Re: [lace] dilema
If you have enough thread length to sew in, but not enough to thread a needle, you could try using a thread loop to weave it in, i.e. folding a fine thread in half and feeding the loop through the eye of a needle as has been described here for doing sewings or adding beads. I've used this method for weaving in short threads in lace and in my other needlework. Lisa Thompson in Plano, Texas USA Rhiannon wrote: I have some ends from sewing out which have come undone from their knot ... I am trying to sew these out through some fabric backing but very short now! Does any one know of a miracle to solve this issue? fray check from the other side of fabric? I'm sure as always someone will have a cunning plan! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Motorways
The difference between England and Texas in a nutshell: in London, they double deck the buses; in Austin, Texas (where Dora lives), they double deck the whole road. Pictures here if you're curious: http://www.aaroads.com/texas/i-035sc_tx.html Lisa Thompson in Plano, Texas From: Brenda Paternoster That's the difference between south east England and Texas - you have room to build new roads. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Christening Gown Lace
Sue, This is the gown that I made for my niece. I didn't have a lot of time, so I just made a simple Torchon edging for the bottom with herringbone stitching to join the two piece collar and cuffs. The pattern was Linda (I think) from Doris Southard's Lessons in Bobbin Lacemaking. Even with the tallies, it worked up really quickly. I'm sorry you can't see the lace better in the picture. http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2850985880048870129QdBerU If I'd had more time, I also considered Rosebud in Geraldine Stott's A Visual Introduction to Bucks Point Lace. I've since worked this pattern and it would be lovely on a christening gown. Lisa Thompson in Plano, Texas - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: visit to Florida
The Bok Tower has one piece of lace (a depiction of the tower itself in lace). The tower and grounds are interesting to visit, so hopefully the rest of the family would not be bored. Here's the URL with information on the tower: http://www.boksanctuary.org/ This URL has a photo and information about the lace: http://www.tat-man.net/boktower.html Lisa Thompson in Plano, Texas USA My questions are - is there anything lace related I could see or do in the area? We are staying in a villa in Kissimee.[Florida] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Stain help
I usually remove oil stains from my clothes by rubbing the stain with dish soap (Dawn in the U.S.) and then putting it in the laundry with my usual clothes detergent. This usually gets the stains out, although once when the stains were really extensive, I had to repeat the process a second time. Lisa Thompson in Plano, Texas USA To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Things to know (long)
Actually this tip does work. We use it on our dive masks and ski goggles. You smear the toothpaste on the dry mask with your finger and then rinse it out and let dry. The residue it leaves behind works better than any of the commercial defog products that I've tried and best of all - it's a lot cheaper! You should use plain, basic toothpaste for this, not the stuff with crystals or other additives. Lisa Thompson in Plano, Texas USA David in Ballarat wrote: 30. To keep goggles and glasses from fogging, coat with Colgate toothpaste What a picture this paints. I seriously doubt that you'd be able to see much out of them at all after that :) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Soduku
This is the site I used when learning how to solve the puzzles: http://www.sudokuoftheday.com/pages/techniques-overview.php It covers a lot of different techniques that you can use before you have to rely on guessing. Lisa Thompson Plano, Texas USA Janice Blair wrote: After filling in the obvious spaces with the correct numbers from one to nine, I find that I have many spaces where multiple numbers can be used. Is there another way of looking at the puzzle to fill the blanks or do I just have to guess? To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] lace card exchange
Hi everyone and especially Fay Owers in Australia, I just had to brag about the wonderful lace Christmas card that I received yesterday from Faye Owers in Tasmania, Australia. It contained a beautiful bobbin lace angel ornament with a very unusual property - she glows in the dark. As soon as we got the mail last night, my 6-year-old daughter and Iraced to a closet to check it out. She really does glow beautiful in the dark and now she hangs proudly on our Christmas tree. I assume it was the stiffening agent that makes her glow. What did you use for that? Thank you so much, Faye! Lisa Thompson in Plano, Texas USA where we've got from 89F to 39F in just a couple of days. P.S. Did you already send a scan to Barbara or would you like me to send one for you? - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Newby from Texas... longish
I had to chuckle when I read this, because my husband likens that thumping to chinese water torture when I use one of my foam pillows (not my one-and-only, I think it's a slightly softer foam). Funny, but I have no problems tuning the noise right out of my consciousness. Lisa Thompson in Plano, Texas USA (a suburb of Dallas) Barb ETx wrote: Another disadvantage of the foam ,,that the inner cover stopsthat thump thump of the bobbins on the foam. I had a class once and the gal had an Ethafoam pillow and she thumped thumped during the entire time. That is when I sought out the fiber carpet pad. (G) But she was very nice and no one said anything. That was when Ethafoam was just entering the lace arena. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Pillows for flying
Clay, I always travel with my one and only. Instead of modifying it I use a plastic wreath box instead of a convential suitcase. What I do is to lay the lid top side down on the table. The handles can be arranged so that the pillow fits snuggly between them. Then I put the base on top like a cake box and latch the handles. Usually those boxes taper to be smaller at the bottom so I use it upside down. Then I securely tape around the joining and across the handles with duct tape. I pack more duct tape for the return trip and some Goo Gone or some other adhesive remover to clean up the stickiness on the box afterwards. I've travelled with work on the pillow and as long as you secure the roller or block and the bobbins, it comes through fine. Lisa Thompson in the vicinity of Dallas, Texas USA Clay wrote: I'm interested in a pillow that will fit in a large suitcase which will be checked. I've come to the conclusion (after a recent thread on this topic) that modifying an inexpensive pillow is a good solution. I've bought a one and only kit from Snowgoose, and I think I'll take the blocks out and cut the pillow in half before I cover it. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Travelocity - a cautionary tale (US)
Hi Tamara, I would guess that it was probably a coincidence. I've been burned by this, not by Travelocity, but by booking directly on the airline's site. We checked prices on Travelocity, found the best fare, went to American's website to reserve our seats, planning to call all the travelers that night and ticket it the next day. When we went to actually ticket the flight *one day later*, each seat had gone up over $150. We went back to Travelocity and all the airlines had raised their prices, not just American. Moral of the story: if you get a good price, try to ticket your flight the same day! If you read the fine print, the reservation holds a seat on the flight for you only, but not the fare that's shown on the reservation, as we found out the hard way. FYI: Travelocity shows flight price but doesn't include the taxes which can be $100 or more, which is why we usually go directly to the airlines site to see what we're really going to pay per ticket. It does pretty well at finding the cheapest flight, especially if you're flexible in your travel dates, and will even list options like splitting your flight between two airlines which are hard to research manually. Lisa Thompson in Dallas, Texas USA Tamara wrote: Checking out the very same route and date/stop-number requirements *as a member*, I got the same round-trip price on fewer flights than the night before and two nights before (those two nights' readings were identical). ... Tsk, tsk... :) It *may* be a coincident but, having grown up in a communist environment - where we *knew* we were being screwed at every turn, and learnt to expect it - I'm somewhat Miss Marplish (suspicious), and strongly smell a switch and bait tactic. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] progress
Hi Lynn, Another way of handling this which is easier for me is just to add an extra twist to the outermost pair of passives on the footside edge before you work them. Lisa Thompson in Dallas, Texas USA Janice Blair wrote: Also if you are gentle on your tensioning at the sewing side (footside) of the lace it will tend to curve less when you take it off the pillow. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace]airplanes and pillows
Christina, I put mine inside a sturdy plastic wreath box and use duct tape to cover the latches and around the seam between the two halves of the box. Then I check it as luggage. I bring extra duct tape along in case security decides to open it (they haven't to date) and for the return trip. When I return home I use adhesive remover (Goo Gone) to clean up the wreath box. Lisa Thompson in Dallas Christina in VA asked - has anyone flown with their lace pillow? If so, what is the largest size pillow you were able to carry on? - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace in Hawaii was Jet Lag
Jane, I was in Hawaii in June. While I didn't exhaust the tourist sites, by any means, the only lace that I saw was on the top floor of the Bishop Museum in Honolulu. In their section on immigrant cultures there was a bobbin lace pillow and if I remember correctly, a few articles of clothing may have had some very simple edgings. It was an interesting museum with a lot of Pacific history and artifacts. If you choose to visit it, visit for that reason. There wasn't enough lace or anything special enough to make it worth a visit for lace purposes only, although finding lace there was a nice surprise. Lisa Thompson in Dallas, Texas Jane wrote: Also, DH and I are going on a Cruise to Hawaii at the end of January and I'm wondering if there's anything lacey that I could be watching for. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] measuring a child's coat
Weronika, In the case of my 5-year-old, it was out of parental frustration. Last winter she couldn't put on the gloves by herself. It would take several minutes for me to get each of her fingers into a separate finger hole. She'd leave them on for a few minutes and then pull them off until she got cold again. Then I'd get to start the finger stuffing procedure all over again. The little gloves were so cute, but the mittens were just so much easier for me to deal with. Lisa Thompson in Dallas, Texas Weronika wrote: Can anyone explain why children always have to wear mittens and not real gloves?? To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] makers of lace
I assumed something similar. I don't think any slight was intended to lace-makers. Just that with an editor, the fabric of the writer's story would be like lace, inconsistent and full of holes. Lisa Thompson in Dallas Helene Gannac wrote: I thought she meant that writers are nothing but makers of fluff, or froth, in the sense that lace is full of air and not useful, so a writer without an editor would only be writing a lot of nonsense. Anyone else thought the same? To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Weronika's Matlab
Maybe for some of them (we still have a pot brewing in all the break rooms around here), but not for me. I try to limit my caffeine intake to chocolate, which I can't live without. Not sure if I qualify as newer generation since I just passed my 40th birthday. Lisa in Dallas Margery wrote: And a programmer is a machine for turning coffee into code - is that still true for the newer generations of programmers? To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Nancy Drew books
I collect girls series books. All of the series below were put out by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. They were plotted mainly by the father Edward and later by the daughter Harriet and given to ghost writers to flesh out for a small flat fee. This resulted in all kinds of inconsistencies between volumes of the series. The Hardy Boys series was by put out by the Stratemeyers as well, but is not related to the string of Hardy family movies starring Mickey Rooney. There are still new Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys books being published today and they're still rather inane, but fun if you're interested in nostalgia. Lisa in Dallas Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 01:24:26 -0400 From: Louise Hume Subject: [lace-chat] Re: Nancy Drew books The Nancy Drew series of books, the Bopsy Twins (for younger children) and a boy's series (was it Hardy Boys? (I know there was a series of movies staring Micky Rooney, but maybe taken from the book series) were all cranked out by one family of writers - father, daughter, etc. I can't remember their real names, but they wrote under a different pen name for each series. There is a formular feel to them all. All rather inane. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] It could only happen in the UK
Actually I only remember about 2 people being in line and it was just business as usual. When I got to the front of the line, I didn't know to expect anything other than a $10 bill for my $10 withdrawal, so I guess we did have ordinary queueing, but no special rules. Lisa in Dallas Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 19:51:22 +0100 From: Jean Nathan Subject: [lace-chat] It could only happen in the UK Lisa wrote: No, it can happen anywhere. This happened to me 20 years ago in Minnesota when I was in college. The ATM just off campus had been mistakenly stocked with $20 bills in the $10 slot. I didn't mean cash machines giving the wrong notes, which could happen anywhere, but the queueing and agreeing rules. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Summer Reading
This is Sharan Newman's Catherine LeVendeur series. She also wrote a trilogy about Guinevere's life for anyone interested in that kind of thing. Lisa in Dallas, Texas Tamara wrote: There's also a writer -- Sharyn something-or-other -- who started an excellent mystery series about France of the time of Abelard and Heloise. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re::Fat, multiplication and eating habits
Tamara wrote: I never knew (so it's not a matter of forgetting, for once g) what that level is, but it's very, very low. The women in Auschwitz and other labor camps (walking skeletons) didn't menstruate, so couldn't get pregnant. But it was not the lack of *meat*; it was the lack of *any food*, combined with hard work Actually the cutoff is often higher than you'd think. I had it happen to me at 17% body fat when they tried to lower my high triglycerides with too much cholestrol medicine. Lisa in Dallas where I'm hoping for no rain since they're replacing my roof today. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
