[lace] Help with paisley edging

2004-08-12 Thread Jean Nathan
Tamara wrote: The fabric of the dress is printed with all kinds of stylised flowers and paisley-like leaves. So I thought the lace edging should pick up on that, especially since I'm very fond of paisleys. Somewhere in the back of my mind I seem to remember a traditional design called paisley

Re: [lace] Help with paisley edging?

2004-08-12 Thread Jean Barrett
Hi Tamara, When I first read your request fro Paisley patterns my thoughts went back to an edging I saw in the Exhibition at Northampton a few years ago. There was a most spectacular Paisley Point Ground edging there. I did look in the pattern book they produced but it's not in. Then I

[lace] Paisley Pear pattern

2004-08-12 Thread Jean Nathan
I've just found a picture of the Paisley Pear pattern being made. It looks 10 to 12 inches wide, so it wouldn't be suitable. The picture's on page 16 of The Lace Society's magazine 'Lacemaking' no 143 from February 1999. The caption says there's an example in The Douglas-Pennant Collection in

[lace] Tina and the Rocky Mt. LG website

2004-08-12 Thread Paul and Dona Bushong
Is it just me or is anyone else having trouble printing out the form for ordering Tina? I go to the site, see it on my screen, it opens my Adobe (pdf) and prints out a blank page. When I do a print preview, I also only get a blank page even though I see the page on my computer screen. I have an

[lace] Bucks point pricking

2004-08-12 Thread Leonard Bazar
Karisse The fillings in your mat are a variant of honeycomb with tallies, should be no problem, and what Pam Nottingham calls hexagonal cloth. Details of how to work it are on page 153 of her Technique of Bucks Point Lace, in my opinion by far the best book on true floral Bucks point. The mat

Re: [lace] Help with paisley edging?

2004-08-12 Thread Mary L. Tod
At 7:26 PM -0400 8/11/04, Tamara P. Duvall wrote: Maybe someone here can help. I'm looking for an *existing* pattern (pricking and photo of finished lace; diagram would be nice, but not strictly necessary. I hope g) of an edging with a clear paisley/leaf (or feather) shape. It has to be

[lace] lacemakers stool

2004-08-12 Thread Brian Lemin
The stool is like a simple bar stool without the foot rest joining pieces. The four legs would have to be set in deep into the seat, therefore the seat would need to be quite thick. There are four holes bored into the seat around the circumference which would take part hollow wooden flask holders

Re: [lace] Tina and the Rocky Mt. LG website

2004-08-12 Thread Clay Blackwell
Well, you're still ahead of me ! ; ) I can't even get to the website! I'm the victim of internet blues these days... my ISP sent me an update which trashed their own program. When I wrote to them about it, they said the update had been pulled. Well, that helps ME a lot!! And they can't seem

RE: [lace] Tina and the Rocky Mt. LG website

2004-08-12 Thread C. Johnson
Ladies of Arachne: _- Website for The little Tina story... http://www.rockymountainlaceguild.com/ . __ Return to the website: If you chose the HTML, it will print from the print icon and you will get two pages of script. If

[lace] Paisley Pear

2004-08-12 Thread Diana Smith
The pricking for the Paisley Pear design is the centre fold for the book published by the Lace Guild, written by Pat Rowley for the 'Art, Trade or Mystery' exhibition on Lacemaking in Northamptonshire held a few years ago. There is also a photograph of Betsy Gibbing of Paulerspury,

[lace] Pene Piip

2004-08-12 Thread Jeanette Fischer
Does anybody perhaps have an e-mail address for Pene? Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape,South Africa. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace] Paisley Pear

2004-08-12 Thread Diane Williams
I have this book. The Paisley Pear is huge! Tamara, I don't think this is what you are looking for for your project. Diane Williams Galena Illinois USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Diana Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The pricking for the Paisley Pear design is the centre fold for the book

[lace] Thank you re Bobbins

2004-08-12 Thread Maxine D
Thanks to all who replied to me both on and off list regardding the hooded German bobbins. The info was very much appreciated. Maxine (N.Z.) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace] Tina and the Rocky Mt. LG website

2004-08-12 Thread Paul and Dona Bushong
Susie, Thank you to you and the others who helped me out with my pdf printing problems. Following your directions, it printed out just fine so the form has been filled out and is waiting for the postman to pick it up. What a good start to a Friday the 13th! Another bit of good news. Some of you

[lace] The Lace Fairy's Web Site

2004-08-12 Thread Celtic Dream Weaver
What a beautiful web site...with a whole lot to take a gander at. I really enjoyed spending some time in looking at the lace toons, post cards and the paintings of the lacer from a picture are.. wellit leaves me speachless. What a work of art by the artists!!! I also had fun in looking at

[lace] spider material

2004-08-12 Thread Lynn Weasenforth
Hello gentle spiders, I would like to ask a question. Does anyone know where I can find the spider web looking material. I have seen your pincusions (spelling wrong) and I would love to get my hands on some of that material. It doesn't matter what color, I just would like to get some and

[lace] Re: spider material/raffle?

2004-08-12 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Aug 13, 2004, at 0:39, Lynn Weasenforth wrote: Does anyone know where I can find the spider web looking material. In the States, it's easy. Go to any WalMart (or any fabric store, for that matter), once the back to school season is over... Come September, they're gearing up for Halloween, and

Re: [lace-chat] Fwd: T-shirts

2004-08-12 Thread Avital
For cleaning e-mails when forwarding messages to chat, I love ecleaner (sorry, Tamara, PC only). It's free, reliable, and very easy to use (just click on the smiley face). You can download it from http://ecleaner.tripod.com/. It was a lifesaver when I used to edit an e-newsletter and had to

[lace-chat] August goodies

2004-08-12 Thread Patricia Ann Fisher
To my Secret Pal who uses Tina Ehrenfeld's address, Thank you for another wonderful package of goodies! I loved everything :-) The chocolate covered Cracker Jack will vanish tonight I'm sure! The bobbins you've sent me are great too. Just found the perfect item to use as the centerpiece for the

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Aging

2004-08-12 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
... I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled... :) Same source, same subject, and also funny, if only one takes a step back and looks at things from a perspective... From: T.H. A distraught senior citizen phoned her doctor's office. Is it true, she wanted to know, that the medication you

[lace-chat] Citizen Education

2004-08-12 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Lynn said Coming from Canada, I find the whole preference voting thing really confusing. Yes, Lynn, I am confused about preferential voting too. I am originally from England, where it was (and still is, I believe!) First past the post - wins!!! Over there, you just put a X in the square against