On Saturday, August 9, 2003, at 11:57 AM, alice howell wrote:
We need someone with experience on a bolster pillow to speak up now.
Anyone with hand problems using continentals successfully?
I have an inflammatory form of arthritis (it's not rheumatiod
arthritis, but similar and is treated with m
I have just come across a comment by Elisa Ricci in Old Italian Lace in which
she speculates that in the early days when pins didn't exist as we know them,
or were hard to get, the lacemakers may well have used the fine nails which
were in common use. She bases this idea on the large size of t
There is a Canadian supplier called Trillium, which sells general lacemaking
supplies. I don't know if linen cloth is included in their stock.
Lorelei
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I have just come back from my holday camping on the Scout campsite and
working on the Guide campsite at Bedford. I mention that because I know some of you
take Brownie Guides or Girl Scouts or whatever. Going to Bedford for a holiday
can only be exciting for a lacemaker and I enjoyed driving thr
Hi Annette,
As an alternative to velvet under the bobbins to stop them rolling, you
could also try a piece of Chamois leather, real or man made. It is soft
and does not shed fibres.
Jean in Cleveland U.K.
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On Sunday, August 10, 2003, at 07:41 AM, Annette Gill wrote:
I like the s
Chelle, you might by now have got to my posting, I think it was yesterday,
where I announced that Rosemary told me only last week that she has, in fact,
republished her book. In America, Lacis still has copies, other places,
contact Rosemary.
Regards, Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia)
Ian & Chell
In a message dated 8/6/03 4:35:24 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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Would have thought the appeal is a bit specialised.
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Maxine,
You are not doing the true lacemaker process - you go out and buy one pillow
of every type you can and start a piece of lace on all of them and then do a
little on each pillow in rotation until you realise that you have no spare
pillow or spare bobbins which means that you have to go out a
Adele wrote:
I've just finished reading "The Technology of Thread and Seams" published by
Coats. Although it concerns the use of threads in sewing machines, (I didn't
know that joining two pieces of fabric together could be so fascinating)
some of it is applicable to any thread. For specific pro
I have to confess that I've done very little BL all summer! Nothing of any
consequence since finishing Lucy's wedding garter, though I've been
thinking about my Lace Guild luggage tag, and yesterday I got the bobbins
out to make a short length of torchon edging to put on a friend's 40th
weddin
Hi everyone and Annette who asked:
> The bolster pillow -
> is that a sausage-shaped (cylindrical) pillow, with the bobbins hanging off
> it? Can this be used to make Torchon and Bucks Point?
In general household use, a bolster is a long stuffed pillow. The bolster
pillow for bobbin lace is also
Hi Both Jeans and those interested in Armenian Needlelace!
I did a beading class at the Convention of Irish Lacemakers recently with
Pat Trott who also taught Armenian needle lace to some of the class. I
Googled and came up with some examples on this page
http://www.urartu-cilicia.netfirms.com/ar
In the Orlando newspaper today, a local businessman whose shop features
lingerie and swimwear is interviewed and this is what it says:
"Brown will travel to Medellin, Colombia, this month. Medellin's handmade
lace, he said, makes its lingerie superior.
'Medellin, Colombia, has the most beautif
I'll get in in front of big sister here with the talk of wedding
anniversaries and ask, does anyone know what a 70th anniversary is? Apart from a
minor
miracle. I hope it has a recognisable colour theme.
January next year is our parents' 70th, and also next year they are both 90!
Both stil
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