[lace] "filet lace" fence
Hello All! Tess kindly sent me some pics of a fence in Portland, Maine & I have posted them to my album on webshots, page 2. I've labeled the fence "filet lace" because that's what it reminds me of, but I guess the fence could be considered "blackwork" (in blue) by others! Either way, someone spent time beautifying an urban space--Bravo! Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA USA - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] Filet lace picture
Please can anyone help me - a few weeks ago, someone put up a web site where there was a picture of a piece of filet lace - The Wedding, or The Wedding Feast, or something similar. It was a pastoral scene. The guy was in frock coat & knee breeches, (I think, - or something similar) and the lady in possibly 18th century style dress, sitting under a tree, and there were various other pieces in this wide picture. I thought I had bookmarked the site - but it seems not! I think I may have come across a similar pattern and ...!! Hopefully someone more bright than me, may have bookmarked it, and can direct me towards it. Thanks, Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Filet Lace
I have been doing Filet Lace for about 3 years now...my mentor is Marie Jo Quinalt from Filet Lace by the Sea in Florida. She told me that I had to wash it, even if it was only to wet it good when I was done stitching it. I too thought what can this do...but I did it anyway. The change was striking because the fibers of the threads 'fluff up' and fill in the areas for a more denser appearance. What I did before washing it was to measure it and write down the measurements. Then I washed it and as I was blocking it out I kept working until I had the wet piece blocked out to the original dimensions it was while tensioned in the frame. I usually don't use any soap when I do this...I just get it good and wet. You are right in that the lace is very usable. It washes up well. You just have to put some time into blocking it. What book/working technique did you use to work your filet lace. I have studied every technique I can get my hands on and have come to the conclusion that Marie Jo's book on Filet Lace is the only complete book on technique. There are several ways to approach the working of this lace type...none are wrong. However most of the techniques/authors will take you only so far in working complexity and then stop. If you learn Marie Jo's approach you will be able to work your way up to being able to stitch even the most complex of designs. I have been teaching this technique at stitching shows (stitchingfestival.com) for several years and tell my students that it will take them 10 minutes to learn the stitch...the real heart of the technique is learning the rules of the technique to apply them to more complex patterns as you progress. I had wanted to learn and do this form of lacemaking but didn't want to make the net myself and didn't like the 'net' that I had found. Then one day there was a note on this list about Filet Lace by the Sea and how they had cotton net commercially available. Within a half an hour I had spent a sum of money and bought some net and one of Marie Jo's earlier books. She was very persistent in telling me 'how' to learn the technique which involved using graph paper and pencil to map out the path and then to stitch the path onto the net. I have enjoyed many hours of learning the technique to get to where I'm today. It's really a relaxing project to stitch. After several years of talking to Marie Jo on the phone and internet, I finally got to meet her this summer at the IOLI convention. She is a doll...it was like seeing an old friend that I've never met before. I'm a satisfied customer and student and now friend. I'll be teaching Filet Lace technique at Stitching Festival shows in 2006. Las Vegas in April; Nashville, TN in August; and Hershey, PA in September. The shows are predominantly aimed at cross stitchers...but I'm trying to sneak lace into their lives by teaching tatting and needle lace techniques. Last year and previous years I taught Filet Lace, Carrickmacross Lace, Romanian Point Lace, to name a few techniques. I've had to retire some techniques for a while because the show attendance is going down (slump in the market) and my classes are showing the 'been there, done that' syndrome. So I've had to evolve to stay alive in the market. Better get back to work. Karen Bovard The ShuttleSmith Omaha, NE On 11/17/05 6:20 PM, "Elizabeth Ligeti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have just completed my first serious piece of filet lace. - and enjoyed > it!!! > However, instructions in one of the 2 books I have on that type of lace > tell me to wash and/or bleach the lace, - to matt it up a bit. > That gives me a fit of the horrors!!! > > My question is - should this type of lace be washed immediately after > finishing or not? > My 2nd book does not mention washing it! > > I plan to enter it in a competition. Most shows/competitions do not like > laundered work unless laundering is part of the process, and I never wash my > lace - unless it gets really soiled from use. With this piece, I have just > pressed it under a damp cloth. > > Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Filet Lace
I have just completed my first serious piece of filet lace. - and enjoyed it!!! However, instructions in one of the 2 books I have on that type of lace tell me to wash and/or bleach the lace, - to matt it up a bit. That gives me a fit of the horrors!!! My question is - should this type of lace be washed immediately after finishing or not? My 2nd book does not mention washing it! I plan to enter it in a competition. Most shows/competitions do not like laundered work unless laundering is part of the process, and I never wash my lace - unless it gets really soiled from use. With this piece, I have just pressed it under a damp cloth. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Filet lace
Some advice, please! When working filet lace, do you always use an embroidery frame to hold the net? Can you work it without the frame , but just holding the net in the hand? If using a frame, - How tight should the net be? I do quilting, and have my work very loose in the frame. I do embroidery in the hand - no frame. Are there any recommended books for beginners? I see Filet Lace by the Sea has a book (and I can have a look at it at Denver, as they advertise they will be there), and I see Lacis has some. Are there any that anyone can recommend, please? I have the DMC Encyclopaedia of Needlework by De Dillmont, and there is a chapter in that, too. I think that it may be something, like Hardanger, that I can do without a magnifyer, and therefore, something I can take out and about with me! I have a weekend away, coming up soon, and think I may have a go at it. I have purchased a couple of small kits to try ! Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] filet lace
Gidday all, A while ago someone posted a great website with instructions/info on filet lace. I can't find it - can someone please point me in the right direction? TIA Michelle an Aussie living in Richards Bay, South Africa Ian & Chelle Long +27 35 788 0777 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] filet lace/the professor
In a message dated 2/9/2004 7:33:44 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: He took special pains to get all this work done for us despite the fact that he is absolutely swamped with piles of other things to attend to. We are so lucky to have him and his expertise! Yes, we are. Three cheers for the professor and three cheers for Tess! Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] filet lace and more
The Professor has just done a marvelous job of getting all ten of the books that Vibeke sent me onto his web site. He suggests that those who want to see the whole collection at once go to his Page of the Month at < http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/this_month.html> It is really a marvellous collection, with several books on filet lace, a history or two, and other nice laces. These books are in German, Dutch, and Danish, but I didn't find them difficult to figure out. Lots of pictures and diagrams, and three sets of pattern sheets with all sorts of goodies to look at. He took special pains to get all this work done for us despite the fact that he is absolutely swamped with piles of other things to attend to. We are so lucky to have him and his expertise! Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
