[lace] mother and babes etc

2008-05-28 Thread Alan & Sheila Brown
i have mother and babe bobbins - babe inserted inside large bobbin; mother and twins; grandmother bobbins- one inside another and a great-grandmother bobbin which barry adams made for me when my mum died. he made the 'babes' in different colours to see them clearer. excuse lower case, i've

Re: [lace] Wet bank holiday bookmarks

2008-05-28 Thread martina . dewille
Hello Brenda, your variations on the bookmark pattern turned out very pretty and so interesting and different. I did not realize, how relatively easy it is to do so many different variations on a single pattern. Thank you for the download patterns! They are on my to-do-list Martina in ho

RE: [lace] Mother and twins bobbin

2008-05-28 Thread Karen
I'm intrigued. What's a grandmother, mother and babe bobbin? Karen in Malta -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jean Nathan Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 7:27 PM To: Lace Subject: [lace] Mother and twins bobbin I have a couple of mother and ba

[lace] Mother & twins

2008-05-28 Thread Diana Smith
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[lace] Moprtha & Twins

2008-05-28 Thread Diana Smith
Ben Archer has a lovely mother & twins bobbin on his website see below: http://www.ararcherltd.co.uk/index_files/Page457.htm Diana in a wet, miserable Northamptonshire - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [E

[lace] wire lace

2008-05-28 Thread Janice Blair
As I have seen a couple of references to Susan Lambiris' class at convention this summer, I just wanted to say that the last time I saw the class spreadsheet Susan had only one opening in both her am and pm class, so if anyone is thinking of signing up, they should do it now. Most classes have

Re: [lace] ebay bobbin lace?

2008-05-28 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Yes it's bobbin lace - but probably not really vintage - it's the sort of BL made for export from Asia/China. Brenda On 28 May 2008, at 18:12, Patty Dowden wrote: 190224579806 Is it bobbin lace? Jenny Brandis == Most assuredly bobbin lace. Quite a mix of te

[lace] Wet bank holiday bookmarks

2008-05-28 Thread Brenda Paternoster
I spent much of the very wet and windy bank holiday seeing how many variations I could work on one small BL pattern and the result is to be seen at http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/bookmarks/bookmarks.htm Brenda in Allhallows, Kent http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html - To un

[lace] re: Mother-and-Twins

2008-05-28 Thread Agnes Boddington
Hi My husband is a bobbin maker, and has made quite a few mother-and-babes, no twins as yet, but could have a go if you wanted him to. He'll try anything. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK (dark and dreary at the moment). (www.sixpennybobbins.co.uk) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTEC

RE: [lace] Plays with Lace R-XP

2008-05-28 Thread Daphne Martin
Jean SMP have told me that they will have copies of Ruths book in over a weeks time. All being well.I`m looking forward to it, because Ruths other book has been a godsend. DaphneCold Windy Norfolk England > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: lace@arachne.com> Subject: [lace] Plays with Lace R-XP> Da

[lace] Plays with Lace R-XP

2008-05-28 Thread Jean Nathan
No, Ruth, I didn't save my Lace 2000 design before choosing a grid/thread size. Thought I'd mention what happened when I tried in case anyone had the same experience and thought there was something really wrong, which there isn't. I assume by drag and drop you mean hold the left mouse button d

[lace] Mother and twins bobbin

2008-05-28 Thread Jean Nathan
I have a couple of mother and babe and mother and twins, one mother and triplets, and one grandmother, mother and babe bobbins. All bought second-hand through ebay. I also had two identical mother and babe bobbins (except for the names) made in bone for the twins, and two in wood for me to use

Re: [lace] ebay bobbin lace?

2008-05-28 Thread Patty Dowden
190224579806 Is it bobbin lace? Jenny Brandis == Most assuredly bobbin lace. Quite a mix of techniques, large scale, turns corners. I would say handmade, but I could be wrong. The turned corners are what decided me. Patty - To unsubscribe send email to [E

[lace] First plays with the full Lace R-XP programme

2008-05-28 Thread Janice Blair
Hi Jean, Thanks for posting. My Lace R-XP should be on its way now. Please keep posting your experiences so that I can learn from you. Just showing my computer ignorance, what is an EPS file? Is that what I need to use to export to Word?I am sure Ruth will chip in with any advice we need. I m

Re: [lace] Wanted: Mother and twins bobbin

2008-05-28 Thread Sue Babbs
Malcolm Fielding in Australia used to do exquisite mother and babe bobbins, in different woods. If your friend contacts him, he might agree to make what she wants. http://www.thelacebobbinshop.com/mainframe.htm Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubs

[lace] ebay bobbin lace?

2008-05-28 Thread Jenny Brandis
190224579806 Is it bobbin lace? Jenny Brandis Kununurra, Western Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.brandis.com.au - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

lace@arachne.com

2008-05-28 Thread Malvary J Cole
Alice - one place you might want to research is Lace in Calais in northern France (one end of the chunnel). They have a big manufactured lace industry - smuggled machines from Nottingham. I haven't been to the Museum there, but do have a couple of pieces of lace from friends who live close by

[lace] Wanted: Mother and twins bobbin

2008-05-28 Thread Margot Walker
I've bought glass bobbins from Keith's Glasscraft on ebay and can recommend them/him. There's a mother and twins bobbin for sale right now. See: http://stores.ebay.co.uk/KEITHS-GLASSCRAFT On 25 May 2008, at 18:59, Earl & Ruth Johnson wrote: Does anyone know where a friend of mine could p

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2008-05-28 Thread Daphne Martin
Hello one and all Jean I can`t wait to get my copy of R-XP after reading how pleased you are with it. I went onto Biggens site last night and found a notice saying that Vivienne has broken her leg. I hope like me you all send your best wishes to her for a speedy recovery. Daphne where th

RE: [lace] First plays with the full Lace R-XP programme

2008-05-28 Thread Ruth Budge
Jean, may I askdid you save your Lace 2000 design in RXP before trying to choose a thread/grid size? I'm wondering if that is what caused your shut down. If you start a new design in Lace RXP, you definitely don't need a thread selected to open a design. I've been working on all the testin

[lace] Re: lace-digest V2008 #106 Magnifiers

2008-05-28 Thread Libby Inglis
Dear Arachnians, One solution I use to see my work more clearly is to wear more glasses! I wear contact lenses usually because I am very short-sighted, but with my lenses in I need reading glasses as well for close work. I buy various strengths of cheapo glasses and just add another pair if I c

[lace] First plays with the full Lace R-XP programme

2008-05-28 Thread Jean Nathan
As soon as my Lace R-XP disc arrived yesterday morning I installed it and started playing with it. Here's what's happened so far. Opened a design from Lace 2000 in Lace -R-XP. No problem. There are no threads already installed, but there is a list to choose from with wraps (thanks Brenda) and