Re: [lace] Christmas Lace Star finished

2017-01-03 Thread Clay Blackwell
Beautiful! I look forward to seeing it framed! Clay Sent from my iPad > On Jan 2, 2017, at 6:59 PM, Sue Babbs wrote: > > A while back I saw a lace comet with a Christmas scene in it on Facebook, and > knew I wanted to make it. I finally started it in September and

RE: [lace] Christmas Lace Star finished

2017-01-03 Thread J-D Hammett
Hi Sue and Fellow Arachnids, Thank you very much for sharing your lovely work with us. The Christmas comet is beautiful as are the other pieces on your photo album and I so agree with you about colours in the dark ages. Bright colours were difficult to achieve and would only be worn by the

Re: [lace] Christmas Lace Star finished

2017-01-03 Thread Catherine Barley
Oh Sue it's beautiful and I had no trouble clicking on the link either! How I enjoyed seeing again some of the beautiful laces that you have made in the past. Exquisite! Catherine Barley on a cold and frosty morning here in the UK Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.com

Re: [lace] Christmas Lace Star finished

2017-01-02 Thread Sue Babbs
Yes, I wanted to make the wise men have richer looking clothes - hence the purple, and gold in them. The Virgin Mary is often depicted with blue and rose garments - sometimes white, but I was trying also to get a balanced effect in the piece. I also used some slubby silk threads in the

Re: [lace] Christmas Lace Star finished

2017-01-02 Thread Helene Ulrich
You Christmas comet looks great. I think the colors are more in line with what was worn back then, since rich colors were probably only worn by those with a lot of money. Helene South Carolina - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace