Hi Jean,
Just go ahead and do what you want to do. Nothing would progress if
somebody hadn't tried it first. But if my memory serves me correctly,
there was some machine embroidery in the Myth and Mystery exhibition;
was there actually a class for it? I am pretty sure Deborah Robinson
entered
Hello, Jean.
It sounds like you know what you're doing, for sure, and are wanting to
expand into some more experimental/modern techniques. Nothing wrong
with that, surely! I've seen some lovely art laces made into sculpture
using metals and such, so why not go for it?
The only constraint that
Now I am being told that this is not right I am doing
something that was not done during the period that
Stumpwork was made in England.
I can see someone saying this if you were entering a Re-create the
1650s competition, but there has been such a lot of modern stumpwork
done that I think you
This brings up the question of purity and naming. If I use some Cluny
techniques on a Beds pattern, is it still Beds? If I use torchon ground on
a Bucks grid, is that Bucks point lace? If I mix crochet stitches in with
detached buttonhole, is that needlelace?
I agree that mixing techniques can
In a message dated 9/2/04 5:40:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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I am doing
something that was not done during the period that
Stumpwork was made in England. Why not? Surely we
need to progress with what ever we are doing, not
stand still. The person I was speaking
This brings up the question of purity and naming. If I use some Cluny
techniques on a Beds pattern, is it still Beds? If I use torchon ground on
a Bucks grid, is that Bucks point lace? If I mix crochet stitches in with
detached buttonhole, is that needlelace?
My comment:
Artists often use
In a message dated 02/09/2004 16:18:08 GMT Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
This brings up the question of purity and naming. If I use some Cluny
techniques on a Beds pattern, is it still Beds? If I use torchon ground on
a Bucks grid, is that Bucks point lace? If I mix crochet
