[lace] On tv again

2006-09-30 Thread Janice Blair
As the list seems to be quiet I thought I would report on my lace making activities. Last weekend some members of Land of Lincoln Lacemakers were demonstrating at Pioneer Days in Belvidere Illinois. I went on Sunday and as I was the last to arrive I sat near the front of our friends tent

Re: [lace] On tv again - Renaissance Lace

2006-09-30 Thread Jeriames
In a message dated 9/30/06 11:27:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Next weekend I demonstrate at a Martin Luther Renaissance fair at a local church. I do not dress in period for this one as I am not sure what type of lace might have been made at that time. Dear

[lace] lace activities

2006-09-30 Thread bevw
Hi everyone, and thank you Janice for the nice report - yes quiet list - so... what's everyone else doing in lace? I'm not going to be doing demos any time soon, but I have a few projects on the go. They seem to pile up (literally. as I look from my computer desk, there is a stack of pillows on

Re: [lace] lace activities

2006-09-30 Thread Adele Shaak
Bev wrote: Hi everyone, and thank you Janice for the nice report - yes quiet list - so... what's everyone else doing in lace? Well, a week ago I finished the final piece I had on the go from the Tonder class I took from Gunvor Jorgensen at the PNWC conference in June. I've sewn the 3 sample

[lace] lace activities - request for help

2006-09-30 Thread lucieduf
As some of you know, I have been trying to piece together what information exists on lacemaking in New France and later Canada. Some of you may even have heard my talk at this summer's IOLI convention in Montreal. Now I'm trying to get governmental academic funding to do the research in earnest.

Re: [lace] lace activities

2006-09-30 Thread Clay Blackwell
Bev wrote: Hi everyone, and thank you Janice for the nice report - yes quiet list - so... what's everyone else doing in lace? Today was the North Carolina Regional Lacemakers Fall Lace Day at Sweet Briar College, and it was nice to see good friends again. It pleases me that since I organized

[lace] lace activities

2006-09-30 Thread Noelene Lafferty
It has been quiet lately. My latest project is to tackle the Pythagoras tree in the book Kant uit Vlaanderen en's Gravenmoer. Has anyone else done this? There are few directions, and I find that to keep to the just 10 pairs of gimps noted, I have had to use a magic thread to get around some

Re: [lace] lace activities

2006-09-30 Thread Clay Blackwell
Wow!! I am so impressed! My feeble brain can't stay with more than one project at a time... and since I have recently finished a magnum opus which took eight months, I went crazy at Lace Day today (rather like the starving person at a buffet!), imagining that I could do all these new

Re: [lace] lace activities

2006-09-30 Thread Alice Howell
- so... what's everyone else doing in lace? First -- The Wedding Lace has priority. I still have a couple weeks or so. The edging is done. It needs the linen attached to the inside of it. That will be next week's main project. Also, for the new bride (but not for the wedding), I'm working

Re: [lace] lace activities

2006-09-30 Thread Amanda Babcock Furrow
On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 11:02:21AM -0700, bevw wrote: Hi everyone, and thank you Janice for the nice report - yes quiet list - so... what's everyone else doing in lace? I've been mostly a lurker on the list for many years (10 or 11), but ironically now that I have a baby and no time I feel

[lace] Re: lace activities

2006-09-30 Thread Tamara P Duvall
I have been cleaning house, doing laundry and making sure that DH had a hot meal most evevnings -- all because *anything* was better than starting a new and untested project :) But, about a week ago, I decided to bite the bulle and had at it. Once I hung (hanged?) in all the necessary pairs

[lace-chat] The Sermon

2006-09-30 Thread David in Ballarat
A minister decided to do something a little different one Sunday morning. He said Today, in church, I am going to say a single word and you are going to help me preach. Whatever single word I say, I want you to sing whatever hymn that comes to your mind. The pastor shouted out CROSS.