Re: [lace] The Lace Place

2013-11-25 Thread Catherine Barley
Hi Sue I was invited to Australia to teach for the Sydney branch of the Embroiderers' Guild for their 50th Anniversary, also the Melbourne branch and for the Australian Lace Guild at Perth who arranged a trip to Hyden and The Lace Place at the end of the Convention. It was too far to make

[lace] Bobbin-made tapes

2013-11-25 Thread Leonard Bazar
Dear All   It is of course difficult to work out how a textile was made just by looking at it, but don't forget that the basic tools for making something can be used in many different ways.  Just because something is made with lace bobbins on a lace pillow does not ensure that it is made using

RE: [lace] Heelball

2013-11-25 Thread Cheryl Anderson
While soot is very messy, once mixed with the very hard wax to form heel ball it is stays quite clean. Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 22:29:16 + To: dmt11h...@aol.com CC: jean...@hotmail.co.uk; lace@arachne.com From: jpartri...@pebble.demon.co.uk Subject: [lace] Heelball Blacking would have

[lace] Cantu class in San Antonio

2013-11-25 Thread Cheryl Anderson
The Alamo Bobbin Lacers will be hosting Betty Manfre to teach Cantu lace, February 8, 9 and 10, 2014 in San Antonio, Texas. (This is the week before Winter Lace Conference in California.) Lacemakers of all skill levels are welcome! The pictures attached to this email show the designs Betty

Re: [lace] Cantu class in San Antonio

2013-11-25 Thread Bev Walker
Hi Cheryl and lace list The arachne list software removes any attachments - can you post them somewhere then give us a link to that somewhere? The workshop and all sounds inviting ;) On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 4:31 AM, Cheryl Anderson mayflowerl...@hotmail.comwrote: Lacemakers of all skill levels

[lace] Re: Bobbin-made tapes

2013-11-25 Thread Jeriames
Thank you, Leonard, for introducing an interesting twist to this subject. I went to Jacqui Carey's site to see what books are available, and the list is quite interesting. Though I do not review pure embroidery books on Arachne, I do have her Elizabethan Stitches and Sweet Bags in my

[lace] Clear plastic and prickings

2013-11-25 Thread purple lacer
As a modern day lacemaker I have a computer, Photoshop, scanner, printer, cardstock and clear contact paper, and I'm not afraid to use them! I make nearly all of my prickings by printing them on my home computer onto light blue cardstock and covering with clear contact (sticky backed plastic). I

[lace] The Lace Place

2013-11-25 Thread Janis Savage
When I moved to South Africa in 1979, it was almost impossible to obtain anything for bobbin lace. The number of lacemakers was steadily increasing though, so only in 1988 did I decide that if no-one else was going to import lacemaking things then I would have a go. I knew nothing about

[lace] the Lace Place, Hyden

2013-11-25 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Hi, Sue, Yes, I have been to Hyden in Western Australia - in 2007 when the Australian Lace Guild had their annual AGM week of classes. It was the year Catherine Barley came to Australia, and I went over to Perth, for the workshop she was teaching there. (Melbourne is the other side of the country

[lace] Brok 24/3

2013-11-25 Thread sally13nmex
Dear lace friends, It's a long story, but I would really like  some Brok 24/3.  Just in case there's some lurking, unwanted, in your box of lace thread, please email me privately.  Thanks! Sally Schoenberg Bellingham, WA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing

RE: [lace] The Lace Place

2013-11-25 Thread Jeanette Fischer
And what would we have done without the Lace Place in Honeydew!! Keep up the good work. Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa. Janis Savage wrote: to supply me, that I thought I was being incredibly original in choosing The Lace Place as my business name. - To unsubscribe send email to

[lace] new lace

2013-11-25 Thread Lorelei Halley
I just finished this piece tonight. From my book TORCHON BOBBIN LACE LESSONS. It is the color version that is new. http://lynxlace.com/mybobbinlace.html#new Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

RE: [lace] new lace

2013-11-25 Thread Jeanette Fischer
Torchon does lend itself to colour and it is beautiful. Congratulations! Jeanette Fischer, South Africa. Lorelei Halley I just finished this piece tonight. From my book TORCHON BOBBIN LACE LESSONS. It is the color version that is new. http://lynxlace.com/mybobbinlace.html#new - To unsubscribe