Good morning All,
here is the information about the book 'Ma's Lace' which I have been
able to find. It is about the War Lace produced in Belgium during the
first world War.
the book has been printed privately by the family in small numbers. (We
have been trying to tell them that there would
Yesterday, Gunnel and I and our Assistant Director at the Ratti put the
final two pieces of lace from the last box of lace from the Textile Study Room
into a storage location. With this act, we have finally finished unpacking all
the 5000 pieces of lace that were packed for the move from the
Dear Tamara
Threads from Pipers can be ordered direct from the website or from a
particular dealer in Geelong. They only take about 5 days from the UK though.
When was the last time you'd ordered? g I ordered a batch on
Sunday/Monday and was told that the delivery date *within UK* is 21 days;
Well, I have spent a bit of time looking at the catalogue today. There
are soome beautifull bobbins for sale.
The estimated prices are on the high side (IMHO) but the quality of the
bobbins are very good indeed.
The apparent emphisis on the Joseph Haskins bobbins is very
understandable; both
Sherri,
pillows: If you're in the U.S., I'd order the one and only pillow from
Snowgoose (snowgoose.com). It's a cookie pillow with inserts, so you have
the advantage of both, lot's of space of a cookie, and a roller/bolster
pillow for making strips of lace without having to unpin and move the
Well, I have spent a bit of time looking at the catalogue
today. There
are soome beautifull bobbins for sale.
Would you mind letting us know (again) how to find these
pictures? I tried when the subject first came up and
stopped when I had to register or something... is this
still necessary?
Hi Spiders All,
Yes - it is still available! When my children were younger, we all used to
haunt all the relatively local churches - and those not-so-local - to go
brass-rubbing, and now, twenty-odd years later, I am doing the same with my
young grandsons - the grand-daughter at three is still
At 06:49 AM 11/20/2004, you wrote:
If you're in the U.S., I'd order the one and only pillow from
Snowgoose (snowgoose.com). ..
The savings on the pillow is that it isn't covered, but it comes with
instructions and I think all you need is a glue gun.
NO, no, no, no! No Glue Gun!!! It
In a message dated 11/20/04 7:08:34 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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Just to get you in the Christmas spirit and perhaps give some inspiration
for some lace designs, I thought you might like to take a look at this site.
http://www.jettefroelich.dk/jettefroelichdes.html
I
To see the lots, go to www.antiquestradegazette.com
You will need to register to see the lots. When you do a Lot search, I
found using just the term bobbins seemed most effective to see the bobbins,
even though it brings up some non lace related items . Using lace as a
search term cut out some
In a message dated 11/20/2004 1:04:10 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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About 40 years ago, a lady gave the Metropolitan Museum in New York a
collection of antique hand-carved Neapolitan (Italian) angels and figures
walking to
visit the Christ Child in the Manger. I saw
On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 19:16:54 -0500, Sherri wrote:
I have been lurking on this list for awhile now - seeing all the posts
about a quiet list - maybe you won't mind my asking a few questions. I
am a wannabe lacemaker, not even a beginner - I have bobbins, some
thread and pins, even a few
The book you are looking for is 24 hearts in bobbin lace by Lene Bjorn.
I have the English edition, (ISBN 87-7847-049-8) but I believe that it is
also available in Danish.
It is available from Trillium Bobbin Lace in Canada.
Gail Young
Trillium Bobbin Lace
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Alice toned in to my comment in reference to the one and only pillow from
Snowgoose (snowgoose.com). ..
The savings on the pillow is that it isn't covered, but it comes with
instructions and I think all you need is a glue gun.
NO, no, no, no! No Glue Gun!!! It will melt the pillow.
Dear silent newbees
For the silent beginners among the group: Why not post the learning notes
(reccommended by Patty Dowden) on the list? Other beginners thus might learn
a lot about things they don't bother to ask or even didn't thought of. Don't
feel ashamed to warn others for your own
An HISTORIC event, to be sure!! We are SO fortunate to have
you there, Devon, helping in this process AND keeping us
informed!! I'm sure I speak for lots of lurkers and
semi-lurkers when I say THANK YOU for a job well done!!
Clay
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I'm another fan of the one and only! I bought one
(already covered, and beautifully done, I might add...) from
Lacy Susan (www.lacysusan.com). I bought this as an
emergency pillow, for classes and travel, and when my
other pillows are in use. Turns out it is so convenient
(AND durable) that I
A new member to our lace group arrived today with a home made pillow. When she
came last month she had the Kit from Hell, so I advised her to get a piece of
builders insulation foam for a quick fix pillow. She purchased a 20 x 24
piece of ethafoam from Farm and Fleet which is a chain of
This came to me directly, but was meant for lace. And I haven't seen it
on lace as re-posted by Jeanette herself (possibly South Africa has to
pay the price of being at the edge of the world even whn it comes to
*e* communications? g), so...
Begin forwarded message:
From: Jeanette Fischer
I can sew, embroider, make lace, but Don't Ask Me To Do CRAFTS!
Beth McCasland
Beth, I just had to laugh at the above. Sewing, embroidery, and making lace
are all crafts.
You 'are' a crafter!
Lorri
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Hello spiders,
this is not a lace topic but as you are all a wealth of info I thought I would
give it a go.
have just made a mini photo album for my daughters teacher for christmas...the
question.. I want to have a small poem, verse about her and her teacher.
Its Madelines 1st year at
Here is a link for those who would appreciate seeing a marionette
operated by an artist. Recommended for those with broad band only.
Also, it won't come up in Netscape. But paste the link into IE and
enjoy. If you get there, watch to the end.
I don't get my beloved NYTimes on Saturdays and Sundays, so asked my
son to make it e-available to me over the weekends, and he did. Since I
dislike reading on-line, I limited myself to just catching up with the
Op-Ed page and main titles off the front page. And came accross the
following
From: T.H.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/horsey/viewbydate.asp?id=1116
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Tamara P Duvall http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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I do so love people with a warped sense of humour that matches my
own... :) The following came from an Arachnean (sorry for forwarding to
the chat which you read, but it's too priceless to hog). Ever since I
received it, I too have been unable to stop myself from speculatin'...
I bet I even
Janice Blair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My daughter asked if I had ever heard of an old English game called
push-pin. I guess it was waaay before my time. It came up at college.
Has anyone else heard about it and how to play it?
I have Alice Bertha Gomme's The Traditional Games of England,
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