I made four pillows stuffed with barley straw several years ago and gave
them away 18 months ago because they were just too heavy (especially the 24
inch circular one), although excellent to work on.
One suggestion for packing the straw is to fill the pillow as much as you
can, put it on your
Helen Bell wrote:
And don't forget to fumigate it in someway to kill off any little
We were always told to cook the straw in the oven to get rid of the
bugs. The other problem is that if you lace in a damp atmosphere, as
can happen if you are demonstrating in halls or churches that when
Hi,
last week I have started a course in lace designing taught by Milca
Eremiasova one of leading contemporary czech lace designers. She is a very kind
women a I highly appreciate her teaching amateur lace-makers, she mainly
teaches on art schools. There is an internet exhibition on
Oh, Dasa, what a wonderful body of workHow fourtunate you are to have such
a teacher. These are amazingsome look like pen and ink sketches. Makes
me realize that, although I have fun and love it, I cannot claim the title
lacemaker.
Thank you for sharing.
BarbE Texas USA
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Hallo Dagmar and all spiders,
What a wonderful collection,she surely is a magnificent lacemaker,thanks for
sharing.
Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK
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I was lucky to take the course that Milca gave at the OIDFA Congress in
Prague. She's a wonderful teacher, too.
On Thursday, February 9, 2006, at 05:48 AM, Dagmar Steinbachova wrote:
Hi,
last week I have started a course in lace designing taught by Milca
Eremiasova one of leading
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Sue and everyone else,
Liz the list owner set up the list so that Reply alone sends to the
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she did this is because too many private e-mails were ending up on the list.
Believe me, it is embarrassing if you think you're
Thank you Jacquie,
Clear at last:-) I wondered what I was doing wrong. Thank you for your
help.
I am enjoying belonging to the group and reading some very interesting lace
related items from around the world.
Take care Sue T in Dorset UK
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Not a problem Avital and thank you for the information. Yes I have seen
friendships lost in this way but obviously the lace related information is
just fascinating to read. I am a bit slow adjusting to the different type
of style, that is all but now I understand I have fine.
Regards Sue T
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On 9 Feb 2006, at 02:24, bevw wrote:
Barley straw is recommended for honiton pillows (and
others, I suppose) because it wasn't as 'hard' to break down into bits
as wheat or oat straw. However, we have machines that can do the trick
- like if you have access to a garden shredder - works a treat.
I have had an SOS from one of my students who is making a garter for her
daughter's fast approaching marriage. She is using Madeira rayon 30, colour
number 2001. I didn't realise when she started that a) it wasn't a new reel
and b)
she has had it for ages!!
She has a long way to go as she
I response to the inquiries I received:
The wire I use is fine silver, dead soft, for the weaving part, sterling
silver, 1/2 hard, for the edges. The sterling makes it springy so it keeps
it's shape better, the fine is a little softer and less touchy about being
reworked, although it's very
The power of Arachne strikes again.
Before you all rummage to the bottom of your thread stash, Jacqui Southworth
has contacted me to say she still has three reels in stock.
Jacquie
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Hi All, The company that delivers magazines to my local store is not very
prompt so I thought I'd still be able to find the February issue of
MarieClaire on the shelf and I was right! I think the dress is kind of neat
G. The lace gives the feeling of Romanian Point lace but at least some of
the
In an exchange with Pene Piip, now living in Estonia, I received a book
with patterns of Estonian Bobbin Lace by Eeva Talts, 2003, (IOLI has a
copy she donated.)
Lacemaking in Estonia has had its ups and downs. The tradition of bobbin
lacemaking lapsed during the Soviet period, surviving mainly
Hi everyone
There was a question recently about using olive oil soap to clean
antique lace. I have just read a line at this textile site, where the
weaver uses o.oil soap to clean a scarf. This is a 'new' item, not an
old one. To me it indicates olive oil soap is in use among the textile
crowd
When I started learning BL the first task was to make a pillow, and we
used hay - dried grass - and I still prefer hay to straw for a BL
pillow, Doesn't need the initial chopping and doesn't corrode the pins
as much. Hay is available from pet supply shops.
hmm, 'hay' here, at a pet supply,
I wrote:
nice pillow indeed. One of my bolsters is stuffed with washed,
compressed (but not felted) fleece))
Catherine asked:
Is this sheep's fleece bolster one that you made? ... I thought about densely
felting some of the wool, but reading the above I'm wondering if that's a
good idea or
Liz Ligetti recently asked the list about converting a picture to a
graph. I just came across this site:
http://www.picturecraftwork.com/en/
They claim to convert your picture to a graph, online! I didn't try
it, but assume you'd need a digital version of the original to submit
to the
Sharon Whiteley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My all-time favourite author is Terry Pratchett.
Hooray, another Terry Pratchett fan! I hate to say Me, too, but I'll say
it anyway.
The only time I got really mad reading one was when it turned out to be a
bowdlerized Americanized version where Mr.
Lynn Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Sharon Whiteley wrote:
My all-time favourite author is Terry Pratchett.
Hooray, another Terry Pratchett fan!
Hi Lynn, was reading in my local paper today that there is to be a TV film
of Hogfather with David Jason playing Albert. (grumpy former
http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article344232.ece
Lace and fantasy/sci-fi readers isn't a combination I would
necessarily have put together but I don't know why. Somehow, through
sheer fluke, I've managed to get a copy of the Soul Music animation
on DVDand my brother's got the Wyrd
An Irish priest is driving down to New York and gets stopped for speeding in
Connecticut. The state trooper smells alcohol on the priest's breath and
then sees an empty wine bottle on t! he floor of the car. He says, Sir, have
you been drinking?
Just water, says the priest.
The trooper says,
Received this from my daughter in Tucson (southern Arizona desert) and
thought you all might get a chuckle!
You know you're from Oregon if
1. You think the state flower is...(Mildew).
2. You feel guilty throwing aluminum cans or paper in the trash.
3. Use the
This one must have surfaced sometime last year, during the Schiavo
fracas, but I can't remember seeing it before. The text needs to be
tightened up some, though, to get rid of the loophole created by the
phrase reasonable amount of time; what's reasonable to one person
isn't, necessarily, to
From: R.P.
An elderly couple was attending church services. About halfway through
she leans over and says, I just had a silent fart. What do you think
I should do?
He replies, Put a new battery in your hearing aid.
--
Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/
The following came to me with a lot of visuals which, while amusing,
are also entirely superfluous (and e-band consumptive). The joke,
however, is funny and ought to resonate with many :)
From: M.C.
A woman goes to the doctor for her yearly physical. The nurse starts
with certain basic
Received my wonderful parcel from Down Under today. Loved the pin cushion -
it's on a pillow already! The book mark will go right in the book I'm reading.
I have been looking for a coin purse that size - so thank you very much. And
the handmade mango soap -- my granddaughter almost
Dear Secret Pal in Australia,
Many thanks for the lovely parcel of goodies that arrived yesterday. I had a
bad day at work so it was a welcome relief to have something lovely to open !
I love the teddy key ring ! It has already been added to my keys.
I might follow your suggestion and use the
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