Hi Everyone,
David Collyer is still away on his month-long trip, and he sent me this message
and asked me to post it for him. So here it is:
Have finally managed to check my email in between monsoon storms. Could you
please pass this message onto Arachne?
While
Hi All,
I also think it is easier to fit the linen to the lace, and whilst I would
do most of what is said, I usually draw a thread along the side, and tack
the hankie edge to that. I then draw threads from all the three other
sides, matching them up as far as possible with the lace - sometimes t
Hi everyone and Jean in Poole who wrote:
> I seem to remember someone saying a while ago that butterflies are
frequenty
> found on lace hand made in China for about 4 pence an hour. There are two
> ways of looking at this situation. (a) we shouldn't be buying things where
> the amount paid to the
Helo Everybody,
The original pattern with those butterflies came from Malta. I got one
years ago from a Maltese lacemakerin I metseveral time in Rolduc.
But suddenly such doilies appear everywhere. So it is not possible to
say from where it is without seeing the real thing.
Greetings
Ilske
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Sue wrote:
< I have seen these mats all over Europe sold as hand made from
wherever they happen to be and I am of the opinion that they are of
Asian origin and probably made for pennies in some sweat shop which is a
great shame.>
I seem to remember someone saying a while ago that butterflies are
