Re: [lace] Christmas Lace Star finished

[Clay Blackwell]

Beautiful!  I look forward to seeing it framed!

Clay

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> On Jan 2, 2017, at 6:59 PM, Sue Babbs  wrote:
> 
> A while back I saw a lace comet with a Christmas scene in it on Facebook, and
> knew I wanted to make it.  I finally started it in September and didn’t
> manage to get it finished before western Christmas (12/25) but have finished
> it before Orthodox Christmas !  I still have to mount it in its frame, but
> I’ve posted some photos of it on the pillow on Flickr.
> 
> The pattern is by Renate Richter, and was apparently published in the German
> ANNA magazine No. 11/2008, and is now available from
> http://www.kloeppelstube-zwoenitz.de/schweif-mit-christigeburt.html
> 
> I varied the colours from the original as I had the whole range of Moravia
> linen in the house already, and added in some Moravia gold thread too!
> 
> Sue
> 
> suebabbs...@gmail.com
> 

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RE: [lace] Christmas Lace Star finished

[J-D Hammett]

Hi Sue and Fellow Arachnids,

Thank you very much for sharing your lovely work with us. The Christmas comet 
is beautiful as are the other pieces on your photo album and I so agree with 
you about colours in the dark ages. Bright colours were difficult to achieve 
and would only be worn by the rich. Not only that, the washing methods used 
would soon bash the colours out of the clothes as well as the fact that poor 
people would either have to make what they wore or had their clothes second 
hand if they were lucky (more likely 5th or 6th hand if they were very poor).

I would also like to thank Clay and Janice for hosting the site and keeping it 
running as well as Avital for keeping us on our toes. Can I send a donation via 
Paypal to help towards the costs?

Happy lace making,

Joepie.






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>From : suebabbs...@gmail.com

  I still have to mount it in its frame, but
I’ve posted some photos of it on the pillow on Flickr.

The pattern is by Renate Richter, and was apparently published in the German
ANNA magazine No. 11/2008, and is now available from
http://www.kloeppelstube-zwoenitz.de/schweif-mit-christigeburt.html



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Re: [lace] Christmas Lace Star finished

[Catherine Barley]

Oh Sue it's beautiful and I had no trouble clicking on the link either!  How I 
enjoyed seeing again some of the beautiful laces that you have made in the 
past.  Exquisite!

Catherine Barley on a cold and frosty morning here in the UK

Catherine Barley Needlelace
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Original message
>From : suebabbs...@gmail.com

  I still have to mount it in its frame, but
I’ve posted some photos of it on the pillow on Flickr.

The pattern is by Renate Richter, and was apparently published in the German
ANNA magazine No. 11/2008, and is now available from
http://www.kloeppelstube-zwoenitz.de/schweif-mit-christigeburt.html

















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Re: [lace] Christmas Lace Star finished

[Sue Babbs]

Yes, I wanted to make the wise men have richer looking clothes -  hence the 
purple, and gold in them. The Virgin Mary is often depicted with blue and 
rose garments - sometimes white, but I was trying also to get a balanced 
effect in the piece.


I also used some slubby silk threads in the meadows and these were brighter 
greens than the thread used in the original, so I had to change the other 
greens.  I used some fluffy threads for the sheep (which didn't work as well 
as I'd hoped - probably too many pairs in them, but the sheep were worked 
early on when I was still getting a feel for the number of pairs to use to 
fill each space)



Sue

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Re: [lace] Christmas Lace Star finished

[Helene Ulrich]

You Christmas comet looks great.  I think the colors are more in line
with what was worn back then, since rich colors were probably only
worn by those with a lot of money.

Helene
South Carolina

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