[lace] Mystery threads package

2008-02-07 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Yesterday I came home to find that the postman had delivered an envelope from Belgium full of reels of thread. No letter inside and not even a return address on the envelope! I've done a bit of detective work and I'm pretty sure that they came from Francis Busschaert of Bart Francis. I've

Re: [lace] OIDFA Congress

2008-02-07 Thread Ilske Thomsen
Hello Lacefriends, there are meanwhile more than ten of us coming to OIDFA. The problem is not all are there during workshops, congress and lace-trip. So the best would be to find a date during the weekend. But on saterday we have the oidfa-dinner and sunday some of us are on their way home or

Re: [lace] Mystery threads package

2008-02-07 Thread clayblackwell
Hi Brenda! Thanks so much for bringing this to our attention! I am eager to try their Giza 45+ cotton! I went to their website, where a large notice advises that they're having trouble with their server and that I should wait until 09/02/2008 to order. I was astonished that they would have

[lace] OIDFA Congress

2008-02-07 Thread Miriam
Hi Faye, I got the tulle embroidery course confirmed and the whole lot too. It will be great seeing you again after all those years. So we'll be together at the course and can dig up all the memories from Nottingham. Miriam in sunny Arad, Israel - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL

Re: [lace] Mystery threads package

2008-02-07 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hello Clay et al I have now received an email from Francis Busschaert, and yes, the threads were from Bart Francis; he'd just overlooked putting the letter in! He said that the reason the threads were on small spools is because he sent me the whole size range of their cottons and it's less

Re: [lace] Mystery threads package

2008-02-07 Thread Lorri Ferguson
What is the address for Bart Francis? When I did a search all I got was Brenda's new page/items. Lorri Subject: Re: [lace] Mystery threads package Hi Brenda! Thanks so much for bringing this to our attention! I I also found, on their website, an excellent conversion table, which

Re: [lace] mystery lace

2008-02-07 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hi Sharon As Clay said, go to http://www.bart-francis.be/ then click on 'online Webshop' then choose your language. Currently you'll get a big message about the server being down for a few days but the catalogue is still there; it's the long list of different threads down the left hand side

Re: [lace] Mystery threads package

2008-02-07 Thread clayblackwell
Go to http://www.bart-francis.be/ There, you'll be welcomed in several languages. Click on the language you want to use, and that will take you to their directory. Shopping is on the right in the middle of the page. Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA -- Original

Re: [lace] Mystery threads package

2008-02-07 Thread clayblackwell
Hi Brenda - Thanks so much for your very complete answer to my questions about thread sizes as they pertain to the BF conversion chart! I've printed out your answer, and these pages will reside with the conversion chart itself... which shall be tucked into your book, of course!! Clay --

[lace] OIDFA Congress -- not

2008-02-07 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Gentle Spiders, After all the excitement of getting my pre-Congress workshop and the post-Congress Lace Tour confirmations, today came the blow: the hotel I wanted to stay in for the Congress itself was uavailable (fully booked, I guess) and the only available rooms were in two hotels which

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: My Living Will

2008-02-07 Thread Tamara P Duvall
The following came to me with a graphic -- the cartoon character, Maxine, in bed. I don't think the graphic is necessary, so I'm sending it on as text-only. I have a niggling suspicion that I've seen this one before, at least once... Possibly even here, on chat... But it still reflects my own