A friend of mine is seeking advice on how to mount some lace she has made on
to some fine silk fabric. It was brought back from Japan for her, and the
giver says it is "vintage" silk offcut from a kimono. It is 13" wide by
39" long. The longer sides are woven and wont fray. She wishes to sew
Jane,
You are welcome to bring your husband along to the get together. Liz usually
brings her husband. Maybe we should ban them from the free raffle though and
make it for Arachne members only. :-)
I am using Plain Text for this message to see if any of my usual gobbledegook
turns up, found
Thank you, Jenny. Tess did a tremendous amount of work. Books may be
easier to scan today than when she took on this project for us, making so
many out-of-copyright books available - free - to anyone with a computer. Her
set-up meant standing for hours and hours and lifting the books
It was only when I was comparing the 2 sites work that I really appreciated
just how much work Tess Parish had done removing all the background colour
from the scans, thus making it much more readable.
To see what I mean, compare these 2 copies of the same scan
