I have a friend here in Maine who has been working on teaching herself tambour.
She has books and so on, but would really love to correspond with someone else
who is interested in making this kind of lace. If you respond to me privately
or on the list I will be happy to forward your email to
A true Tambour Hook doesn't have a latch such as a rug hook has. It has a
barb like a fish hook and this is what makes it hard to get out of your hand
if you are silly enough to get it caught under the skin, as I once did mine.
I was in the house on my own one evening and had to get a taxi to
Sorry folks, I seriously misremembered that one!
It's nearly 20 years since I did the required tambour lacemaking for City
and Guilds, and I was sure I remembered the hook having a latch. When
Jacqui mentioned it, I recalled the twist motion to get the hook back out of
the work, which
Hello All! May I recommend Lierse kant oud en nieuw by Greet Rome-Verbeylen?
I purchased this book when I attended a workshop in the Detroit area where she
was one the teachers. The information is presented in four languages covers
the basics some fillings. There is a nice
Dear Lacemakers,
I have found 30 pages of Tambour instructions in a British book - really
quite a surprise
A couple weeks ago, our Arachne friend Angela Thompson recommended a book for
machine embroidery:
Beryl Johnson
Advanced Embroidery Techniques
Batsford 160 pp. Hardback
1983
On Thursday, March 2, 2006, at 08:44 PM, Elizabeth Ligeti wrote:
Margot saidInstead of a stand to hold the frame, I take a leaf out of
my dining
room table and lay the frame over the opening. Works like a charm!
What a clever idea! - but doesn't it bother your back as you lean over
it?
Hi Liz,
I have the good intention of trying tambour lace but didn't get to it
yet. Anyway, I have seen the book by Foukoyama and I have the book
written by Greet. I wasn't impressed by the Fukoyama book, there is
very little you can use in it, on the other hand I love the book by
Greet
On Wednesday, March 1, 2006, at 09:39 PM, Miriam wrote:
I'm still trying to figure out how to handle the tulle in a frame .
I use an embroidery frame which has rollers. I sew the net to the tape
on the 'rolling ends' and use a cloth tape/grosgrain ribbon or the like,
which gets pinned to
Liz asked about Tambour. I am just finishing up an interview with Greet
Rome-Verbeylen for the summer issue of the IOLI Bulletin which will feature
tambour lace. Lier lace is one of the tambour laces - English Coggeshall
and Irish Limerick laces are also worked with tambour techniques. (The
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Miriam
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I'm still trying to
figure out how to handle the tulle in a frame . I don't feel like
buying the whole big frames
My claim to fame as being the only UK member of the Canadian Lacemaker
Gazette's 5m Club (so what are the rest of you
Margot saidInstead of a stand to hold the frame, I take a leaf out of my
dining
room table and lay the frame over the opening. Works like a charm!
What a clever idea! - but doesn't it bother your back as you lean over it?
I have a 14 inch quilting hoop on a U frame which sits on my lap, and
Jo Ann said I am just finishing up an interview with Greet Rome-Verbeylen
for the summer issue of the IOLI Bulletin which will feature tambour lace
Ooooh! Can't wait to read that article! Thank you for letting us know what
to look out for.(Only trouble with that is that the 'Summer
I believe there are 2 books available - one by Fukuyama, and the other
the Liers lace by Greet Rome-Verbeylen.
There is a third, well it's really a 26 page booklet: Jean Dudding.
Creating Coggeshall Lace. I think it's out of print, but if you put the
title in Google, you'll find lots of
From: Elizabeth Ligeti [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am thinking of trying my hand at Tambour lace.
I believe there are 2 books available - one by Fukuyama, and the
other the Liers lace by Greet Rome-Verbeylen.
Lierse Kant (Lier Lace) is a kind of tambour. Tambour appears to refer
to all kinds of
I am thinking of trying my hand at Tambour lace.
I believe there are 2 books available - one by Fukuyama, and the other the
Liers lace by Greet Rome-Verbeylen.
I am told Liers Lace and Tambour lace are the same thing.
Please can anyone give me book reviews, and/or advice on which would be the
All the talk about Liers lace, after the Denver convention, made me dig
out all my 'stuff' on Coggeshall lace. I've just finished my first
original design and, if I do say so myself, it's great. I made an
iris. I'll baste it on a jacket which I'll be wearing to the American
Needlepoint
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