On Sunday, January 21, 2007, at 03:54 AM, Jo Falkink wrote:
Other reasoning: use tools for there intended purpose. A spreadsheet is
a number cruncher, a word processer treats text, so in theory we should
consider using the table function of a word processor.
I agree with Jo and I think you
Jo and others, I have read this conversation with interest. I have used
excel for a number of years for different lists but have learned lots of new
things this week. I was never really taught just shown how by a friend,
found a few things on my own, but never took the time to explore all the
Hello fellow spiders,
At a local laceday I bought a small bag of emery powder, and the person
selling it to me advised to use it as the filling for a pin cushion.
Cover the bag with some very finely woven material first, then with
quilted material or similar to vcreate the cushion. That way,
Hi Agnes and Spiders,
I have bought several lots of the emery powder in the past, and made small
pincushions for myself, and others, and have never had any trouble with the
powder getting onto the lace. The emery powder isn't really like talcum
powder, and very smooth - it is more like a fine
I too have used emery powder filled pin cushions, and like them especially
because they are a little heavier and stay put on the pillow.
However, as it becomes more difficult (sometimes) to find the brass
lacemaking pins, I have just one word of caution (and I quote from a UK Lace
Supplier's
The small bud attached by a cord to the large tomato pincushions is
filled with emery powder, the purpose being so you can occasionally stick
the pin in and pull it out to sharpen it, but keep your pins in th main
sawdust-filled pincushion.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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Re - emery powder
I have one the same it is a large heart for the pin cushion and attached
is a small heart for the emery powder (I bought a bag from a lace day
when I first started making lace twenty odd years ago so it certainly
lasts). I have never had any problem with the transfer of it to my
I am from the Sheboygan, WI area and I was very
suprised (and glad) to see in the IOLA Bulletin that
they were having an exhibit. I was able to stop in
today for opening, but due to the snow, it wasn't well
attended. There were a number of items from the Lace
Museum in California and I
On Jan 21, 2007, at 15:56, Lisa Smith wrote:
I recognized quite I few
names of items being displayed (Tamara, Janice Bair,
Debra Jenny, Kathy Kauffmann).
What??? I never sent anything there; there *couldn't have been*
anything of mine. Unless Debra snuck in something (the way Penny
This came to me privately, but I'm sending it in the open... I don't
think it's*that* dirty; we're all adults here, even if some are younger
than a century :)
From: D.C.
The family wheeled Grandma out on the lawn, in her wheelchair, where
the activities for her 100th birthday were
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