Re: [lace] What is the biggest and the hardest piece of lace you have eve...

2014-01-16 Thread J D Hammett
Hi Clay and fellow Arachnids, You are much admired Clay for taking on such a difficult piece. If it is the lace I think it is the diagram may run to 4 pages, this is a piece of Binche lace is VERY fine and intricate. I saw a series of ten or twelve pieces like this in Brugge a few years

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2014-01-16 Thread Clay Blackwell
Thank you, Jopie! Yes, I suspect you are thinking of the right pieces of lace! I worked another piece in the group last year, and a photo is also in my Flickr set. The diagram is printed on a large (A) sheet of paper which, when folded, is A-4. In spite of the large size of the paper, it

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2014-01-15 Thread Gray, Alison J
That's a really sweet thought, Jeri, trouble is her birthday is on February 13! I was thinking that if I do retire before my colleague I will make something for my other 3 co-workers. They won't know how much work goes into each piece. Alison Dear Allison, I was admiring your lace bunnies

[lace] What is the biggest and the hardest piece of lace you have eve...

2014-01-15 Thread Clay Blackwell
This isn't the biggest piece of lace I've ever worked, but it is right up there with the hardest!! I made a major mistake or two back in October, and pretty much walked away. But having gotten the Brochures for Lace at Sweet Briar in the mail, I was inspired to get back to work on this

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2014-01-15 Thread Sue Babbs
We look forward to seeing it finished and framed at Sweet Briar this year. Sue suebabbs...@gmail.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 site:

Re: [lace] What is the biggest and the hardest piece of lace you have eve...

2014-01-15 Thread Clay Blackwell
Good luck on that one!!! But lace makers at LASB may be there when I do actually finish it... Now that must make everyone rush to sign up!!! (VERY big grin!) Clay Sent from my iPad On Jan 15, 2014, at 6:19 PM, Sue Babbs suebabbs...@gmail.com wrote: We look forward to seeing it finished