Re: [lace-chat] Re: bobbin display

2005-01-14 Thread Margery Allcock
Tamara wrote: Margery Allcock has a beautiful display like that - gorgeous wood, and even a glass dome over the whole. So now I'm thinking about how to show a photo. It is a lovely thing, made by the husband of a local lacemaker. He made them to sell at lace days; and I got him to make me a

[lace-chat] Army Life Oz Style

2005-01-14 Thread David Collyer
Text of a letter from a kid from Eromanga to Mum and Dad. (For those of you not in the know, Eromanga is a small town west of Quilpie in the far south west of Queensland) Dear Mum and Dad. I am well. Hope youse are too. Tell me big brothers Doug and Phil that the Army is better than workin' on

[lace-chat] Lost little boy (Tsunami)

2005-01-14 Thread Pauline
Thank you to all who recognised my description of the little Swedish boy, as the same picture that went the rounds last week, on Arachne, just as I thought. Wanted to check it out, and not send it on circling like a chain letter, but I am more than happy to pass on any if new. Pauline in

[lace-chat] Re: biscuit recipes unsalted butter ??

2005-01-14 Thread Joy Beeson
At 12:22 AM 1/14/05 -0500, Tamara P. Duvall wrote: And, although one's not supposed to do it, butter does freeze quite well. So, I keep *only* unsalted butter on hand - in the freezer - and pull out a stick as I need it. Fat defrosts fast but, if it's still too long, you can defrost it in

[lace-chat] Re: Lace Christmas Card

2005-01-14 Thread Helene Gannac
Dear Heather, Glad to see it arrived safely! One just wonders these days...that's all I was worried about, not the fact that I hadn't had any message from you! I'm glad you liked the tree. I was a bit worried, because I'd just made a bookmark with DMC cotton and a silver metallic thread before,

[lace-chat] Re: bobbin display

2005-01-14 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Jan 14, 2005, at 5:31, Margery Allcock wrote: Tamara wrote: Margery Allcock has a beautiful display like that - gorgeous wood, and even a glass dome over the whole. So now I'm thinking about how to show a photo. It is a lovely thing, made by the husband of a local lacemaker. He made them