I have good and bad to report from the Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival this
weekend. The display of my lace looked very nice. I spent most of two days at
my pillow, talking to people. I think we got one new student from it.
I gave my speech about the History of Lace, and it lasted, with
Don't know if this would be safe. If it's the type of glue that is used on
post-it notes and the type of sticky label that has a backing that you peel
off, I bought a bottle of orange-scented liquid called Sticky Stuff
Remover, which removes the residue left behind if you peel such a label
Another thought: Would freezing work? It does with chewing gum, making it
easy to break off, provided it hasn't penetrated.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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Hello Clay and everyone else
Clay you hit the nail on the head when you said you could possibly
show a beginner how to make lace.
Of course any of us can do that and it would keep the craft of lace alive if
each of us only ever taught one new lacemaker.
The rewards are tremendous, and
On 27/09/2010 10:12, Daphne Martin wrote:
Hello Clay and everyone else
Clay you hit the nail on the head when you said you could possibly
show a beginner how to make lace.
Of course any of us can do that and it would keep the craft of lace alive if
each of us only ever taught one
Just another thought... maybe this woman was so impressed that it was
more on
the line of lace being so much more impressive than *just* crafts.? Just
a thought.
bobbi
How infuriating to have our craft belittled like that. We often
travel
through Thornton le Dale so I may have to go
Reading the letters on making bobbins, brought to mind the people I have
bought bobbins from since I started in 1976. Sadly some have retired
or died, but we are fortunate in that others have taken their place.
David Springett, who came to the first Lace Day I organised in
1979/80 Also
Unfortunately because of the shopping channels crafting seems to be
regarded as mainly card making with a bit of scrap booking thrown in and
any other craft is disregarded. Not that there's anything wrong with
either - I'm all for people doing something creative in any form - but I do
wish
It just goes to show.But they do have lace demonstrations in that
general area so she obviously wasnt 'in the know'!! There are classes all
around her!!!
Maureen
E Yorks
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Years ago I was told that each lacemaker should teach seven people. That way
there's a good chance that at least one of those seven will continue with the
art and teach others. Not everyone who learns the basic lessons becomes
addicted. G
Alice in Oregon who is addicted to lace and
Daphne,
You should have related that lacemaking is a fine art or fiber art. I, and
many lacemakers in the USA, consider crafts differently than lacemaking.
Cardmaking, wooden lawn orrnaments, box making, and the sort of things that can
be sold at craft fairs as crafts. Do lacemakers go to
Hi Alice:
Ouch. So sorry this happened. The suggestion of contacting the manufacturer is
really good, because what you need to use to take it off depends on what glue
was used in the dots. I've found (trying to get sticky stuff off of old books)
that some things come off with rubbing alcohol,
...the lady who set up the display used glue dots to stick the lace to the
fabric panels. I about came 'unglued' when I discovered it, and the person in
charge of the whole thing got an earful of my thoughts...does anyone have any
experience with removing these so-called Removable sticky glue
Hello Betty Ann and everyone
They *could* - my introduction to lacemaking was seeing someone
demonstrating it at a craft fair! I signed up for lessons (c. 1987).
Some lacemakers make small lace items to sell for charity fund-raising.
The word 'craft' has taken on different meanings. Because I
Others, from whom I've bought bobbins in the past include Stephen Pearce who
made lovely ornate bone bobbins, Denis Sizeland, now retired, Winslow Bobbins
being taken over by his son-in-law Steve Smith who turns very similar bobbins
and Keith Crockford of Spinneyhill Lace. Keith Barbara
We have in the past discussed whether lacemaking is art or craft.
For my two penn'th I'll suggest that it is craft when you are working a pattern
designed by someone else, or an adaptation of another pattern, but art when you
have designed and made the lace from scratch as a one-off piece.
It was a good two day event! Sunny and beautiful on Saturday and Sunday was
threatening rain but held off. Big crowds both days and we kept busy.
Below is a slide show of pictures I took for your enjoyment.
http://tinyurl.com/3yazaup
Here are some feature photos of my wife and I and our booth
I bought the dowel and some long wooden beads years ago with the intent of
using
it to make long bobbins for doing yarn lace. It is on my someday list.
Teaching - well my guild is having it's third class this year for beginners in
November and without any advertising we already have 9 people
Does anyone remember Paul Durst - an American I believe -who lived in Wales
with his wife Doris.
We travelled many miles out of our way when on holiday so that I could
purchase some of his lovely bone bobbins.
Diana in Northants UK
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Does anyone remember ...
I've really enjoyed this thread, with names I've not heard in a long
time - if ever!! More recently, I've missed bobbins made by Gentle
Folk, and another husband and wife team (the Hudsons?) and those
wonderful spliced bobbins made by a man whose name escapes me
Historically, the word was used in terms of occupation, profession, work, line
of work, pursuit, indicating one had skill and/or a gift, whether learned,
innate, or both. One could have a trade, but calling it a craft indicated
expertise or raised the caliber.
As shared; in the US there has
Thank you to Karen in Malta for the grammatical corrections, and to my friend
Brenda who worked it up from the directions and had no problem. The heart
bookmark pattern is useable now and available if you email me off list.
Janice
Janice Blair
Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago,
On Sep 27, 2010, at 8:22 PM, Janice Blair wrote:
The heart bookmark pattern is useable now and available if you email me off
list.
Call it Key To My Heart :)
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Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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