[lace] Making Leaves on a bolster pillow

[Earl & Ruth Johnson]

It is nice to know the Arachne SOS Help Line is still alive and well.  I
had responses from six individuals and I have corresponded with and thanked
them all.  Our hobby/passion is worldwide and I can see that it would be
useful to have facility in many languages, in this case in German and
Spanish.

If you are already into 2019, I hope you welcomed the new year in good
health and good cheer, and if you are still awaiting midnight that you are
enjoying the time with friends or in quiet anticipation of good things to
come.

Ruth Johnson
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
(where freezing rain in expected tonight)

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[lace] New Year Greetings.

[Elizabeth Ligeti]

Happy New Year to you all, and I hope 2019 is a good year for you.

I don’t bother with New Year Resolutions as I never keep them anyway!!
However, I have plans to improve my tatting – which gets a bit sloppy
sometimes!,

Regards from Liz.in warm, sunny Melbourne, Oz.

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Re: [lace-chat] Wishes

[lacem...@pa.net]

Greetings, and wishing all a very happy 2019!

Margaret in PA, USA


Quoting Adele Shaak :

Yes, let?s all wish one another a very Happy New Year! May good luck  
and good lace come your way!


Janice, your New Year?s Eve sounds exhausting, but good fun. You  
must be very speedy to make so many appetizers in just one hour. My  
own celebration will be a quiet home-alone thing - I would spend it  
making lace except lacemaking doesn?t really go with bubbly and  
there?s a bottle with my name on it.


David, say Hi to 2019 for me. I?ll be there in about 9 hours.

Adele



On Dec 31, 2018, at 2:15 PM, Janice Blair  wrote:

Happy New Year David and all Arachneans.
I am taking it easy now as I am helping organize a party in our  
clubhouse for

130 people.  Have to be there are 5:00 pm to make appetizers, doors open at
6:00 pm and then we eat, drink and party until midnight.  They get  
to go home

and we get to clear up.


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Re: [lace-chat] Wishes

[Adele Shaak]

Yes, let’s all wish one another a very Happy New Year! May good luck and good 
lace come your way!

Janice, your New Year’s Eve sounds exhausting, but good fun. You must be very 
speedy to make so many appetizers in just one hour. My own celebration will be 
a quiet home-alone thing - I would spend it making lace except lacemaking 
doesn’t really go with bubbly and there’s a bottle with my name on it.

David, say Hi to 2019 for me. I’ll be there in about 9 hours.

Adele


> On Dec 31, 2018, at 2:15 PM, Janice Blair  wrote:
> 
> Happy New Year David and all Arachneans.
> I am taking it easy now as I am helping organize a party in our clubhouse for
> 130 people.  Have to be there are 5:00 pm to make appetizers, doors open at
> 6:00 pm and then we eat, drink and party until midnight.  They get to go home
> and we get to clear up.  

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Fwd: [lace] Lace coasters - Made in China?

[N.A. Neff]

Message from Jeri Ames. Her email is behaving oddly.

Nancy
Connecticut,  USA

-- Forwarded message -
From: Jeri Ames 
Date: Mon, Dec 31, 2018, 15:06
Subject: Re: [lace] Lace coasters - Made in China?
To: 
Cc: , 


Do you remember that we had a discussion about 20 years ago about laces for
sale in Belgium (at the time of the OIDFA 1998 Ghent Congress), and that
one member of this list - in Belgium - had a daughter who had been employed
to change labeling on items made in China (like this) to "Belgian Lace"?
There is a law in Belgium that lace made elsewhere must be labeled as such.
If it is made in Belgium, label will say "Made in Belgium".

Let us hope someone in Belgium can confirm this is still the case.  If
labeling is/was changed in Europe, it is something to remember far into the
future, after I am able to remind you of it. It could be happening
everywhere!  I actually talked with a Chinese man in Ghent whose purpose, I
thought, was to facilitate the copying of laces - something none of us
would ever forget. We all MUST talk with people - it is how we learn these
things!

How labeling would be handled in the U.S. is a question yet to be answered,
because there were many years when imports from China were not permitted -
by law. I do not know if Nancy Evans (U.S.) is subscribed to Arachne. I
have bought antique laces from her and attended her IOLI lace
identification classes in Bethesda a few years ago. She is a good resource,
and a bcc of this note is going to her. I believe Elizabeth Kurella (U.S.)
is a subscriber, and she may be able to contribute additional
identification insight. A Belgian expert is Diane Claeys (pronounced to
rhyme with Ice - as in Clice), who used to sell antique laces in the
central square of Brussels. At some point she moved from Belgium to Japan.
She may be reading this and have some answers. I am sending a bcc copy to
her last known (2005) address. Search her name in Arachne archives for more
information

A lot has been stripped from Arlene's letter (below) to shorten, per our
Web Master's requests.

Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center

In a message dated 12/30/2018 1:57:02 PM Eastern Standard Time,
lorri...@msn.com writes:

This is very likely what Nancy Evans (a nationally known lace historian)
calls 'mission lace' - lace made by women in mission schools.  I will send
a copy of this to her and perhaps she will answer you.
Lorri Ferguson


Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2018 9:04 AM
Subject: [lace] lace coasters - made in China?

I was recently given a set of 10 "lace coasters", as they were labeled,
from a thrift store in Arizona for $5 (!).  They were wrapped in tissue
paper with a label from Robinsons Department Store in Los
Angeles. They look like handmade lace and not machine lace, especially as
you can see the join.  You can see pictures:
http://laceioli.ning.com/group/identification-history/forum/topics/lace-coasters?xg_source=activity


..I find myself still interested in the "Made in China" stickers that are
on these.  The stickers are on 7 out of 10... Does anyone have any reliable
resources about handmade bobbin lace in China?
Particularly this quality?  Is this level of quality of handmade lace still
made there?  Or does anyone know its years of likely production?  Also,
"Made in China" - if this is correct, they would have to be older than 1948
or newer than 1978 (between those years, supposedly no items *coming to the
U.S.* from China, but I can't get a handle on when stickers would have been
used to mark goods (as opposed to plates or something that would be
stamped/imprinted).  Any suggestions of where to research these topics?
Arlene in NJ

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[lace] Looking for Alex Stillwell

[Clare Lewis]

Hi all,

Happy New Year to you all and apologies to posting to the entire group but
I can't find Alex's email address anywhere.

AS - if you are reading this please can you PM me about a piece of lace for
a Lace Guild book.

Many thanks,
Clare

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