[lace] Miniature laces
Since 3 or 4 years ago I enjoy designing miniature laces. When I made my first steps in this area, I thought it was just a matter of reducing sizes, what wrong I was! In fact the motifs had to be proportional to the reduced space available in the piece. It was a challenge and this is what I like and enjoy. So,I cooperate with a fellow Spanish lacemaker who spends part of her time working miniature laces. She is now constructing a new web and both, her laces and his husband wood works are not yet displayed. I'll put here their page for those who love miniatures, as soon as it will be finished . Kind regards Carolina. Barcelona. Spain. -- Carolina de la Guardia http://www.carolgallego.com Witch Stitch Lace What lovely dolls houses!! I am so envious!! Wish mine looked half as nice. How many other Arachneans are there who are into miniatures? I am now busy making a Bucks cover for a parasol but I think my pricking is too big. I am half way so I will have to finish and then see what I can do to save the project!! Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Miniature laces
I'm into miniatures too, I have one full size house, a half size house, a box room and my daughter has a house which we are converting into a dance wear shop and studio. I have made a lace bed cover and chair covers for my bigger house and embroidered the stair carpets, there are lace curtains for my box room which is also a bridal shop, also have made wedding dresses and a parasol. I have one problem with the curtains Having made three out of four pieces that were needed I decided it was time to finish them BUT have done the wrong ground stitch on the fourth piece, I have done bucks point ground instead of torchon ground and didn't realise till I had finished it.. So at some point I have 2 more pieces to make one with each of the groundsoops! My daughters house, still being converted has knitted crossover cardigans, tutus, and shelves waiting to be filled with ballet shoes etc... (cotton bud ends wrapped in satin ribbon and paired up into tiny bags look like pointe shoes worn by ballerinas) but time for hobbies is tight at present. In lace class however I am trying my hand at a sample piece of Bayeux Lace in black ( not miniature) Hoping once I get going it will be less fiddly. Celia - In SE18 London where it seems to be dry with blue skies. Sent from my iPad On 22 Jan 2012, at 08:22, Carolina de la Guardia carolina...@aol.com wrote: Since 3 or 4 years ago I enjoy designing miniature laces. When I made my first steps in this area, I thought it was just a matter of reducing sizes, what wrong I was! In fact the motifs had to be proportional to the reduced space available in the piece. It was a challenge and this is what I like and enjoy. So,I cooperate with a fellow Spanish lacemaker who spends part of her time working miniature laces. She is now constructing a new web and both, her laces and his husband wood works are not yet displayed. I'll put here their page for those who love miniatures, as soon as it will be finished . Kind regards Carolina. Barcelona. Spain. -- Carolina de la Guardia http://www.carolgallego.com Witch Stitch Lace What lovely dolls houses!! I am so envious!! Wish mine looked half as nice. How many other Arachneans are there who are into miniatures? I am now busy making a Bucks cover for a parasol but I think my pricking is too big. I am half way so I will have to finish and then see what I can do to save the project!! Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] pillow question
Can I ask all you lacemakers out there about pillows. I have 3 Dryad 18 inch domed (cookie) pillows all now with soft squidgy middles and a 2o/22? inch flat round one which I am about to use in place of the domed one, not much used yet. All are polystyrene commercially made. I am considering whether to buy another 18 domed one to replace all three old ones but when looking in the UK I only found one of the three sites I looked at with 18 domed, most of them were various sizes of flat round. I Cant Manage With The Staw Pillows which are just too heavy for me to lift about or to rest on my legs which I need to put up part of most days. If I/When I buy a new pillow I want to be able to protect it and use it to keep it in the best useable condition that I can from the very start. What do you put over to protect the pillow but allowing it be ok to put pins in and out? The first one I did put a towel over the top under the cloth cover and it hurt like crazy putting pins in, so that was no good (no idea where that idea came from). I think that maybe felt underneath might bring tufts of colour back up into the lace. Sue T Dorset UK www.hurwitzend.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] pillow question
In message 008901ccd900$45568ff0$aaabe00a@suescomputer, Sue hurwitz...@btinternet.com writes What do you put over to protect the pillow but allowing it be ok to put pins in and out? I think that maybe felt underneath might bring tufts of colour back up into the lace. I've used ordinary felt on mine without any tufts coming through, but as the pins still go into the pillow, it will eventually wear down. I know other people have used carpet felt or old blankets (the old grey army ones!) between the top cover and pillow. You could use a layer of pillow ticking over the top of the felt if you wanted to take a belt and braces approach! I have gradually moved away from using my domed pillows in favour of my block pillow - the blocks are easy to replace when they eventually wear down (I have spare blocks though, so haven't actually replaced any in the 15 or so years I've had it) - using either my travel pillow (which has a roller made from recycled carpet underlay, I believe, this gets a lot of use but never seems to wear!) or a domed pillow when it is in use for other things. It did take a while to get used to using the flat surface of the block pillow, but now it makes life a lot easier for doing anything with any length to it! -- Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] pillow question
You can order square blocks from Pete at Snowgoose and then cut the squishy part out making it a little tiny smaller than the block. Shove the block in and voyla just as good as new. Becca in Utah - Original Message - From: Sue hurwitz...@btinternet.com To: Arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 5:20:46 AM Subject: [lace] pillow question Can I ask all you lacemakers out there about pillows. I have 3 Dryad 18 inch domed (cookie) pillows all now with soft squidgy middles and a 2o/22? inch flat round one which I am about to use in place of the domed one, not much used yet. All are polystyrene commercially made. I am considering whether to buy another 18 domed one to replace all three old ones but when looking in the UK I only found one of the three sites I looked at with 18 domed, most of them were various sizes of flat round. I Cant Manage With The Staw Pillows which are just too heavy for me to lift about or to rest on my legs which I need to put up part of most days. If I/When I buy a new pillow I want to be able to protect it and use it to keep it in the best useable condition that I can from the very start. What do you put over to protect the pillow but allowing it be ok to put pins in and out? The first one I did put a towel over the top under the cloth cover and it hurt like crazy putting pins in, so that was no good (no idea where that idea came from). I think that maybe felt underneath might bring tufts of colour back up into the lace. Sue T Dorset UK www.hurwitzend.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] pillow question
I have 1 Dryad one, but haven't had any problems with it (yet). However, I do have another more gently domed pillow which I like. I think I got it from one of our students who passed away a few years ago. It is actually made from graduated circles of half inch thick white styrofoam so I wasn't surprised that it had broken down when I unwrapped it. I found a piece of styrofoam and carefully cut out the middle which was mostly a pile of little styrofoam balls and a replacement piece to fill in the hole. I had found previously that the sort of foam core wrapping stuff (not bubble wrap otherwise it would be noisy to make lace on it) which is about eighth of an inch thick worked as a cover and holds the pins nicely and the holes close up (like ethafoam). I covered the pillow with about 5 layers and then put a layer of quilt batting and then put the cover back on. It is holding up really well. I did need to make some little wedge shaped cuts in the layers I put on, so that they lay flat, but that wasn't rocket science. Just made the cuts where it wasn't flat and made the cuts at a different place on each layer. You could try slicing the top off one of your pillows and then build up the top of the dome with any of the above items or thick felt, or felted wool blanket. Or just slice the top off and shape the sides so you have a less steep dome (I find my less steep dome is my go to pillow when I don't need a block or roller pillow). As you have 3, you have 3 different things to play with. Malvary in Ottawa who seems to have a furnace working today after a week of intermittent service and 5 engineers coming for prolonged periods of time and the temperatures this week have been down in the -20's with wind chills of -30's. Lace Guild meeting here this afternoon, so I hope it keeps working. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] pillow question
Sue is in Dorset UK so won't want to buy from USA. In UK domed polystyrene pillows are available from DJ Hornsby by mail order http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/djhornsby/Pillows.htm Brenda On 22 Jan 2012, at 14:03, laceviolins...@comcast.net wrote: You can order square blocks from Pete at Snowgoose and then cut the squishy part out making it a little tiny smaller than the block. Shove the block in and voyla just as good as new. Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Some piccies for you to see about my lace etc
Hi Arachnids, Such lovely dolls' houses, I am quite envious. Promised myself a long time ago to create at least some rooms and have so far only produced 1 bedroom, but it has plenty of miniature lace bits in -bedcover, pillow, mats on the cupboard,lamp cover, crib, baby dress, nanny's apron etc. Not all worked by myself as I have friends who wanted to do some miniature lace but did not want dolls' houses or room settings. I am lucky in my friends. Thank you Liz, for sharing the pictures of your miniature things with us. Happy lace making, Joepie, East Sussex. Guys, I've just been updating my log of my bobbins but more importantly I've uploaded some pictures of other things lace and craft related to the lacebee website below. Under My Lace Work / Minatures http://thelacebee.weebly.com/minitures.html I have uploaded some pictures of my mum's two dolls houses. I've realised that you can't see any of my lace apart from one shot (of a very small jug cover) but thought you may be interested in the general pictures of the dolls house and also there are some photos of my dad's other buildings and model painting because I CAN!!! Hope you enjoy them. L Kind Regards Liz Baker thelace...@btinternet.com My chronicle of my bobbins can be found at my website: http://thelacebee.weebly.com/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] pillow question
And Hornsby pillow covers, for domed pillow, used to come with felt stitched into the cover. This really helps to preserve their lives. I have now used a sheet of fun foam under the cover but over the pillow to rejuvenate my first pillow (bought from Hornsby in 1988, and still surviving) Sue sueba...@comcast.net - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] pillow question
I meant to add that they may still come with felted covers, but I haven't ordered any since 2001 Sue sueba...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [lace] pillow question And Hornsby pillow covers, for domed pillow, used to come with felt stitched into the cover. /most-recent - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] pillow question
Hello Sue and everyone I have kept several poly pillows going by putting on them a layer or two of fun foam (as Sue Babbs mentioned) and a layer of wool fabric over that, doesn't need to be felted but it should be wooly (as opposed to smooth, cool worsted), then a cover cloth, then the pricking etc. On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 4:20 AM, Sue hurwitz...@btinternet.com wrote: What do you put over to protect the pillow but allowing it be ok to put pins in and out? The first one I did put a towel over the top under the cloth cover and it hurt like crazy putting pins in, so that was no good (no idea where that idea came from). I think that maybe felt underneath might bring tufts of colour back up into the lace. -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] pillow questions
Sue The polystyrene in your old pillows is the problem. I would no recommend buying another like that. Do look for one which is poly ethylene. They seem to be lifelong pillows. I have several, with no damaged centers. They are just as light as polystyrene, but don't shed crumbs or disintegrate. Terrycloth toweling IS hard to stick pins into, as I also discovered long ago through experience. If you want a soft surface I would use quilt batting or felt. But do the pin test before you actually pay for it. See how it feels to stick a pin into it. If it offers resistance, select something else. Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] Re: Spencer
If you put chemise into the search engine of google, you get lots of long slips and dresses. Merriam Webster is here: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chemise If you put chemise dress you get the same, including some Renaissance long dresses. I think it becomes even more complicated within language, even English to American English languages (much less when they are interpreted again by someone from another language and their interpretation or online translator). Then you are deciding to use it in current verbiage or older, tied to the timing of the piece you are designing. I have a friend with whom I have been discussing not only the terms, but the language differences, as she was born and lived in the UK and later other countries, but has resided in the US for a few decades, and it has been interesting. (She was also surprised that so many remembered Liberty Bodices...S) FWIW, she implied and I understood, that the best to bridge both would perhaps be camisole, but Alex will do what she feels is best. Just in case this is helpful, as I think of a chemise in the current application as a looser dress, or in the old, as some version of a shirt or underlayer with mixed applications, but as a barrier between outer garment and skin. Thank you for opening the discussion up, as we have had the opportunity to read more interesting history and expand perceptions and understanding. S Best, Susan Reishus - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] pillow questions
The polystyrene in your old pillows is the problem. I would not recommend buying another like that. Do look for one which is poly ethylene. But as Brenda has already said, Sue is in the UK and (as far as I know) we don't have poly ethylene pillows on sale here. Are they the ones that squeak? Sent from my iPhone On 22 Jan 2012, at 18:56, Lorelei Halley lhal...@bytemeusa.com wrote: Sue The polystyrene in your old pillows is the problem. I would no recommend buying another like that. Do look for one which is poly ethylene. They seem to be lifelong pillows. I have several, with no damaged centers. They are just as light as polystyrene, but don't shed crumbs or disintegrate. Terrycloth toweling IS hard to stick pins into, as I also discovered long ago through experience. If you want a soft surface I would use quilt batting or felt. But do the pin test before you actually pay for it. See how it feels to stick a pin into it. If it offers resistance, select something else. Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] pillow question
Sue and the spiders (sounds like a fab new group eh!!), I have always used the SMP domed pillows as my first choice because they are hard waring and were rather inexpensive. If the centre got squidgey I just treated myself to a new one. Back in 2002 I bought a whole bunch of them (it was a buy 4 and get the 5th free offer they did at the time) and popped them in my loft. DH thinks it's rather fun that every time we move, so do the 'new' pillows which need to be loving looked after so they don't get bashed. But he agrees that it's real treat for me to think, whatever, I'll just go get a new one out. No excuses not to make lace ... his saying as he is convinced that when I play computer games my IQ can be heared to shrink. For my more important projects I have two of Rosemarie Robertson's pillows - my honiton and my fan pillow (it's the one where the centre rotates within the other part of the pillow. Rosemarie Robertson covers her pillows with felt before putting the cotton cover on and this does hold the pillow together. I would think that for a very domed pillow you would need to cut darts into the felt so that it lies flat and also I would think that you would need to glue it to the pillow to stop it from moving. If you are working with polystrene then I think good old copydex would be the best bet because if it's new then you can put a very thin layer onto the felt and pillow, let them start to dry then contact stick them when it's nearly dry. This way there would be no sticky stuff to come through the felt or the lace. Hope my thoughts help. With SMP no longer doing the domed pillows I suppose my first choice would be to buy up old Dryad kits on ebay - but can anyone out there recommend a good reasonably priced domed pillow in the UK. Kind Regards Liz Baker thelace...@btinternet.com My chronicle of my bobbins can be found at my website: http://thelacebee.weebly.com/ From: Sue hurwitz...@btinternet.com To: Arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Sunday, 22 January 2012, 12:20 Subject: [lace] pillow question Can I ask all you lacemakers out there about pillows. I have 3 Dryad 18 inch domed (cookie) pillows all now with soft squidgy middles and a 2o/22? inch flat round one which I am about to use in place of the domed one, not much used yet. All are polystyrene commercially made. I am considering whether to buy another 18 domed one to replace all three old ones but when looking in the UK I only found one of the three sites I looked at with 18 domed, most of them were various sizes of flat round. I Cant Manage With The Staw Pillows which are just too heavy for me to lift about or to rest on my legs which I need to put up part of most days. If I/When I buy a new pillow I want to be able to protect it and use it to keep it in the best useable condition that I can from the very start. What do you put over to protect the pillow but allowing it be ok to put pins in and out? The first one I did put a towel over the top under the cloth cover and it hurt like crazy putting pins in, so that was no good (no idea where that idea came from). I think that maybe felt underneath might bring tufts of colour back up into the lace. Sue T Dorset UK www.hurwitzend.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] pillow question
Try a google for foam craft. I found this site: http://www.fun2make.co.uk/ so there must be other sources in the UK On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Sue hurwitz...@btinternet.com wrote: ** Ihave seen fun foam mentioned a couple of times and maybe as a short term fix I might be interested, except I dont know what that would be in the UK. -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] pillow question
Fun foam is available from Hobbycraft. It is a thin foam sheet in bright colours - about 2 - 3 mm thick. I think sheets are about 99p each. L Kind Regards Liz Baker thelace...@btinternet.com My chronicle of my bobbins can be found at my website: http://thelacebee.weebly.com/ From: Sue hurwitz...@btinternet.com To: bev walker walker.b...@gmail.com Cc: Arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Sunday, 22 January 2012, 19:46 Subject: Re: [lace] pillow question Ihave seen fun foam mentioned a couple of times and maybe as a short term fix I might be interested, except I dont know what that would be in the UK.snipped - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] pillow question
I just had a look at DJ Hornsby's website and it says that they have stopped doing the domed 18 Kind Regards Liz Baker thelace...@btinternet.com My chronicle of my bobbins can be found at my website: http://thelacebee.weebly.com/ From: Brenda Paternoster paternos...@appleshack.com To: laceviolins...@comcast.net Cc: Sue hurwitz...@btinternet.com; Arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Sunday, 22 January 2012, 14:25 Subject: Re: [lace] pillow question Sue is in Dorset UK so won't want to buy from USA. In UK domed polystyrene pillows are available from DJ Hornsby by mail order http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/djhornsby/Pillows.htm Brenda On 22 Jan 2012, at 14:03, laceviolins...@comcast.net wrote: You can order square blocks from Pete at Snowgoose and then cut the squishy part out making it a little tiny smaller than the block. Shove the block in and voyla just as good as new. Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] pillow questions
Meant to sent this to lace. In UK high density polystyrene pillows (light weight) are available from: http://www.jofirthlacemaking.co.uk/viewProduct.php?id=1019 Go for a flat round one, rather than a domed pillow, which gives more flexibility when doing larger pieces. I bought a lovely light weight block pillow from: http://www.kleinhout.com/GB/lacepillows/index.asp in the Netherlands. Not the cheapest (and I did go for the largest oval block-pillow), but very versatile. I also had the advantage of having it sent to my sister in the Netherlands instead of paying international p/p. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK Sue wrote: The polystyrene in your old pillows is the problem. I would no recommend buying another like that. Do look for one which is poly ethylene. They seem to be lifelong pillows. I have several, with no damaged centers. They are just as light as polystyrene, but don't shed crumbs or disintegrate. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] Mum's Doll House
Guys, Thank you all for your kind words about my Mum's two doll's houses. We are spending time with my parents late Feb for Mum's 80th so I will drag out all the lace she has, including the miniatures, and photograph them all. If you are looking for some inspiration for miniatures then alot of the furniture that Dad made was from X-Acto kits - everything precut, you assemble with PVA glue, sand, stain, wax and add the fixings that are included in the kit. If you can find them they are very easy to follow. For the lace work I used both Roz Snowden's books (very inspirational) but also, I found that some of the minature sample pieces in Pam Nottingham's buck point technique book that were intended for use as piece in a broach - they were very easy to make by using Bridget Cook's Practical Skills in Bobbin Lace as a reference point for starting and finishing the pieces. And look at one of them over Xmas I was amazed that I had to look twice to see where I'd started. What I have found with minature lace is that using good quality silk makes a big difference. I had first toyed with using silk when I bought a piece of antique lace for Mum in Amersham. It was Edwardian Beds and was made in silk so that seemed period enough for me to start off researching. Cottons when working on fine pieces seemed too thick and I was concerned that the closeness of the work might cause rubbing of the thread and potentially breakages. Once I had bought a selection of threads from Piper Silks (who else!!) I was hooked and the final pieces looked as though they had been made contemporarily to the Doll's house's period. Dad stopped making pieces for the Doll's House in 2001 when he lost the sight in one eye due to macular degeneration. Six months later, he lost the sight in the other eye to the same cause. As you can imagine, for someone who had painted models to the standard that you saw on the page (the mounted Drummer is now in the Einsikillen Regimental Museum as a gift from my father) it was extremely difficult for him to adjust. We took the opportunity to do things that he had put off for years - Eurostar to Paris to see Napoleon's tomb, the lake district, Eden Project - we travel to big things that he can see (this year Waterloo and the TinTin museum). But with my mother's help, he built Winsor Castle to show off his Britains' models. Mum and Dad now sit together and Mum reads to Dad things that he is interested in ... and my mother is now a great expert on German Fighter Aces of WWII, the British Postal System, Greek Battles of WWII it is rather strange as she buys my husband and my father the same books. Then she sits in my house discussing the number of kills of different German Fighter Aces. She was also rather good at Duxford where she was starting to recognise planes and impressed a couple of American Vets with her knowledge. Maybe we could get her on Mastermind next. Macular degeneration has robbed my father of his sight and because during my childhood my father was increasing ill with managable health only really in the past 15 years there were many things we never got to do together. But his ill health gave my father the time to paint and make things. His lost of sight has allowed us to do things together that we never had the chance to. Strange how things go. I have realised that there is no such thing as a disability - in the words of one of the UK charities - I don't see disabilty, what I see is abilty. My challenge now that I have decided to accept is to see just how accessible I can make lacemaking in the UK. L Kind Regards Liz Baker thelace...@btinternet.com My chronicle of my bobbins can be found at my website: http://thelacebee.weebly.com/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] pillow questions
Agnes, Get thee behind me - I am trying really, really hard NOT to go on that site as they are too tempting. I NEEED those pillows. L Kind Regards Liz Baker thelace...@btinternet.com My chronicle of my bobbins can be found at my website: http://thelacebee.weebly.com/ From: Agnes Boddington ag...@weatherwax.karoo.co.uk To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Sunday, 22 January 2012, 19:59 Subject: [lace] pillow questions Meant to sent this to lace. In UK high density polystyrene pillows (light weight) are available from: http://www.jofirthlacemaking.co.uk/viewProduct.php?id=1019 Go for a flat round one, rather than a domed pillow, which gives more flexibility when doing larger pieces. I bought a lovely light weight block pillow from: http://www.kleinhout.com/GB/lacepillows/index.asp in the Netherlands. Not the cheapest (and I did go for the largest oval block-pillow), but very versatile. I also had the advantage of having it sent to my sister in the Netherlands instead of paying international p/p. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK Sue wrote: The polystyrene in your old pillows is the problem. I would no recommend buying another like that. Do look for one which is poly ethylene. They seem to be lifelong pillows. I have several, with no damaged centers. They are just as light as polystyrene, but don't shed crumbs or disintegrate. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] Re: Polyethylene in UK
You cannot buy it in the UK? If I go to google.uk, there are sites (online), not a ton, but you can! http://www.theplasticshop.co.uk/polyethylene-index-1996-0.html is one example, and you can search around on the site above for thickness and sizes you desire (to cut and shape your pillow or portion thereof, from). If I am off-base, I am sure someone will let me know. I would guess there may be some US distributors that may also ship abroad. HTH, Susan Reishus - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Re: Polyethylene in UK
You might be able to buy it to make your own , but I said there aren't any (commercially made) pillows made of it that I know of. And Sue was looking for a pillow she could buy. I am assuming the polyethylene is the self healing, white bubbly looking stuff, (a bit like the inside of an Aero chocolate bar for those in the UK) with a slight give if you press it. And it squeaks as you put pins into it. I have seen it used in the US and Canada, and I think I have one pillow made of it. I don't much like the feel of using it, and it is hard work to get the pins in and out. It is easier to carve though than polystyrene, to shape a rounded edge, as it is slightly rubbery. A lot of these insulation type materials are commercially listed but are for the building and industrial trades, so you can only buy them in very large quantities out of all proportion in both price, and in terms of storage for the surplus, if you only want one pillow. For example the site you found says The material is available in a range of grades suitable for a wide range of industrial and general applications and high density polyethylene is widely used in automotive, leisure and industrial applications and is particularly suitable for the fabrication of tanks, silos, hoppers etc. Unfortunately they will almost certainly be selling it in large sheets, not in 2' square blocks. For making pillows I buy dense polystyrene designed for roofing insulation. It also comes in large sheets (from memory) about 2' x 6', and a couple of inches thick. Even that I have to buy in packs of four sheets, so it makes an awful lot of pillows!!! However DH also uses it to insulate his beehives in the winter and uses more of it than I do. Jacquie in Lincolnshire - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] Czech site
I was looking for something completely different (I was trying to find who made my pillow stand) and found this lovely site. http://www.palickovani.cz/start.php?screen_availWidth=1440screen_availHeight =870navigator_is_ie5_5up=truenavigator_is_ie=truelang=en Have a look at the patterns. L Kind Regards Liz Baker thelace...@btinternet.com My chronicle of my bobbins can be found at my website: http://thelacebee.weebly.com/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] pillow question
Hi Arachnids, I belief that Church Meadow craft has taken over the pillow production from SMP a couple of years ago. Sheila and Russell (who own SMP) certainly referred me to them when I wanted some new blocks for a block pillow. The last people I have seen with the Hornsby type pillows are Mainly Lace -I don't know if they bought up the last of the Hornsby stock or the moulds to make the pillows-. You should only need to buy the poly part as the cover can be moved from one to the next. Lastly, horse-blankets can also be used for the 'in between' layer -twix poly and cotton cover-. Both Church Meadow Craft and Mainly Lace are in the UK and have websites www.churchmeadowcrafts.com www.mainlylace.co.uk. The latter certainly seems to sell domed but uncovered pillows Happy lace making, Joepie, East Sussex, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] New site
Oh dear! Another group to join!! :) --- and I just have!!! :) Anyone would think I was addicted to lace or something!! :) Thanks Lorelei, for the pointer to the site. (How come I missed it?!!!) Regards from Liz in Hoit, sunny Melbourne, Oz. lizl...@bigpond.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] Re: Polyethylene in UK
I am assuming the polyethylene is the self healing, white bubbly looking stuff...I buy dense polystyrene designed for roofing insulation. Jacquie *** The link I shared in the UK http://www.theplasticshop.co.uk/polyethylene-index-1996-0.html was for the variants of pool noodle composition (they also make a really big diameter version for physical and occupational therapy, as it is safe to be around chemically), and they can range from fine to a bit coarser in density. They come in sheets that were approximately 220 cm and perhaps longer the other way, which is a manageable size, to my mind. It could be one layer on top of something else, or they sell a bonding agent so you could cut it and layer it if you want a lighter pillow. Most cut it (even with electric knife...like they used to carve turkey with in the old days) and then use a rasp or similar to plane it to size or shape. If you know someone with a table saw, you can cut block pillows and other things. I have made pillows of the polystyrene too, and it breaks down so fast and is toxic to be around very much, but could be used as a core with something over, such as felted wool, etc. Most places here, they come in 4x8' sheets, which is quite large unless you speak sweetly to the lumberyard man and he finds a scrap for you or will call when there is one, or you know a contractor/repair man. My needles don't squeak with polyethylene, but they scrunch/crunch with the polystyrene which is a symptom of why it breaks down so rapidly. My guess is that the polyethylene is now available in the UK, which would be a boon to those who are interested, but I am sure that Sue can find someone in the US that would be happy to mail it if she doesn't want to tackle it. No doubt, someone in the UK that likes this product, will now decide to start up a little business making them up. It is kind of fun! HTH Best, Susan Reishus - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] Conservation information of Lace Textiles
This is my final attempt to send this information to the Archne listing for lace conservation.  I understand that special characters keep showing up. I apologize and hope that my copy/paste from Notepad works this time. Joy GardinerâTextile Conservator at Winterthur shared her findings in developing and researching a method to conserve a recent lace collection donated to Winterthur.  Ms. Gardiner shared a listing of vendors for materials for conserving our laces (See attached list 2004). The first listing is âArchivartâ, which supplies acid-free boxes with trays inside the boxes. They come in multiple sizes. The box that Joy showed us allowed for laying larger pieces of lace flat with acid-free paper in-between, while they had the upper tray filled with rolled tape laces.  She stated that all of our materials for lace making should never be stored in plastic shopping bags or zip lock bags due to gases emitted from the plastic which impacts the thread negatively and causes the thread to break down.   She suggested that we place our lace threads and fabrics (handkerchief materials, etc) in archival paper and then place them in an archival box inside an older wood dresser. NO cedar chests or cedar closets.  She stated that a dresser that is not tightly fitted but has drawers or wood backing not tightly fitted with air holes was good.  She stated that a dresser that has some air circulating in it at room temperature is the best for storage of fabric and materials.   The reason for acid free paper and a box inside a dresser drawer was to ensure that all threads or fabrics would not touch the wood sides that may have been treated with some product that could impact the materials or threads.  Acid-Free Paper is not all the same! Ms. Gardiner shared her chemistry expertise when speaking how to best conserve our lace. She spoke of âbufferedâ and ânon-bufferedâ acid-free paper. Buffered acid-free paper is probably what most of us have in our boxes. âBufferedâ acid-free paper visually is opaqueâyou cannot see your hand outline underneath the paper. âNon-Bufferedâ acid-free paper is more transparent and you can see your hand outline through the paper. âBufferedâ acid-free paper has calcium carbonate within the paper fibers. You cannot see your hand through the paper.  Joy explained that silk thread has a molecular structure that has a free-standing hydrogen molecule. Silksâ molecular structure will react to the calcium carbonate in the âbufferedâ acid-free paper thereby causing the lace or items with silk thread to break down very quickly over timeâdestroying the item.  Ms. Gardiner suggested that we switch to all ânon-bufferedâ acid free paper, which will not react to any fiber typeâcotton, silk, linen or wools. Using only the non-buffered acid free paper will allow us to store all types of items even when we may not know all of the fiber types used in the item. Everyone needs to know that all laces should never be folded. If you have a large piece, roll it or create acid free paper rolls in-between so the lace is not folded.  Joy shared an excellent method to conserve our tape laces.   Take a sheet of Mylar plastic (it is denser plastic and does not emit gases) and cut it to a specific width (she had all of hers the same size about 5 inches). Roll the Mylar into a roll. Cut surgical stocking, cover the Mylar plastic with the surgical stockingâsticking the ends of the stocking into both ends. Roll the tape lace on top of the surgical stocking/Mylar. Now, cover the lace with another sheet of Mylar plastic and tie shut with a piece of ribbon. Place your roll into the tray.   This method allows you to see your laces in the tray.  She also stated that if anyone has a lace tablecloth that we can order the Mylar plastic the width plus a couple of inches of your lace.  Roll it into a roll.  Cover the roll with cotton unbleached muslin over the Mylar, tie with a ribbon.  Then place your lace table cloth with another layer of cotton muslin over the top of it.  Now, roll the lace with the muslin onto the cotton muslin covered Mylar plastic until it is completely rolled up.  You should order more length of the Mylar to ensure that the Mylar covers the entire piece of lace plus a few extra inches to ensure you can close it with ribbon at several sections. Cover the ends with surgical stockings (toe sections) Now you can place the lace tablecloth vertical in the back of an interior closet knowing that the lace is completely protected and safe.   She stated this method works for quilts as well.  (I have stored my grandmother's hand stitch quilts this way and I can see which one I want to pull out for a special occasion).  I thought this was a great idea for those of us who have made a great deal of lace for a special occasion but needs to be stored until the
Re: [lace] Re: Spencer
Susan Reishus elationrelat...@yahoo.com wrote: If you put chemise into the search engine of google, you get lots of long slips and dresses. That reminds me--remember the Google Ngram? We talked about it awhile back on Arachne. Google analyzed the word content of a huge library going back into the 1600's. Has anyone tried searching that for words like spencer, chemise, and camisole? You could find the earliest uses of the words and how they were used in whatever time period is of interest. Just a thought. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] pillow question
Sue hurwitz...@btinternet.com wrote: I am considering whether to buy another 18 domed one to replace all three old ones but when looking in the UK I only found one of the three sites I looked at with 18 domed, most of them were various sizes of flat round. I Cant Manage With The Staw Pillows which are just too heavy for me to lift about or to rest on my legs which I need to put up part of most days. I have several options to propose, but they're about relatively easy ways to make your own instead of buying another on that will go squidgy (love that description!). The hardest part is getting a circular wood base. If you have someone that can cut a circle, then thin plywood will work well. Or if you can get someone to make an octagon, that works as well as a circle but is easier to cut. 1. My first 'cookie' pillow was made on a plywood base. Place fabric over the wood, staple it down most of the way around the wood. Then use polyester stuffing (the material sold in bags for filling soft toys) to fill it. Grab big handfuls of the stuff and push it to the far edge, keep adding and adding. When you get it filled halfway across the base, push a whole lot more and continue stuffing. When you're sure it's full, push it in some more and continue stuffing! When you can't stuff any more, staple the rest of the fabric down. It's still a whole lot easier than straw stuffing, and can be done in a couple of hours. And if it gets soft in the center, undo a few staples and add more polyester stuffing. You can also add a layer of felted wool (in the US there are stores that sell Army-Navy surplus that sometimes have old wool blankets that can be felted) and another layer of cloth, if you want more support for the pins. 2. Another easy cookie pillow is made from circles of the fiber-type carpet padding. In the US it has become hard to find, most carpet stores using foam bits that have been pressed into a sheet. But if you can get the fibrous type, cut 3 or 4 circles of it, the largest at least an inch (2-3 cm) wider than the base. Make an upside-down pyramid (smallest circle on the bottom, biggest on top) onto the base, cover them with felted-wool blanket and staple this to the wood base. Cover with cloth. 3. There is something called industrial felt. It is a wool felt that is about 1 (2-3 cm) thick. I've not made a pillow out of it, but it takes pins like a dream. Friends have used it for block pillows. I believe you could use this for the upside-down pyramid pillow. 4. Personally, I strongly prefer block pillows over cookies. Some block pillows are square or octagonal, which makes them very much like a cookie pillow. But, as someone has already pointed out, it's easy and inexpensive to replace one broken-down block instead of a whole cookie. If you're going to buy a new pillow, I'd recommend getting a block pillow. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] pillow question
Having made bobbin lace for the last 20 years I always return to my sawdust pillow for 'good' pieces of lace. I know, they are very heavy to cart about but I've never had to add any more sawdust to it in all this time. After finishing a piece of lace I just turn it upside down on a cover cloth on the floor and do a happy dance around the circle (keeps me fit too :-)) and voila it's as good as new. Cheers, Shirley T. - Adelaide, South Australia, hiding in the air con with temps in the high 30Cs, heat wave conditions. What do you put over to protect the pillow but allowing it be ok to put pins in and out? The first one I did put a towel over the top under the cloth cover and it hurt like crazy putting pins in, so that was no good (no idea where that idea came from). I think that maybe felt underneath might bring tufts of colour back up into the lace. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] pillow question lace-related miniatures
To answer the paragraph below my response: The solution to graduated padding is not to cut darts, which would be very lumpy. For my gently-domed pillows, made years ago (I no longer make lace) we cut graduated circles of felt or felted wool blankets that had been washed and dried at the highest setting of heat. You then stack the circles and lay them on the pillow before you cover it. I preferred the smallest circle on the bottom of stack. Each was 1/2 to 1 larger in diameter than the one below it. Experiment based on the pillow form you have. There is no need for glue! A properly-covered pillow will be so tight that the circles will not shift out of place. Experiment by cutting circles of paper before you try this. It will help you decide the dimensions. The texture of felt or felted wool helps to keep it in place. If buying felt, make sure it is not made of synthetic materials, and avoid dark colors. They might run if liquids are spilled on your pillow, and that might mean that the lace being made might wick the color into it. Avoid the use of adhesives inside your pillow. They contain substances that may attract micro-organisms. And, once the pillow is made, you might not discover an infestation until it has done damage. Also, adhesives may off-gas odors and chemicals that could damage the pillow form, pins and your lace. By the way, have you looked at the Arachne archives to answer your pillow questions? We have been answering this type of question for 15 years, and there are some good tips that don't get included in every round of similar questions. _http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/index.html_ (http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/index.html) Also, I recommend you look at the Lace Miniatures correspondence in the archives. Annelies de Kort of The Netherlands made the most extraordinary lace shop with living quarters above which was exhibited at OIDFA in Gent in 1998(?). At the same OIDFA Congress she displayed a lace dessert table (many cakes, etc.). They looked real. Both were publicized at the time. She has published booklets of instructions. Try different search engines and you may be able to find. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center In a message dated 1/22/2012 2:54:23 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, thelace...@btinternet.com writes: Rosemarie Robertson covers her pillows with felt before putting the cotton cover on and this does hold the pillow together. I would think that for a very domed pillow you would need to cut darts into the felt so that it lies flat and also I would think that you would need to glue it to the pillow to stop it from moving. If you are working with polystrene then I think good old copydex would be the best bet because if it's new then you can put a very thin layer onto the felt and pillow, let them start to dry then contact stick them when it's nearly dry. This way there would be no sticky stuff to come through the felt or the lace. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
RE: [lace] lace-related miniatures
The books by Annelies de Kort are most inspiring, so are the books by Ann Colier and Rox Sowden. If one looks at books about dressing miniature dolls, it is surprising how much lace (usually machine) is used. I sometimes think most people have a hidden desire to make miniatures because it is amazing the people that have some sort of miniature hidden somewhere. Their excuse usually is that they just could not resist buying the item! I have seen some of the miniatures made in Spain and I sincerely hope that we can look forward to having some patterns one day!! I am working my Bucks parasol cover in variegated silk but I am afraid that it is really too big and I cannot imagine enough shrinkage taking place once I remove the lace from the pillow. Oh well, maybe it will be big enough for a round table cloth! I have considered the scallops hanging over the edge but I will just have to wait and see. Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa. Also, I recommend you look at the Lace Miniatures correspondence in the archives. Annelies de Kort of The Netherlands made the most extraordinary lace shop with living quarters above which was exhibited at OIDFA in Gent in 1998(?). At the same OIDFA Congress she displayed a lace dessert table (many cakes, etc.). They looked real. Both were publicized at the time. She has published booklets of instructions. Try different search engines and you may be able to find. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace-chat] Mum's Doll House
Guys, Thank you all for your kind words about my Mum's two doll's houses. We are spending time with my parents late Feb for Mum's 80th so I will drag out all the lace she has, including the miniatures, and photograph them all. If you are looking for some inspiration for miniatures then alot of the furniture that Dad made was from X-Acto kits - everything precut, you assemble with PVA glue, sand, stain, wax and add the fixings that are included in the kit. If you can find them they are very easy to follow. For the lace work I used both Roz Snowden's books (very inspirational) but also, I found that some of the minature sample pieces in Pam Nottingham's buck point technique book that were intended for use as piece in a broach - they were very easy to make by using Bridget Cook's Practical Skills in Bobbin Lace as a reference point for starting and finishing the pieces. And look at one of them over Xmas I was amazed that I had to look twice to see where I'd started. What I have found with minature lace is that using good quality silk makes a big difference. I had first toyed with using silk when I bought a piece of antique lace for Mum in Amersham. It was Edwardian Beds and was made in silk so that seemed period enough for me to start off researching. Cottons when working on fine pieces seemed too thick and I was concerned that the closeness of the work might cause rubbing of the thread and potentially breakages. Once I had bought a selection of threads from Piper Silks (who else!!) I was hooked and the final pieces looked as though they had been made contemporarily to the Doll's house's period. Dad stopped making pieces for the Doll's House in 2001 when he lost the sight in one eye due to macular degeneration. Six months later, he lost the sight in the other eye to the same cause. As you can imagine, for someone who had painted models to the standard that you saw on the page (the mounted Drummer is now in the Einsikillen Regimental Museum as a gift from my father) it was extremely difficult for him to adjust. We took the opportunity to do things that he had put off for years - Eurostar to Paris to see Napoleon's tomb, the lake district, Eden Project - we travel to big things that he can see (this year Waterloo and the TinTin museum). But with my mother's help, he built Winsor Castle to show off his Britains' models. Mum and Dad now sit together and Mum reads to Dad things that he is interested in ... and my mother is now a great expert on German Fighter Aces of WWII, the British Postal System, Greek Battles of WWII it is rather strange as she buys my husband and my father the same books. Then she sits in my house discussing the number of kills of different German Fighter Aces. She was also rather good at Duxford where she was starting to recognise planes and impressed a couple of American Vets with her knowledge. Maybe we could get her on Mastermind next. Macular degeneration has robbed my father of his sight and because during my childhood my father was increasing ill with managable health only really in the past 15 years there were many things we never got to do together. But his ill health gave my father the time to paint and make things. His lost of sight has allowed us to do things together that we never had the chance to. Strange how things go. I have realised that there is no such thing as a disability - in the words of one of the UK charities - I don't see disabilty, what I see is abilty. My challenge now that I have decided to accept is to see just how accessible I can make lacemaking in the UK. L Kind Regards Liz Baker thelace...@btinternet.com My chronicle of my bobbins can be found at my website: http://thelacebee.weebly.com/ To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
