Re: [lace] London lace book shops
These days, Foyles in Charring Cross Road would be my first thought however even in the heydays of lace books they tended to only stock batsford. With the move to independent published and foreign published books I fear the choice is limited. I fear that the chances of finding any even in the second hand book stores would be limited as well. However, If you used spangled bobbins, i would use the opportunity to visit the Covent garden bead shop- now called bead works and go downstairs to their wholesale and precious stone department. It is near Seven Dials which is a lovely area (and site of an Agatha Christie novel). http://www.beadworks.co.uk/ And creative bead craft which is not too far away near Carnaby Street. It is London's oldest brad and trimming shop. It is also near Broadwick street and Berwick Street which used to,have fabric shops on them and a market. If anyone has been there more recently they might be able to confirm if the fabric shops are still there. Soho is near by and worth a visit is the Algerian Coffee store in Old Compton Street if you like tea or coffee. There are also some wonderful Italian delis and liquor stores in the same road. http://www.creativebeadcraft.co.uk/the-london-shop.asp Kind Regards Liz Baker On 9 Aug 2013, at 18:30, Elizabeth Kurella ekure...@gmail.com wrote: I will have a day in London and was wondering if there are any book shops in London that would have a good selection of lace books. Elizabeth Kurella - 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] London
Hi Janice, Not sure about the lace gallery but the new Renaissance galleries sound fabulous and should be worth a look? Annette Meldrum enjoying a cooler day after a heat wave in Wollongong Australia -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Janice Blair Sent: Sunday, 24 January 2010 7:34 AM To: lace Subject: [lace] London Hi, I am going to be in London, Feb 6 and 7 with DH, and wonder if there is anything lacey I should look into. I could not see on the VA website if the Lace Gallery is still available. I think our hotel is within walking distance of the VA and I have some time on the Monday morning when I can get there without DH. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] London - Fan Museum Gift Shop
Dear Lacemakers, Anyone planning a visit should know there is a small gift shop in the Fan Museum. I was able to purchase fan books, and also lovely Swiss hankies embroidered with fans. Back home, I gave these to a lacemaking friend and received one back with added lace edging. (I suppose you all know that I do not make lace - I collect it!) Anyway, this might be a very lovely gift to bring back to a friend, if still sold in the shop. Also, I seem to remember there is one day a week when seniors do not have to pay admission. You'd have to check museum website for details. There is an antique/collectibles jumble of a shop diagonally across from the museum, where I found some charming small baby clothes. You have to be willing to sort through a lot of junk in a crowded space. On the other corner, there is a pub, if you need to restore your strength. For your husband, and a trip on the river or by train, there is Hampton Court Palace. You can spend an entire day there - see the tennis court Henry 8th used, gardens, a maze, lovely palace rooms. A nice-weather day is preferred. Maybe I am biased, but I think there is more to see at Hampton Court than at Windsor. I suggest you compare the web sites of both palaces. At the very back of Hampton Court is the entrance to the Royal School of Needlework, which has a small shop of expensive merchandize in one of the grace and favor spaces/apartments. You may have to ask guards for help to gain entrance. It is quite near the outer wall of the tennis court. Regards, Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] London
At 8:37 am -0400 8/8/06, Vibeke wrote: When you are in the Greenwich area do also try to see Ranger's House in Blackheath, with the Suffolk Collection of Elizabethan and Jacobean paintings with lots of lace. This collection of paintings has been moved and is now in Kenwood House, Hampstead, London. http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server.php?show=ConProperty.106 you'll find information about how to get there and what's there including The Suffolk Collection - magnificent portraits of Elizabethan and Stuart men and women by William Larkin, Van Dyck and Lely, given by the Hon. Mrs Greville Howard in 1974. You can see one of them (Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset) if you go to http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.00100100100h007002 They are definitely worth seeing. Jean - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] London
In a message dated 8/6/06 3:11:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As my husband and I are planning a 4-day tourist trip in October to London, I googled Arachne's last year archive for lacy things in London. Knowing him I won't be able to make a detour to for example Honiton. From what I found on the list only the Victoria and Albert museum remains. Anyone with details/other sugestions? The excact date is not fixed yet. Jo Falkink Dear Jo (and any others visiting London), You might check all the museum listings (in newspaper) for costume exhibitions. There may be some that will have lace, such as at Kensington Palace. Be sure to look at the costume exhibits at the Victoria and Albert. The famous newly refurbished British Galleries have portraits with lace. Especially interesting to a lace student is the portrait of Margaret Laton, about 1620, shown with her actual embroidered jacket. What is particularly interesting is the fact that the gold lace on the garment is not the same gold lace as is on the portrait (at least, it was not when I looked at it). There is lots of white lace on the portrait, also. Another interesting costume with lace is the wedding suit, 1673, made for James, Duke of York (later James II and VII) for his wedding to Mary of Modena - shown on a mannequin. Many costumes have gold lace, which cannot be seen in the dim museum lighting. I suggest you carry a small pocket flashlight (called a torch in England) in your pocket or purse. The one I use is not much bigger in circumferance than a lipstick case, and it is about twice the length You can very discretely take it out to look at costume details. Do not flash it about and draw attention to yourself. Conceal most of it in your palm. Put it away when not needed. If a guard asks you about it and you quietly/politely/sweetly explain that you are a lace student/scholar, chances are you will be allowed to continue to view lace details that cannot be seen without it. Just don't overdo. Wearing a small visible bit of lace on your person may help. I wear a lace flower or jabot - something to point at if speaking with a museum guard. In major cities, there are always portraits to study in various museums. That is not a bad idea, because artists usually mastered the art of rendering lace very well - it displayed the wealth of the sitter. If I remember correctly, there is a morning paper in London that lists events and exhibits on the back page. It's a good idea to check that. The concierge at your hotel should be able to assist you. He/she will probably have a copy so that guests can be helped to plan their day. Dates you'll be in London??? The Lace Guild's July bulletin Lace lists in the Out and About section the Knitting and Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace October 12-15. If that is when you'll be in London, perhaps someone in England will give more details or arrange to attend with you. If this is when you'll be in town, so let our London area lacemakers know!. In the same Lace bulletin is an ad for the Knitting and Stitching Show, which says The definitive events for anyone with a love of stitch. Supplies, workshops and cutting edge textile art. The web site given is: www.twistedthread.com Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] London Bombings Personal Emergency List
Can anybody tell me where Dora Smith lives? Her remarks are very strange and to me offensive. I am very sorry for all the victims of the bombing, having experienced something like it many years ago. Dora Northern - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] London Bombings Personal Emergency List
Thanks to all who have put online sympathy messages about the London bombing, my niece works in the city and travels to work on the underground every day to Liverpool St. station we had a worrying time whilst trying to contact her because all the mobile lines went down because so may people were trying to get in contact with friends and relatives. Luckily she went in early yesterday and was safe and well, maybe Dora Smith would not be so flippant if she had relatives working in the city. Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK with many thanks to our wonderful services who were so quick in responding to the call. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Schuette.Fifty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lace@arachne.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Dora Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 1:12 PM Subject: Re: [lace] London Bombings Personal Emergency List Dora Smith lives in Austin, Texas. I have to say that I also found her remarks rather flippant. London may be big, but the Underground is the way people and visitors get around there. As has been said by others, you only had to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. It could have been any of us had we been there on vacation or business Avital, I'm glad your sister is OK. To all other Arachneans in the UK, my thoughts are with you all. may they get the creeps who did this. Elizabeth in Cape Town where the sun is shining today. Can anybody tell me where Dora Smith lives? Her remarks are very strange and to me offensive. I am very sorry for all the victims of the bombing, having experienced something like it many years ago. Dora Northern - 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] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: [lace] London Bombings Personal Emergency List
Hi All, I also thought the remarks were a bit flippant in the face if such an incident, but maybe what she was meaning didn't come out on paper as she would have wished! We can all sometimes be guilty of not re-reading and correcting what we have written, and in that way, offending others. Perhaps Dora is right now shrivelling up in mortification ... Carol - in Suffolk UK - very glad that daughter wasn't in London yesterday, and praying for all those injured and bereaved. Subject: Re: [lace] London Bombings Personal Emergency List Dora Smith To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] London Bombings
From South Africa I add my thoughts and prayers to those of Anne. Elizabeth D Pienaar Senior Scientist South African Cochrane Centre PO Box 19070 Tygerberg 7505 SOUTH AFRICA Tel: +27 (0)21 938-0835 Fax: +27 (0)21 938-0836 Anne Toney [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2005/07/07 02:35 PM Please respond to Anne Toney [EMAIL PROTECTED] To [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc Subject [lace] London Bombings My thoughts and prayers are with all of you during this time. Please let us hear from you when you can. Anne in Austin TX - 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]
Re: [lace] London Bombings
And mine, as well, from the NW USA. God be with us all in these sad and frightening times. --Sue from Montana [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From South Africa I add my thoughts and prayers to those of Anne. Elizabeth D Pienaar Senior Scientist South African Cochrane Centre PO Box 19070 Tygerberg 7505 SOUTH AFRICA Tel: +27 (0)21 938-0835 Fax: +27 (0)21 938-0836 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] London Bombings
I'm sitting here at work, wondering whether anything's happened to my sister. She lives in the Lewisham area and commutes by tube every day to her job at the Bureau of Statistics in Westminster. I don't have her work number or e-mail address with me because I never dreamed I'd need them. DH is on his way home and will try to call her in an hour. Avital in Israel - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] London Bombings Personal Emergency List
In a message dated 7/7/05 10:02:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm sitting here at work, wondering whether anything's happened to my sister. She lives in the Lewisham area and commutes by tube every day to her job at the Bureau of Statistics in Westminster. I don't have her work number or e-mail address with me because I never dreamed I'd need them. Dear Avital, It is a shocking development, and you must be very anxious. I sincerely hope all your news fron London will be good. Jeri -- Spiders, I am single and have no living relatives, so I made a list of all contacts that might be useful to my executor and designated power-of-attorney in emergency. He has a copy, a copy is kept near my home phone, another with Will and other legal papers, and I carry a copy with me in my wallet. It fits on an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of paper that can be folded small. A copy goes with my passport, when I'm away from home. I keep this permanently on my word processor, and update it as needed. And, since this may be a useful idea for others on Arachne. Here is what I put on it: Title: Contacts for Jeri AmesDate Executor/Power-of-Attorney Name, address, e-mailPhone Contingent Executor Lawyer with Will, etc.Etc. down the list Physician Best Friend in Maine Best Friend in (other location) Lace Friend in(for lace collection decisions help) Person with Keys Alarm Code Alarm Company Police Accountant Bank Insurance Agent Carpenter (for repairs) Electrician Plumber Driveway Repairs Snow Plowing Mowing/Landscaping Heating Oil Furnace Maint. Passport # In other words, if incapacitated, all contact information needed to take care of everything in my absence. I won't say you must do this, but I do think that even if you have a spouse or children it might be nice to have such a list in an emergency when people who care about you may not be thinking clearly. It acts as a check-list, and is organized differently than your alphabetical address book. Jeri Ames in Maine USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] London bombing
What a horror. My heart goes out to any and all that are affected by this tragedy, whether you have a friend or loved one hurt or (like Avital) have a friend or loved one at risk that you need to hear from. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA (formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] London Bombings Personal Emergency List
I wouldn't be TOO worried! London is a huge city! One of the largest in the planet! Extends for maybe 30 miles across. On that living will, I'd make sure some actual living people have it. Honestly, I read this expecting to see people carrying a personal emergency kit in case of terrorism! I'm thinking, my knapsack is jsut about large enough for bicycle tools and rain gear LOL! Yours, Dora Smith Austin, Texas [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 11:30 AM Subject: Re: [lace] London Bombings Personal Emergency List - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] London Bombings Personal Emergency List
Okay, Dora, it's now raining here in Austin--finally! Hope you've got your rain gear. LOL Anne in Austin TX - Original Message - From: Dora Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lace@arachne.com Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 6:20 PM Subject: Re: [lace] London Bombings Personal Emergency List I wouldn't be TOO worried! London is a huge city! One of the largest in the planet! Extends for maybe 30 miles across. On that living will, I'd make sure some actual living people have it. Honestly, I read this expecting to see people carrying a personal emergency kit in case of terrorism! I'm thinking, my knapsack is jsut about large enough for bicycle tools and rain gear LOL! Yours, Dora Smith Austin, Texas [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 11:30 AM Subject: Re: [lace] London Bombings Personal Emergency List - 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]
Re: [lace] London Visit
Thanks for the info. I'll be going to London later this year so I'm collecting any info that I can. If anyone has any tips for a first time traveller to London I'd love to hear them, (especially about cheap places to eat). Feel free to email me off list if you like. Thank you. Onaree Jean Barrett wrote: Good morning All, I have just come back from a quick weekend visit to London and would like to comment quickly on this before posing a question. I did some of the touristy things on Saturday and Sunday, the London Eye, ( brilliant) The Buckingham Palace tour (fabulous) then on Monday before the train home, some serious shopping. Liberty's is being refurbished and it's amazing fabric department is a shadow of it's former self. I walked round in 2 minutes and was so shocked and disappointed I walked out again. Keep the memories. I hope it might recover again but who knows. If anyone is going to London in the next month or so then a visit to the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace and the Queens gallery is well worth while though. Along with the chance to see the paintings and decorations which are usually in place, there is a special show of paintings connected with the coronation, 50 years ago this year) and including the Queens coronation dress and robe. Beautiful. I also noted a large painting of Queen Victoria in her coronation robes. It is by George Hayter and the dress itself intrigued me. Was it lace? or could it be embroidered fabric? like Ayeshire work perhaps. I have been trying to find out about it since with no luck. Has anyone any information about this dress at all? I couldn't find a picture of it to buy either, although there is a small copy in the guide book. They did have a rather nice card reproducing a painting of Queen Alexandra when she was princess of Wales, wearing a large Honiton(? )collar. Jean in Cleveland U.K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Proud list mom of Irish Crochet Lovers http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Irish_Crochet_Lovers/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
