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An equally interesting question would be, Are there any lace shops where lace
supplies may be obtained in the US at all, or even in Canada?
There's the Lace Museum in Sunnyvale, California. It's mainly museum but does
carry some lace supplies and pieces of lace for
Last year DH I watched the TV Mini-series titled Casanova which
stars David Tennant Peter O'Toole as the lead character.
I was intrigued about his memoirs found that the Tartu Public Library
had all 6 books as English translations by Arthur Machen. Since
discovering these big books I've been
Very interesting. What year does this event take place in?
Devon
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From: pene piip p...@eggo.org
To: Arachne Arachne lace@arachne.com
Sent: Thu, Aug 6, 2009 9:42 am
Subject: [lace] Lace in Literature
Last year DH I watched the TV Mini-series titled Casanova which
Hello All! Thank you for posting the Beeton's link. Ahh--but did you notice
at the bottom of the article--Paternoster Row?? Any relation?? As to The
Lacemaker in Cortland, OH--yes the shop is very much alive well. Tracy has
been out of the office teaching vending at various lace days
Casanova doesn't mention dates often, but he was in his mid 30's. He was
born in 1725.
From what I can work out from the Wikipedia entry, I think it was in
the very early 1760's.
It was definitely before he went to England in 1763 which is where
Volume 5 starts.
Pene
dmt11h...@aol.com wrote:
In all our travels around this continent I haven't truly seen a full fledged
lace shop that sells strictly lace and supplies. We have come across
shops that feature lace and lace supplies, but as a suppliment to other nice
needlework in the same shop. We have found one really nice shop that has
I completely forgot about Tracy, DUH! Haven't been to her shop yet. Almost
had a chance when she was going to hold a workshop, but it fell through :(
But we regularly visit her friend Cindy(who owns the ribbon shop next to
her) at the Paducah Quilt show every year. Her silk ribbon and trims are
is at the Olde World Lace in Amana Colonies, Iowa, just off the
mainstrip.
http://www.oldeworldlace.com/store/
It isn't a bonafide Lace Shop, but the owners are very friendly and
knowledgeable. And the daughter of the owner demonstrates on her pillow
in
the shop. She wasn't there when we
Hello lacemakers.
Mark, I didn't read all of your message when I wrote mine. That is the same
shop in Iowa I was in. Wasn't it grand?
Also remember to take a look in the upscale quilt shops and sewing
stores.many carry several brands of thread. Jansen's in Morris, Illinois is
a sewing
I am currently reading a novel titled The Lacemaker by Janine Montupet
(1984) translated into English by Lowell Bair (1988). It takes place in the
second half of the seventeenth century in Alençon, France and concerns the
life and loves of a lace maker. There are lots of references to methods
I've found interesting silk threads in a shop in Halifax that sells
supplies for tying flies (for fishing). I've also fallen for some of
the wonderful feathers that they sell, although I haven't figured out
what to use them for yet!
Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada
And while you're in those shops that sell fly-tying equipment and
supplies, don't overlook the swivel hackle pliers which are a god-send
when you break a thread!! I commissioned Richard Worthen to put the end
of one into a broken bobbin, and since then he has sold hundreds and
hundreds of
Not many people realize that the patterns in Beeton's Book of Needlework are
the same as in Madame Goubaud's books published about the same time.
People often quote Mrs. Beeton's tatting methods but Isabella had been dead
for several years by the time Beeton's Book of Needlework came out.
On Aug 6, 2009, at 19:07, Clay Blackwell wrote:
And while you're in those shops that sell fly-tying equipment and
supplies, don't overlook the swivel hackle pliers which are a god-send
when you break a thread!!
Also... Sometimes, you can find a sort-of-silky (possibly silk?), fine,
On 6 Aug 2009, at 22:22, Tamara P Duvall wrote:
Also... Sometimes, you can find a sort-of-silky (possibly silk?),
fine, smooth-cord, fishing line. Makes for the strongest magic
loop, ever.
I use fishing line for my spangles - it never breaks like wire does.
Margot Walker in Halifax on the
I will be in London at the end of September, only on a weekend. Does anyone
know if the lace room at the V A is currently open? I have heard that there
is a massive renovation going on and wonder if it is having an impact on lace
viewing. Are there any other lace viewing opportunities going on
Thanks for that URL..Interesting - and her Guipure d'Art takes Filet lace to a
whole new dimension!!!
Some great ideas hidden away there.
Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz
lizl...@bigpond.com
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Hi Julie,
I had to look thru my photos see where the round doily was located in
the display.
It was on the table with all the lace from the Russian lacemakers.
The circles are done in cloth stitch, so nothing really special.
I'll send you a photo separately so you can have a closer look.
Pene
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