Re: [lace] Thread Size query

2003-06-11 Thread Dora Smith
- Original Message - From: Deborah Metters [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lace Digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 5:43 PM Subject: [lace] Thread Size query Is this the book on thread sizes that was published privately in Britain, and has to be ordered from the author, and paid

Re: [lace] Thread Size query

2003-06-11 Thread Dora Smith
Books with legs!I guess you have to be pretty careful of those privately published British books! LOL Dora - Original Message - From: Ruth Budge [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 6:47 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Thread Size query There is something

Re: [lace] Re: Brenda's book on threads

2003-06-11 Thread Dora Smith
If that monsoon comes and saves you, y'all can all send it toward central Texas! Dora - Original Message - From: Dr. S K Choudhary [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 12:19 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Re: Brenda's book on threads Dear Lace friends, Wrap

Re: [lace] Re: Thread for mending old linen cloth

2003-06-11 Thread Ruth Budge
SMP Lace in the UK at least had the original version - and they will accept credit cards!! www.users.zetnet.co.uk/smplace/ Ruth Budge (a satisfied customer only) Dora Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Yup. That's the one that has to be ordered from its author in England and paid for in pounds

Re: [lace] Re: Brenda's book on threads

2003-06-11 Thread Mary L. Tod
It is also stocked by Holly Van Sciver and by Lacy Susan, to name at least 2 lace suppliers in the US who carry it. Probably others do, too. And for keeping track of where it is, I keep it in my basket with the rest of my essential lace supplies -- pricker, pin pusher and lifter, boxes of

Re: [lace] Thread Size query

2003-06-11 Thread Viv Dewar
Does Brenda qualify for a prize? As the writer/compiler of the first book that is so full of info' that it walks and hides that it could be called Alive surely deserves a medal! viv - Original Message - From: Ruth Budge [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 11,

[lace] Re: need information on some thread

2003-06-11 Thread Jane Viking Swanson
Hi Dora S. and all, There is a wonderful book called Anybody Can Mend Lace and Linens by Elizabeth M. Kurella. She recommends using thread of the same fiber as the article you're mending. Also use slightly finer thread so the mend will be less obvious. And don't make the mend stronger than the

Re: [lace] Re: need information on some thread

2003-06-11 Thread Clay Blackwell
There is a wonderful book called Anybody Can Mend Lace and Linens by Elizabeth M. Kurella. The book is also available from Elizabeth Kurella's website, http://www.elizabethkurella.com/bookbyelmkur.html The cost is $20. I assume that shipping will also be applied to that. Clay Clay

RE: [lace] Bone or ivory ?

2003-06-11 Thread Patricia Dowden
. . . This is part of the reply that I received *I know they are Bone, But the Americans know Ivory as Bone,and I have been selling to ebay for 5 years now ,have sold 100s of Bone (IVORY) Bobbins, on ebay.When I first started putting them up in 1998,Only America Ebay was online,and was told in

Re: [lace] Re: Brenda's book on threads

2003-06-11 Thread Dora Smith
US? I'll check it out! Dora - Original Message - From: Mary L. Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Arachne lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 7:35 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Re: Brenda's book on threads It is also stocked by Holly Van Sciver and by Lacy Susan, to name at least

[lace-chat] Re: questionnaire

2003-06-11 Thread Margery Allcock
Tamara wrote: But some of the questions/responses bred more questions and/or comments... 15. Been toilet papering? Yep, high school, juvenile, and we had to clean it up. All Americans knew what it meant; all Europeans (including myself) were clueless... Tribal Customs, apparently, are

[lace-chat] Cooma Cold

2003-06-11 Thread Ruth Budge
Crikey, Noelene, no wonder you were so cold this morning - I've just seen on the television news that the overnight temperature in Cooma was minus 7 celsius!!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) http://mobile.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Mobile - Check compose your email via SMS on your Telstra or Vodafone

Re: [lace-chat] Women's issues

2003-06-11 Thread Clive and Betty Ann Rice
Do you know something I don't, Joy? Impending destruction? You know, anyone can decline any benefits one is reluctant to accept or don't feel they deserve. B.A. in Roanoke, Virginia, who has earned everything she has, and has written her Last Will Testament to begin, Being of sound mind, I spent

Re: [lace-chat] Driving Tests

2003-06-11 Thread Clay Blackwell
I've been interested in hearing the different requirements for driving tests. When I got my first driver's license, I was 16, and it was a big deal - written test to be passed before being allowed behind the wheel. But the bigger test wasn't one enforced by the state of Virginia! My Father was

[lace-chat] Re: [lace] Re: back from Mystery Tour

2003-06-11 Thread Steph Peters
On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 18:58:20 +0100, Angela wrote: So many Spiders have written to ask me to send my Amazing Mountain Adventures, some members are on Lace only, some on Chat only. Would it offend anybody if I sent it to both Lists? I dislike messages being sent to both lists. The list rules

[lace-chat] Scorched fabric

2003-06-11 Thread Sue Babbs
A minor mishap at a service has left us with a small burn mark, where a spark landed on the altar cloth. I have got the job of trying to wash the cloth. Should I treat it the burn mark in any special way? Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line:

Re: [lace-chat] Driving Tests

2003-06-11 Thread Joy Beeson
At 05:13 PM 6/11/03 -0400, Clay Blackwell wrote: The problem is, the nuts are driven on with such force that I couldn't get them off if I had to. Good thing I have a cell phone now!! The only time I had to change a tire, I couldn't get the lug nuts off, so I waded to the nearest pay phone --

Re: [lace-chat] Scorched fabric

2003-06-11 Thread susan
i think when you burn something in is permenant, but spot bleaching the burn may lighten it. if you did it repeatedly, i has to lighten up. Sue Babbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A minor mishap at a service has left us with a small burn mark, where a spark landed on the altar cloth. I have got the

[lace-chat] Re: back from Mystery Tour

2003-06-11 Thread A Thompson
So many Spiders have written to ask me to send my Amazing Mountain Adventures, some members are on Lace only, some on Chat only. Would it offend anybody if I sent it to both Lists? It will be a lot easier for me and each short episode will contain references to both beadwork, embroidery and