[lace] Milanese lace for sale on Ebay

Yummy! I wish I had $13,000 to spare :-) Helene the froggy from Melbourne Lynn wrote: Has anyone seen this piece of lace up for sale on ebay at almost $13,000 US. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=2219item=7323077731rd=1ssPageName=WD2V Boy have I got the wrong idea about

[lace]Thread Guage

Thanks to all who responded about my plea for the thread guages. Tracy at the Lacemaker still carries them so I have ordered some and sent off my check to her at The Lacemaker in Cortland OH. For anyone who wants them, I don't think you would be making a mistake purchasing them. They are $4 plus

[lace] Elastic for wedding garter

Hi, I would really appreciate some advice about elastic for wedding garters please :o) I have completed a garter (one of Biggin's torchon garter patterns) for one of my friends at work - although she doesn't know it yet - and luckily she is one of these stick insect types so I didn't have to

Re: [lace] Elastic for wedding garter

The holes in the garter are very small and will only take 4mm size elastic and ribbon - and that's another story trying to find some decent ribbon of that size so if you know of any good suppliers with a selection I'd love to hear from you. can't help with the elastic but try cake decorating

[lace] Demo Tatting/Bobbin Lace

Since our lace guild is preparing for our big demo weekend at our local historical museum's Folk Art Fair, I'm going to try another approach to the no, I'm doing bobbin lace, they're tatting line. I'm going to take a roll of nickels and a clear bank and put a nickel in the bank every time

Re: [lace] Demo Tatting/Bobbin Lace

Great idea! I must remember that .l;-) BarbE USA - Original Message - From: Verla Davis To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 10:58 AM Subject: [lace] Demo Tatting/Bobbin Lace Since our lace guild is preparing for our big demo weekend at our local

[lace] Re: Veruschka's Secret

Hi All, I guess no one else has picked up the gauntlet Jeri threw down so I will G. The second paragraph in the NY Times article about crocheted thongs made in Poland. And I quote: But the story doesn't stop there. First, the National Folk Art Society started legal proceedings, claiming that

[lace] Ribbon for wedding garter

Hi All, Florist shops also have skinny ribbon in lots of colors. Or what about ribbons used for ribbon embroidery - those are lovely! Jane in Vermont, USA having a gorgeous Spring day! [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace

[lace] bobbin on ebay

I do enjoy seeing some of the strange things people associate with lace. This is a bobbin which someone may have spangled after deciding it was a bobbin... or it may have actually been used by a lacemaker (who was being resourceful?) But it clearly wasn't originally made as a bobbin... so

[lace] Re: Veruschka's Secret

On May 18, 2005, at 16:19, Jane Viking Swanson wrote: Hi All, I guess no one else has picked up the gauntlet Jeri threw down so I will G. The second paragraph in the NY Times article about crocheted thongs made in Poland. Thanks Jane; I had hoped you would supply it :) I don't get the Sunday

Re: [lace] bobbin on ebay

Clay, I think it must have once been the handle to something as the spangle end looks like it went into something. A stick base for a fan or a doll's parasol? In any case is sure is strange! Trish in sunny West Virginia I do enjoy seeing some of the strange things people associate with lace.

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: important information to consider...

From: L.F. We all get heavier as we get older because there's a lot more information in our heads. So, I'm not fat; I'm just really intelligent and my head couldn't hold anymore, so it started filling up the rest of me!    -- Tamara P Duvall

[lace-chat] Fwd: Bike for Breath: begging for money :)

Gentle (I hope g) Spiders, My son has some nerve, to ask *me* to conspire against myself - reduce tobacco use indeed! g I asked him back to make sure he *didn't* kill himself in that ride; I'll need him (at some later point in time) to push my oxygen tank for me :) However, I thought I'd prove

[lace-chat] Dogs

DOGS The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue. -Anonymous Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. -Ann Landers If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. -Will Rogers There

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: New Religious Group Emerges

A good one, making equal fun of everyone :) I don't know what IED (3rd paragraph) is, though... From: M. D. First communique from a revolutionary new group just announced: Greetings to the Imprisoned Citizens of the United States. We are Unitarian Jihad. There is only one God, unless there is

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Bad Day

I may have seen this one before, but it still got a chuckle out of me, so I hope you'll find it amusing also. And, really, truly... One little d... word doesn't merit my having to launder a joke; from all I've heard, even the Fox TV (the most right-wing of them all) still allows it among adult

Re: [lace-chat] :) Fwd: New Religious Group Emerges

An IED is an improvised explosive device, i.e., roadside bombs such as are currently being used in Iraq Tamara P Duvall wrote: A good one, making equal fun of everyone :) I don't know what IED (3rd paragraph) is, though... -- () Ruth in OH To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]