[lace] thread wanted - can you help?

2008-04-10 Thread nicky.hoewener-townsend
Hi all Can anyone help please. One of my students began a tablecloth several years ago, and having had a break from it the last couple of years she is now wanting to get back to working the last round. She has begun winding the bobbins and now realises that she is going to be short of thread,

Re: [lace] thread wanted - can you help?

2008-04-10 Thread Sue Babbs
Holly van Sciver carries Filato di cantu 30 in white and ecru according to her website: http://www.vansciverbobbinlace.com/2Threads.html I am emailing her too so that she knows you might contact her Sue - Original Message - From: nicky.hoewener-townsend [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lace

[lace] lace publicity

2008-04-10 Thread Janice Blair
Devon wrote: Perhaps Janice could head a committee for the IOLI on the subject of Publicity. I notice that the Lace Guild in England is looking for a Publicity Officer, but I don't think we have such a post. I for one, would like to know how she contacted the TV station and made this

Re: [lace] lace publicity

2008-04-10 Thread Dmt11home
In a message dated 4/10/2008 10:25:48 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: p.s. Devon did a nice job of advertising when the convention was in Maryland. Would like to take credit for this one, but it is in NJ where I made my bones publicity wise. I composed a blurb

RE: [lace] lace publicity

2008-04-10 Thread Sally Schoenberg
Some years ago I contacted the local newspaper about a lace event, hoping for publicity. A reporter came round to interview and take photos. The paper published a very nice article with photos AFTER the event, when it was too late for newcomers to attend. Publicity is difficult to manage, with

Re: [lace] lace publicity

2008-04-10 Thread bevw
You are right about getting publicity, especially if the budget is zero dollars - an ad or two might be well spent if that would open the door for a newsworthy article in the newspaper, a tradeoff (if published in time?!). On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 8:04 AM, Sally Schoenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace] lace publicity

2008-04-10 Thread Dmt11home
In a message dated 4/10/2008 11:53:39 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You are right about getting publicity, especially if the budget is zero dollars - an ad or two might be well spent if that would open the door for a newsworthy article in the newspaper, a tradeoff (if

Re: [lace] lace publicity

2008-04-10 Thread Sue Babbs
I belong to the North Suburban NeedleArts Guild, to the north of Chicago and am the only lacemaker amongst them at present. On Tuesday at our regular meeting, I had several people come up to me and ask if I had seen the lacemaker on TV. It clearly has caught people's attention Sue - To

Re: [lace] lace publicity

2008-04-10 Thread Janice Blair
Dear Devon, Sorry. I wrote NJ and then changed it to Maryland. Should have gone with my first instinct. Thanks for the blurb. We can rewrite something from it for our press release. I actually provided Harry Porterfield some lace history which was given to me by Arachne, Doris O'Neill. He

RE: [!! SPAM] [lace] thread wanted - can you help?

2008-04-10 Thread Karen
Try to contact Roseground supplies because they used to sell this thread. Karen in Malta -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of nicky.hoewener-townsend Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 1:32 PM To: Lace Subject: [!! SPAM] [lace] thread wanted - can

Re: [lace] lace publicity

2008-04-10 Thread Dmt11home
In a message dated 4/10/2008 2:42:29 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: He seemed to like the fact that men wore more lace than women at one time. Yes, that is another popular factoid, as is the bit about making lace in cow sheds and going blind. The blindness one, I

[lace] Looking for lacemaker in Slovenia

2008-04-10 Thread Ann-Marie Andersson
If there is a lacemaker from Slovenia on this list, could she contact me privately please. Ann-Marie Andersson Sweden - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace] lace publicity

2008-04-10 Thread Dmt11home
In a message dated 4/10/2008 2:42:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: He talks about mid-19th century but his male portrait I have been told is Sir Francis Drake, dead a long time before that. The female portrait was on the cover of an IOLI Bulletin I found for the

[lace] lace publicity

2008-04-10 Thread Janice Blair
I did another session of advertising lace tonight. There is a Fiber Festival being held in Crystal Lake again and the organizer has arranged for crafts people to do it in public. We met inside a local Tea shop in a large outdoor shopping mall. I took my small pillow with a flower on it. I

[lace] Re: thread wanted - can you help?

2008-04-10 Thread robinlace
nicky.hoewener-townsend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have a reel of FILATO PER TOMBOLO DI CANTU 30 in white that they no longer need, she is happy to purchase the thread and pay postage. Filato is still available. I don't know about UK suppliers, but I'm pretty sure Holly Van

[lace-chat] ;-) Secret revealed

2008-04-10 Thread jeanette
Least said, soonest mended!!! Throughout the ages, men have been trying to unlock the mystery as to why their wives who accepted them as they were before they got married, subtly and with determination began the quest to change their behaviour and life-style once their vows were exchanged.

Re: [lace-chat] ;-) Secret revealed

2008-04-10 Thread Janice Blair
Hi Jeanette, Thanks for the joke. I passed it on for a couple of brides to be to see. Janice jeanette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Least said, soonest mended!!! Throughout the ages, men have been trying to unlock the mystery as to why their wives who accepted them as they were before they got