There is a bobbin lace mesh I know I have seen (The Lace Museum in California
has a parasol cover with this background) that consists of a braided grid with
a folded tally at each crossing. I believe it is used in Bedfordshire.
Can someone help me find a photo of this ground? I know I’ve seen
I investigated this as well when publishing my Youghal Lace book — I’d love to
make it cheaper to buy overseas, and investigated publishing in the UK to save
on shipping costs.
Brenda spells out the difficulties quite well.
Distribution overseas is a considerable problem. Booksellers who
— can anyone advise me more specifically, or
perhaps about the Luton museum?
Elizabeth Kurella
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of Slovakia. It is
a continuous bobbin lace, white, and reminds me more similar of Swedish lace.
I’d really like to find out how it came into favor there, the history of it,
and if any is still being made or worn in that area.
Can anyone help?
Elizabeth Kurella
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Forgot you would be listed in the IOLI directory
Found you!
Nancy Evans
26001 174th Street
Covington, WA98042
Your copy of the new book will be in the mail early next week.
EMK
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Does anyone have a phone number or email for Peggy Zalamea, author of 20th
Century Linens and Lace?
Or please ask her to email me.
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I cant let the Milanese discussion end without a word about my favorite
aspect of early Milanese: the wonderful whimsical three dimensional effects.
I have not found these to appear in such profusion and creativity in bobbin
laces that I have found from other countries besides Italy.
Santina
Kudos to Jeri for bringing up this aspect of lace studies.
I have a large collection of Phillips textile/lace auction catalogs from the
1980s and 1990s — the days before on-line catalogs. It is always interesting
to see major pieces, watch for things to resurface, track prices, etc.
Those
of the www.LaceCurator.info. website. With so many stories
added last year, I also put in an ARCHIVES section.
Come visit www.LaceCurator.info and, and let me know what you think!
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mentions the machine lace industry — no info on
content of museum.
Anyone know anything about this?
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Love in Bloom lace yields a stack of classic lace Valentine patterns for your
friends and family.
Come visit COPY THIS Love In Bloom Lace at www.LaceCurator.info. Pick a
pattern or two, and make a Valentine for a friend.
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Have been trying to email the Doris Southard Lace Group, but email keeps
bouncing back.
Does anyone have an email address?
EMK
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Subject: Re: [lace] 2015 IOLI convention July 27 - Aug 2
Do check out Cedar Rapids dont know if Quaker Oaks still does tours
there,
but there used
I certainly agree that Spiral is a great way to go, but unfortunately my
digital printer does not offer that option. Perfect binding is the only
binding they offer, as a way to keep costs down.
I’m working on a pattern book, so if you can suggest a printer please let me
know.
E. Kurella
On
as if it might be a diamond mesh net (although
the detail isn't quite good enough to see clearly) and that's not as easy to
find as hexagonal mesh, but still possible.
See if you can find a copy of the Anybody Can Mend Lace and Linens book, by
Arachne Elizabeth Kurella. I don't know if it's
Can anyone provide contact - email or phone -- for Irma Osterman's daughter
Peggy?
Elizabeth Kurella
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Does anyone remember the spectacular fashion show the Puerto Rico lacemakers
held at the castle by the sea during their IOLI convention many years ago?
bBeautiful laces newly made for baptismal dresses, communition dresses,
weddings, quinceaneras and just for nice.
Handmade lace still was
A bit of a novelty to try for lacemakers who like to play.
New at www.LaceCurator.info
COPY THIS: Milliner's Horsehair bobbin lace --
This is something to try with a fine wire -- or hair of a horse's tail if you
can get it.
Come visit!
www.LaceCurator.info
Elizabeth Kurella
?
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vintage bobbin lace band that wants to be copied and studied.
Coming soon: Another piece from that delightful lace shop in Leuven -- a
half-stitch milliner's lace that offers fun possibilities for lacemakers.
Come visit!
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Closing in on the last of the stories of my lace study trip to Belgium --
New on www.LaceCurarator.info is Thursday in Belgium: Reflecting on Lace in
Gent.
After that, in the next few days, will be Friday in Leuven.
Come visit!
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Antwerp -- another of the highlights of my lace study trip to Belgium,
the Borromeo lace museum.
A very special place of learning about lace in centuries past.
Come visit
www.LaceCurator.info
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A pair of impish angels teeter-tottering on Brussels lace scrollwork are a
surprise flea-market find.
Two new articles in Favorite Things and COPY THIS spell out the story on
www.LaceCurator.info.
Coming next: Visiting the Borromeo Lace Museum in Antwerp, Belgium
Come visit!
The second day of my visit to Belgium: special lace shops and the Kancentrum
in Bruges --
Come visit with me -- www.LaceCurator.info
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lace.
More later.
Visit www.LaceCurator.info to catch up on stories you might have missed until
next week.
Also found some interesting old lace in a Paris street market so there will be
good stories coming.
Elizabeth Kurella
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A 19th century needlerun net and Bucks Point lace pelerine with special hand
stitched buttons gets a bit of repair -- and is ready for a young re-enactor
to wear it to a party.
See Use it or Lose It: A Vintage Pelerine in Search of a Party
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A mixed lace panel with Jupiter and his friends, the Squirrel the Rabbit,
assorted Roosters and more. It's damaged - should we Use It --- Or Lose It?
Feel free to second guess my choice --
Elizabeth Kurella
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New at www.LaceCurator.info is crocheted Maltese lace.
It seems to me that crocheting lacemakers are more likely than any other
lacemakers to produce crocheted variations of many other lacemaking
techniques. Ive seen crocheted Cluny, reticella, point plat, Gros Point,
Battenberg, filet and
The second part of the Mechlin Lace Makeover story has been posted on
www.LaceCurator.info -- why care about makeovers?
Also in COPY THIS -- for the kat stitch lacemakers, a Quartet of Quirky
Roosters.
Come visit and see what's new.
Elizabeth Kurella
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on what you've missed.
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I will have a day in London and was wondering if there are any book shops in
London that would have a good selection of lace books.
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An article on the Alencon needle lacce ground in Collecting Lace.
Updates to previously published articles: Another piece of cutwork Alencon
has surfaced, as well as another fragment of the Art Nouveau fan leaf.
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What do you call 18th century lace that has Alencon needle lace background and
fillings, but motifs of embroidered cloth cutwork? Wonderful fun! Thats why
I say collect lace, not names.
Also a new swan added to the collection in COPY THIS! But is it a swan? The
Newly published on LaceCurator.info:
Swans aSwimming: swans in vintage lace for the bobbin lacemaker to copy.
Kates Library for the Inspired Lacemaker: A selection of general technique
books, not specific to any technique, for bobbin lacemakers who want to make
their own unique pieces.
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