Obviously le cirque du soleil is asking diplomas that make me think they
look for costume-designers, lace-maker and seamstresses if possible all
in one person.
My daughter has a friend who was a season ore more a dancer for the
company and the dancer are payd minimum wage and are on tour all the
Irma Boone (Belgium) well-known needle-lace-teacher, died this morning.
She has been ill for some time, but we all hoped that she will get
better.
82 years old, she did a lot to revive needle-lace, she has been
president to the belgian lace-guild and if I remember well, president to
OIDFA too.
Dear Alessandra,
Your package arrived this moning, thank you.
The lavori a fuselli is just what I thougt it will be a lot of easy
pattern to work and relax a pause betwen 2 bigger and mor challenging
projects.
The Ricamo was an extra surprise, I have never seen one in a shop and it
is
I will go for the 3 days of OIDFA congress and I will look forward to
see you all if possible.
Alix
from Luxembourg.
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I had 45 entries for the thread-raffle, my daughter draw a name out of
my hat and the winner is:
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Congratulations, wednesday I will drive tothe postoffice.
Alix
from sunny Luxembourg
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On Mon, 2007-04-02 at 00:51 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Alix!!
I had no idea this thread was still available.. I would think it is very
scarce, and therefore quite expensive (as you suggest). I would love to find
some!!
Clay
This thread is rare indeed. I buy mine on
dear spiders
to everyone who will miss Anna, I can recommend Rakam. The language is
Italian, but I rarely need more than a pattern. Rakam is released
monthly and for anyone loving embroderie has marvellous patterns and
there is almost every issue a lace pattern.
www.abbonationline.com
This is a
Hi Everyone
Reading Christopher Paolini's book Eldest (2nd volume of Eragon), I
found a nice passage about lace.
I quote:
Intending to cut open a seam, she extendet her harm and snagged the tip
of her knife on a fringe of bobbin lice, slicing it in
half...
The bobbin lace
Modern needlelacers are better needlelacers than the
ones in the past.
Not all are better lacemaker, but they know to work a piece of lace and
finish it all by themselves. Untill beginning of 20th century, the
common lacemaker worked only one kind of stich and the pay differd for
each kind
On Sat, 2006-07-29 at 03:09 +1000, David in Ballarat wrote:
Dear Jean,
Can those of you who are used to the kind of heat and humidity that we're
experiencing give any tips on making lace in this weather, ie how do you
stop your hand perspiring?
In the old times lacemaker used bakingpowder,
No lace Ufo's on my pillow's. I do not like to have more than one
project going, one in continous lace and one in duchesse.
I just finished a old greek harp player in Duchesse a piece that took me
2 years, and I will beginn this weekend a fan in art deco style.
In continous lace I have a
On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 00:13 +0100, Brenda Paternoster wrote:
slips in a multiple figure of eight. The more slips in the parcel the
finer the thread - I think 14 or 15 was the finest and about 3 or 4 the
thickest.
That old thread went up to 17 1/2, making a cotton count of 340, some
says
On Sun, 2005-12-04 at 22:49 +, Jean Nathan wrote:
Helen wrote:
To me, Christchurch has always been part of Dorset! :o)
Poole has always been Dorset. Bournemouth, which is next door to (east of
Poole) used to be in Hampshire, but is now in Dorset, much to a lot of
people's disgust.
http://cgi.ebay.fr/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6578631108ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:FR:1
Merci sof. for the link, those fans are quite beautifu, but the cream
colored one is clearla not a needle-lace fan as stated. I think you can
call it a Brussels-Duchesse, I can see 3 little needlelace
I have been hooked to anything what has to do with treads and needles.
So I learned crochet knitting and embroidery before I was 10 years old.
Nbody knew how to tat and I was 20 when an Indian woman teached me
tatting for 1/2 hour, that was enough to begin my first hankie with 2
threads.
Dear Spiders.
I want to thank you for all the purposes I received for my small tipp to
England, with a little report.
I arrived tuesday afternoon at London-Waterloo where I met my daughter.
After cheking-inn a hotel, we went to the Albert and Victoria Museum.
As it was late we decided to first
dear Jane
Institut Professionnel Neuchatelois de Dentelles, Neuchatel-Lausanne - I
Neuchâtel-Lausanne is in the french-speaking part of Switzerland and I
dont think that we have a swiss on our list.
. Can anyone translate 'La Fougere' for me (
is the fern
Alix
from Luxembourg
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On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 16:28 +0100, Andrea Lamble wrote:
Felllow Spiders, In the light of some recent postigs: Does anyony have
favourite music for making lace by - for me Torchon and the Beach Boys,
in the garden on a Summer's day . Happy Lacing Andrea in a warm and
sunny Cambridge, UK
I
Waxed Linnenthreads have tradition in needlelace, I still wax my thread
when I work linnen for needlelace, but I dont use bee-wax, I use a
common tealight and my lace is washed after finishing my lace, so the
wax will not stay on the fiber.
The difference during work is considerable as a waxed
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