Re: [lace] V A - Clothworkers' Centre for Study Conservation of Textiles Fashions
I am very excited to read through and look at all the lace and textiles included. So very glad the cooler weather has arrived in Pennsylvania but now of course the high school football games have begun. So almost every Friday we get to attend one as youngest is in the band. Not very easy to work on lace in football stands. Will have to move my lace day to another day as I work on some bookmarks. -- Smile! Shell Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. - Henry David Thoreau - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Lace story
The story with the princess who escaped using her long hair was Rapunzel. I don't remember any version in which she made lace with her hair but she was said to have braided it. Perhaps in the language of the time it had the meaning of lace making. Rumpelstiltskin was the story of the young woman who was to spin gold from straw, well actually Rumpelstiltskin did the spinning for the princess. Both of these stories were made famous by the Grimm Bros, but they were stories past down from generations. It is interesting to realize how these stories were originally told with a moral or something to teach the listener. On 9/2/2013 8:11 AM, Agnes Boddington wrote: Could this be the story by the Grimm Brothers Rapunzel? Or: Rumpelstiltskin? - also by the Grimm brothers. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK Hello everyone, Here school started again today. So my children are away and suddenly the house seems so much more quiet. :-) Anyway, I know there is a story about Blonde lace. A Princess was captured in a castle and made lace from her very long Blonde hair to escape. Does anyone has an image, drawing, photo of this story? I have been looking on the internet. But to no avail. Is someone able to direct me to a drawing/pic or image? Thank you beforehand! - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ -- Smile! Shell Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. - Henry David Thoreau - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Lace story
Please forgive me - I had removed the previous post I was responding to but for some reason it showed up when I pressed send. Strange. -- Smile! Shell Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. - Henry David Thoreau - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Disposing of Files. Comment-a-Day for Next 7 Days
I loved the points from the old files. You are correct - we need to save this information and not let it be lost to future generations. Some days I get overwhelmed when I start to look at the very small collection I have. I can not imagine the files you have. Just know not everyone is not interested. Shell - who is working on the same lace bookmark again as I keep making mistakes! On 8/22/2013 5:18 PM, jeria...@aol.com wrote: So quiet. Since there is no interest in my collections, I have started the painful process of purging. (It sort of reminds of what happened in the English lace-making villages, when all their lace equipment ended up being destroyed -- we tsk tsk now, but probably no one was interested in saving those things at that time.) This is not a task to leave for an executor unfamiliar with the subject matter. Difficult. Some files were saved from as far back as 1952, when I was just starting high school. Others are even older, and were collected through years of antiquing. They are examples of what can happen when a passion for embroidery, lace, and hand-sewing has never faltered. Other people move from basket weaving to macrame to paper-making to gardening to etc. without much focus, but that was never my blueprint! The paper files have included every single newsletter from various groups, and document what we were doing to keep these skills and these aspects of womens' history alive. Reflects focused interest on the 2nd half of the 20th C. There is little mail on Arachne, and I found a few tidbits in some quite old Embroiderers' Guild newsletters that might amuse, to share. Following is one entry for each day of the next week. Some are informative. Others are supposed to be amusing. 1. Hand work should be hand laundered! 2. Keep a set of plastic embroidery hoops for pre-treating stains. Stretch the fabric on the hoops (this is not about lace); it is much easier to remove spots when material is taut. 3. Warm corn meal (uncooked, of course) brushed over needlework will usually pick up most soil (furrier's trick). Good hint, if you live in an area where there are dust storms. 4. To remove dust from unglazed framed needlework, crumble stale white bread onto needlework. Leave on for several minutes. Shake off and grayness should come off with the crumbs. (After this, Jeri would suggest having a friend hold a piece of screening over the needlework frame while you vacuum to remove any crumb particles that did not shake off. Some vacuum hoses have an adjustment so there is not excessive pull. You should use the adjustment, and securely tape a piece of machine-made net over the nozzle. You don't want to pull loose stitches, beads, lace appliques, etc. into the vacuum cleaner.) 5. A stitcher's husband stepped on a needle. She looked at him in disgust as she pulled the bloody needle out and said, You BENT it! 6. A stitcher's friend, an archeologist, was asked for an opinion of her Greek needle lace sampler. She explained that it was a lost art from an island in the Aegean Sea. The friend's comment was, My dearsometimes there is a reason for these arts to be lost. 7. When I was giving a lecture, I wore an antique lace shawl. After commenting that it was at least 100 years old, one of the students asked, Did you do the work yourself? Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ -- Smile! Shell Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. - Henry David Thoreau - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Lace Conservation - Fork Tines vs. Lace Cuffs
What a very cool way to start a lace talk. Would definitely get the attention of those attending. Amazes me how often some wear knit lace shawls with long draping ear rings and jewelry. Snags almost always occur. It occurs to me that would often occur with lace cuffs and collars in the past. Yet many portraits show elaborate jewelry with the lace. Would not be for every day wear, yet I would imagine that the ladies maids were somewhat versed in the care and repair of the lace. -- Smile! Shell Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. - Henry David Thoreau - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Ipswich Lace
I have tried in vain to find a photo or much information about this lace. I only found the one article online by Jeri Ames about this. But so far no photos, images, or prickings. Am I missing it? -- Smile! Shell Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. - Henry David Thoreau - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] RE: Pre-modern Seminar: Rhe Visionary World of the Lacemaker
I would love lecture notes and perhaps some photos from this talk. -- Smile! Shell Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. - Henry David Thoreau - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace-chat] SP Thanks
Hi Secret Pal, Thank you for your parcel that arrived today. The sticky notes and note pad are in by workbag to take to the office. The Kitchen towel is really cute. The bobbins will go on my pillow as soon as I need to add another pair in. My nieces have taken off with the lollies and pot puree bear. Once again thank you Shell in Tasmania To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Secret Pal
-Original Message- I went to the post box today and squealed with delight, there was not a bill in sight! Double bonus! There was a parcel inside! Thank you very much for my gifts. The writing paper is lovely and I look forward to writing some letters on it. The cross stitch will keep me busy on my next trip (15 Sleeps to go!). The Angel is great, I really love blues! The earrings are just my colour too. The caramels are great, I've had to promise to share them with my mum, we both love caramel! Thanks so much for the tip on bobbin winding and storage of the bobbins. Once again, thank you Shell To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] quiet
My Goodness we are a quiet lot! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] RE:Traveling to the UK
Hi All, Thanks to everyone that has answered my question, both on and off list. You have all been a big help! I think that the bus is the answer. Cheers Shell To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] RE: Visiting the UK
Hi All, Can anyone tell me the cheapest way to travel in the UK? Cheers Shell In Tasmania To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Visiting the UK
Hi all, I've been informed by my boss that I'm having a month of holidays whether I want them or not. So I have decided to visit the UK to see some family who are based in North Wales. I leave in the beginning of August and come back at the beginning of September. Does anyone have some suggestions of lace places that I could visit around the country? Cheers Shell In rainy Tasmania, Australia To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Re: Patterns on e-bay
Finally, something completely different--I have put up a webpage to show off my wire lace jewelry, at http://home.mindspring.com/~skl58/index.htm Sue. Oh Sue! Your work is divine! Perhaps one day I may make such beautiful lace! Cheers Shell (Australia) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Getting sticky-label gunge off melamine
Hi Anne, Euctuplys oil works a treat! If you can't get that then use methylated spirits or nail polish remover. Cheers Shell Princess, Having Had Sufficient Experience With Princes, Seeks Frog To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] RE:Obtainig bobbins
Hi All, I would just like to thank everyone who replied to my question on obtaining bobbins. You have all been most helpful. Cheers Michelle - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] New Member / Obtaining Bobbins
Hi All, My name's Michelle. I live in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. I have been making lace for 3 years on and off. Next year my aunt from the UK is coming to visit and I am going to supply her with a shopping list. My Aunt lives in Wrexham in North Wales, does anyone know of a supplier nearby? Cheers Michelle - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
