Re: [lace] Lace Exhibition in Birmingham

2011-12-10 Thread Sue Babbs
Knowing I'm not going opt be able to get to this, I thought I'd search the internet. The exhibition's website has an impressive picture of what looks like the main hall, showing the scale of some of the pieces: http://lostinlace.org.uk/ Sue sueba...@comcast.net - To unsubscribe send email

Re: [lace] Lace Exhibition in Birmingham

2011-12-10 Thread Lesley Blackshaw
On 10/12/2011 12:08, Jane Partridge wrote: I managed to get to the Lost in Lace exhibition on Thursday. There is still some building work going on in the Museum and Art Gallery, which if you go in by the main entrance is between the Bridge Gallery and the stairs down to the Gas Hall, and a lot

[lace] Lace Exhibition in Birmingham

2011-12-10 Thread Jane Partridge
I managed to get to the Lost in Lace exhibition on Thursday. There is still some building work going on in the Museum and Art Gallery, which if you go in by the main entrance is between the Bridge Gallery and the stairs down to the Gas Hall, and a lot of the lifts between floors are out of acti

Re: [lace] bobbin holders

2011-12-10 Thread Tregellas Family
When I first learned bobbin lace (20 years ago) I was taught to use a working cloth underneath the bobbins for a particular element. When that element was finished I just lifted a working cloth with both hands, keeping the bobbins flat and the cloth taught, and lifted it to the side of my

Re: [lace] bobbin holders

2011-12-10 Thread robinlace
My favorite holders for continental (Swiss) bobbins is a U made of wood. John Aebi is one of the makers of these. I know there's a Belgian gizmo that's like a large U with a spike at the bottom, but these are different. The wood is thinner and there's no spike. Instead there are two fine hol