[lace] Interesting to see and read about!

2011-07-19 Thread Jean Nathan
Clay, I'm not wishing to patronise at all - DH and I have both demonstrated this to students (with fewer pendulums -pendula? I'm not sure either Brenda), when he as an engineering lecturer and I when teaching physics both many, many years ago. Then we could both account for what was in the

[lace] Re: Royal lace

2011-07-19 Thread Jean Leader
Dear all, David has now added some Javascript magic to my web page about the lace museum in Caudry, France and the lace that decorated the Duchess of Cambridge's wedding dress. Click on the button below the detail of the Sophie Hallette lace and the mock-up of how it was used at the neckline

Re: [lace] Re: Royal lace

2011-07-19 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Thank you for that Jean. It lookss very intricate and time consuming to put it all together - makes you wonder if it would have been quicker to make the motifs by hand! Brenda On 19 Jul 2011, at 09:26, Jean Leader wrote: David has now added some Javascript magic to my web page about the

[lace] Missing mail

2011-07-19 Thread ann.humphreys
I get the messages in digest form each day, but I have noticed that some of the messages that are in digest form are missing on the Arachne web site. Can anybody explain why please. Ann Yorkshire UK -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users

[lace] White dresses for debutantes

2011-07-19 Thread pene piip
One period of time that has always intrigued me is the so-called Regency period. Or during the Victorian era when young girls were presented at court to the reigning monarch. The young girls of upper society would traditionally wear long white ballgown dresses with trains tiaras, etc. If I

[lace] Lace caps from French Provence

2011-07-19 Thread pene piip
Another of my favourite bloggers wrote about old costumes worn in French Provence: http://willows95988.typepad.com/tongue_cheek/2011/07/provencal-clothing-1800s.html There are some lovely lace caps. Enjoy, Pene PS I've uploaded to Webshots photos of my 4 entries to the competition in last

[lace] MP3 Player case

2011-07-19 Thread Daphne Martin
Hello I have just made a MP3 Player case. The lace design is my own, so if you wish to see it its on my Webshots page in Arachne 2003. I do not know wether to leave it as it is and use it when I put the player away or add a chain or ribbon to wear it round my neck. It is lined with satin

[lace] MP3 case

2011-07-19 Thread Daphne Martin
Hello Sorry the link I put in my last message does`nt work. Does anyone know how to get a direct link to my page please?? - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site:

Re: [lace] MP3 case

2011-07-19 Thread Ilske Thomsen
On my MAC it worked Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003

Re: [lace] MP3 case

2011-07-19 Thread Brenda Paternoster
The link does work! you just have to move on to the third page Brenda On 19 Jul 2011, at 16:29, Daphne Martin wrote: Hello Sorry the link I put in my last message does`nt work. Does anyone know how to get a direct link to my page please?? - To unsubscribe send email to

[lace] Royal lace

2011-07-19 Thread Janice Blair
I wonder how many actual yards or meters of lace had to be used to cut up what they needed to assemble to whole dress. Thanks for posting the photos. Janice David has now added some Javascript magic to my web page about the lace museum in Caudry, France and the lace that decorated the Duchess

Re: [lace] MP3 case

2011-07-19 Thread Sue Duckles
It worked on my Mac too Ilske!! Sue in a damp East Yorkshire UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003

Re: [lace] MP3 Player case

2011-07-19 Thread Sue T
It looks good Daphne, and certainly unique:-) I certainly would have some sort of ribbon or cord attached to wear it, making it much better to use that way. Sue T In sunny Dorset but where the wind is a tad over keen Hello I have just made a MP3 Player case. The lace design is my own,

Re: [lace] Interesting to see and read about!

2011-07-19 Thread lynrbailey
Dear Clay, No, no, please, no intent to patronize. I responded in a moment when I was really tired, third long hard day, and shot from the hip, always a mistake. I did send the link to my kids, one of whom is a student in applied mathematics in Goteborg Sweden for an explanation of the

Re: [lace] Missing mail

2011-07-19 Thread Anna Binnie
Your mail box may register some of the mail as spam or may junk it automatically. If you have good mail filters it happens. If the mail 'JUNKED' by your mail system, simply look in the junk folder and they could well be there. Some spam just doesn't get through and is lost in the aether (I

[lace] royal lace

2011-07-19 Thread hottleco
Hello All! Thanks Jean for posting more pictures/info on Kate's dress. Your little schematic made it easy to see how the floral bits turned out to look like daffodils (to me) on the bodice collar! I must say, at least one online crazy quilt maven has already used the technique on her