[lace] Interesting item on eBay

2010-07-12 Thread Diana Smith
Another intriguing ?lace? item on eBay No 280531829911. Any thoughts anyone? Diana in Northants (where just a few - much needed - drops of rain are falling) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

Re: [lace] Interesting item on eBay

2010-07-12 Thread Brenda Paternoster
What will they think of next to describe as a lacemakers' xx This one looks like the lid of an old school desk! Another intriguing ?lace? item on eBay No 280531829911. Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.me.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the

Re: [lace] Pierrefeu Lace Couvige

2010-07-12 Thread Agnes Boddington
Hi Sof Thanks for posing that link to the photos. From East Yorkshire in England where we have some welcome rain. Agnes Boddington http://picasaweb.google.com/jean.leader/PierrefeuCouvige10 . - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

[lace] new posting on Archives

2010-07-12 Thread tess parrish
Two little books have just been posted on the professor's Archives. See http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/this-month.html They are very small and may only be of interest to those who are researching lacemakers in the US. One of them lists all the names that the author could find

[lace] Storing bookmarks

2010-07-12 Thread Miriam
Before the list goes completely quite and some of you are off to Japan, I decided to start this thread. What do you do with the bookmarks you make? Do you give them away, do you save them. How do you store them? Whenever I finish a larger project and have too much thread left on my

Re: [lace] Storing bookmarks

2010-07-12 Thread Agnes Boddington
Hi Miriam Like you I keep some of the bookmarks, put them in a plstic bookmark cover, and use them in my lace books. Others I give away as presents. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK What do you do with the bookmarks you make? Do you give them away, do you save them. How do you store them?

Re: [lace] Interesting item on eBay

2010-07-12 Thread Nancy Neff
I think it may be an old writing desk, since the open side is at the hinged end. From: Brenda Paternoster paternos...@appleshack.com What will they think of next to describe as a lacemakers' xx This one looks like the lid of an old school desk! Another

Re: [lace] Storing bookmarks

2010-07-12 Thread David C COLLYER
Dear Miriam, I will always treasure the beautiful one you gave me - must have been back in the late 90s I reckon!! You worked my name into it - remember? David in Ballarat Whenever I finish a larger project and have too much thread left on my bobbins, I use the surplus up making a

Re: [lace] Interesting item on eBay

2010-07-12 Thread Ruth Rocker
The first thing I thought of was the top of an old treadle sewing machine. On 7/12/2010 9:45 AM, Nancy Neff wrote: I think it may be an old writing desk, since the open side is at the hinged end. From: Brenda Paternoster paternos...@appleshack.com What

Re: [lace] Storing bookmarks

2010-07-12 Thread Susie Rose
Hello to One All! Bookmarks...Ive made hundreds of them! Probably well over 5 or 600. Im a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism, SCA, since 1975. Its because of them that I discovered bobbin lace making. I would make them in our kingdom, Caid, colors, blve silver. Or if we have

Re: [lace] Interesting item on eBay

2010-07-12 Thread Susan Reishus
Another intriguing lace item on eBay No 280531829911? What is used to hold fields/backgrounds/foundations when motifs/medallions are applied afterwards (vs. the fields being worked with the motifs)?  I don't see the hinge someone else did, but it is propped or askew, so could imply such?  The

Re: [lace] Storing bookmarks

2010-07-12 Thread lacelady
Many of my bookmarks are made for a specific purpose and given away. I often keep one of a style and put it on my demo display board. No matter how many I make, it seems like I'm always short of one when I have an occasion to use one as a gift. Storage is not a problem. The rare time I have

RE: [lace] Storing bookmarks

2010-07-12 Thread Karen Zammit Manduca
What do you do with the bookmarks you make? Do you give them away, do you save them. How do you store them? Miriam In a very hot Arad, Israel Well, to be honest I haven't made so many bookmarks as I'm usually too busy doing other things, but I do find it very hard to give away a piece

Re: [lace] Storing bookmarks

2010-07-12 Thread bev walker
Hi Miriam and everyone Fun questions! Bookmarks are a nice project for bobbin lace. They don't take long and one pattern can be made variously. As it happens, one of my favourite patterns is a Torchon design by Miriam which we published in Canadian Lacemaker Gazette a while back. I made probably

re [lace] Storing bookmarks

2010-07-12 Thread Sue
What a lovely idea, using up thread that way, I have used up bits on smaller projects like christmas baubles but rarely bookmarks. I have made quite a few bookmarks, just because I like the patterns but most have been given away. I have also been given a couple and like Agnes I use them in

[lace] Miriam's bookmarks

2010-07-12 Thread bev walker
Hi everyone As promised, I have posted a photo of the bookmarks I made, from a pattern by Miriam Gidron, and two others of my own design. http://laaacing.blogspot.com The post is 'Varie-ous Bookmarks' - there is another post, showing the mat I made from a pattern by Jane Partridge. -- Bev in

[lace] A Summer Postcard Swap

2010-07-12 Thread Lorri Ferguson
Just a note to let Pene and Janet Theaker know I received my Post Card Sway card late last week. The card is from Bulgaria where Janet ( company) were vacationing. Several lovely pictures of the country, how I wish I could visit too. Lorri F - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com

[lace] Bev's bookmarks

2010-07-12 Thread Lorelei Halley
Bev I much enjoyed seeing your torchon in color, both bookmarks and mats. Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com

[lace] Bookmarks

2010-07-12 Thread Clive Betty Rice
Dear David, In that same vein, I recall several years ago when Arachne had a bookmark exchange. I sent my pardner, she was in California, two bookmarks, one bobbin lace and one tatted. I got nothing in return and after I posted that message on the List, you, Dear David, sent me a beautiful

Re: [lace] Interesting item on eBay

2010-07-12 Thread robinlace
Brenda Paternoster paternos...@appleshack.com wrote: What will they think of next to describe as a lacemakers' xx This one looks like the lid of an old school desk! Perhaps a cutting board (for bread, etc.)? Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com - To