[lace] Re: Coats Silk thread

2015-03-25 Thread janefr...@gmail.com
I was in JoAnne Fabrics yesterday and came across some small spools of Coats silk thread. ¬ÝThe label reads Coats 100% Seta Reale and 80m-nr100 made in Hungary. I did not see it in the Threads for Lace Edition 5 book but maybe it will be in the new Edition. ¬ÝHow does it compare in

Re: [lace] Eye of the Needle - Feller, Goodhart, Witney

2014-08-19 Thread janefr...@gmail.com
Dear Jeri, When I wrote my email, I felt sure that you would know of the Fellers - and must surely have the books, but it was late and I was tired and not up to searching the archives. Thank you for the URL. This time I've bookmarked the search page. Nor did I have time to look around the

[lace] Eye of the Needle

2014-08-13 Thread janefr...@gmail.com
Hi All, I'm just back from the Eye of the Needle exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (UK). Perhaps its because I'm a lace maker not an embroiderer but - Wow! The exhibition is of embroidery from the Feller collection. I've no idea who Elizabeth and Micheal Feller are, but they have a

[lace] Milanese Books (Read Kincaid)

2014-04-17 Thread janefr...@gmail.com
Hi All, For anyone interested in Milanese lace, I have some insider information. I have, in my hand, a letter from Anova Books, the company that owns the Batsford imprint. They are about to add the Read Kincaid books to their Print on Demand service and also make them available as ebooks.

[lace] Re: Stunned

2014-02-13 Thread janefr...@gmail.com
Hi All, Thank you for all the comments. Devon, you're quite right. I gave the pattern to the Lace Magazine so that others could enjoy seeing the lace and making it for themselves. I have no problem with that and its very nice to think that someone enjoyed making and having it. I suppose its

[lace] Stunned

2014-02-12 Thread janefr...@gmail.com
How do I feel about this? How *should* I feel about this? I don't know - apart from feeling completely stunned! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STUNNING-VINTAGE-HONITON-LACE-PICTURE-HAND-MADE-IN- SCOTLAND-TERN-SEA-BIRD-NICE-/400605011027 This is a beautiful vintage HONITON LACE of a bird in flight I

[lace] floral bucks point patterns

2014-01-06 Thread janefr...@gmail.com
Hi All, If you want Bucks Point patterns with the 'wow' factor, why not look through your back copies of 'Lace'? What do you mean - you're not a member?! This is why we're members ;-) ! Lace 16/27 included a pretty edging from C.C.Channers 'Lacemaking Point Ground' along with an edging from