The pillows on the pictures come from the North of Italy, next to France
(where they have the same kind of pillow.
It is interesting to observe the lace they make on this pillow (without any
pricking!)
Have a look at the Lacefairy's site:
Welcome Norma. For anyone relatively new to lacemaking this is an ideal place
for getting help. I expect we shall hear from you soon.
Alex
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Hello Janet, welcome to Arachne and enjoy the all we have to offer.
Alex
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Hello Vicki,
it's not Jean it is Ilske answering,
Those boxes comes from the region of Queyras and around there. You
find those carvings on several things as well as on the sides of the
round pillows. The bobins are carved in that matter as well.
In the book from Claire le Goazion Dentelles
Hi Ilske!
I have the book you mention! It is such a beautiful book, and I thought
I would be able to muddle through, but it has been so long since I used
my French that I have really had to struggle with it... and so it's not
as much fun to read as I would like!!
Clay
Ilske Thomsen
Hello,
Sure
Queyras is in the south of french Alp. (wonderfull country)
Queyras pillows have a box in the middle. The ornementation are make
with a kniffe. The name of this pillow is tambour (drum).
The Queyras lace is very special made without pricking. It came from
Belgium, near Anvers.
It's been not uncomplicated here and I apologize for not getting
back up folks who have been so generous.
But I'm pretty fluent on French. And you are one of those to whom I am
in debt. Doesn't mean I'm fluent in lace french,,,! But if you want
to fax a couple of pages to 914-834-0308 ...
There is an interesting travel roller pillow with quilted cover and
accoutrements in the link that Jean provided, third row down, far left (first)
pic:
http://picasaweb.google.com/jean.leader/PierrefeuCouvige#
Some may prefer a hard case, but looks like something one could make, or
perhaps Vera
Interesting - it's at the far right of row 3 on my screen!
It does look very nice, though.
Beth
Cheshire, England
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Subject: [lace] Couvige pic
Date: Friday 12 June 2009
From: Susan Reishus elationrelat...@yahoo.com
To: post to Arachne lace@arachne.com
Hi,
I just received a couple of books from England from my SIL. One of them is
The Identification of Lace by Pat Earnshaw. A paperback which smells really
musty. She bought it in a little museum for .99 pence. What should I do to
air the book and get rid of the smell? It really pongs.
Janice
I once put a very musty book in a plastic zip lock bag with a fabric
softener sheet for several days and that took care of the smell.
Jude in WY
www.bobbinsnthreads.blogspot.com
At 01:34 PM 6/12/2009, Janice Blair wrote:
Hi,
I just received a couple of books from England from my SIL. One of
Dear Janice and Others with smelly books.
This is not an unusual problem.
Just a month ago I received a list of 22 things you can do with a sheet of
Bounce. Bounce is a product name for a square of material saturated with
scented chemicals that we put in electric laundry dryers with our wet
On one of the lacemaking videos on youtube from Brugge I was amazed to see
the lace maker actually had a dish on her pillow and people were giving her
money, all the times I have demonstrated I would never have asked for money
in this way, what does everyone else think?
Sue M Harvey
Norfolk
Janice,
I can tell you what won't work. I tried putting a book in the freezer (in a
plastic bag) for about 3 months. About 10 minutes after I took it out it
smelled just as bad as when I put it in. Then I tried the dryer sheets
(Bounce). No luck there.
Now I am trying a bag of unused
I can also tell you that putting it in a bag with baking soda didn't work :(
I can't remember who recommended that but it had no effect on the cigarette
smoke smell on a book I bought. (In the end I threw the book away)
Sue
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Mine too!
Clay
Beth Marshall wrote:
Interesting - it's at the far right of row 3 on my screen!
It does look very nice, though.
Beth
Cheshire, England
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Subject: [lace] Couvige pic
Date: Friday 12 June 2009
From: Susan Reishus elationrelat...@yahoo.com
I've had good luck with a charcoal briquette such as is used in backyard
grills in the USA. Just make sure it's not the self lighting kind :D
lbuy...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Janice,
I can tell you what won't work. I tried putting a book in the freezer (in a plastic bag) for about 3 months. About 10
Re;
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:54:25 -0700 (PDT)
From: Susan Reishus elationrelat...@yahoo.com
Subject: [lace] Have you seen this?
Those of us who have been on the Lace list a bit longer will remember this
delightfull U tube video .
I did not look it up, but the thread may still be in the Arachne
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