To Karen
A skean dhu is the dagger worn down Scot's knee length sock.
Best wishes from
Alex, Sussex GB
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Urban Zundt of Zundt Designs in Switzerland did a presentation at a machine
embroidery conference I attended a few years ago and some of the fabrics he
displayed created fabric that looks very similar to the effect on Mrs.
Obama's "lemongrass" outfit.
Lynn S coming out of lurkdom, Wollongong, Aus
Dear Tamara,
The product, "dotted Swiss cotton", is often used for delicate garments,
especially for children. It is not, so far as I can see, the same as the
fabric
of the evening gown. If you are curious, you can see it at
_www.marthapullen.com_ (http://www.marthapullen.com) , select c
If you missed this earlier, as I did, I found links in another place on the
NYT website, not sure if it's the same info as mentioned previously.
http://www.nytimes.com/
Click on either "the first lady tells a story with fashion" under "fashion
and style" near the bottom of the page or "fas
Dear Lacemakers Interested in Italian Renaissance,
I sent Tamara's inquiry to Lori, Lacefairy, and she did research this
afternoon. She sent the following reply to Tamara and myself. It may be of
interest to others on this list. Devon, for example.
To read about the sumptuary laws of Ita
Oh! Dear!!
As would have been the case in 18th Century paintings, a preponderance of
men in the photos.
Granted, their names are given, but wouldn't it be nice to see the
lacemakers with the laces they made?
Jeri Ames
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
In a message dated 1/21/20
Hi Sue,
I just got delivery of my mail which had been on hold by the post office until
I got back from my mini vacation in the Virgin Islands.
Thank you for the spider pin. I was surprised at how big it was. It is
something I can wear when we meet at the Arachne lunch in LA at the next
conventio
Here is the link to the online shop, where the Pattern Sets are listed.
Click on whichever 'pochette' number of the bookmark, to find the pattern
source.
http://www.ville-retournac.fr/musee/anglais/famille.php?idFamille=1
And yes you can subscribe to receive new sets when they are released.
On W
Thank you Clay! Definitely worth sharing ahead of the event.
In today's e-mail I got the latest newsletter from Retournac with the link
to the bookmark news
*http://tinyurl.com/99ft2o
*It is the same as Adele Ward sent, except *en francais *and another picture
on the web page.
I'm glad they fin
Hello! According the Miami Herald, the dress was made by Cuban-born American
designer Isabel Toledo. She described it as "lemongrass" color with the coat
"made of wool lace in a silk net, with a silk radzimir underneath & a layer of
pashmina for warmth. Obama also wore a cardigan with the mat
The caption to the photo of the bookmarks included which pattern pack each of
the bookmarks shown was from. (The patterns from the Retournac museum are
only available in sets - there are about 20 sets now, some of which may be
out-of-print at the moment - not as individual patterns).
The sets a
Hi again, Susan -
I've just peeked at the Retournac website, and unfortunately, I don't
see any bookmark patterns available. Sorry...
Clay
hottl...@neo.rr.com wrote:
To Clay! Thanks so much for posting the Retournac photos!!! As a newbie, I'm sick
to death of bookmark samples. But these
Hi Susan -
The Retournac Museum produces patterns which they sell as a way of
making money to support the museum. I believe that these patterns are
available at their website... and I suggest you use the "tiny url" that
Noelene so graciously sent us: http://tinyurl.com/8gslc3
Clay
hottl
Sue mentioned the next Tønder Lace Festival.
It will take place 4th to 6th June 2010, see:
http://www.kniplings-festival.dk/engelsk/default.htm
About Tønder patterns, beware that Johanne Nyrop Larsen published
patterns which everybody then believes to be Tønder patterns, but they
were in fact Cz
Can anyone help, I only have a copy of the Dover edition of Mrs Palliser's
"History of Lace" published in 1984 which is a re-print of the fourth
edition of this book.
If anyone has a copy of either the 1st, 2nd or 3rd editions of this book
would they please kindly contact me direct. I have a q
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