Re: [lace] Bean bag support for pillow...

2008-08-21 Thread Tregellas Family
Hi all, Now, what is the ideal shape for such a beanbag? I have made a doll-sized beanbag 'chair' (circular shape), but my circular straw pillow still rocks when I rest it on this beanbag. If I made the pattern larger, then the beanbag could be too bulky to manage on a tabletop. Would

Re: [lace] Bean bag support for pillow...

2008-08-21 Thread beth
I have two beanbags, both of which work fine for supporting pillows: a loosely stuffed rectangular one (actually the detachable base of a lap tray!) and a firmly stuffed squashed cylinder (a tube of fabric with the end sewn shut). I think pillows rock less on the loosely stuffed pillow, but I

[lace] lifting lace

2008-08-21 Thread Wendy Davies
Hi all Thank you all for your comments I have just had a look at the piece I did last night and the cloth stitch on the horseshoe is sitting tidy but where I have done the few rows of pattern it is starting to lift. You have all come up with the same thing of the angled pins so I will take grater

[lace] paper doll angels

2008-08-21 Thread Faye Owers
Hi everyone, I would appreciate it if someone could tell me the name of the book Eeva-Liisa Kortelahti has, that has little angels joined together by the hands, (made the same way as the paper dolls I cut out as a child. ) Thank you in advance Faye Faye Owers Tasmania [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

Re: [lace] On eBay: Heather Toomer Lace

2008-08-21 Thread Clay Blackwell
This is a *very* pretty book, well worth the cost. It is the newer of her two books, and has large color pictures on every page. Eye candy! Clay Patty Dowden wrote: Lace, a Guide to Identification of Old Lace Types and Techniques eBay number 180279434200 [] Buy it Now $31.08 - To

Re: [lace] On eBay: Heather Toomer Lace

2008-08-21 Thread Agnes Boddington
One problem: no shipping to UK offered. Agnes Boddington - UK Clay Blackwell wrote: This is a *very* pretty book, well worth the cost. It is the newer of her two books, and has large color pictures on every page. Eye candy! Clay Patty Dowden wrote: Lace, a Guide to Identification of Old

[lace] Christmas card exchange?

2008-08-21 Thread M. L. Mouzon
I'm not sure, but I think it is time to at least start talking about it What do you all think? I am just thinking about this since I have been visiting my new granddaughter this weekend. She came to us a month early, but is healthy and beautiful! It was a dangerous time for my daughter,

[lace] Christmas card exchange?

2008-08-21 Thread Jane Partridge
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], M. L. Mouzon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes I'm not sure, but I think it is time to at least start talking about it What do you all think? I had similar thoughts the other day, whilst reading though some old emails (the Arachne FAQ and Handbook postings that I kept)

Re: [lace] On eBay: Heather Toomer Lace

2008-08-21 Thread minimax42_micro
Not wanting to take away business from that seller on ebay. But if somebody has an interest in this book I have a copy. It says something if you have so many books that you only realize later you have duplicates Many Greetings from Julia in rainy St. Louis, USA - Original Message

Re: [lace] On eBay: Heather Toomer Lace

2008-08-21 Thread Jeriames
Know what you are buying. There are 2 books by Heather Toomer that are very similar, but not completely. Enough different that for a lace library, I have both. The American one has color photography, has more pages, and is printed on a better grade of paper. The two I have are

[lace] history -- machine lace cost

2008-08-21 Thread Alice Howell
I've been reading Masterpieces in blue, the new OIDFA book on the costumes of the Schwalm valley area in Germany. There is a quotation in it that created questions. Page 32. The book had been commenting on the most common types of lace to be found on the costumes. It mentions Lille,

Re: [lace] paper doll angels

2008-08-21 Thread Alice Howell
It's Bobbin Lace Patterns 1998. Alice in Oregon - Original Message From: Faye Owers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ARACHNE lace@arachne.com Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 3:20:54 AM Subject: [lace] paper doll angels Hi everyone, I would appreciate it if someone could tell me the name of the

[lace] Polish lacemaker

2008-08-21 Thread Avital
Dear Arachnes, On Wednesday I went to the International Arts Crafts Fair in Jerusalem and met a Polish lacemaker. She was selling some of her bobbin lace and tatting. Her English was a bit rough (she spoke no Hebrew) but she figured out that I knew how to make bobbin lace by the way I was

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Signs of humor

2008-08-21 Thread Tamara P Duvall
I remember seeing something *similar* before, but not this particular set... From: B. B. Sign over a Gynecologist's Office: 'Dr. Jones, at your cervix.' ** In a Podiatrist's office: Time Wounds All Heels. ** On a Septic Tank Truck: Yesterday's

[lace-chat] stone

2008-08-21 Thread Dearl Kniskern
dear lacers what is the equivalent for american pounds for stone in weight thanks yours in lace Dearl Christiansburg, Virginia, USA My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance. Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy, and taste good with ketchup. [EMAIL

Re: [lace-chat] stone

2008-08-21 Thread Patty Dowden
dear lacers what is the equivalent for american pounds for stone in weight thanks yours in lace Dearl Christiansburg, Virginia, USA A stone is 20 US pounds. I was taught by some Catholic religious brothers in high school and Brother Samuel reported that he had gained some weight to his