October 2007 10:46 PM
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Subject: [lace] Puncetto help

Hi, spiders,

After watching the Puncetto video on YouTube several times I've become
obsessed with trying to make some (no, I'm not going to try to produce
3 yards of 8-inch wide lace by candlelight!). My only resource is a
copy of The Gentle Arts, which doesn't give advanced instructions,
just a few simple edgings. I haven't been successful in finding
instructions on the Web or in the lace and weaving archive. Would
anyone be able to help me find resources or give me some pointers?

Thanks very much,

Avital,
who is amassing a respectable collection of bits of mangled thread

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RE: [lace] Princess Lace Machine

[Annette Meldrum]

Carol, Laurie and all,
The thing is that these pillows were not very efficient to use. I feel that
the price is over the top. The other thing to note is that they are not a
rare find. There are lots of them around still, most hardly used! The Lace
Guild in NSW has 2 in their Collection, both donated. Both came with the
patterns and bobbins and original instruction book.

Regards
Annette in Wollongong Australia where we are set for another sunny and warm
day.


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Sent: Sunday, 21 October 2007 6:05 AM
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Subject: Re: [lace] Princess Lace Machine

Laurie et al,

I have looked at the pictures, and the pillow seems to be in good order but 
...

Can a lace pillow really be worth all that amount of money?... but
some of my roller pillows would, I am sure, be just as efficient.

So - please tell me what I have obviously missed - maybe I am just a tad 
dimmer than the average...

Carol - in Suffolk UK

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Subject: [lace] Princess Lace Machine


 Take a look at the Princess Lace Machine that just sold on Ebay 
 330170130257
 It's in the most perfect condition I've ever seen.


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RE: [lace] Beautiful vintage table doilie in needle lace

[Annette Meldrum]

Dear Alessandra,
I agree that it is really nice and it certainly is well done. A 'steal' at
that price and for that size I would say. I am not sure that it is vintage
as it looks 'modern' to me. A very nice design and well executed. Definitely
hand made needlelace.
Enjoy

Annette in warm and sunny, Wollongong, Australia


Alessandra wrote:
I have seen a lace on ebay and I liked it so much that I have bought it. On
my opinion it is very nice, but I would like to know if it is nice just for
me or if it is really nice and well done.
The number of the item is 330169221262, Beautiful vintage  table doilie in
needle lace.
I would appreciate your comments.
 
Thank you for your attention.
 
Happy lacing
 
Alessandra
Italy



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[lace-chat] RE: [lace] Beautiful vintage table doilie in needle lace

[Annette Meldrum]

Dear Alessandra,
I agree that it is really nice and it certainly is well done. A 'steal' at
that price and for that size I would say. I am not sure that it is vintage
as it looks 'modern' to me. A very nice design and well executed. Definitely
hand made needlelace.
Enjoy

Annette in warm and sunny, Wollongong, Australia


Alessandra wrote:
I have seen a lace on ebay and I liked it so much that I have bought it. On
my opinion it is very nice, but I would like to know if it is nice just for
me or if it is really nice and well done.
The number of the item is 330169221262, Beautiful vintage  table doilie in
needle lace.
I would appreciate your comments.
 
Thank you for your attention.
 
Happy lacing
 
Alessandra
Italy



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RE: [lace] Modern/contemporary/traditional?

[Annette Meldrum]

I would like to add my support to the comments of Tamara and Catherine.
Variety is the spice of life and there is really nothing new under the
sun we are told. Lets have less restrictions and encourage freedom of
expression in whatever direction we feel attraction.

As a traditional embroiderer, I have been snubbed by many who consider what
I do a waste of time. I have had to develop a thick skin, let me assure you.

This is an interesting topic with some good issues to consider.
Thank you for reading

Annette in Wollongong Australia

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Subject: [lace] Modern/contemporary etc

My goal is to appeal to the average lacemaker. Not to the art 

collector, not to the lace connoisseur, not even to a historian or a

serious student. So I try to guess and anticipate her tastes; maybe

broaden them just a tiny little stitch... But I do not try to push them 

into radically new dimensions, because they, mostly, match my own -- 

fairly pedestrian and staid and ordinary -- tastes perfectly :)



My sentiments exactly Tamara!  However, we are continually being told 'we
MUST not live in the past but look to the future'  with regard to lace but I
also frequently hear, particularly with regard to Exhibitions/Competitions
the likes of the 'John Bull' and 'Seven' that 'there is a distinct lack of
traditional lace' and this is the reason why The Lace Guild now have a
category for Traditional laces which do not have to conform to the given
theme, in an attempt to encourage more traditional lace entries.



Fortunately we now have an abundance of lace 'how to' books, so there is no
fear of history being repeated with lacemaking techniques almost being lost
forever.  There is something out there for everyone and we should not allow
ourselves to be dictated to or made to feel inadequate because we do not
wish to conform to other's ways of interpreting our
passions/pastimes/hobbies/relaxation etc. but just do what we each as
individuals, enjoy the most.



Catherine Barley

Henley-on-Thames

UK

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RE: [lace] Puncetto knotted needle lace

[Annette Meldrum]

Sorry all, it is chapter 21 not 11. I wrote in a hurry.
Also, the Anchor manual is a great book and readily available. It has
recently undergone another reprint in paperback.
Regards
Annette Meldrum

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Dear Annette and spiders --  I have an edition of the Anchor Manual 
that was published in 1974 by Charles Branford Co. of Massachusetts 
and is of course in English. Its chapter XXI is devoted to puncetto 
and it is drop-dead gorgeous! I should think Amazon or BN or one of 
those online booksellers could find one.

Aurelia
Catonsville, MD


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[lace] Puncetto knotted needle lace

[Annette Meldrum]

Yesterday I was told about this YouTube movie which shows the making of
Puncetto lace.

Puncetto is a lace made in the Italian Alps around Valsesia. Traditionally
it was worn on the blouses – around the neck and cuffs and set into the
shoulder seams.

Very hard wearing and very beautiful.

I learnt to make Puncetto at the first Italia Invita Congress in Rimini in
2003.

It is pronounced Poonchetto

enjoy

HYPERLINK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XweZDJ7vKc4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X
weZDJ7vKc4



Annette Meldrum

In sunny but fresh Wollongong, NSW Australia


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RE: [lace] Puncetto knotted needle lace

[Annette Meldrum]

The best reference is the Anchor Manual of Needlework Chapter 11. I bought a
book in Italy but it is in Italian and I think it is out of print.
Manuale del puncetto valsesiano by Angela Petterino Camaschella. 
Valsesia Editrice, Borgosesia 1992. No ISBN.

If you google Puncetto you will also find some good sites.

Enjoy

Annette Meldrum

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Thanks for posting the link Annette - that's gorgeous, and I love the
simplicity of just the needle and thread creating the lace - no pillow, no
laying a trace etc etc. Do you know of any books with Puncetto technique
details?

Jen in Melbourne, Australia

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RE: [lace] Old photo of American lacemaking on ebay

[Annette Meldrum]

Clay thank you for posting this. It is such a one off and the close ups are
very good. I'm not American but as a Lacemaker, found it fascinating.
A great find. Hope it goes to a good home.

Regards
Annette Meldrum in sunny but cool, Wollongong, NSW Australia

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Hello Spiders!


I came across a fascinating picture on eBay just now!  There is not much
information about it, but it shows a group of American Prairie Women,
gathered around a table quilting bee style, and all making lace!!  Since
there is little in the way of history of lacemaking in the US, I thought
everyone would like to see it.  Go to eBay, and enter this item number in
the search field:180142776249

Clay

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[lace] thankyou for stain removal help

[Annette Meldrum]

Dear all,

 

I have summarized all your responses for my friend, and she is very
grateful. 

At least she will be better prepared when next faced with such an accident
and will think twice about decorating the table with unprotected heirloom
lace.

Many thanks for all your valued contributions. You are a great and
knowledgeable bunch of people.

 

Annette Meldrum in cold Wollongong Australia


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[lace] removing port stain from silk

[Annette Meldrum]

Hi all, a friend has an heirloom Maltese silk lace stole which she used as a
table centre for a special dinner. A guest has spilt port on it and the
stain has not washed out.

I know that silk needs different care to cotton and linen so does anyone
have any suggestions.

In hopeful anticipation

Annette in cold Wollongong Australia

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RE: [lace] is Arachne slow these days?

[Annette Meldrum]

Tess, it is slow, only the odd message coming through.
We will see if this makes it through as well
I'm sure there is no rule change but maybe a technical gliche?

Regards
Annette in Wollongong Australia

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Subject: [lace] is Arachne slow these days?

I have just received this message from Spain:

hello
and I need a help
  For 3 times I sent a message to arachne, but I didn't saw it in the  
site.
Can someone tell me if message go to arachne?
I sent a message to moderator about this, but I never receive a message.
Can someone tell me if there is any modification in the rules?

I have written her that I will let her know what answer I receive  
from anyone who can answer her questions.

Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

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RE: [lace] Rakam

[Annette Meldrum]

Alix and other spiders who might know,
I have tried to subscribe but for this magazine, there are no details.
Details are available for all other magazines on the list.
It is very disappointing.
I am aware of this magazine but have not ever found a way to successfully
subscribe.

Annette Meldrum
In warm and sunny Wollongong, Australia

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I can recommend Rakam. The language is
Italian, but I rarely need more than a pattern. Rakam is released
monthly and for anyone loving embroderie has marvellous patterns and
there is almost every issue a lace pattern.
www.abbonationline.com

This is a site where you can subscribe online, unfortunatly you can not
see more than a cover.


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RE: [lace] who was Fulvia Lewis

[Annette Meldrum]

I would also be interested to know a little about her.
Annette in Wollongong, Australia

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Dear All,

I have been asked about Fulvia Lewis.

I have her book and know that her lace was actioned recently.

That is all I know, but my friend is sure that I can get some facts
through Arachne.

Help me, please.

Greetings

Vibeke in Copenhagen

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RE: [lace] Embroiderers' Guild (UK) 100th Birthday

[Annette Meldrum]

Jeri,
I made enquiries and discovered that the NSW Guild sent a letter  of
congratulations in which we said how much we valued the connection and a
piece of ribbon work by Heather Joynes, (one of our long term members)
called Greetings from Australia'. We received a lovely letter of thanks
saying that it had been hung in the visitors room here at the Palace' where
it would be seen by all. 

Annette in Wollongong, NSW, Australia

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Dear Lacemakers,

We are into the last third of 2006, and I do not recall any lace@arachne.com

acknowledgement of the 100th Birthday of the Embroiderers' Guild (UK).

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RE: [lace] Embroiderers' Guild (UK) 100th Birthday

[Annette Meldrum]

Dear Jeri and all
Thank you for a very interesting perspective and I loved reading about the
connections of Lady Reigate as I have her book but had no idea of her
connections.

Yes, as Jeri suggests, the New South Wales EG was started as a branch of the
UK EG. After gathering strength, the NSW Guild became autonomous. In 2007 we
plan to celebrate 50 years! In Australia, each state has its own autonomous
Guild. NSW was the first. We exchange information and occasionally tutors
but not much else unfortunately. I am a member of NSW and South Australia
and have visited Victoria and Western Australia. All are similar yet
different.
In the early days when NSW was part of the UK Guild, we had many visiting
tutors from the UK who helped us widen our horizons. We were also assisted
in the early days by loans of collections from the Needlework Development
Scheme, organised by the EG UK on our behalf. This scheme was developed in
Britain to encourage greater interest in Embroidery and to raise the
standard of design. The Scheme was run by the Art Schools at Aberdeen,
Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow and when it disbanded in 1961, the collections
were shared amongst Museums and The EG in Britain. 
I have a book; Embroideries from the Needlework Development Scheme: Royal
Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, 1965 which documents the items received by the
Edinburgh Museum and gives the history of the Scheme.

Annette Meldrum
In a very wet, cold and windy Wollongong NSW Australia 

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Dear Lacemakers,

We are into the last third of 2006, and I do not recall any lace@arachne.com

acknowledgement of the 100th Birthday of the Embroiderers' Guild (UK).

Where would many of us be without this organization to emulate in various 
ways?  It was the organization that definitely influenced Americans to
establish 
The Embroiderers' Guild of America, Inc. as a separate entity.  And, if that

is the case, perhaps the Embroiderers' Guilds in Canada, Australia, and
other 
countries?

Connecting the web of history, dear Arachnes, is a very interesting
exercise.

Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center


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[lace] Mary Quelch 1609 sampler and Montacute House

[Annette Meldrum]

Thanks Jeri
As usual very interesting. I can tell you that I visited Montacute House in
2003 and saw the said collection which just happened to be on display at the
time. I understood that it is not always displayed as a collection.
Unfortunately there was not a catalogue or postcards or any other
publication on offer. I remember well the description of how the collection
started. 
Regards
Annette Meldrum in Wollongong, NSW Australia

Jeri wrote
A the lead for a student - Google Douglas Goodhart Sampler Collection.

What is found?  His collection was donated to The National Trust, and is 
located today at Montacute House.  I Googled Montacute House, but could not
get to 
the pictures of the sampler collection.  Perhaps someone else can find with 
the information provided above.  Or, perhaps there is a new booklet for
people touring Montacute House that contains pictures?

This is a most unusual sampler, given that the first dated embroidered 
sampler on cloth is the 1598 Jane Bostocke, at the VA.  I once sat an hour
staring 
at the Bostocke, and then had to tell Joan Edwards the story the sampler
told 
me!  It seems to me we might learn something by staring at the Quelch.  It 
happens to be a fun exercise.

Hoping some of our lace enthusiasts will be inspired to do some research and

staring at laces,

Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center

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 There is a small picture of this in the Swan book on Historical embroidery

 of
 Scotland and England.  That is the first and only picture I have seen of
it
 recently.  They indicate the date to be 1609.
 
 Dianne

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RE: [lace] Great Book on Ebay/Lace by VCB

[Annette Meldrum]

Dear Jeri,
Thanks for the background. I was not aware of the context and this really
helps fill in the picture for me.

Annette in a cold and damp Wollongong, Australia

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When Bath's book was first published in America in 1974, there was very 
little available from American authors on the subject of lace.  This makes
the fact 
it was even published quite wonderful.  Perhaps you all would like more 
information.

Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center 

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RE: [lace] My lace present

[Annette Meldrum]

Sue, and all,
If it is hand made Lefkara, it will have a needle lace edging, not crochet.
Have another look. The typical Lefkara edge is a squared off shape with
little picots on the very edge. Quite distinctive.
You are a lucky Mum.
I love this technique and we saw a beautiful tablecloth being made at one of
the OIDFA exhibitions in Athens.

Annette in cold and windy Wollongong

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Subject: [lace] My lace present

Our daughter has recently been on holiday to Cyprus and when she visited us
this weekend brought with her presents for us from there.
One of my gifts is a piece of Cyprus lace.

It is a very beautiful piece of Irish Linen, French thread but guaranteed to
be hand made Lefkara Lace.  Obviously not bobbinlace, but needlelace with a
crochet edging.  So now my collection has grown.  When they visited Ireland
a
couple of years ago, she bought me an Irish lace fan.  Again, very pretty
and
again not Bobbinlace, so I am getting a beautiful collection of different
types of lace and she is getting to understand lace around the world too:-)
Sue T, Dorset UK

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RE: [lace] Marian Powys - Part 2 - Long

[Annette Meldrum]

Dear Jeri
Many thanks for taking the time to write this. I have been watching for
postings on this topic as I too have a fascination for this type of history.
I have the book but this adds quite a bit to the story. 
Reading it has provided a lovely adrenalin boost to start my day. Needed
after hearing that Australia lost their football game this morning.

Thanks again for sharing your knowledge
Annette in very cold Wollongong, Australia

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Dear Lacemakers,

Continuing with Powys information:

I (Jeri) have had some connection with people who knew Marian Powys.  -
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RE: [lace] Re: lace in (and not in) Wikipedia

[Annette Meldrum]

Dear Lynn and Julie,
As a librarian, I do not think Wikipedia is worth the trouble to add
entries. As it is not authoritative and anyone can enter without any
qualification or necessary level of knowledge, you cannot trust what you
read there so I would rather consult a more legitimate source? I work in a
University in Australia and Wikipedia is the bane of our existence, as some
students use it as a main resource point, to the detriment of their marks I
must add. 
Sorry to sound off, but I do feel stongly about this.

Annette in Wollongong, Australia 

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RE: [lace] Danish Royal Christening

[Annette Meldrum]

Dear Avril,
Thanks for keeping us informed. I was away for the weekend and so have not
seen any TV coverage, just a Sunday newspaper. If you discover any further
details of the lace, please let us know.

Regards
Annette in a very hot Wollongong, NSW Australia

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Subject: [lace] Danish Royal Christening

Hi Everyone,
Just to let you know that the new royal prince in Denmark was christened
today in one of Copenhagen's most beautiful churches, the Church of
Christiansborg Palace. His name, which according to the Danish royal
customs, was first made public at the moment of his actual christenng and he
will be known as Christian, Valdemar, Henri, John. It was a truly beautiful
ceremony and Mary looked radiant in her new role as mother. The baby was
wearing the beautiful robe of Brussels lace made in 1870 for the christening
(in the same church) of Christian the 10th of Denmark. It has been a
tradition for the royal family to use the gown and it will be on display in
the royal palace of Amalienborg next week.
Check this site out for pictures and video

http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Temaer/Oevrige_temaer/2006/Prins/index.htm
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RE: [lace] Arachne Dowager vs. Youthful Lace Enthusiast

[Annette Meldrum]

Hi Jeri and all,
I would like to second what Jeri says about reaching out to young lacemakers
and getting them involved on the list. They will be the means of continuing
the skills and traditions of our beloved craft and need to be nurtured and
encouraged. 
At the same time I think it is good to acknowledge that many of us have been
here for the 'long haul' and that says a lot for this lace list. I too have
been here since before the first arachne anniversary bobbin and credit most
of my lace knowledge to this list. I don't post often, and I am always
hundreds of emails behind with my reading, BUT I never think about
unsubscribing even when I go on holidays. I wouldn't want to miss anything.
I carefully save relevant information to my extensive list of subject
folders. I keep this backed up as I could not bear to think about loosing
this resource, collected over so many years. Needless to say, it is getting
quite large and needs to be condensed but who has time? One day?

Thanks everyone for making arachne such a great resource and for the
wonderful friendships.

Annette Meldrum
Wollongong, South Coast of NSW, Australia


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Instead of being fixated on advanced age or time on Arachne, I would like to

concentrate on reaching out to younger lace enthusiasts.  And, I would like
to hear more from them on Arachne.  This needs to be our focus to ensure the

future of lace knowledge and skills.

Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center   

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[lace] Robber Barons lecture

[Annette Meldrum]

Devon,
Your talk on the Robber Barons sounds very interesting? How about planning a
holiday to Australia and while your hear give us this talk (LOL)? In the
book, Chats on old lace there are some great references on this topic. Are
you familiar with them?

Is your talk published anywhere? If not can I encourage you to publish it so
that a larger audience of lacemakers can have access?

Annette Meldrum
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Wollongong, South Coast of NSW, Australia on a beautiful warm day and it is
the Labour Day public holiday so I am home and able to enjoy the lovely
weather.

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RE: [lace] Lovely lace on ebay...

[Annette Meldrum]

Dear Clay
Thankyou so much for alerting us to this lovely piece. I also recommend
looking at the other 3 pages of items for sale by this seller. All sorts of
lovely embroidery and lace, some very unusual techniques with full
descriptions and the seller seems to know their topic. I've printed some off
for design ideas. 

Regards
Annette Meldrum in Wollongong Australia
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Clay Blackwell
Sent: Monday, 5 September 2005 7:02 AM
To: lace@arachne.com
Subject: [lace] Lovely lace on ebay...

Oh MY !!

I just came across this wonderful piece of lace on eBay, and hopefully, if
any of you are bidding on it, the auction will be over before anyone else
discovers it!!  But I just had to share.  Such a beautiful and unusual
piece of needle lace.

http://tinyurl.com/8wqss

Clay

Clay Blackwell
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[lace] Cotton net supplier in the UK

[Annette Meldrum]

Dear spiders,

A friend is trying to source cotton net for Lacemaking in commercial
quantities from the UK. Does anyone have details of a source?

Any leads would be greatly appreciated.

 

I never have the problem of how to get through a whole day of Lacemaking. I
never have the luxury of making lace all day!

Best of luck to those who do.

 

Annette Meldrum

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In a cold and windy Wollongong, Australia where winter has finally arrived

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[lace] Bibilla class at OIDFA

[Annette Meldrum]

Dear Jean and all,
When I read about a Bibilla class being offered at OIDFA my ears pricked up.
Do you have details of the classes on offer? I have not been able to find
any details of classes and would be grateful for any details or direction as
to where they are listed. I am hopeful of attending OIDFA for the first
time.

Many thanks in anticipation
Annette Meldrum in warm and sunny Wollongong, NSW, Australia


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Jean Barrett
Sent: Wednesday, 1 June 2005 5:39 PM
To: Maureen Harvey
Cc: Brian Lemin; lace@arachne.com
Subject: Re: [lace] Picture of a needlelace needle required

Bibilla is the Greek version of  
the knotted needle lace found around the eastern Mediterranean. It is  
ine of the courses being offered at next years OIDFA Congress in Athens.
Jean in  Cleveland U.K.
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RE: [lace] Halasi Lace

[Annette Meldrum]

Dear Dora,
Your stories are always very entertaining and interesting so please post
them for us all to enjoy.

Annette Meldrum 
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Wollongong, South Coast of New South Wales, Australia 
Where we have just received 2 days of much needed rain


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Subject: Re: [lace] Halasi Lace

In a message dated 10/18/04 10:48:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
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 Dear Lacers, having read some of your reports about the Halasi Lace,
 I thought you might be interested about my visit to Kiskunhalas and
 Kalocsa in 1984. Alas the report is fairly long but I could send  it in
 seperate articles if you like.

Dear Dora,

This is a most generous offer. It covers a time period when the situation in

Kiskunhalas was quite different - before Hungary became an independent 
nation.  I would be most grateful for the information you compiled in 1984,
and will share it with the lacemakers in Budapest 

If others on Arachne agree, I would suggest if you receive 10 or more 
requests for your 1984 information, it should come to the list.  

Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace  Embroidery Resource Center

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RE: [lace] Lace book

[Annette Meldrum]

Thanks Sue for all that, now I can rest assured I made the best decision. I
checked my order today and it will arrive any day. They allow 11-15 days
delivery to Australia.

Annette Meldrum
In wet and cold, Wollongong Australia,
 who also found a very cheap second hand copy of Santina's, Lace: A History,
today on Amazon. Even with the exchange rates against us and postage, it was
cheaper than the copies available here in Australia.


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Sue Babbs
Sent: Wednesday, 12 May 2004 12:39 AM
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Subject: Re: [lace] Lace book

The book is gorgeous  and well worth getting. It weighs 2lb 11.25 oz (you'll
need imperial measurements for the USPS site).

Amazon.com are currently charging $30.60 for it i.e. $14.40 off the list
price. According to their website they charge $6.99 per parcel + $4.99 per
item to mail things to Australia. So the total will be $42.58, which is
61.35 Australian dollars (according to Ask Jeeves). It will save you a lot
to get it from them.


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RE: [lace] V A Book and Postagess

[Annette Meldrum]

Dear Sue, and others,
I have ordered my copy from Amazon in US$ and it came to $38.90 plus
cheapest postage (4-5 weeks) $18 so with current exchange rates of 7.1 ? as
opposed to 4.1 ? that should be a better deal. It hasn't hit my bank
statement yet so can't give an exact value in Aussie$s. I should get it in
about 2 more weeks. I'm not surprised or disappointed to hear that there is
more needle lace than bobbin lace. When I visited the V and A last year the
needle lace I saw was stunning!

Annette Meldrum
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South Coast of New South Wales, Australia. Yesterday we had our first taste
of winter approaching and needed to turn on the heating.

 
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Sue Fink
Sent: Sunday, 9 May 2004 10:34 AM
To: lace digest
Subject: [lace] V  A Book and Postagess

Hi All,

The current thread about postages charges reminded me that I had intended to
send a message to you all about the postal charges for the Lace book from V

A. This is of special interest to those of you at this end of the world!
(Oz,
NZ)

I ordered the book through the V and A site and had no problems, when I put
in
the option to have it sent to this part of the world the postage came up as
25
British pounds and like a fool I clicked to send the order!  The book itself
is 30 pounds and the cost of postage didn't penetrate through to my one
brain
cell until after I had sent the order off.  

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