Re: [lace] Lace in Malta

2005-09-26 Thread Pene Piip
Dear Pat, There was also listed in the Australian Lace Guild magazine an little item from Marika Camilleri who is President of a Club for Maltese Lacemakers (Klabb tal-Bizzilla Maltija). She was asking about Maltese-Australian members who would like to correspond via e-mail. Marika's e-mail

[lace] Re Selling on Ebay

2005-09-26 Thread Karen
Hi Brenda, it is also worth getting hold of postage rates leaflets from the post office; there is one for normal post and one for Parcelforce. That way, you can weigh items at home with packaging in order to estimate postage. If in any doubt, we put items in the next price grouping up. We

[lace] Selling on ebay

2005-09-26 Thread Diana Smith
it is also worth getting hold of postage rates leaflets from the post office You can also download this from the post office website. http://www.postoffice.co.uk/portal/po/home I would suggest that you don't list all the items at once as this will just flood the market - a *trickle* is a better

Re: [lace] Re: Selling on eBay

2005-09-26 Thread Helen
At 02:28 26/09/2005, Tamara P Duvall wrote: 2) On Sep 25, 2005, at 17:39, Jane Viking Swanson wrote: I sell things as is and the buyer can wash or iron it. I also advise against ironing as it will set any stains. I would undersign with both hands (to use a Polish phrase) that particular

[lace] Study of Torchon Grounds

2005-09-26 Thread mshue
Hi, Does anyone know if A Study of Torchon Grounds by Juolie Hendrick is still available for sale? Thanks. Mary in Ann Arbor - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Ann Cope class

2005-09-26 Thread Kathy
How very strange, I also took my first bobbin lace classes with Ann Cope. I lived in Berkhamsted, Hertsfordshire in 1983-1985 and took classes at the local school in an effort to find something to do with grown-ups. I learned a lot with her, and was quite lost for awhile when we came home,

Re: [lace] Art Fairs

2005-09-26 Thread Dmt11home
I don't know whether the Wall Street Journal went into this, but I am fairly certain that such shows require you to pay a booth fee which would undoubtedly be in the hundreds of dollars, if not in the thousands. It would be hard to assemble enough lace art, let alone sell enough, to pay

Re: [lace] Selling on Ebay

2005-09-26 Thread debbie
Brenda, I buy and sell on Ebay (I've been taking a bit of a break on selling), so I will give you some of my opinions on your questions, mostly where I differ from those who have replied already on the list. At 12:56 PM 09/25/2005 +0100, you wrote: I realise that I'll need to open a PayPal

Re: [lace] Selling on Ebay

2005-09-26 Thread Barbara Joyce
Someone on the list mentioned about not accepting credit cards through Paypal and only opening a non-credit card account. Sometime in August, they changed the rules and you may not accept Paypal on Ebay without accepting credit card payments. Therefore, there is no way to avoid the Paypal

Re: [lace] Selling on Ebay

2005-09-26 Thread debbie
http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/paypal-payments.html?ssPageName=CMDV:AB There are many people still doing it, doesn't mean it's OK. Many are being turned in and having their auctions ended. If you state no credit card paypal in your auction terms, you run the risk of coming across a

Re: [lace] Art Fairs

2005-09-26 Thread robinlace
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I don't know whether the Wall Street Journal went into this, but I am fairly certain that such shows require you to pay a booth fee which would undoubtedly be in the hundreds of dollars, if not in the thousands. This varies tremendously from fair to fair. And if

Re: [lace] Selling on Ebay

2005-09-26 Thread robinlace
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] As a buyer, I don't even bother with auctions that do not take Paypal. There is rarely anything I need badly enough that I would go through the trouble of making a non-electronic payment. And I only do auctions now that accept checks or credit cards without

Re: [lace] Selling on Ebay

2005-09-26 Thread Barbara Joyce
Mea Culpa, and thank you so much for bringing this to my attention! It's news to me, but we will certainly have to re-think what kind of payments we'll accept. Those credit card fees add up, and yet, as several people noted, PayPal is a very convenient method of payment for both buyers and

[lace] Re:Art Fairs and Designing in PG

2005-09-26 Thread Lorri Ferguson
Aurelia and all, I can give a few comments on doing the Art Fairs. I have done several in our NW areas. -First, you must know that it is HARD WORK. The set up and take down is not easy PHYSICAL LABOR. -The hours are long, you would need 2-3 in a booth to just 'man it'. -To be at all 'impressive

Re: [lace] Study of Torchon Grounds

2005-09-26 Thread Lorri Ferguson
Julie can be reached at: http://members.aol.com/Catchpin/home.htmlhttp://members.aol.com/Catchpin/hom e.html I think she was intending to republish STG or her Study of Torchon Spiders. Perhaps if there is enough interest she will soon. I also know she is being kept very busy with aging parents,

Re: [lace] Art Fairs

2005-09-26 Thread Aurelia Loveman
I don't know these names, nor what their connection to lace may be; but if they do show lace, ought we not to descend on them forthwith? We have an idea about lace and art; it will need a lot of pushing in order to make it on to the stage although they are not purveyors of lace art, per

[lace] Re:Art Fairs and Designing in PG

2005-09-26 Thread Aurelia Loveman
Our underlying purpose, remember? is to make lace known to the art world. All I'm suggesting at the moment is that perhaps we can dip a toe in the water; go to a couple of these fairs and see what they're like; talk to people; make our existence known. People think of lace as collars and

[lace] Art Fairs

2005-09-26 Thread Dmt11home
Molly Carroll, Paivi Roberts, Maria Niforos and Peggy Zalamea are dealers in vintage and antique textiles who sell lace at the IOLI and at the Pier Shows that show antiques. But that is entirely different than purveying lace as art. I suspect the tag on the booths for the shows you mention

Re: [lace] Study of Torchon Grounds

2005-09-26 Thread Clay Blackwell
Mary Ann - and other Spiders - In case anyone is having difficulty finding a particular book, it's worth knowing that Lacy Susan offers a service to help pair up seekers of used books and people who have books they no longer need. Her email address is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Clay Clay Blackwell

[lace] Life Membership

2005-09-26 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Many of you may know Pat Milne, or know of her through her patterns. - the Orange Blossom Lace book which has just been published is of her designs. She has been sharing her designs for many years in Australian Lace (the quarterly magazine.) teaching, and gives the most interesting talks,

[lace] Re: Designing in PG

2005-09-26 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Sep 26, 2005, at 13:39, Lorri Ferguson wrote: Did you take that workshop on Designing for Bucks Pt'? She did; I did too, and was probably the only one in class who didn't profit much, though I did enjoy the class itself. But it proved to me, once and for all, that I can't design on

[lace] Re: Designing in PG

2005-09-26 Thread robinlace
From: Tamara P Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have been wanting to try some and wondered if there are any 'rules or points' to look out for. Unless you're trying to stay within the parameters of a particular version of PG (Tonder, Beveren, Bucks, etc), there are no rules; you make your own

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Senior moments

2005-09-26 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Either something's wrong with my delivery of chat messages, or else there haven't been any today... In any case, here's a giggle; if I'd seen it before, I forgot... :) From: R.P. This is a story of two elderly people living in a mobile home park in FLA. He was a widower and she was a