Re: [lace] Lace pillow from Hallowell, Maine

Thank you Jeri for another fascinating and informative read. Catherine Barley UK Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo

Re: [lace] Lace pillow from Hallowell, Maine

Dear Devon,     Surely, you have the two books about Ipswich Lace, by Raffel and by Thompson?   Many people relocated to Maine after the American Revolution, because land was available for cultivation and their's was an agrarian society.  Colonial era families needed a lot of land to support th

Re: [lace] Lace pillow question

Hmmm... I'm thinking that Tracy Jackson had bought the company by then. At any rate, her partner makes most of the pillows and stands that she sells. He does a very nice job of reproducing pillows of all types. I've never worked on any of his pillows, so can't comment on that aspect. Clay

[lace] Lace pillow question

  I have a roller pillow that I got from "The Lacemaker" about 10 years ago. It is covered in green velvet with black ribbon going around the opening for the roller and is very well made. It is beautiful! The wood is beautiful and on the back is hand painted flowers in pinks and greens. I have a

RE: [lace] Lace pillow supplier - UK question

You could try SMP Lace http://www.smplace.co.uk/ No connection, just a satisfied customer. Cordially Andrea Cambridge, UK > From: scotl...@aol.com > Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 10:32:14 -0400 > Subject: [lace] Lace pillow supplier - UK question > To: lace@arachne.com > > Do

Re: [lace] Lace pillow supplier - UK question

Thank you everyone for your help. Church Meadow Crafts have exactly what I am looking for - a tray with moveable blocks - and they were the suppliers whose name I was trying unsuccessfully to bring to mind. Patricia in Wales - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing th

Re: [lace] Lace pillow supplier - UK question

Hi Patricia David at Churchmeadowcrafts has them on his website. all 9 blocks are moveable, or you can have a 5 moveable block where the 4 corners are fixed. http://www.churchmeadowcrafts.com/catalogue_page.php?category=pillows Sue in EY On 14 May 2009, at 15:32, scotl...@aol.com wrote: >

Re: [lace] Lace pillow supplier - UK question

On Thu, 14 May 2009 10:32:14 EDT, you wrote: >Does anyone know who in the UK makes square block pillows where all the >blocks move, please? I'm looking for one with blocks of 3 X 3 blocks, with >extra whole blocks and a supply of a half blocks. Hi Patricia - I think David at Church Meadow Cr

[lace] Lace pillow supplier - UK question

Does anyone know who in the UK makes square block pillows where all the blocks move, please? I'm looking for one with blocks of 3 X 3 blocks, with extra whole blocks and a supply of a half blocks. Patricia in Wales scotl...@aol.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com contai

Re: [lace] Lace pillow - Ren Faire

Dear Tamara, Thanks for the info on period lace pillows. I looked at the picture you sent and have decided to use one similar to that. I have a cylindrical pillow (looks like the one from Lori's site http://lace.lacefairy.com/International/BRIANZA.html ) which Debora Lustgarten suggested I

Re: [lace] Lace pillow - Ren Faire

On Jun 1, 2008, at 13:13, Cindy Rusak wrote: Fellow Arachnes, I am demonstrating at a ren faire and would like to know what kind of lace pillow I should be using. I have picked out a couple of patterns from Le Pompe and Gekloppelte Reticella and would like to use a roller pillow but I don't

[lace] Lace pillow - Ren Faire

Fellow Arachnes, I am demonstrating at a ren faire and would like to know what kind of lace pillow I should be using. I have picked out a couple of patterns from Le Pompe and Gekloppelte Reticella and would like to use a roller pillow but I don't know if they were used at that time. I'm aimi

Re: [lace] lace pillow cover

Well done!! It's absolutely beautiful :) The color is just delicious - thank you so much for sharing ! Niamh - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace] lace pillow cover

Dear Dearl, Thanks for the pics. :) The center is Hand Embroidery, and the edge is Hand Crochet. Striking piece! Kate Henry Indiana USA - Original Message - From: "Dearl Kniskern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 9:01 AM Subject: [lace] l

Re: [lace] lace pillow cover

The first webpage listing came up fine for me. Great work, Dearl! Alice in Oregon -- getting ready for a full day of demoing at state fair, and it will be hot --- Sue Babbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dearl got a bit enthusiastic with her posting!! > Consequently the pictures > didn't com

Re: [lace] lace pillow cover

Dearl got a bit enthusiastic with her posting!! Consequently the pictures didn't come up. the following seems to work: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 Wow! It's an amazing pillow cover Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace

[lace] lace pillow cover

dear spiders for those of you who are waiting for the picture I did of the transylvanian lace pillow cover it is now on the lace website http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 under my name dearl knisken hope you enjoy looking at it lik

[lace] lace pillow and stand

Hi all, Finally re-enlisted after several months break, nice to be back, but the list seems very quiet at the moment, everyone getting ready for Christmas or too busy making lace? Have just got home from my lace groups Christmas lunch which was all very pleasant. Anyhow I've just come across

Re: [lace] Lace pillow stand - Book recommendation

In a message dated 8/4/06 11:15:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > My husband has promised to make me a lace pillow stand, the requirement > being > to take an circular18 inch domed pillow and a flat 22 inch pillow. > > Where might I see pictures of choices to help me sh

Re: [lace] Lace pillow stand

When you go on Lace Fairy's site, you'll see Kenn Van Dieren's URL. To go directly to the table site, this is it: http://www.bobbinmaker.com/buildfoldingtable.html That is Kenn Van Dieren's folding table. My friend bought one several years ago and is ever so pleased. Kenn is very generous t

Re: [lace] Lace pillow stand

My husband made a pillow stand for me. He used these plans, with only one minor alteration: http://lace.lacefairy.com/Articles/LaceStand.html I have 2 pictures of my pillow stand on my blog: http://tatt3r-lace.blogspot.com I only have a 22" cookie pillow, but I think a smaller pillow would fi

Re: [lace] Lace pillow maker? on ebay

On 5/26/06, Barbara Joyce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Last summer when I was demonstrating bobbin lace at the Washington State Fair, a woman came up to me almost breathless with enthusiasm. "Look," she said to her friend, "My father used to do that!" I replied, "Your father made bobbin lace?!?!"

Re: [lace] Lace pillow maker? on ebay

> I've met dozens of people when I've been demonstrating > bobbin lace whose grannies did tatting "just like you're doing. Evidently a universal problem: Last summer when I was demonstrating bobbin lace at the Washington State Fair, a woman came up to me almost breathless with enthusiasm. "Look,"

RE: [lace] Lace pillow maker? on ebay

>This is an intriguing description for an item on eBay. Firstly does the >seller really mean "pillow maker"? I think it should read - Lace maker's pillow. > And what is that around the roller? It's a piece of Irish crochet. Well it's lace, and it's on a lace pillow. Could have been tatting

Re: [lace] Lace pillow .../mundillo on ebay

On 5/26/06, Jean Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This is an intriguing ... http://tinyurl.com/fcmw5 This pillow is absolutely adorable. I'm not bidding on it, but I've enjoyed the pictures. thanks for posting the link :) -- Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn.

Re: [lace] Lace pillow maker? on ebay

Thanks Eva. I see someone has told the seller because it is now described as a "RARE ANTIQUE SPANISH MUNDILLO PILLOW LACE MAKER" and the description has been altered. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [lace] Lace pillow maker? on ebay

--- Jean Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > This is an intriguing description for an item on > ebay. It is a spanish "mundillo", a pillow based on the french pillows, not used by professional lacemakers, but by ladies who made lace for their dowry or the church. Original retail $350.00

[lace] Lace pillow maker? on ebay

This is an intriguing description for an item on ebay. Firstly does the seller really mean "pillow maker"? Secondly, where in England would it have been used? I always thought it was the large bolster for Bucks point or Bedfordshire, or the small ball-shaped Honiton pillows that were used - any

Re: [lace] Lace Pillow Stand

Hi Penny You may mean this one on the net - go to the end and click on Printable version :) http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/4137/47329 Jenny Brandis Kununurra, Western Australia If you learn from mistakes, why aren't I a genius? No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-

Re: [lace] Lace Pillow Stand

You probably mean mine. The pictures are here: http://vole.stanford.edu/images/bobbin_lace/equipment/stand I'm still waiting for Cathy Belleville to get back to me on whether I can post the measurements and such - the stand was made by her husband, but he no longer makes them now. Weronika On

[lace] Lace Pillow Stand

I think that a short time ago there was a posting about a pillow stand that was very popular at the IOLI Convention. There were pictures and instructions on making it. I must have deleted it. If anyone has this information could you please send it to me, or post the information again. Thanks,

[lace] lace pillow on eBay

Here's an interesting pillow. Too bad the shipping would be too much for me. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=19319&item=8199557228&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW Sumac in southern Vermont, USA www.sumac.us www.sover.net/~sumac - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] contai

Re: [lace] lace pillow storage

Elaine, I'd be concerned about using plastic of any kind to store pillow or lace - not just the off gassing, but also trapping moisture inside with the possibility of mold, mildew, etc. I've managed to save the carton my pillows came in or stumbled on one that would work, so I can pretty much pac

re: [lace] lace pillow storage

Hello Elaine and everyone I would agree with the conservator that your zippered plastic storage bags probably aren't good for long term storage - but if you need to store your pillows in something, they will do. I suggest taking them out occasionally to air, or leave the bags open, to offset any g

[lace] lace pillow storage

I have been storing pillows in the square plastic bags that sheets sets come in. They have zipper closures However, the textile conservator that spoke at The Lace Museum last spring was not happy about this choice and felt that there would be off gassing from the plastic. Does anyone have a

[lace] Lace Pillow Survey

This is so interesting to see everyone's replies and I did a quick count up of mine and realised that I have many more than I first thought and I am not sure I should admit to just how many! .. and it is not because I do so much lace that I need different sizes of pillows etc, etc, but beca

Re: [lace] Lace Pillow Survey

nday, July 18, 2004 1:34 AM Subject: Fw: [lace] Lace Pillow Survey > - Original Message - > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Elizabeth Ligeti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 12:33 AM > Subject: Re: [lace] Lace Pillow Survey > > &g

[lace] Lace Pillow Survey

Hi Spiders, I've been following the thread of the survey and replied privately to Ruth Budge about the sawdust pillow queries. >Shirely, do you have trouble with dust coming from the sawdust pillow?? Nope, never had any trouble whatsoever with dust coming from the pillow

Re: [lace] Lace Pillow Survey

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonderhas anyone else who owns his pillows had any "dusty" experiences? I have a Simon Toustou pillow and so have many of our group. I have never seen or heard of any problem of his pillows leaking dust or sawdust. Malvary in Ottawa - To unsubscribe send email

Re: [lace] Lace Pillow Survey

In a message dated 07/19/2004 5:35:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: <<.saw dust that comes from treated wood for decks, for instance, from that that comes from untreated wood. The treatment to the wood makes the saw dust cancer causing >> Hello all, If the wood r

Re: [lace] Lace Pillow Survey

In a message dated 7/18/2004 6:39:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Shirely, do you have trouble with dust coming from the sawdust pillow?? Somebody here had one, and commented on that feature of hers...she resorted to vacumning it between uses, then discovered after a while

Re: [lace] Lace Pillow Survey

Shirely, do you have trouble with dust coming from the sawdust pillow?? Somebody here had one, and commented on that feature of hers...she resorted to vacumning it between uses, then discovered after a while that she was vacumning the filling out of her pillow!!! Remember that the rain will be a

[lace] Lace Pillow Survey

Hi Liz, I hope for your sake, that Helen *does* come and pick up her straw pillow :-) You jogged my memory about the typewriter mats.. :-) I still have my old IBM Selectric Golfball somewhere and I'm trying to remember if it still has its original felt mat or has it go

Re: Fw: [lace] Lace Pillow Survey

ly no hard, lumpy bits. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia, the proud owner of two horsehair pillows). [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:- Original Message - From: To: "Elizabeth Ligeti" Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 12:33 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Lace Pillow Survey > Ok..that is the

Fw: [lace] Lace Pillow Survey

- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Elizabeth Ligeti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 12:33 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Lace Pillow Survey > Ok..that is the second person who mentioned horsehair pillows...will someone > expl

[lace] Lace Pillow Survey

I have 2 large Straw-filled cookie pillows - 24inch diameter. (A couple of hours of "blood, sweat, and tears" to make each one, but they will last forever!). I also have a beaut 18inch Horsehair cookie pillow, a single sided Honiton pillow, a small Travel pillow, a larger roller pillow ( thick felt

[lace] Lace Pillow Survey

I've been enjoying this thread and the one about UFO's. I have one ufo that I got so fed up with that after 5 years I removed it from the pillow with the justification that I could always repin it and finish it (haha) I have four cookie pillows one of which is full of straw I think. It is much he

[lace] Lace pillow

Hi all - Last year I saw a pillow made of a cut-down cupboard drawer! It made it handy for carrying, and provided a good angle for the work. At that time, I didn't have any spare cupboard drawers handy (!!) - now after kitchen renos I do, but can't quite remember the details. Can anyone help