[lace] Lace App questions on Bruges Duchesse or Bruges Flower lace

2014-04-24 Thread hottleco
Hello All! Completely forgot to mention that I used my iPhone Lace App (David Jean Leader) yesterday when I shared my lace in Lake Park. Even the art supply rep who was in the store was amazed! Speaking as a satisfied customer, I would say the app helps people visualize the differences

Re: [lace] Lace App questions on Bruges Duchesse or Bruges Flower lace

2014-04-24 Thread Clay Blackwell
Hi Susan, I can identify with your friend who is just starting, and is drawn to Bruges Flower Lace! I think we are all drawn to beautiful laces and would like to just jump right in and do it! However, I think that it is important for a beginner to start with the essential elements and

[lace] Bruges lace

2014-04-24 Thread Lorelei Halley
Susan I have always thought that a student can start in any one of 3 places: torchon, tape lace, or Beds/Cluny. And it doesn't matter which one comes first. I also think that every beginner should plan on doing a little of all those 3 within the first 2 years. That collection of laces gives most

Re: [lace] Lace App questions on Bruges Duchesse or Bruges Flower lace

2014-04-24 Thread The Lace Bee
Over the years, this has come up on a regular basis. One camp of lace makers will say, but Jose people who learnt honiton in the 1700s never learnt torchon. And they are right. But they didn't attend classes for a few hours at a time, they were taught lacemaking from an early age and time

[lace] Poppy pattern

2014-04-24 Thread Janice Blair
My website is back up and running and you can find the poppy pattern at http://www.jblace.com/jblace/pattern-gallery.html Weird thing, I did not receive Arachne Volume 61 digest, so I was wondering how the topic of footsides had started.  I looked in the archives and saw the messages, but it

[lace] Need thread

2014-04-24 Thread Tess Parrish
I have looked everywhere but can't seem to find the thread I need to continue my present project. I hope someone can help me find it: Freesia linen, 30/3, off white, on the 500 meter cone. I will probably need two cones, maybe three. Thanks so much. Tess (tess1...@aol.com) - To unsubscribe

Re: [lace] Need thread

2014-04-24 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Fresia 30/3 is advertised as available from http://www.mysico.be/category/catalog/garensthreadsfils/linnengarens-gebleekt-bleeched-linnen-yarns-fil-de-lin-blanchi/fr although there isn’t a photo of that size available. I’ve never seen that size of Freesia linen. Brenda On 25 Apr 2014, at