[lace] lace-exhibition and new website

2004-05-16 Thread Liduina
Hello everyone, Our lace group celebrated his 20th anniversary last week and on this occasion we had a lace exhibition. We also opened a little website to present our group, which sort of lace we make, our activities and the history of lace in our town (Ath in Belgium), it's only in french but

[lace] Branscombe Point and Tape laces

2004-05-16 Thread Jane Partridge
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Sulochona Chaudhuri [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Who is Tom in Belgium - I have heard mention of his name before as an excellant supplier of B'berg and Branscombe tapes Tom Deleenheer is, or was, managing director of: Louise Verschueren, Real Belgian Lace Manufactory

[lace] Milca Eremiasova book

2004-05-16 Thread Doris O'Neill
The IOLI library now has the book titled Milca Eremiasova: The Language of Lace. Many color photos of this Czech designer's work, plus short essays on her life. In English, Czech, German. IOLI library # H-118. --- Doris O'Neill--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real

Re: [lace] Royal Wedding

2004-05-16 Thread David Collyer
Dear Liz, I had heard, on the radio, that she wore a 100 year old Irish lace veil, and from the picture in the paper, it looks like Carrickmacross. - and a beautiful piece of carrickmacross, too! I hope to see it in full, on the TV news, tonight! I did stay up and watch the wedding and saw all

Re: [lace] lace-exhibition and new website

2004-05-16 Thread Lorri Ferguson
Can you tell us what the lacer is doing in the picture: L'etrange instrument de Dominique in the section 'Dentellieres'. The site is beautiful, and very well done. I wish I could read the captions. Lorri - Original Message - From: Liduina [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace] Suppliers ads

2004-05-16 Thread Lorri Ferguson
Tom Deleenheer is, or was, managing director of: Tom was hounded off the list for occasionally sending emails about the products they had for sale I belong to another list (Knitting) that allows ads on 2 days a month, 1st 15th. The subject line must begin with the work 'ad' and text is kept

[lace] Re: computer problems

2004-05-16 Thread LACEELAIN
Many thanks to all the super nice Arachneans who sent me their email addresses. I've managed now to recreate my address book and back it up. Take care, those of you who might be in the same vulnerable situation that I was in. I've always backed up my main computer, but somehow left the laptop

[lace] Booklets - not lace

2004-05-16 Thread Haddad
Dear Lacers - Please forgive the cross-post, but I accidentally sent it to chat, when it should have come here. Hello all - Since many, if not most, bobbin lacers also have interests and abilities in other gentle arts, I'm offering some booklets here on other arts. They are free, and if

[lace] Re: Royal Wedding

2004-05-16 Thread Jane Viking Swanson
Hi All, I am loving all the pictures from the Royal Wedding!! The Danish TV site Avril sent has lots of the Carrickmacross veil - how beautiful!! And very satisfying to see so many pictures of it, they haven't done so well photographing the lace in some of the other Royal Weddings of the last

[lace] The wedding

2004-05-16 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
The wedding veil is definately Carrickmacross lace. You can see the looped edge, and some guipure- typical of this type of lace. I sent to you privately, David, saying the under panels were of tonder lace - I was wrong, they were the Chantilly lace. The tonder lace was her handkerchief, which

[lace] Re: lace-exhibition and new website

2004-05-16 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On May 16, 2004, at 2:28, Liduina wrote: Our lace group celebrated his 20th anniversary last week But *you* haven't been with the group for all those years, surely; you look *much* too young :) It was good to be able to put another Arachne face to an e-address... The pictures of our exhibition

[lace] Secret pals, next round

2004-05-16 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Dear Spiders A reminder that you have until Wednesday 17th May to send me your request to join the next round of Secret Pal exchanges. Brenda EXPLANATION For the newbies, a Secret Pal is a person you send gifts to anonymously for five months, then reveal your name with the sixth package. You

Re: [lace] Royal Wedding

2004-05-16 Thread Tune
Hi Everyone To answer some questions - Anette, Jaqueline - about the royal wedding in Denmark: 1. The young man standing beside crown prince Frederik was his brother Joachim. The present queen, Margrethe 2nd has only 2 sons, Frederik was born in 1968 and Joachim in 1969. Frederik is therefore next

Re: [lace] Secret pals, next round ?????

2004-05-16 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Oops! It will be Wednesday 19th before I start to finalise the pairings. Brenda On 16 May 2004, at 22:36, Alice Howell wrote: At 11:42 AM 5/16/2004, you wrote: Dear Spiders A reminder that you have until Wednesday 17th May to send me your request to join the next round of Secret Pal exchanges.

[lace-chat] royal wedding

2004-05-16 Thread Dearl Kniskern
hello lacers david said There was apparently some Chantilly somewhere on the outfit - though I couldn't see it. well you couldn't see it because one account said that the chantilly was on her under dress I suppose that is a petticoat but that is the reason you couldn't see it yours in lace

re: [lace-chat] Royal wedding

2004-05-16 Thread Bev Walker
Hi everyone I went to the link that Pene gave - thank you so much - luvverly pictures (everyone loves a bride, yes?) - and the gown - like an upside-down lily...I was particularly intrigued by the curved 'points' of the several pleats - the Carrick. lace headgear was evidently antique but it

[lace-chat] Secret pals, next round

2004-05-16 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Dear Spiders A reminder that you have until Wednesday 17th May to send me your request to join the next round of Secret Pal exchanges. Brenda EXPLANATION For the newbies, a Secret Pal is a person you send gifts to anonymously for five months, then reveal your name with the sixth package. You

[lace-chat] Re: [lace] Royal Wedding

2004-05-16 Thread Tune
Hi Everyone To answer some questions - Anette, Jaqueline - about the royal wedding in Denmark: 1. The young man standing beside crown prince Frederik was his brother Joachim. The present queen, Margrethe 2nd has only 2 sons, Frederik was born in 1968 and Joachim in 1969. Frederik is therefore next

[lace-chat] Re: [lace] Secret pals, next round ?????

2004-05-16 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Oops! It will be Wednesday 19th before I start to finalise the pairings. Brenda On 16 May 2004, at 22:36, Alice Howell wrote: At 11:42 AM 5/16/2004, you wrote: Dear Spiders A reminder that you have until Wednesday 17th May to send me your request to join the next round of Secret Pal exchanges.