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Claire
Kent,UK
On 30 Sep 2005, at 2:26:am, Tamara P Duvall wrote:
On Sep 29, 2005, at 12:18, Claire Allen wrote:
It actually sold for £75!!
/rushes to check that own mint condition copy is still on bookshelf
Yikes! That's over $130, before postage...
Unfortunately the lacemaking world is not large enough for the big
publishers to consider it worthwhile to keep these books in print.
However, Batsford do seem to be re issuing quite a few recently and
commissioning new ones, so maybe they have got the hint.
I bought my issue of that
Some of the older books are now considered so old-fashioned that they
wouldn't be reprinted, others are classics and do get reprinted. In the Uk
the main publisher is Batsford (now under the umbrella oc Chrysalis Books):
http://www.chrysalisbooks.co.uk/category/lace/index.jsp
Secondhand books
I fancy making a new pillow bag for myself out of some patchwork I am about to
quilt - new hobby, must make use of practice pieces - and I thought instead of
the normal bag that puts the pillow on it's side when being carried I'd like
the kind that leaves the pillow flat.
But - now I come to
On Thu, 29 Sep 2005, Irene wrote:
Is there somewhere on the internet that I can see what 3 pair italian lace
looks like?
I am curious.
Another site you might look at is
http://www.italiainvita.it/workshops/merletti/gorizia.html
- the workshop happened last year, but there is an explanation of
Hi Jenny !
Last year I made a quilted bag for a big pillow that I did not want to turn
on its end. I liked it so much I made another!!
The pattern is called the Fat Quarter Bag and it's in a book of fat
quarter designs by M'Liss Rae Hawley entitled Fat Quarter Quilts, ISBN
1564772691. I
Ages ago we adapted what was called a casserole carrier.ours were cut
round, lined (or used reversible quilted material,). Bound around the cut
edge, then sewed the small curtain rings around the edge, usually about 8
..add a drawstring . When opened it made a nice table cover under the
Hallo Pat and all spiders,
Just catching up with e-mails - If you are going to Malta you must take a
boat to the island of Gozo, they have a very nice museum in the main town
where I bought a beautiful book complete with prickings entitled Gozo Lace
by Consiglia Azzopardi.
Sue M Harvey
I got my IOLI bulletin this morning, just had to say I really enjoyed the
convention report by Alexandria Marguccio and all the convention lace pictured
- inspirational.
jenny barron
Scotland
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On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 08:24:50 +0100, Jean wrote:
In the Uk
the main publisher is Batsford (now under the umbrella oc Chrysalis Books):
My impression is that the (relatively) new owners of Batsford have realised
that they still have the rights to older lace books that would sell, and are
working
On 30 Sep 2005, at 18:16, Steph Peters wrote:
A couple of Arachne members have done brief reviews of books on their
web
sites so you can get an idea of what they're about and what someone
else
thinks. The lacefairy, and I think (Weronika) plus a couple of other
which
don't spring to mind
In case anyone in the UK is interested Sainsbury's are now selling
traditional starch (as opposed to the rubbishy spray stuff) the company has
a website http://www.kershaws-starch.co.uk/. I don't know what it is like,
I haven't tried it yet but I always preferred to starch my linens and lace
as
I am forwarding an email sent to me by an artist I met this week in Lake
Placid. She mentioned an etching of three lacemakers and I thought it might be
the one we received on a postcard for the Montreal convention but it turned out
to be entirely different. I had trouble seeing the ladybird
Well I was all alone today but I cut up card with numbers on for the order in
which the entries were received. Put them in a box and drew out #4 which was
Marie Parry in Tasmania. I also managed to pick up a second pair of slightly
different socks today but they do have spiders on and the
I think the ladybird is on the leaf of the rose - presumably eating lacey
patterns in it
Sue
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From: Patricia Dowden
Go to http://www.carollummus.com/main.htm, click on the Prints (Stampe)
section and select box 3 for 'Three Lacemakers' an etching by Carol T. Lummus.
The
first lacemaker is the lady, the second is the spider and the third is the
ladybug. It's
Greetings from Down Under,
A couple of years ago I made a pillow bag for a large square pillow I have
for working Eeva-Liisa's pictures. Because of the size and weight of the
base, I used denim, two layers with pellon (lightest weight wadding) in
between. The sides of the pillow bag and the
Hi All, I got my IOLI Bulletin today!! I was quite thrilled and read it
as I walked to town. Luckily I didn't step in anything awful G. It's
wonderful and I love seeing who made all the entries in the IOLI Contest. I
was quite taken with the mountains which I see are s'Gravensmoer (sp?) lace!
On Sep 30, 2005, at 18:22, mary carey wrote:
A couple of years ago I made a pillow bag for a large square pillow
I have for working Eeva-Liisa's pictures. [...]
If I make another I will make the handles longer so they could be used
over the shoulder.
I've been printing out all of the
There's a 20 flat carry pillow bag on eBay right now. It's a bit
different style than the ones already discussed.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Bobbin-Lace-Pillow-Bag-for-20-pillow_W0QQitemZ8222674094QQcategoryZ19319QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
I hadn't seen a carrier quite like this one before.
Alice in
Also 'vertically' challeneged, I struggled with the pillow bag over a
shoulder until problems with my shoulders made that impossible. I
resorted to strapping the bag on to a folding wheeled 'trolley base' -
the sort that was used for a suitcase before suitcases came with
built-in wheels. Because
I have a photo copy of what I think is a small pamphlet about 'Lace-Making
Among the Indians' by Jane W. Guthrie. It is about lace-making among the
Indians on the reservations in Minnesota.
Does anyone know where the original article was printed? and when it was
printed?
I would like to obtain
On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 10:52:38PM -0700, susan wrote:
i'm not sure who mentioned this wether it was weronica or you that
poland ( and i guess poland is communists. i'm not good at political
studies and only remember what you have written on this website) made
all the people in the city take
Dear Secret Pal,
I must first of all apologies for not replying sooner, I dont know how I
managed to do it but I overlooked sending you this thankyou.
I was thrilled to receive your parcel, thankyou so much for the lovely
spider stamp. I have already put him to good use.
The threads, wire and
There are many answers to the question at the end, and each of them
tackles only a part of the problem... As my source said: this is
something to think about, and only marginally funny as in ha-ha.
From: L.F.
Joe Smith started the day early having set his alarm clock (MADE IN
JAPAN) for
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