[lace] update

2011-12-31 Thread Jenny Brandis
UPDATE I have just uploaded 4 more pictures so the total online are 333! Speaking of which, don't forget to refresh the page when you go to see the new ones, your browser will remember the old page otherwise :-) Just a few more to come in so if you have received any of those, please

[lace] Varied and Sundry

2011-12-31 Thread Susan Reishus
Cheer detergent will avoid most bleeding, and if there is some, you can use Whink Stain Remover.  (If left on color for a long time, it could fade a tad)  I have used it to remove fuchsia stamp pad ink from my white leather furniture as if magic.  If it was heat dried, then difficult, but then

Re: [lace] statistics from the Arachne card exchanges

2011-12-31 Thread Beth McCasland
Jenny, Thank you for posting the cards! To all the Arachne members who made them - They're lovely! I have got to participate next year!! (famous last words) ;-) Beth McCasland Seattle, Washington, USA where the sun is shining today!! - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com

[lace] Varied and sundry

2011-12-31 Thread Jean Nathan
Susan wrote: Cheer detergent will avoid most bleeding, and if there is some, you can use Whink Stain Remover. Presumably these are products available in the US. Got no idea what they are apart from a detergent, of which there are many, and a stain remover, again there are many types. We all

Re: [lace] Doris Southard

2011-12-31 Thread Barbara Engle.
Me, too, Loreleiabout 1972/3, we first made contact. Such a sharing and loving person. She taught me more than lace. I knew when I heard her sons voice that the inevitable had happened. She was a wonderful friend, as well as mentor Fondly Barbara Engle Sent from my iPa On

[lace] Mom's obituary and arrangemetns

2011-12-31 Thread Doris Southard
http://www.dahlfuneralhome.com/obit/obitlist.php Doris A. Southard Print-Friendly http://www.dahlfuneralhome.com/obit/printfriendly.php?obitid=1615 SERVICE: 10:30 am Tuesday, January 3, 2011, at Stout Gospel Hall, Stout, Iowa VISITATION: 4-7:00 pm Monday at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof

[lace] Varied and sundry

2011-12-31 Thread Jane Partridge
In message 3F9EA2A34D524934A7A00A25D30B3FFE@yourb45be3bb8c, Jean Nathan j...@nathan54.freeserve.co.uk writes Susan wrote: Cheer detergent will avoid most bleeding, and if there is some, you can use Whink Stain Remover. Presumably these are products available in the US. Got no idea what they

Re: [lace] Varied and sundry (Cheer detergent)

2011-12-31 Thread robinlace
-- Jean Nathan j...@nathan54.freeserve.co.uk wrote: What is particular about Cheer that it will avoid bleeding? Cheer brand laundry detergent makes the claim and (I assume) Sue has tried it if she endorses it. I'm sure whatever allows the company to make this claim is part of its

[lace] Irma Osterman and Doris Southard

2011-12-31 Thread Karen Thompson
How sad to hear of the passing of both Doris Southard and Irma Osterman. These two exceptional lacemakers will be sorely missed. We have all learned much from them, directly or indirectly through their students. I had the fortune of knowing and learning directly from both of them. Doris Southard

[lace] Happy new year

2011-12-31 Thread Daphne Martin
Hello everyone Happy New Year to you all from Norwich England. I hope you get a lot of lacemaking done next year. Daphne Martin - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.

Re: [lace] making lace with my granddaughter

2011-12-31 Thread Janis Savage
Dear Rose and spiders I just have to join in and tell you that I also have a 7 year old granddaughter (she will be 8 in February) who has just become a lacemaker. She and her little sister came to stay in early December and I took them to a lace day with me. I did not get any of my own lace

[lace] Cheer detergent ingredients

2011-12-31 Thread bev walker
I went a-googling and found: Cheer brand detergent contains: Fragrance(s)/perfume(s), Color protection/processing agent, Color safe oxygen bleach (sodium perborate and bleach activator),Sodium sulfate anhydrous,Cleaning agent(s),Colorant/Pigment/Dye(s),Fabric whitening agent(s),Sodium silicates

[lace] Sad deaths

2011-12-31 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
I am very sorry to hear of the passing of Doris and Irma. Although I only know them by name, it is sad to hear their wonderful skills, teaching abilities, etc are gone forever. Also Steve the bobbin maker. Greetings and a Happy New Year to everyone. I hope 2012 will be a good year - and

[lace] Lace2000 and Lace R-XP files

2011-12-31 Thread Jenny Brandis
I am sure I am not the only person who has either of these programs on their computer. One of the great things with this software is the ability to design an element ONCE, save it and have it available to be used in every pattern you design from then on. Think about that, never have to redraw

[lace] Conservation advice - do no harm (Long - but read it!)

2011-12-31 Thread Jeriames
Now that I've stopped giggling, Robin, would all the holdouts who have been reading my warnings from the very beginning of _Arachne_ (mailto:Lace@Arachne) hear loud and clear: Learn how to take care of precious textiles - you'll find many of my memos in our archives:

RE: [lace] Lace2000 and Lace R-XP files

2011-12-31 Thread Ruth Budge
Or you can buy a disc of the motifs, already drawn up, neatly filed in folders which automatically installs into your RXP programme. Ruth thelacema...@optusnet.com.au -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Jenny Brandis Sent:

Re: [lace-chat] Rock throwing

2011-12-31 Thread David C COLLYER
Gosh Liz, when we were kids I got a hiding for merely pointing the hose on to the cars from the top of a nearby cutting. I never did that again!! David in Ballarat, AUS It amazes me how many stupid ways these kids dream up to cause injury or death ot others. What is the world coming to?