RE: [lace] Pattern drawing software

2013-06-15 Thread jo
Hello Ruth The website of Easy-lace seems still alive. I made some adjustments to http://bobbin-lace.wikispaces.com/design+software+compared but I might not have all the details right from the description page, could you fill me in on the question marks and other details I missed. For example is

Fw: [lace] Pattern drawing software

2013-06-15 Thread Sue
Just to add my bit to this conversation, I have the Easy Lace program which could be sold on to an interested buyer, as I no longer use it, but I have been using Lace 2000 which has been improved upon by 2 further updates which I love and use a lot. No axe to grind and just a user, someone who

Re: Fw: [lace] Pattern drawing software

2013-06-15 Thread Bev Walker
FWIW I have had Easy Lace for a long time and it is perfect for my purposes, part drawing tool part hobby software. We tried to locate the developer not long ago and as mentioned the company is no longer in business even though the website is still up. On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 12:58 AM, Sue

RE: [lace] Pattern drawing software

2013-06-15 Thread Ruth Budge
thelacema...@optusnet.com.au -Original Message- From: jo [mailto:yhgr@xs4all.nl] Sent: Saturday, 15 June 2013 4:51 PM To: 'Ruth Budge'; lace@arachne.com Subject: RE: [lace] Pattern drawing software Hello Ruth The website of Easy-lace seems still alive. I made some adjustments to http

[lace] Pattern drawing software

2013-06-14 Thread jo
@Liz You can find several overviews in the software section of http://bobbin-lace.wikispaces.com Perhaps more than you might want to know yet. @all spiders If anyone sees out of date information, please join and update. @Anna Couldn't you share some of your templates, why let

RE: [lace] Pattern drawing software

2013-06-14 Thread Ruth Budge
You can find several overviews in the software section of http://bobbin-lace.wikispaces.com . The information is just a little bit out of date, I'm afraid.Lace RXP was replaced by Lace8 a year ago and Easy Lace went out of business about three years ago. Knipling is good for the more

Re: [lace] Pattern drawing software

2013-06-14 Thread Anna Binnie
On 15/06/13 7:13 AM, jo wrote: @Anna Couldn’t you share some of your templates, why let others reinvent the wheels? I shared my baby steps on http://bobbin-lace.wikispaces.com/software+reviews but never tried to walk the lane any further. @spiders using http://www.gimp.org I just wrote a

[lace] pattern drawing software

2013-06-13 Thread Liz and Ken Roberts
Thank you everyone for all the great suggestions for pattern making software. What a great lace community this is! I had no idea there could be that many options and I will definitely try them all out. Liz in sunny and humid Missouri where we frequently have weather you can wear. - To

Re: [lace] Pattern drawing software

2013-06-12 Thread Anna Binnie
On 12/06/13 11:28 AM, Liz and Ken Roberts wrote: I will have a great opportunity through my employer to explore/learn any of several hundred different computer software programs over a week's time. Besides Excel (and its formula mysteries) I thought I would check out any possible programs that

Re: [lace] Pattern drawing software

2013-06-12 Thread Brenda Paternoster
I would say go for Adobe Illustrator - it's an industry standard program for all sorts of drawing needs and once you have a basic grid drawn it can be used for lace including all the bending and distorting you can think of. Brenda On 12 Jun 2013, at 02:28, Liz and Ken Roberts wrote: I will

[lace] Pattern drawing software

2013-06-11 Thread Liz and Ken Roberts
I will have a great opportunity through my employer to explore/learn any of several hundred different computer software programs over a week's time. Besides Excel (and its formula mysteries) I thought I would check out any possible programs that could be used for bobbin lace pattern making. Does