Re: [lace] Commemorative poppies for the Australian War memorial in Canberra

2018-01-18 Thread Sue Babbs
I have enlarged the pattern by 20%, and am working the first one in perle 5!!! which fills this space nicely, and should produce poppies with 4 leaves in the the size that is required (8-9cm). I am using 20 gauge artistic wire in burgundy with 1 thread of perle 5 to make the edge pair. I have

[lace] Commemorative poppies for the Australian War memorial in Canberra

2018-01-18 Thread Susan
Hello All! Not that I know the slightest thing about making a poppy from Janice Blair’s patten—but is there any possibility that it could be worked over DMC Memory Thread? Like a tiny frame? This product comes in red & I have used it as the coarse thread/gimp in Mirecourt. It would add body

Re: [lace] commemorative poppies for the Australian War Memorial in Canberra

2017-08-27 Thread Anna Binnie
On 28/8/17 10:32 am, robinl...@socal.rr.com wrote: I didn't see anything in the instructions about putting stems on the 5,000 (website figure) or 62,000 (Sue's figure). Too bad they don't want bobbin lace poppies, too. Oh you can make bobbin lace poppies, our local community celebrations

Re: [lace] commemorative poppies for the Australian War Memorial in Canberra

2017-08-27 Thread robinlace
I didn't see anything in the instructions about putting stems on the 5,000 (website figure) or 62,000 (Sue's figure). Too bad they don't want bobbin lace poppies, too. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com Parvum leve mentes capiunt (Little things amuse little minds)

Re: [lace] commemorative poppies for the Australian War Memorial in Canberra

2017-08-27 Thread Anna Binnie
Just a little bit of background. In 2015 when local communities around Australia were producing poppies to commemorate the Centenary of ANZAC it was being said that the War memorial in Canberra wanted to collect all the poppies produced by the different communities and would plant them all in

[lace] commemorative poppies for the Australian War Memorial in Canberra

2017-08-27 Thread Sue Babbs
I have just been told about this project to create commemorative poppies, and thought I’d post it in case anyone wants to participate: https://5000poppies.wordpress.com/ Here’s a quick intro from the website: we are in the throes of planning our final installation at the Australian War