Hi everyone,
The two sessions with the 7 girls and 3 mothers is
over. My good friend Shirley went with me, thank
goodness. The first session, there were seven people
total. They all started on a shortened version of the
snake. They got the head done, and some of them got
part of the neck. I
I have to tell you that I got a real surprise this
week. The local paper reporter contacted me to have
an interview on lacemaking. I had one day's warning.
It gave me a chance to do my hair. G
I took my pillows, lace, and antique lace panels to
the church and set them up in a room. This room
I am guilty that every time my friends and I went on a lace course, I
never
had a free pillow, there was always something on the go that I did not
want
to cut off, so I would buy another pillow!!! Vbg
Usually I don't cut off projects when in need of a pillow. I just pull the
project from
2)I wish I could meet lots more lacemakers: I've been on the
list for years (actually found it two weeks after it started, and been
Still lucky you. Except but one class mate (in a tech school with mainly
boys!) it took me more than 10 years before I found any other bobbin lace
makers (no
Due to a holliday I'm a bit late on this discussion due to a holliday. I
have an overview of the available software on
http://www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/lace/eval-NL.html and subsequent pages. For
the currently available dedicated design software it seems you have to
choose between power and ease
Dear Spiders
If anyone has been tempted to subscribe to ‘Workshops-on-the-Web’, now would
be a good time, as the next issue has a look at Contemporary Lace by Jane
Atkinson. There will be instruction in the delights of Kozo by Jennifer
Alexander, Claire Muir is giving a workshop on sheers and
Hello again,
I have long owned a copy of Turbo Cad, which I bought with the intention of
using it for grids etc. However, it seems rather complicated to me, and I
wonder whether any other members have experience using it, or can offer any
tips to help me get started.
Thanks
Pauline
Helen,
Far from being bored! Thank you for the inspiration!! You have certainly
made a 'silver lining' from the cloud! What a wonderfully creative gift for
your parents Golden Anniversary! Congratulations and best wishes to them!
When the family-centred activities settle again, I hope we
Tree shadows/shade is wonderful, but indeed, when I read about the
little critters that littered the maps, I remembered some of my own
adventures from vacations and outside demonstrations when I made lace
outside under a tree :-) One has to beware of the feathered friends and
their nether
Indeed, bicarbonate soda is the same as baking soda. Baking powder is
different.
US calls it baking soda and I think UK and Australia call it bicarb.
Soda. Don't know about other countries.
I still call it bicarb soda after all these years, and it still confuses
the people I know :-)
Cheers,
I would most sincerely like to thank all of the people
involved in hosting the IOLI convention in Montreal.
The convention was very well organized, interesting,
educational and offered delicious meals.
Furthermore, I found Montreal to be a wonderful city
to visit with so much to see, do, and
Hi All, Thank you to whoever sent the note on Workshops-on-the-Web (Pauline
in Denmark maybe?). I accidentally deleted that e-mail : ( but I Googled
and came up with this URL. What a wonderful site! You can see a 2001 issue
to get an idea of what articles are offered. Lots of information on
Hi, it's Pauline Denmark actually! Not Pauline in or from Denmark
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Hi All, Thank you to whoever
Hi Fellow Spiders!
Well I had nearly 30 people enter the raffle for the Decorating and Craft
Ideas magazine. The came from as close to home as northern West Virginia to
folks in far off Europe, Tasmania, Australian and New Zealand. Isn't the
internet GREAT!
AND the lucky winner is Ruth Rocker!
I hesitate to bring this up today - as our Arachne friends who attended
IOLI in Montreal are arriving home and getting back to reality and - for
many - the prospect of work tomorrow...
But the heat wave has affected everyone north of the equator, and there
have been some suggestions on how to
Has anyone heard yet (or are any convention attendees back online) and
can share whose table ribbon reigns supreme?
Like Alice (and other non-convention attendees), I'm dying of curiosity
to know the contest results.
Cheers,
Helen, in hot and Dry Denver
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Clay I can vouch for those silicone gel neck bands. I first came upon them
at the dog shows here in Australia. We were showing our Old English
Sheepdog one weekend in Canberra where it was 44C, no idea of Fahrenheit
comparison - but really really hot. Those neck bands were worn on about 80%
These can be purchased from garden supply places - recommended to use
for outdoor work in hot climates, and I should think, if a person is
doing a lace demo at a 'fall fair' for instance, temps. can get quite
high, so one of these can be put to use. Good tip!
So how it worked was that we were
I'm also eager to hear the results of the competition! AND, I'm eager
to hear how many entries there were in this competition! It sounded as
though a lot of people were busy making table ribbons, and I'd like to
know which ideas stood out and became winners.
Clay
Helen Bell wrote:
Has
Those neck bands more likely had polymer crystals in them rather than
silica gel. You can get these things (at least in the US) at any garden
supply or home store. You're supposed to put them in your potted plants
and it helps retain moisture in the plant so you have to water less often.
Alice - That was fast work on putting together a demo on such short
notice!! Please send us the link, if the newspaper is online and it is
available!
Clay - I have one of these 'neck coolers' a lady in our lace club was
making selling them for a fund-raiser for MS Society. They do
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So how it worked was that we were instructed to soak the bandana in cool
water for 20 minutes. That tiny amount of silica gel absolutely filled
the entire center section of the bandana! When we tied this loosely
around our neck and wore this out in the
Also, when lacemaking outside, and folks come to see what you are doing, -
make sure the don't try swattring mosquitoes or flies on yout
pillow! A Well fed mozzie - squashed on the lace part of your
pillow is Not Good news :((
Regards from Liz in Melbourne
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The bandanas were all the work of Guild members - I forget who came up
with the idea. They actually have a special crystal in them that you
wet, and they will stay cool. We had plenty of sewing bees at meetings
where busy hands sewed, turned, pressed, filled and sewed.
You also see the neck
Oh, the post has Just arrived - and there is athe latest UK Lace magazine!
What a nice surprise on the freezing cold, wet day here. We have an Icy
blast straight off Antarctica today.
There appears to be a lot of coloured photos of lace in this edition - so I
will have some good bedtime
I'm home again, and have a very brief report for Helen, Clay, and anyone
else who has inquired about the contest.
There were, I believe, 26 entries, and they were all beautiful and amazing!
They were displayed without the names of the makers, so I can't tell you who
entered, or who won what, with
Dear Jane,
And regarding making bobbin lace in the heat, I recall a photo of David
Downunder in the buff in a creek working on his lace pillow perched on the
shore G.
Thanks for remembering! Now that's the absolutely BEST way of keeping cool
:)
David in Ballarat - still Downunder
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