[lace] lacing outside

Hello lacemakers, Irene wrote: >Do any of you make lace outside? Finally, we have weather nice enough for being outside and I am going to give I think it would be great to sit outside to make lace, I'm going to get out there this evening when it is dry from washing it. Happy lacemaking, Irene Whit

[lace] museums list

Ricki wrote: >After learning something about the irreplaceable value of some antique lace, I'm wondering if anyone could tell me a bit about lace museum collections. I'd be interested in knowing which ones top the recommendation list, no matter where they are. I would also be interested in learn

[lace] posture

Malvary wrote: >I know our posture isn't always what it should be when we are making lace, >but I think we would very soon have a bad back if we had to lace like this. >http://membres.lycos.fr/sitelle/lace/litlacer.htm Let alone the fact that your lace wouldn't keep clean for very long with all

[lace] Making Lace Outside

Dear Spider pals, I used to make lace outside quite a bit. It is necessary to have your pillow out of the sun. It dries out your thread! I took a pillow with a project using 100/2 linen and wondered why the thread kept breaking. I've heard that you should have a mist bottle to lightly spritz you

Re: [lace] lacemaking outside???

Hi All in Arachneland!! Yes, well when the weather is as good as it has been recently here in the UK I take my pillow out onto the Verandah and rest it half on the table and half on my lap. It certainly makes getting a suntan more interesting and it's lovely just sitting in the sun listeni

Re: [lace] Making lace outside

I have made lace outside.a lot! It is the lovelyest of things that one can do. I always make sure that I place a tree between me and the sun!! I have had ended up firey red after more than one lace session! ;-) Much to hot, now, to do that around here for a while.But fall will

[lace] Making lace outside

My favourite place to make lace is outside, especially by the ocean or a lake. The only thing to remember is to place your body between the sun and the pillow. If the sun shines directly on the pillow, you can't see what you're doing because of the shadows cast by the pins. Margot Walker in

Re: [lace] lacemaking outside???

Irene, I think you will love lacing outside. I regularly made lace on my porch on the weekends. But this summer, we got a camper and have it permanently parked in a campground on a small lake and I leave my travel pillow there all the time. I can sit at the picnic table with my pillow and watch

[lace] lacemaking outside???

Hello lacemakers, Do any of you make lace outside? Finally, we have weather nice enough for being outside and I am going to give it a try. My furniture on my sundeck is not suitable for lacemaking, but since my son sold his truck, the picnic table is no longer used to hold the canopy, so now the

Re: [lace] lace collections

Hi Jeri and Spiders, I don't know about the American guilds, and their constitutions, but most of the lace guilds in the British counties have committees which change every couple of years - as do the Lace Guild, the Lacemakers' Circle and the Lace Society. The only one of those to have its own

Re: [lace] lace collections

I have just been contacted by an elderly lady who has asked me to find the best way to put her family's lace in the hands of people who will appreciate it. She is convinced that her children would just toss it in the dumpster! I was skeptical as I went to see the collection, trying to think of

Re: [lace] lace collections

In a message dated 19/07/2005 14:18:54 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I have even heard of lace guilds selling books Yes, The Lace Guild is, but when they get 'common' books as part of a bequest, and have several copies when even one is rarely borrowed anyway, surely it is sen

Re: [lace] lace collections

In a message dated 7/19/05 4:58:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I have given my antique lace collection to The Manor House Museum in > Bury St.Edmunds, Suffolk,England. Why this museum? > Because they have a very good textile collection of costumes etc.;They > have a

[lace] lace collections

I have given my antique lace collection to The Manor House Museum in Bury St.Edmunds, Suffolk,England. Why this museum? Because they have a very good textile collection of costumes etc.;They have a display from these collections that changes at least twice a year; if any textiles need repair -

[lace] Re Miniatures Exhibition

Hi When I sent the message about the opening hours of Gawthorpe Hall I forgot to say it was closed on Fridays. The sun has got to my brain! It is closed Monday and Friday. Open other days of the week from 1pm to 5pm. Regards Dianne Derbyshire Preston (UK)