[lace] stamps have arrived

2007-02-24 Thread Whitham, Irene Steve
Thanks to Debbie for offering the stamps raffle, my stamps arrived this week. They are very beautiful, I will treasure them. Thank you Debbie, Irene - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: Italia Invita

2007-02-24 Thread Ilske Thomsen
Hello lacefriends, Those of you which have subscrite to the Italia Invita festival from 4. to 6. mai 2007 think to book your workshops. they shall be on internet under: www.italiainvita.it from now on. and send your choice via e-mail. I tried to look at it five minutes before but couldn#t

Re: [lace] Blog- 4 seasons

2007-02-24 Thread Ilske Thomsen
The four seasons on the blog resemble to designs of Martine Bruggeman. In the years 1997-1998-1999, she published the same sort of designs for the 12 months of the year in 'Kant' (magazine of the Kantcentrum in Brugge : http://www.kantcentrum.com ). They don't only semm they are from Martine

Re: [lace] blog

2007-02-24 Thread Ilske Thomsen
Jo, You are absolutly right about that. From various contexts here I have the feeling a monitrice is more than a teacher's assistant. I guess it it requires official qualification to be allowed to call yourself a monitrice. it's a long and difficult education. Ilske - To unsubscribe send

Re: [lace] Re: blog

2007-02-24 Thread Ilske Thomsen
Hello Tamara, You should write to the person which made this blog and ask her why she didn't mention the name of the designer. There is a pattern security and everybody has to mention whose design she or he is showing. I saw a lot of persons I know on this blog, happily none of mine otherwise

[lace] Blog- 4 seasons

2007-02-24 Thread Jean Nathan
I contacted Antje privately and said I thought they were probably Martine Bruggeman's designs. I have her Gulliver's travels, which I bought either last year at Havant or the year before at NEC. Can't remember who was selling them. Does anyone know who sells her designs, or if she sells them

Re: [lace] Blog- 4 seasons

2007-02-24 Thread Ilske Thomsen
When I bought some of her designs it was herself or friends of her. This is some years ago now. So Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace] Spangles

2007-02-24 Thread Lynn Carpenter
Margot Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Isn't it interesting that in the American English they use the French word 'paillettes' and in Canadian English, we use the British 'spangles'? Of course, there's nothing logical about language, but we're the English/French bilingual country :D

Re: [lace] Blog- 4 seasons/Martine's designs

2007-02-24 Thread bevw
On 2/24/07, Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know who sells her designs, or if she sells them herself. Hi Jean and everyone I do not know about sales for Martine's designs - I have seen them in magazines, Kant probably, and for certain in OIDFA bulletins, including a clever

[lace] lace course

2007-02-24 Thread Daphne Martin
Hello One and All. I have just looked at Barbera`s Binche. Its beautifull. Can anyone tell me if Kumiko Nakazaki went on a course in Belgium to learn how to design Binche Lace Please?? Daphne Norfolk England _ Get

Re: [lace] distributors of Liana threads

2007-02-24 Thread Adele Shaak
This subject came up a few years ago, and I think we concluded that Anchor Liana is sold in North America as Opera, (by Coats and Clark in Canada; I don't know if the same manufacturer is listed in the US) Opera is widely available - it's even at my local Michael's. Adele North Vancouver, BC

Re: [lace] Spangles

2007-02-24 Thread Adele Shaak
American English they use the French word 'paillettes' and in Canadian English, we use the British 'spangles'? I'd use paillettes for the large plastic sequins, particular the very big ones with the holes off-centre, and I'd use spangles only for metal-based sequins. (True spangles are made

[lace] Fwd: Lacemaking in Russia

2007-02-24 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Gentle Spiders, I got the following from Vera Cockuyt (the author of several books on lace) and cannot help her, myself. But I thought, for sure, someone on the list will be able to. I'llforward any and all responses to Vera. Hi Tamara,   Here I am again from Belgium to ask you a question. 

Re: [lace] lace course

2007-02-24 Thread clayblackwell
Hello Daphne - Kumiko is a member of the Masterclass at the Kantcentrum in Belgium. The lacemakers in that group have trememdous talent, and have produced some beautiful designs. According to the forward of Hoop (translated: Hope), The group was started up in the Bruges Lace Center in 1983

[lace] Metal sequins

2007-02-24 Thread Jane Viking Swanson
Hi All, I got some metal pailettes (as she calls them) from The Lacemaker in Ohio. She has gold and silver colored in 3.0 mm. 3.5 mm and 5.0 mm. They're metal and so like what was used in the past. They're on the website www.lacemakerusa.com I have bought a bunch but haven't used them for

Re: [lace] distributors of Liana threads

2007-02-24 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Coats, Anchor and Mez are all part of the same company - not sure who owns whom - but the different brands often appear side by side, with Mez being marketed more in continental Europe, Anchor in USA Japan and Coats in Britain, so it could well be just a different branding of the same

[lace] Novelty colors

2007-02-24 Thread Susan Reishus
What is a good source of finer knitting and tatting threads from say 20 to 80 in unusual colors? It seems like whatever I see is either a version of white, ecru/cream or black, and it would be nice to do some things in ususual colors or jewel tones. TIA, Susan Reishus

Re: [lace] Novelty colors

2007-02-24 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hello Susan Some of the threads listed might be a bit fine for tatting and knitting, but have a look at http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/threadsize/colourthreads.html Brenda On 24 Feb 2007, at 22:15, Susan Reishus wrote: What is a good source of finer knitting and tatting threads

[lace] The blog

2007-02-24 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Having read through all your replies I've decided that it's probably not worth the effort of writing , in English or any other language, to the blogger as it probably wouldn't have any outcome other than maybe generating a bit more spam. As I said at the start of this thread, I consider that

[lace] Re: Spangles

2007-02-24 Thread robinlace
From: Adele Shaak [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'd use paillettes for the large plastic sequins, particular the very big ones with the holes off-centre, and I'd use spangles only for metal-based sequins. (True spangles are made by flattening a small circle of wire). The only thing I've seen called

Re: [lace] Fwd: Lacemaking in Russia

2007-02-24 Thread Jo Falkink
I have 4 russian links, they didn't translate with altavista but do translate with yahoo http://babelfish.yahoo.com the links are on http://www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/lace/lnk072-EN.html Perhaps they can lead to more information Jo from the Netherlands I got the following from Vera Cockuyt ...