Re: [lace] pillow stand

2004-09-27 Thread Paul and Dona Bushong
Hi Jenny, Clay and others who might have seen the pictures of my new lace stand. I was able to get the pictures up on the website and then have just not had the time to sit at the computer to write and explain about it. Currently my mom is here visiting from Dallas and between showing her the

Re: [lace] beading traditional Danish bobbins

2004-08-21 Thread Paul and Dona Bushong
Hi Weronika and others who might be interested... I've finally had a chance to get the bobbin pictures put on-line. I tried last week before I left for Hawai`i but our service provider was having issues. The close-up pictures are not the clearest but you can get an idea of what they look like.

Re: [lace] beading traditional Danish bobbins

2004-08-13 Thread Paul and Dona Bushong
Weronika wrote: I just got some Danish bobbins on eBay, and they have round bulbs with a hollowed-out stripe through the middle... Are those stripes there to put beads in them like I've seen on traditional Danish bobbins? If so, how do I do it? Are there instructions online somewhere? Hi

[lace] Tina and the Rocky Mt. LG website

2004-08-12 Thread Paul and Dona Bushong
Is it just me or is anyone else having trouble printing out the form for ordering Tina? I go to the site, see it on my screen, it opens my Adobe (pdf) and prints out a blank page. When I do a print preview, I also only get a blank page even though I see the page on my computer screen. I have an

Re: [lace] Tina and the Rocky Mt. LG website

2004-08-12 Thread Paul and Dona Bushong
Susie, Thank you to you and the others who helped me out with my pdf printing problems. Following your directions, it printed out just fine so the form has been filled out and is waiting for the postman to pick it up. What a good start to a Friday the 13th! Another bit of good news. Some of you

[lace] Lace magazine

2004-05-20 Thread Paul and Dona Bushong
Liz wrote: This is mainly for the Oz spiders - has anyone in Australia, other than Helene, received their UK Lace magazine yet? I am still watching out for the Postie to deliver mine. Liz I'm not in Oz but my lace magazine just showed up today here in Guam. I seem to get mine around the same time

Re: [lace] Interesting item on eBay web site item# 3285954173: Rare LACEMAKER'S OIL LAMP

2004-04-08 Thread Paul and Dona Bushong
Hi Betty Ann, I also have one of these reproductions from NPS at Jamestown, VA, except that mine has a handle. They are hand blown there at the park and based on originals that were found in the area. The person I spoke to there admitted that these probably we not used as the light source, ie;

[lace] pillow stand (follow-up)

2004-02-24 Thread Paul and Dona Bushong
Wow, this list is great! I had quite a few responses and ideas passed on to me regarding the pillow stand. And Kenn has been a wealth of information-especially considering that he makes and sells these. I was able to take photos and drawings along with some of my pillows, to the person who will

[lace] Fw: Pillow Stands

2004-02-24 Thread Paul and Dona Bushong
Ann asked me to forward this on to the list and I'm glad to do so. It's a great idea. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 1:01 AM Subject: Pillow Stands I have solved the pillow stand thing very inexpensively. I have

[lace] pillow stands

2004-02-22 Thread Paul and Dona Bushong
I have some questions regarding pillow stands. Not the individual kind but the shelf style ones that will hold multiple pillows so that they are stacked one above the other but not on top of each other. Hopefully that's clear. Does anyone know if there are there pictures of these anywhere on the

[lace] An apology to Hannah and Amanda Moad

2004-02-10 Thread Paul and Dona Bushong
I want to write to the list and clear up all the information/misinformation regarding Hannah and Amanda Moad's house. The details have been confirmed and the Moad's did indeed lose their house and all the contents. Now an explanation of how all of this began. Last week after reading Hannah's

[lace] little gimp rings

2004-01-01 Thread Paul and Dona Bushong
Happy New Year to all! I've spent my first day of 2004 making lace so I'm off to a good start. I'm working my way through the Nobecourt/Potin book on Bayeux Lace, Yesterday's Lace for Today, and I've come across a question. How do most of you handle lots of small, separate gimp rings? I've

[lace] Happy Thanksgiving

2003-11-26 Thread Paul and Dona Bushong
Happy Thanksgiving to all-it's already noon on Thursday here on Guam. No parades or football games for us until late tonight and tomorrow. We're off to have Thanksgiving dinner with the single sailors and duty crew on board the USS Frank Cable- my husband's ship. We're thankful to have our

[lace] Bayeux books

2003-11-19 Thread Paul and Dona Bushong
Tamara, Thanks for the quick and full of information, response. I will look into purchasing the Nobecourt book. I do hate to spend quite so much on postage on a book I can only use for a couple of weeks. I found earlier, the same situation while checking into renting books on tape and getting

[lace] Bayeux books

2003-11-18 Thread Paul and Dona Bushong
I'm interested in working on some Bayeux lace. I'm currently living in Guam and have no teacher resources here. I have the book, Dentelle de Bayeux, La...Fouriscot, Mick Salvador, Myleagrave;ne... 1999...French... 45p... Color photographs, diagrams, color-coded technical diagrams, and