Re: [lace] selling lace-imitations

2009-05-02 Thread Brenda Paternoster
On 2 May 2009, at 08:20, Jean Nathan wrote: It is not legal to sell lace made from a copyrighted pattern without the permission of the designer. I thought it was illegal to sell the pattern, not the finished lace. The design is the copyright of the designer, but the finished lace made by

Re: [lace] selling lace-imitations

2009-05-02 Thread Kloeppelkiste
Jean Nathan schrieb: Alice wrote: It is not legal to sell lace made from a copyrighted pattern without the permission of the designer. I thought it was illegal to sell the pattern, not the finished lace. The design is the copyright of the designer, but the finished lace made by you isn't

[lace] selling lace - limitations

2009-05-02 Thread Jean Nathan
Having had a couple of designs published in the UK Lace Guild magazines for no payment, they might have an issue with you copying them, but I don't provided you give them for free. The three books of designs published on things other than lace (the first of which has been in print since 1984,

Re: [lace] did you know this

2009-05-02 Thread Ilske Thomsen
Hello Clay, could you pleas tell me how a poodle skirt, bobby-socks and saddle- shoes look like? We were wearing petitcoats under our dresses or skirts and Ballerina- shoes with white socks. But we didn't hear songs neither from J. P. Richardson nor Richie Valens.ut for sure we knew Buddy

Re: [lace] Some lovely photos

2009-05-02 Thread Janice Blair
Yes, it is the head and shoulder piece with the headdress where the face is looking down.  When I was on the other site, I was able to magnify that piece  I wanted to see the thread detail in the face.  I then noticed that the edging seemed to be broken in a number of places which made me think it

[lace] each one teach one

2009-05-02 Thread Beth Mccasland
Gentle Spiders, I had my first begriming beginner lace student - the first in a long time. I wanted her to come over for a lesson before she ordered any supplies to get a clue of what she was getting herself into, and what was available. She was able to get both Doris Southard's and Pamela

Re: [lace] each one teach one

2009-05-02 Thread Clay Blackwell
Oofph!! Tough choice Either you're comfortable, and can focus and be in your element, or... Your student is comfortable, and able to attend to his/her teacher who is paying for the air conditioning on his/her behalf, but not as comfortable. Short run... turn on the AC... to low.

[lace] Re: selling lace - limitations

2009-05-02 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On May 2, 2009, at 6:02, Jean Nathan wrote: If you buy the book and want to put in the time and effort to make anything I've designed and sell it, then good for you - I'm happy I've helped you to make money through your own efforts. But don't sell or give away the designs in my books -

[lace-chat] Re poodle skirts - moved from Lace

2009-05-02 Thread Alice Howell
I'm not Clay, but you brought up a bunch of memories for me. I grew up in that era but had conservative parents. I was never allowed a poodle skirt because it was impractical. Poodle Skirt -- made of a full circle of felt and decorated with a large felt poodle. Saddle Shoes -- shoes that

[lace-chat] Re: poodle skirts - moved from Lace

2009-05-02 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On May 2, 2009, at 13:25, Alice Howell wrote: Poodle Skirt -- made of a full circle of felt and decorated with a large felt poodle. Good grief! Why would anyone want a skirt made of felt? And why a poodle? Why not some other dog? Yours, A bemused foreign student of freaky native customs

Re: [lace-chat] Re: poodle skirts - moved from Lace

2009-05-02 Thread Dmt11home
Tamara writes: Poodle Skirt -- made of a full circle of felt and decorated with a large felt poodle. Good grief! Why would anyone want a skirt made of felt? And why a poodle? Why not some other dog? Because it was cool! Gawd! You sound like my parents! I never had any cool stuff.

[lace-chat] Poodle skirts

2009-05-02 Thread Jean Nathan
Don't remember felt circular skirts, but I do remember paisley cotton ones. Several layers of net petticoat underneath, sometimes with a hoop in the lower hem. White sleeveless blouse with a turned up Peter Pan collar. Can;t remember the shoes, but they weren't saddle shoes. Cyclamen lipstick

Re: [lace-chat] Poodle skirts

2009-05-02 Thread Brenda Paternoster
I remember printed cotton circular skirts with scratchy net petticoats, Helen Shapiro type boufont hairstyle, Dusty Springfield eye makeup and *white* lipstick! Brenda On 2 May 2009, at 19:33, Jean Nathan wrote: Don't remember felt circular skirts, but I do remember paisley cotton ones.

Re: [lace-chat] Re: poodle skirts - moved from Lace

2009-05-02 Thread Clay Blackwell
My poodle skirts never actually had poodles on them... and they were certainly not made of felt, although the poodles on friend's skirts were felt. I think I might have been oblivious to the fashion world during the period of the poodle skirt... until it was passe. (For that matter, I'm

Re: [lace-chat] Poodle skirts

2009-05-02 Thread Clay Blackwell
Dusty Springfield came along a little later... I'm thinking that there were precious few female artists during these years, but one of them was Connie Francis. Clay Jean Nathan wrote: Don't remember felt circular skirts, but I do remember paisley cotton ones. Several layers of net petticoat

Re: [lace-chat] Re: poodle skirts - moved from Lace

2009-05-02 Thread Janice Blair
In England we wore black wide elastic belts at that time that we called waspie belts.  They had a fastener that had 3 holes in the metal part and on the other end there were 3 bumps of metal that caught inside the holes.  I had a felt circular skirt that was for ice skating.  I actually bought it

[lace-chat] Re: poodle skirts - moved from Lace

2009-05-02 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On May 2, 2009, at 14:08, dmt11h...@aol.com (Devon) wrote: Good grief! Why would anyone want a skirt made of felt? And why a poodle? Why not some other dog? Because it was cool! Funny... I sold my parents on Cossack boots -- leather foot with leather back and front stripes and upper band