There’s also Sandi Woods’ book Alphabet Inspirations (available from Holly van
Sciver and through Amazon), and a French book called Abecedaire, available from
Barbara Fay Verlag
(
http://www.barbara-fay.de/j2/index.php/en/component/virtuemart/bobbin-lace/ab%C3%A9c%C3%A9daire-detail?Itemid=0
)
Well I did give our names, but the two ladies were pretty busy when we
arrived. Is Beryl Millard the lady who won the bookmark with her triangle
bookmark? I never thought to have mentioned Arachne when I spoke to Mary
Tate who we rang to ask informatin about it before hand.
We never quite kno
Sue,
Why didn't you introduce yourself at reception and ask if Eve Morton, Beryl
Millard, Liz Pass or me were there? We all were. Eve's on the committee. Would
have been great to meet you.
What you bought was a Chinese pincushion, but they're not really practical.
They come with various number of
It sounds like a close relation of the circular pincushion with little chinese
people all round the sides I bought several years ago, and don't use because
it bends all my lace pins!
Mine was definitely described as a pincushion wherever it was I bought it!
Beth
in Cheshire, NW England where th
2 weeks ago I went to my first ever lace day in Poole in Dorset. The
chauffeur, DH, and I enjoyed it very much with a look round drooling at
bobbins, threads and all manner of wonderful things. The talk was really
good, we had Carol McFadzean there talking about the lost lace of Devon,
(Devon Tr
It's chemical lace - embroidery (done with a Schiffli or similar
machine) using cotton thread onto acetate fabric which was then
dissolved away chemically leaving only the cotton embroidery thread.
Brenda
On 9 Aug 2005, at 20:42, Alice Howell wrote:
At 12:30 PM 8/9/2005, you wrote:
I found
For sure it isn't Cluny or any other bobbin lace. In my opinion it is
Ätzspitze - chemical lace what is embroidery lace made by a machine on
a ground which will burn down after wards by chemical, caustic soda. In
Europe are two famous places Plauen in Germany and St. Gallen in
Switzerland. I gu
At 12:30 PM 8/9/2005, you wrote:
I found this lace on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6199308160&rd=1
I emailed the vendor telling her it's not bobbin lace, but I'm not sure
what it is, and she asked me for identification help after I emailed her
with the correction. C
I found this lace on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6199308160&rd=1
I emailed the vendor telling her it's not bobbin lace, but I'm not sure what it
is, and she asked me
for identification help after I emailed her with the correction. Can anyone
help?
Weronika
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