Re: [lace] Re: IOLI /Montreal
le 11/06/06 6:55, Tamara P Duvall à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : I do know that all it means is true silk, or something like that. It also seems to be a name of the producer -- I have some other thicknesses etc made by them. The logo is a leaf with a silk worm. Quite disgusting g). er .. ver à soie does mean silkworm so au ver a soie should translate something like silkworm's ... which explains the logo . their thread is expensive and my friends usually buy silk at Piper's . dominique from Paris , France where heat has taken over .. and i hate every minute of it . i 'll have to spend the summer in my fridge lol .. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] i'm doing BOBBIN LACE !!! grumble mumble
le 27/05/06 1:17, Barbara Joyce à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : I've met dozens of people when I've been demonstrating bobbin lace whose grannies did tatting just like you're doing. Evidently a universal problem: yes, except in France it's embroidery instead of tatting ... no idea why .. people know you're doing bobbing lace but they keep asking : going to your embroidery classes ? lol dominique from paris - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] visiting LePuy area ..
le 22/04/06 16:42, [EMAIL PROTECTED] à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : I have reserved a room with him and am looking forward to the stay. Do you think I will be able to see his work in the B B? i'm sure you will ... and i'm sure you'll enjoy your stay in the area . There are so many things to see and Le Puy is a quaint little town with a stunning countryside ... dominique from Paris. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] visiting LePuy area ..
le 19/04/06 18:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Hello, A good adress I think : Chambres d'hôtes : bed and breakfast CHASPINHAC (43700) M. et Mme JOURDE - La Paravent Tél. 00 33 4 71 03 54 75 E-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] hello Sof !!! how are you ? long time no see . i agree with you entirely . i stayed there for a few days when visiting Le Puy for Les victoires de la dentelle and loved it . Michel Jourde is a lace designer and patterns of his regularly appear in the magazine Lace Express. His wife is a lace maker . if you take the table d'hote option , you have breakfast in the morning and dinner with all the guests and your hosts around a large table in the evening and Michel Jourde is a good cook . If you have time , don't forget to go to Retournac museum. You should mail them to ask what's to be seen and where because the museum is being entirely refurbished and i know they've moved the collections in a temporary location http://www.ville-retournac.fr/musee/anglais/indexang.htm they're very nice people and have a passion for lace ... `dominique from Paris - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Why?
what about using the delete key instead of flaming ? that's what i'll do from now ... dominique from spring in Paris, france .. it's so good to have a little warmth and sun at last To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Fwd: Rat-squirrel not extinct after all
thanks Ruth there was this sentence at the end of the article Now the challenge is to trap some live ones, and calculate how many still exist to tell whether the species is endangered, Dawson said. i'm ready to bet it IS endangered now they have mentionned its existence . Exactly what happened to orchids who were extinct in the wild about two years after being discovered thanks to collectors ready to buy them whatever the price and locals selling them for a living .. happened in Peru if i remember well . dominique from Paris , france where spring seems to be coming up .. at last ! !! it's been such a cold winter : freezing temps since last november . le 11/03/06 6:18, Ruth à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : You can see a photo of the little critter at http://tinyurl.com/fk3t5 Tamara P Duvall wrote: It's wonderful when my forwarding express service manages to connect two like-minded persons... :) My forward about the discovery of a furry lobster struck the bell, loudly, with one of the recipients, who was delighted with the sighting, but who said we were a looong way off knowing all there was to be known about new symptoms, on earth, in heaven, or under the calm waters, even when talking about critters much larger than a microbe or even an insect... Within 48 hrs, she was able to send back an equally exciting discovery snippet too bolster up her statement :) I wish I knew where to look for a picture of the crtitter... To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Please be patient for a bit till everyone gets the message.
le 2/02/06 5:36, Martha Krieg à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : With that in mind, I have been exercising my delete key on several unread posts in the last few days to save my blood pressure! have been doing the same and don't know how i could survive without that precious key dominique from very cold Paris . the temps are hovering around 0°C and even the cat finds it much too cold . he wants out but is back 5mn later .. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] :-) London tube announcements
a Paris Metro user myself i really had a good time reading all this .. thanks .. i wish the Paris train drivers just gave us simple explanations .. we usually have to wait without information at all .. except from time to time about people strolling along the line .. dominique (aka romdom) from paris. le 4/12/05 9:34, Jean Nathan à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Can't remember if we've had these before, but, if we have, it must have been a long time ago. The tube is London's underground railway system. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] pins!
le 13/11/05 23:09, Jo Falkink à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : We just have to be sure we don't leave any pins in the carpet. Alice in Oregon (previously [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Seems impossible to me. We've been guests in the town hall for quite some time and they collected a box full of dropped pins. Jo Falkink there 's a whole study to be made about the ability of pins to drop unnoticed . dominique aka romdom -- Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind. Bulgarian proverb - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] For the aluminum-coifed among us
le 13/11/05 21:55, Lynn Carpenter à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : On the Effectiveness of Aluminium Foil Helmets: An Empirical Study http://people.csail.mit.edu/rahimi/helmet/ the conclusion is most interesting (very tongue in cheek ) . it will do no good to the paranoid among us though ... VBG.. dominique from Paris To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] le puy lace
le 6/11/05 5:58, suzy à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Hi suzy history of Le Puy lace straight from Le Puy might help give you an idea http://www.ladentelledupuy.com/uk/i_accueil.html dominique - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] technique help
le 6/11/05 6:23, suzy à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : i got the translation for cartons and it means paperboards. i assume that is a pricking. absolutely right .. dominique from paris . - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Jourde catalogue
le 6/11/05 7:27, Jenny Brandis à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : I must confess to being extremely disappointed with the catalogue - it was plain black photocopied and not in colour (whereas so much of his designs look best in colour). I keep hoping to find his catalogue in glorious colour online but have not found it yet. You won't . Michel Jourdes leaves it to the lacemaker to decide about the colours or the thread .. I once asked him if his patterns were designed for colours only and he said no . you can decide to use only white thread and he'll be happy with it ... just send him a picture of the finished work, he'll appreciate. ... by the way his design courses are top quality if you can read french . dominique from Paris, France. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] From arachne on Diddl the cartoon character
le 29/10/05 20:11, Jane Viking Swanson à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Hi All, A lace conversation led to talk of Diddl who is a cartoon character from Europe. I was so involved with the stars that hang on/follow the cursor that I didn't even notice what language the website uses. i clicked on where do they come from? and got a whole page in italian but i found this http://www.diddl.com/ choose your language ..you even have different sites for diddl US and diddl UK ... dominique from paris , france . To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] How did you start making lace?
wll i was in Nottingham for a month with a group of pupils in august some time in the 1980ies... i visited the lace museum (on my own) , met a lacemaker who was demonstrating, had a go (with four bobbins) , thought it was fun ... and only found a lace teacher in Paris about fifteen years later .. many thanks to the Nottingham lady who was demonstrating that day !!! dominique from paris, france. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: [lace] Trafalgar
French joke : the english are weird ...fancy giving their monuments names of defeats : waterloo station, trafalgar square... ! I hope i'm not offending anybody ...i didn't mean to ... we have as many jokes about the Brits as they have about the French dominique , froggy from the original Paris, France where it's windy and rainy but not too cold .. on Austerlitz bridge ...VBG... le 22/10/05 13:19, Elizabeth Ligeti à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Greetings to all for the 200th anniversary. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] MP, OT, yarn question and sock knitting machines
le 14/10/05 9:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : The reason I know this is that the other half of my life is involved with vintage and antique (yes, over 100 years old) circular sock knitting machines. At the moment we are organising the first UK convention for people who have or are interested in these machines, to be held in Bournemouth in November, but there has been an annual convention in the States for several years and also lots of local 'meets'. can't believe the things we read on arachne i'd never heard of Argyle socks before (which might not be very surprising since my University studies didn't include knitting ... lol ... ) and never imagined so many people would take an interest in circular sock knitting machines of all things ... it's true i'm not mechanical minded in the least .. i love that list dominique from Paris, france ( and thanks to the list i know there's Paris in Tennessee too ) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: antique hand made bobbin lace
le 13/10/05 0:42, Barb ETx à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Ladies, you all know more that I do. but this looks and has the feel of some patterns that I got from the LePuy Lace schoolI do not know if they are old or not, The booklet was revised in 1941. I cannot read the FrenchI can only read the patterns.lots of leaves and those tiny raised dots, that I also found in the DeDillmont books. my ha'penny worth BarbE my opinion too . it reminded me of some Retournac samples i saw last summer (Retournac is 20mn's drive from Le Puy) .. the tiny raised dots are leaves too ... dominique from France. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] SP thanks
dear secret pal and you asked if i like the frogs ?? i LOVE them . the bobbin is incredible . i didn't think such a thing existed . i proudly put it among my froggy treasures, and the magnet as well because my fridge is too small and it wouldn't show properly .. the cards are so pretty (just the kind of flower watercolours i like) and the seeds are just what i needed to change the setting of my garden next spring ... it's so nice to have a look at your plants everyday and have a thought for the persons who gave them or the seeds to you . i have a black-eyed Susan a friend offered me and that reseeded itself last spring ... and it 's such a pleasure to tell her about it ... so you know someone will be thinking of you next year .. by the way i forgot about the papaya soap last time or the one before last sorry ! ... i really enjoy using it . I must say the shower gel was divine while it lasted ... thanks again . i can't wait for next month .. dominique from Paris. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Subject: [lace] Linen (flax) thread
le 3/10/05 4:23, Adele Shaak à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : I think the fineness of linen thread was more likely the result of careful hand-raising, hand-processing, and hand-spinning, and climate conditions, than it was the result of having some special variety of flax. Again, my 2 cents. my two cents agree with yours .. ;-)) dominique from Paris. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Flax
I'd also love to know more about the history/evolution of flax production. Were people able to make better flax *way back* and, if so, why. from what i was told, they made much thinner flax threads in the old days but only because there weren't any chemicals used and furthermore they selected the thinner threads to make special spools ... some laces can't be made nowadays because we don't have the thread .. dominique from paris - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Re: Katrina devastaion
le 27/09/05 18:31, susan à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : i have no crazy intentions to say they don't have a right to their homeland and they shouldn't be allowed to rebuild, but the whole idea to live behind a levy in a hurricane prone area should have never been put into play. yes but ... what about all these areas where people have to do with tornadoes and regularly rebuild their houses ?...what of those who must suffer blizzards in the north ? ... i have the feeling a very large part of the US would have no population if one was to build in safe areas only ... dominique from paris, france To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Czech Lace SA exhibition and website
le 22/09/05 12:36, Carolina de la Guardia à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : http://klk.pp.ru/index.php thanks Carolina for sharing . the patterns are really nice . by the way : for those of you who haven't been there already , click on the fifth button to the right .. the ones before are about crochet and tatting .. dominique from paris - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace in book
le 24/09/05 2:29, Jane Viking Swanson à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Hi All, DH has been reading Eldest by Christopher Paolini ISBN 0-375-82670-X It's the second in a series started with Eragon. so there's a second book . now that's good news!! i loved Eragon . will have to order Eldest in english ... Lucky there's lace in it otherwise i might never have known ... grin ... thanks Jane . dominique from Paris . - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] coffee and tea preference
Jenny is right, the water makes a difference. absolutely right . i use mineral water for both coffee and tea and it does make a difference . i love coffee and drink too much of it but definitely not instant . i must say instant coffee to me is not coffee; it's nescafé , drinkable but definitely not tasting like coffee. ... lol .. just like Mousline (a brand of instant mashed potatoes) which is ok but doesn't taste like proper mashed potatoes and is now a dish in its own right over here . the worst of all is when you've made your own puree with the wrong brand of potatoes and get told your mousline is delicious . arghhh! ... i usually buy ground coffee either from Kenya or New guinea but the choice of coffee depends on what coffee maker i use . Colombia suits my french press. With my italian moka coffee maker (the one you put on the stove with the water going up through the coffee) i use Segafredo Moka . with the electric coffe maker i have at the office I use L'OR absolu (absolute gold and it comes with a golden pack ... luxury ...) . i was told Nescafe doesn't taste the same in different countries . they adapt it to local tastes. and of course i like strong coffee , french or italian . drinking english or american coffee is torture (though i know you can find italian style coffee now in both countries) . .. lol .. that's why i stick to tea when i go to Britain ... i also drink tea (and have a cat) but not as much as coffee . it's usually my five o'clock drink . either strong english tea with milk or flavoured tea. there's a wonderful shop here called Mariage freres where you can find all kinds of teas from the world over and lots of flavours .784 çiii (oops . that was the cat walking across my table) AND i drink my coffe or tea without sugar (had to since i was told i had diabetes) . i found it was torturear first because i do have a sweet tooth but well i got used to it . the big problem is : you can't drink bad coffee without sugar there's nothing to hide the taste ! . dominique from Paris -- They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men. --Clare Booth Luce To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Katrina devastaion
le 23/09/05 17:16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : I wonder also whether people will want to return to live somewhere where they have experienced such devastation - I think I would be one who would get to the highest ground, and furthest from the Gulf states, just in case ... i read in a paper that's the old french quarter didn't get flooded because it had been built higher than the flood level . the ancients did have good ideas sometimes.. but then they didn't think they could override nature's laws ... dominique from Paris To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Katrina - unbelieveable
le 9/09/05 17:25, David Collyer à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Dear Friends, He asked each of them if they had any intention of removing the bodies, but no, it was not part of their job statement! Then finally some paramedics came along and he knew the bodies would be removed. But no - no-one had told them to do it either. They simply got out their digital cameras and started taking photos of half submerged houses! Next thing people will be wondering why on earth all that water is becoming so polluted!! I'm sorry if I've offended anyone, certainly not me .. i've been wondering for days why on earth they allowed all those dead human bodies to decay in the water as if they were animals . and learning that people dont even think of it because it's not written on their job statement tells a lot about the respect they have for humanity ... i'm still wondering how a country that's supposed to be the world leader can neglect both the living and the dead after a natural disaster that was announced . and i can't understand either how you can send people to a sports stadium and expect them to live on thin air for several days .. I know a lot of people are helping throughout the country and i'm glad of it but honestly , town, state and federal government should resign and bend their heads in shame dominique from paris, france. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Katrina - unbelieveable
le 10/09/05 17:27, BrambleLane à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Margaret in PA, ducking the flames that are sure to arise... lol ... margaret .. we'll share them . dominique from Paris, France . To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] US postal insurance -- packing info
le 3/09/05 22:47, Clay Blackwell à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : I don't trust the postal system - insurance or no insurance. whatever the country , who does ? ! we all know some people have only taken the job for the loot . dominique from Paris, France . - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Creepy crawlies
le 7/08/05 9:22, Jean Nathan à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Think escargot are a particular species of edible snails. wll... escargot is the french for snail but it might mean edible snails in english ... i'd say all snails are edible but the biggest ones are easier to eat and escargots from Bourgogne are suppposed to be a delicacy (they're huge and disappearing quick . i think you're not allowed to capture them any longer ) ... and the garlicky sauce is the only tasty thing about escargot lol ... ps. before eating escargots you have to purge them . so you put them in a crate (and mind the cover is well fixed because snail are pretty strong when it comes to lifting it and going everywhere into the room VBG) and feed them flour for a few days . yes, you sprinkle them with flour every day never did it myself because we weren't snail eaters but my best friend's mum used to do that quite often... then you put them into boiling water and that's that I love the garlicky butter that goes with them. just my culinary 2 cents ... dominique from Paris, France .. it seems autumn has come . it's pretty cool this morning .. i love it To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] red tide
le 6/08/05 9:11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Could someone explain what red tide is? found this with google. http://www.whoi.edu/redtide/whathabs/whathabs.html red tide is caused by a certain kind of algae growing very fast . dominique from Paris, france. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Fwd: gallery-4
le 4/08/05 11:04, Jane Partridge à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tamara P Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Now there is also an exhibition at Buckingham Palace of The Queen Mothers White Wardrobe designed by Norman Hartnell in 1938 for the Queen Mothers trip to Paris, they have never been worn since. There has also been an article on this (including lots of photos) in Hello magazine - unfortunately I didn't look at the date on the cover (I was filling in time at the hairdressers). Apparently at the time of the visit she was in mourning but didn't want to wear black for a State Visit. Research into earlier centuries showed that white used to be the accepted colour of mourning, white was the colour of mourning for the French queens . dominique from Paris - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] lace and music
le 2/08/05 17:28, Andrea Lamble à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Felllow Spiders, In the light of some recent postigs: Does anyony have favourite music for making lace by - for me Torchon and the Beach Boys, in the garden on a Summer's day . Happy Lacing Andrea in a warm and sunny Cambridge, UK the Beach boys !wonder how many of us are still fans .. those were the days . dominique from paris - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Stocking runs (2)
le 2/08/05 15:01, Jean Nathan à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : - sign of getting old when comfort takes precedent over everything. What I used to suffer for the sake of fashion!!! Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK lol how true ! I've stopped wearing high heels and keep to comfort . which means i buy shoes i have to give away a few days later because of too many blisters .:-(( dominique from Paris To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] weather and costume exhibition in paris, france.
le 17/07/05 7:24, Maxine D à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Thank you Devon for posting the site. Not only did I enjoy the lace, but I could also appreciate the embroideries as my Mother used to belong to a local (Hamilton) Cathedral Embroiderers' Guild, so it brought back a lot of memories, as well as having an understanding of some of the garments. Maxine in N.Z., where it is wet and cold BRrr wet and cold ?!!! that would be sheer bliss ... it's going to be over 33C this afternoon . i'm glad i'm on holiday and don't have to stay in my overheated office .. without A/C.. i intended to go to museums but with the heat wave i don't really feel like going. either i leave early and come back in the heat or leave in full heat and come back when it's cooler either way i've got to brave the heat with my tissues and my bottle of water. Luckily, some buses are A/C now but you never know which one .. ... Anyway, I went to musée Galliera ( 10 rue Pierre 1er de Serbie in Paris, france) to see the mirror exhibition of court clothes from the Dutch and French 18th century .. it was ma-gni-fi-cent ! not much lace except on the sleeves but a lot of embroideries and rich fabrics i was real surprised to learn there was a kind of ready-to-wear at that time : the garments were pre printed and embroidered and the tailor *only* had to cut out the shapes and adapt to the customers and for once lots of explanations so i left the museum knowing more than when i came in. not so frequent in French museums who tend to put explanations in the exhibition brochure (which i hardly ever buy because of the price ..) and don't forget the Retournac museum . they need our help as ever . http://www.ville-retournac.fr/musee/anglais/indexang.htm they have a very nice set of butterfly patterns on sale. Remember that all patterns are new editions of old patterns from late 19th and early 20ieth century. don't be put off by the leaves and tallies . the more you make the better you make them. i am living proof of that . VBG... and for those who speak French and happen to go the Haute Loire way, the workshop is really worth it. Once you start tackling their patterns you realise the lacers of old were really clever . dominique from Paris, france. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] PBLC entry
le 13/07/05 22:43, Jean Nathan à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : I've uploaded a picture of the wedding ring bearer's pillow to Community Webshots. Jean could you please remind me the address of your webshots file ? thanks dominique from Paris - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] fried green tomatoes/ peanut butter
le 13/07/05 8:33, susan à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : just out of curiosity, has anyone in the uk or anyone overseas ever cooked or ate fried green tomatoes? it seems to be more of an american southern type of food, so probably not even some of the northern americans have tried it. all you do is slice a green tomatoe, roll it in corn meal and then fry them until they are dark brown. salt them after you pull them out of the hot oil and they are really good. our city has a guy that sells fruit and vegetables right in front of his house at this time of the year. he always has a ton of tomatoes mostly and sometimes only tomatoes, but this week he had green beans, green tomatoes and the best red tomatoes i have ever eaten. they were deep red inside and juicy. i could live off tomatoes alone! I love them. the farmer this time of the year is much admired!! also i heard from someone that in the uk they don't have peanut butter. how true could this be being you are so close to spain. spain grows a lot of peanuts. if anyone knows of any other american foods you can't get in europe, please list them. i would love to know. i would hate to think you can't get watermelon at this time of year in any country! from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] fried green tomatoes/ peanut butter
sorry about the blank message . my mistake ... le 13/07/05 8:33, susan à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : also i heard from someone that in the uk they don't have peanut butter. how true could this be being you are so close to spain. spain grows a lot of peanuts. if anyone knows of any other american foods you can't get in europe, please list them. i would love to know. i would hate to think you can't get watermelon at this time of year in any country! i guess there are lots of american foods you can't get in France but there are also lots of american foods you can get from supermarkets and peanut butter is one of them with or without sugar .. usually imported because it's not manufactured in France. as to watermelons i'd say you find them everywhere but i might well be wrong ... we always tend to think what we eat is international and universal and we are proven wrong when we start travelling ... VBG dominique from Paris, France, who was very disappointed on her first visit to England when the cream displayed on the cakes proved NOT to be Chantilly . To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: popular uses for lace
le 11/07/05 5:25, Tamara P Duvall à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : . I just hope that Liers lace (I'm headed for a workshop, July 22-24) doesn't prove addictive... g i wouldn' t count on that . VBG ... but please tell us about your workshop. i really like Liers lace and i might well give it a try some day dominique from Paris, france - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: [lace] right or wrong tie up?
le 6/07/05 8:47, Helene Gannac à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : When will our leaders be finally convinced that the weather is indeed changing, and it might be our fault! thought it was better to switch my answer to chat. when their offices get flooded and they have to swim for dear life i guess. lol ... or when some of the pacific islands just go under and they have to find a room for those who used to live on them ... ??? dominique from Paris, cool and grey this morning whereas it was 25C yesterday afternoon !!! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Bart Francis threads
le 27/06/05 2:32, Tamara P Duvall à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : On Jun 26, 2005, at 15:19, sof wrote: Next year, Francis said (I met them in april) Where in Belgium is he, precisely? And does he have an ordinary shop, or is he selling only in virtual reality? he is in Bruges. he doesn't own a shop but if you phone him beforehand you can visit his place and buy threads provided he's not at a laceday somewhere in Europe.. sorry i have lost the address but Sof might have it . dominique from paris , getting ready for another extra hot day . . - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Horsehair netting
http://www.bart-francis.be/shopping/E_frame.html?http://www.bart-francis.be/sh opping/E_grp_15-1.html this man , Francis, is a gem . he's got the most incredible threads and some really beautiful fabrics . there's one he made out of horsehair and copperwire which is incredibly beautiful ( it was created for a designer to make curtains and screens) and expensive but well imagination must be rewarded !!! .. If you ever go to Bruges, you should manage to go and meet him . He lives on the oustskirts of the old town. he's a really nice guy , ... dominique from Paris. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: lace on show in France
hi there and to see how superb tallies can be , you really should go to Brioude ; it's quite near Le Puy . they are famous for using leaves in all their works and coloured leaves in their latest ones . i remember seeing the most exquisite coasters for sale with loads of pretty red tallies. didn't buy them because they were too expensive for me but i really wished i had taken more money with me and the museum is very interesting . there's lace in all the shops in Le Puy and a good part of it is handmade since it's part of the stocks of the ancient lace merchants. watching all these vintage laces you'll see that your tallies are not worse than the tallies the lacers of old used to make ... lol ... they had to earn money and didn't undo when they made mistakes as someone said here a few days ago now of course you may never hade made tallies but then it will encourage you to have a go . i quite like making tallies though the first ones i made looked like russian church steeples ... bulbous .. lol ... If you go to Normandy you should try and have an appointment with M. Le Delezir in Courseulles, the owner of the museum . He's getting old now but he's so interesting and his laces are stunning you could ask Michel Bouvot about it . don't have his mail adress but it must be on his site : http://blondecaen.chez.tiscali.fr/esom.htm and of course there's Retournac , the only french lace museum that's using modern communication techniques !! . they really are worth visits and support. http://www.ville-retournac.fr/musee/anglais/indexang.htm i forgot : the museum in Chantilly (le musee du patrimoine i think ), near Paris this time, is also very interesting . quite small but with beautiful laces when i last went there two or three years ago and good explanations on how the huge shawls were made .. and there's an oddity : a dress that can't be moved nor cleaned .. the lace is falling into pieces because of age and bad conservation. I don't know the english for the state of the silk . in french we say it's been cooked by the light of day. dominique from Paris. s hot . it's been around 32C for a week and last night was warm ... rgh ! ... it's only cool mornings that enabled me to survive i'm dreaming of a white christmas ... lol ... - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: lace in fashion
le 24/05/05 4:35, Tamara P Duvall à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : On May 22, 2005, at 5:48, Carolina de la Guardia wrote: some days ago, a Galician fashion designer, contact me asking me for people which can produce laces. Super news! I just hope he's willing to pay you enough to make it worth while :) T, in rainy Lexington, all the more so as french fashion designers tell lacemakers that making lace for them is a good enough publicity stunt without asking for money on top of that !!! dominique from warm Paris . - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Isleworth Lace Day
how far is Hounslow station from London TGV station (can't remember the name . one of those senior moment .. i love that phrase but i keep wondering why we don't have the equivalent in french ??) -- dominique If you're going through hell, keep going. -- Winston Churchill le 20/05/05 21:23, Anne Nicholas à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Hi, The 24th Isleworth Lace Day is to be held on 25th June. Our suppliers this year are : Makit, Margaret and Vanessa beads and Chris Parsons. The lace day is held in St. Stephen's Church Hall in Hounslow Middx. from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. It is a 5 minute walk from Hounslow mainline railway station and a short bus ride from Hounslow underground station. A good day is always had by all so please email me if you need any more info or are interested in buying a ticket. Many thanks, Anne Nicholas Hanworth Middx. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Isleworth Lace Day
thank you very much Helen . 40 mn is not that far away . mmm ... i'll have to think about it .. -- dominique Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago. --Bernard Berenson le 21/05/05 12:40, Helen à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : London Waterloo. If you go to this site http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/planmyjourney/time_table/journey_requirements.as p?T2ID=1967_2005521113547 or http://tinyurl.com/b9pvs and fill in the details, it'll tell you when the trains go. I've just had a look and it takes about 40mins with 1 or no changes. Helen At 09:14 21/05/2005, romdom wrote: how far is Hounslow station from London TGV station (can't remember the name . one of those senior moment .. i love that phrase but i keep wondering why we don't have the equivalent in french ??) -- dominique If you're going through hell, keep going. -- Winston Churchill Helen in Somerset, UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
