Re: [lace] New Book Bedfordshire Lace Designs Louise West
I took a Flanders class in Peterborough, England in April. It's the kind of class people go back to year after year. Louise West was one of the students, and she was showing the proofs of her new book, which was about to go to the printer. I ordered one, and it arrived after publication on May 11. For a while I think I was the only owner of the book in the US. I forgot the book when I went to my next lace meeting, but I had the title and the website address. One of the members purchased it based on my recommendation. I can be persuasive. Then yesterday, June 4, I remembered to bring the book when 15 members of the group demonstrated at Winterthur, one of the summer homes of the Duponts, owners of the huge chemical company in Delaware. There is a large textile collection there. We were demonstrating to bring attention to the Public Day of the 2017 IOLI National Convention on July 19 at the Radisson Valley Forge Hotel, outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I think that everyone who looked at the book was planning on buying it. As Noelene says, it is not a book for beginners. No cross and twist explanations in the beginning. You do need to know how to make leaves, but that's the same with almost all Bedfordshire patterns. The patterns get progressively more complicated, and the instructions and diagrams get progressively less. The instructions are meticulous. But the notable thing about this book is the nature of the designs. While based on traditional designs and techniques, there is a vitality to these designs, and a freshness because the designs are by someone modern, looking forward after looking back. I believe that Louise West has an MA in Textile design, or something like that. I predict that Louise will be an important name in world wide lace circles. I do not know who carries this book, as I purchased directly from the author, in cash, etc. But the website is: www.louisewestlacedesign.co.uk Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, where the weather has been very pleasant, even with some rain. Only 9 more days of school for the kids in our neighborhood. "My email sends out an automatic message. Arachne members, please ignore it. I read your emails." Noelene wrote: >To quote the forward, the designs in this book have been inspired by a range >of sources, some historical, others from plant life, and one from another >artist's paintings The book is not aimed at the complete beginner to >lacemaking, but at the lacemaker who has some knowledge of Bedfordshire who >wants to work new patterns. > >The book starts with a simple bookmark with full working instructions, and >progresses through a total of 25 various lovely patterns of increasing >difficulty until the final patterns are just the pricking and a photo of the >worked lace. > >Author: Louise West >Title: Bedfordshire Lace Designs >Language: English >87 pages, soft card cover, 2017 >19.95 UK Pnds. >ISBN 978 0 9957370 0 6 > - 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] New book: All about making Floral Bucks Point Lace by Alexandra Stillwell
Just got mine, wonderful book well worth the money , no interest other than a very satisfied customer Sue M Harvey Norfolk U.K. Sent from my iPad - 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] New book of floral Bucks Point patterns
Hello Jean Oh yes the lovely Joyce, I also attended a number of courses with her - she was a joy to know and so much fun. I will be purchasing a book even though I've probably got most of the design as Joyce was ever generous. I also knew Margaret Tite and what a lovely 'lady' she was too. The world is a poorer place without these two ladies - but thank you for bringing back some lovely memories. Diana in Northants - Original Message - From: Jean Leader lacema...@q7design.demon.co.uk To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 8:34 PM Subject: [lace] New book of floral Bucks Point patterns Dear all, I have checked with Avital and she is happy for me to announce that I have just published a book of floral Bucks Point patterns designed by Joyce Symes, a British lace maker and teacher, who died from breast cancer some years ago. I went to several weekend courses with Joyce when I fairly new to lacemaking and was saddened by her death. When I later heard that Joyce's daughter Maggy wanted to publish her mother's patterns to raise money for cancer research, I was pleased to be able to help her. For various reasons it has taken rather a long time to get the patterns into print but now that the book is here I hope that it will be enjoyed by all lovers of Bucks Point lace. All the profits Maggy and I make from the sale of the book will be donated to further cancer research. You can find out more about the book and how to order it online on my website at http://www.jeanleader.co.uk/publications/floralbuckspoint.html Jean --- Jean Leader Glasgow, Scotland lacema...@q7design.demon.co.uk http://www.jeanleader.co.uk - 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 - 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
Re: [lace] New book of floral Bucks Point patterns
Jean, a couple of queries about the book. One of my students wants to get back into Bucks so this is timely, but I'd like to be sure I can answer her questions. There are (..) prickings for mats, a handkerchief corner and a small motif. How many mats? Or how many prickings in total? Except for the corner and the small motif, each pricking is accompanied by a picture of the lace and the thread used, and number of bobbins needed are given where the information was available. What are the corner and small motif accompanied by? I know there's a pricking for the corner as that's on the sample pages. Many thanks, Jacquie in Lincolnshire - 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
Re: [lace] New Book/Lace Fans?
In a message dated 2/5/07 9:18:38 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: One of my first lace book purchases was Ann Collier's Lace in Miniature because my major hobby is porcelain doll making. In fact, I had my first experience with bobbin lace when Gunvor conducted a day long beginners seminar for members of my doll club. -- Dear Sue in New Jersey and others making lace for dolls or small mannequins, Hope you know about this book: Les Petites Dames de Mode - An Adventure in Design By John R. Burbidge Reverie Publishing Company, 2004 ISBN 1-932485-06-6 List price $45, 144 pages, Hardback While waiting to be shipped home from Paris at the end of World War 2, Burbidge visited an exhibit called Theatre de la Mode that had just opened at the Grand Gallery of the Pavilion Marsan in the Louvre. There were nearly 300 27-inch mannequins dressed by the leading Parisian couturiers, meant to show that despite the war, Paris couture was still able to create. From this exhibit, came much of his inspiration. Mr. Burbidge studied at the New England School of Art and Design, then became a bridal designer with Priscilla of Boston for the next 40 years. In the late 1970's he began to recreate period costumes to clothe 29-inch mannequins. He has created 63 dresses for over 50 fashion dolls. These have been exhibited in museums throughout the U.S. Not a how-to book, but a truly lovely book that proves such things as tiny fans can be made. Many mannequins have perfect miniature gloves, parasols, hats and fans. A lot of miniature-scale laces for accessories, undergarments, and gowns are displayed on these small figures. The laces are always in perfect scale, often antique. He has found that old laces seem to age much better than fabrics, especially silk. A stunning accomplishment! A stunning book! Mr. Burbidge, now in his 90's, was a speaker at last year's Costume Society of America symposium, which I attended. I did not think this of interest to Arachnes, but maybe it is? 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] New Book/Lace Fans? (long)
In a message dated 2/3/07 8:39:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just came across a listing on Amazon for a book on Irish bobbin lace fans. I've included the title: Craobh Nua: the First Collection of Irish Themed Bobbin Lace Fans The link is: http://www.amazon.com/Craobh-Nua-Collection-Themed-Bobbin/dp/0951990535/sr=1- 21/qid=1170552380/ref=sr_1_21/104-9582480-4834354?ie=UTF8s=books Dear Cindy (in state of Wisconsin), This is one of several fan books by Ann Keller, so definitely go to see what is on her site: www.annmargaretkeller.com I would like to warn that in my experience she takes a long time to fill orders, and claimed last year that her e-mail provider is not reliable (she does not always receive e-mail sent to her). Last May, I sent $140 cash for several books to Ann via a friend who was to visit Ann's studio. The books didn't get here and I tried to find out what happened. That is why I asked on Arachne last Fall for a alternative way to reach her. The order arrived in October! Copies of all Ann's books are in my library, and they are lovely. They are spiral bound, printed on 8 1/4 x 11 3/4 paper. The book you inquired about is 32 pages in length. With postage, it averaged out to about $24. This 1999 (it is not new) book has 5 fans - historical background, story of the designs, general instructions, stitch instructions (with drawings), patterns, lists of supplies, mounting instructions. If you have found an alternative book supplier in U.S., it seems wise to use it! Ann mentions that Malcolm Cox is the maker of her fansticks. *Every* time we write about fansticks on Arachne there is a flood of inquiries, so I looked for him.He is located in Ireland and advertises in Lace, the bulletin of The Lace Guild UK. www.connect.ie/users/mcox I just tried this web site, and it was extremely slow. E-mail is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cindy, There are fanstick makers in the US, but I just looked at a recent IOLI Bulletin and did not find an advertiser. 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] New Book Purchase
Dear David and arachnes -- How delightful that Sally J is still getting around! This is the little book that I found (by chance) in the early 1970's that taught me how to make bobbin lace when I was desperate for a lace teacher and couldn't find one. -- Aurelia Dear Friends, Have just received a lace book which I bought on Ebay. It's really great and I had never seen it before. I note that it had previously been the property of the Vancouver Island Regional Library :) It's called Traditional Lace Making by Sally JOHANSON, 1964; ISBN 0 442 30037 9. A lovely hardback of some 85 pp of beautiful designs. David in Ballarat - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] New Book Purchase
Hi David and everyone LOL at one time or another I would have borrowed that book :p Some years ago I bought a secondhand original (not translated) copy :) On 11/1/06, David in Ballarat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have just received a lace book which I bought on Ebay. It's really great and I had never seen it before. I note that it had previously been the property of the Vancouver Island Regional Library :) It's called Traditional Lace Making by Sally JOHANSON, 1964; ISBN 0 442 30037 9. A lovely hardback of some 85 pp of beautiful designs. -- Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com blogging lace at www.looonglace.blogspot.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] New Book Purchase Traditional Lace Making (Long)
In a message dated 11/1/06 8:58:53 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Have just received a lace book which I bought on Ebay. It's really great and I had never seen it before. I note that it had previously been the property of the Vancouver Island Regional Library :) It's called Traditional Lace Making by Sally JOHANSON, 1964; ISBN 0 442 30037 9. A lovely hardback of some 85 pp of beautiful designs. David in Ballarat Dear David, I believe the last time we discussed this book on Arachne was 2003. The lacemakers who corresponded were located on 3 continents. One letter came from a Japanese member, Rieko, telling that she bought the book in a secondhand bookshop. The book was published in Japan in 1983. This inspired me to write (in 2003) to Lena Dahren, presently a Vice President of OIDFA, who lives in Stockholm, Sweden. She wrote to me that Sally Johanson is still a legend in Sweden. Her book was translated to Japanese, Finnish, Flemish, and English. Miss Johanson was Dahren's boss for many years, so she sent info to be shared on Arachne, which I shared then and share below. -- Miss Sally Johanson started working for the bobbin lace renewal in Sweden in 1936. You must realize she worked out of the Swedish point of view, which is a very small 'lace country' compared to England, Belgium, France, etc. but by the location in the far north, still having old traditions of freehand lace, etc. The book 'Knyppling' is a development of the teaching/learners book 'Handledning i knyppling written 1940-1950. 'Knyppling' written in 1963-4 was written for Swedish educational purposes. When I started working with Miss Johanson in 1976 the English transaltion was in the drawers of the persons who might need to correspond with English-speaking people, but Miss Johanson was not happy with the translation. Why? I do not know, she never said. We were told it was a 'bad translation'. Miss Johanson was a person who never, ever showed off her knowledge. She would never ever say she was the best, or that her knowledge was of any kind better than anyone else. I would not say she was shy, but she never put herself in the frontline. The fact that she was elected as President of OIDFA, is that she was elected, not because of her own nomination - she would never have nominated herself. The text that I understand has been seen as insulting has to be the text of an editor or translator. Translation of books is a hazard, as it is not the original writers who do it, and as Miss Johanson did not speak any other language than Swedish, she could not read and check the text. The editor of a translated originally Swedish unknown book needs to shout out that this unknown author is worthy of reading. The fact that Miss Johanson never agreed with the English translation of her book might be that the editor/translator, or who ever it was, had written that 'she was the best'. It was something she never would have said herself. Miss Sally Johanson was born 1915. She was a trained weaving teacher who started to work within the Swedish handicraft movement 1936, with bobbin lace as her specialty. She died 1984. David, You may want to print out the above information to place in your book. I note that my copy was purchased in the small town of Stonehaven, Scotland, in 2001. Christine Riley was owner of that shop, and was getting ready to close it. She is listed in the book as one of 3 shops in Great Britain that sold bobbins and thread. I (Jeri) find the paragraph under Suppliers, Great Britain quite interesting - as will today's lacemakers in that country: No manufacturer or importer of lace pillows in Great Britain can at present be traced. It is hoped that this situation will soon be remedied, but in the meantime readers are recommended to make their own pillows. The Swedish Lace-Making Association will provide any equipment not otherwise available This was in the 1964 edition!!! We have much progress to celebrate!! Miss Johanson may have been shy, but we are most fortunate to have her as a significant lace celebrity. Johanson was a founding member of OIDFA, and the first President of that organization. You can Google search Sally Johanson, OIDFA, for more information. 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] New Book Purchase Traditional Lace Making (Long)
Jeri, You are a wealth of information! Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] New book Devon Trolly Lace
Good morning Faye and All, Carol's book about East Devon Trolly Lace is self published and available from Carol herself. I will ask her if she would mind having her address published or her e-mail, also whether any of the usual suppliers will be carrying it. She will be going to Prague shortly, (she is one of the UK Council members`) but I will try to get the info. to you as soon as I can. Jean in Cleveland U.K. (waiting for my copy by post) On 27 Jun 2004, at 23:20, Faye Owers wrote: Dear Sonja and fellow lacemakers, Is this book available to the general public yet? Do you know the publisher? Thanks in advance Faye Owers Shearwater Tasmania Australia [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]
Re: [lace] New book
I have just checked the Amazon site here in UK and the New book due out on April 29th-30th Lace from the VA museum by Clare Browne ISBN 1-85177-418-1 Published price £30 is on Amazon at £21. This book seems to be published in North America by Harry N. Abrams, as I have found it on the Chapters.Indigo site (Canadian bookseller) under ISBN #0810966239, publishing in May, 2004. That's good news, because if Abrams is putting it out then more booksellers here will stock it and most booksellers will be able to order it. Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
