David wrote:
Remember how those sting bags cut your hands though??
Didn't you used to wrap a hankie or something else around the handle to stop
that happening?
I notice nowadays it's the older shopper who take their own bags to the
supermarket and the younger ones who take more plastic bags
Dear Arachnids
I am making lace for doll's underwear and am currently working on a bodice to
go with her drawers. I have been told that this article of clothing is a
spencer. Is this correct? I tried Wilipedia but there is no reference.
Happy lacemaking.
Alex
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Hi Alex
It sounds right to me, but is difficult to Google because of all the MS hits!
Spencer bodice does come up with a few illustrations, but they vary quite a
bit in style. If you don't get a more definitive reply on here the best person
to ask is possibly Gwynedd Roberts, she's very good
Hi Sue
Detailed discussions about Kate's wedding lace last year established that it
came from six different factories, one of them being in Derbyshire, and at
least one other in France. If you trawl through the Arachne archives you
should find more info.
Brenda
On 19 Jan 2012, at 05:58, Sue
I am currently looking at my lace for dolls book and they talk about a
spencer as a jacket made using the same material or similar shade to the
dress and ends saying for the spencer jacket.
I wonder if you mean chemise, which it says is worn under the corset, back
and front are the same. The
Yes. According to Wikipedia, a Spencer is a short jacket similar to a
cardigan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_(clothing)
I wonder if you mean a camisole? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camisole
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 12:55, Sue hurwitz...@btinternet.com wrote:
I am currently looking at
The regency spence does look like a jacket, with a leg a mutton sleeve, so
thats just to add to the confusion.
Sue T, again
I am currently looking at my lace for dolls book and they talk about a
spencer as a jacket made using the same material or similar shade to the
dress and ends saying
Many thanks to everyone who has contacted me re: spencer.
I had my doubts about using the term. Several of you confirmed my thoughts
that it was a kind of jacket and I have been given suggestions to use shift or
chemise instead. Looking them up the shift is 14-18th cent. chemise late
Dear Friends,
I am currently looking at my lace for dolls book and they talk about
a spencer as a jacket made using the same material or similar shade
to the dress and ends saying for the spencer jacket.
I wonder if you mean chemise, which it says is worn under the
corset, back and front are
Is there anyone on the list with the Itchen Valley Lacemakers? I see they
have a lace day on February 4th, but I can't find any details. Email from
their blog is bouncing. Thanks,
Laurie
http://lacenews.net
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Dear Friends,
Floral Bucks Point
I've eventually begun work again on Jean's Poppies. Have now been at
them for a couple of weeks and have just passed the half-way mark.
The second side is much more satisfying than the first. I think at
first I was a bit over-enthusiastic with the number of
The name I remember as a kid growing up which went on over my vest (not the
north American version of vest which to us Brits is a v-neck sleeveless
sweater) was a liberty bodice. It was made of cotton had taped seams and
cloth covered buttons
Just my 2 cents worth.
Malvary in Ottawa where
Children wore liberty bodices and horrible things they were, too! To me a
spencer was always a fine wool garment worn next to the skin. It could have
long or short sleeves, round or v neck. In the days before central heating it
enabled you to be warm and yet look smart without having an extra
Hi
My 101 year old Mother-in-Law tells me that a spencer is a fine woollen top
with a low round neck and short sleeves that was worn rather like a vest. This
would not have had lace on it.
An interesting thread.
Angela (visiting mother- in-law on the Sussex Coast)
On 19 Jan 2012, at
Anne Marie, is it my computer or do I always get a small part of your
messages and nothing more, it just finishes mid sentence.
Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK
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Liberty Bodices I remember those, they had a lovely fluffy lining inside
and on mine the buttone were made of rubber, no colds and chills allowed in
our house and you had to wear them until the end of May no matter what the
weather was like.
Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK
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scotl...@aol.com wrote:
Children wore liberty bodices and horrible things they were,
too! To me a spencer was always a fine wool garment worn
next to the skin. It could have long or short sleeves,
round or v neck. In the days before central heating it
enabled you to be warm and yet
re: spencer...(rather) suggestions to use shift or chemise instead.
Looking
them up the shift is 14-18th cent. chemise late 18th-19thC.
Also a shift
usually had sleeves and a chemise can be without them.
As the garment I am
making is sleeveless and the doll is in the style of early 20th
On 19/01/2012 09:15, Alex Stillwell wrote:
Dear Arachnids
I am making lace for doll's underwear and am currently working on a bodice to
go with her drawers. I have been told that this article of clothing is a
spencer. Is this correct? I tried Wilipedia but there is no reference.
As you don't
I am making lace for doll's underwear and am currently working on a bodice to
go with her drawers. I have been told that this article of clothing is a
spencer. Is this correct? I tried Wilipedia but there is no reference.
I have a few American needlework magazines from this era. They often
HI Alex,
If you are talking about making underwear for the doll then I think that a
Spencer is a type of bodice.
The page of Wikipedia entitled Spencer (Clothing) says towards the end of
the initial text that in Australia a liberty bodice is called a Spencer. I
wore a liberty bodice under
Hello Alex and everyone
The entry is Spencer (clothing) at Wikipedia. Most interesting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_%28clothing%29
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 1:15 AM, Alex Stillwell
alexstillw...@talktalk.netwrote:
Dear Arachnids
I am making lace for doll's underwear and am currently
Anne Marie, is it my computer or do I always get a small part
of your messages and nothing more, it just finishes mid sentence.
It happens to me too.
Mid sentence means at a quote.
See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287816/en
Jo
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Sorry about this. I use Windows Live Mail 2011, not Outlook. I sometimes
notice that when I write an apostrophe there are other signs added for some
people, but most people that I write to get it right. Today is the first time
I hear that not the whole message is shown on some computers. On the
Anne Marie, is it my computer or do I always get a small part of your
messages and nothing more, it just finishes mid sentence.
It happens to me too.
Mid sentence means at a quote.
See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287816/en
and http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/msg39355.html
I was going to suggest a liberty bodice but I thought they had rubber buttons
and had some around the bottom to fasten to our knickers. They kept us nice
and
toasty in the winter months.
Janice
The name I remember as a kid growing up which went on over my vest (not the
north American
Hi Arachnids
Some years ago I had a problem with W H Smith. I told the lady at the checkout
that for environmental reasons I did not wish to have a bag but she insisted
in putting my book into one saying that it was necessary for security as it
would prove I had paid for it. I replied that the
Fellow arachnids:
I just stumbled on an amazing page of links having all
sorts of things to do with lace (and a search of the archives didn't find the
URL, so maybe it hasn't been posted to Arachne yet). Feels like I just found
a gold nugget!
http://kantklos.info-pagina.com/
Nancy
home with
Thank you Linda Walton, for the wonderful essay!
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http://www.tudorlinks.com/treasury/articles/viewvictunder1.html
Jenny
DeAngelis
Your link, Jenny, provides interesting information. Thanks!
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It is an interesting subject, and seeing how words got used and reused,
sometimes incorrectly.
Hello Again! Thank you Jane--I had no clue! While Googling, I came across
http://michamerrick.blogspot.com (Earthly Delight--Jan 22, 2011 in archives)
found a charming Branscombe lace blouse. Now I know what I've seen in
antique shops, although not in such pristine, wearable condition! So
PS--forgot to mention, when I looked at the industrial video, I noticed that
it was produced by BFI films. Here in the US, BFI was Browning Ferris
Industries until 1999 when it was disbanded. It was a HUGE refuse company that
picked up trash door to door. Is that spooky or what?? Sincerely,
David wrote:
Remember how those sting bags cut your hands though??
Didn't you used to wrap a hankie or something else around the handle to stop
that happening?
I notice nowadays it's the older shopper who take their own bags to the
supermarket and the younger ones who take more plastic bags
Locally here, they will give you a plastic shopping bag, but at 5
cents each. Generally a reusable bag from them is about a dollar.
But even better we've found is that they also offer these plastic
bins.. about the same size as one of those baskets you can carry
around the shop in lieu of a
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