[lace] beading traditional Danish bobbins

2004-08-13 Thread Weronika Patena
Hello! I just got some Danish bobbins on eBay, and they have round bulbs with a hollowed-out stripe through the middle (I don't think you can look them up on eBay, since the auctions are over, but one of the sellers had a webpage: http://home.tiscali.dk/gjensen/, I got six B-3S and six B-3L from

Re: [lace] spider material

2004-08-13 Thread Clay Blackwell
Hi Lynn - Find a quilt shop in your area. They have fall and Holiday fabrics out now - after all, if you want a quilt in the fall, you have to make it now!! If you google for quilt shops online, you'll find tons of them... and most feature fall fabrics right now. Clay - Original Message

[lace] Danish bobbins

2004-08-13 Thread Jean Nathan
Weronika wrote: (I don't think you can look them up on eBay, since the auctions are over, Yes you can. By clicking on the advanced search tab on the search page, you can search for items which have finished. By doing that I got four lots of Danish bobbins. As three of them attracted no bids, and

Re: [lace] Danish bobbins

2004-08-13 Thread Jean Nathan
The bidders IDs show up in the bid history - and you haven't hidden your identity under a pseudonym. Did you know that Kleinhout in Holland sell bobbins of several countries, including Danish? Several of us have dealt with them very satisfactorily. They sell lace stamps for stamp collectors as

[lace] pins

2004-08-13 Thread JSyzygy
I am working on a Chantilly fan and I am thinking about pins. None of my lace books talk about this subject. I have three boxes of pins: 38 x .40 mm long and thin 30 x .50 mm -- my usual -- 17 x .45 mm short and thin Recall that Chantilly is a you can never have too

[lace] 16th century bobbin on ebay???

2004-08-13 Thread Clay Blackwell
Hello Spiders! I came across the following on ebay today: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=114item=6112829488 Now, I must say I'm VERY skeptical. (1) 16th century? says who?? This is an awfully sophisticated turning for a bobbin used in an art form which was merely

Re: [lace] beading traditional Danish bobbins

2004-08-13 Thread Paul and Dona Bushong
Weronika wrote: I just got some Danish bobbins on eBay, and they have round bulbs with a hollowed-out stripe through the middle... Are those stripes there to put beads in them like I've seen on traditional Danish bobbins? If so, how do I do it? Are there instructions online somewhere? Hi

RE: [lace] pins

2004-08-13 Thread Panza, Robin
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Method might be relevant, so I say that I am using a big octogonal block pillowThe bobbins, all spangled Midlands, lie flat on my pillow while I work( ie hands-down). First of all, the threads looping over the top of the pins. Part of the

[lace] Hanging bobbin on ebay

2004-08-13 Thread Jean Nathan
Well, it sold for over GBP 108. Sorry, but I want a lot more than one bobbin for that amount of money. Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] danish beaded bobbins

2004-08-13 Thread Whitham
Hi Weronika, I use the danish beaded bobbins and all I did was to use beading thread. Most of mine are 2 colours of beads and I used either white or black beading thread. I threaded enough bead to go around, tied a knot , took one thread and went one way through the bead, the other other thread

[lace] Re: pins

2004-08-13 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Aug 13, 2004, at 16:42, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Julie in Baltimore) wrote: I am working on a Chantilly fan and I am thinking about pins.[...] I decided to use the long and thin pins for the figures and my usual pins for the ground. Not Chantilly, but... When I took a class (with Pompi Parry) in