I made a piece of honiton for my mother's 60th and put it in a frame with some backing fabric and a piece of cardboard behind the backing fabric. The back of the frame slid into place which was fun but I eventually got the lace where I wanted it to be.
It's 11 years later and the lace is still where it was the day I gave it to my mum. Regards Liz Beecher -----Original Message----- From: ann DURANT [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 August 2003 23:09 To: alice howell; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [lace] Starch?? I'm sure there's lots of reasons for not doing what I do when I am running a Christmas "conveyor belt", but when I have not the time to carefully stitch a motif to a base fabric, I cut a piece of felt (whatever colour I decide) the same size as the glass in a bought frame, then I lay the frame face downward, with the glass in place, then I lay the motif carefully in the centre of the glass, lay the felt on top of that and finally replace the back, fixing it in place. The felt holds the motif in position and fills the space between the back and the glass, and the motif doesn't move about. I've been doing this for up to 10 years, and they don't seem to have come to any harm. If the recipient wants to mount it in a different way, that's up to them! Ann in Manchester, UK ----- Original Message ----- From: "alice howell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 6:44 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Starch?? > At 01:04 PM 7/31/2003 -0400, you wrote: > >I have just finished a small motiff and want to frame it. I'm afraid it > >will lose it's shape once I remove it from my pillow and am wondering how to > >starch it. Does anyone have any advice/ideas?? > > I think that you need to remove it from the pillow and see how it does > before worrying. You didn't say anything about the kind of thread or > style of lace or density of the lace. All these things will affect how > firm or soft a finished piece is. > > If it is going to be framed, it would have to be mounted on a backing. > Sewing it to the backing would provide support, and you did say 'small'. > It wouldn't have great size or weight to sag. (My experience with the > lace items basted to fabric for my lace exhibit, where it hung for two > months, was that the only item that sagged was a large knitted lace cloth.) > > Generally, I use starch only on three dimentional items, such as Christmas > ornaments or shaped flowers. For anything that is flat, the natural > tension of cotton or linen seems to be enough. I haven't done much with > silk, so someone else can speak up about that. > > For the items that I do starch, I pin them out on a piece of cardboard > covered with plastic wrap or wax paper. For convenience, I use a spray > can of heavy duty starch. Spray, let dry, test. If not stiff enough for > the purpose of the item, spray again, and so forth. The pins used for > starching are kept in a separate packet labeled 'starch pins'. You can't > use them for regular lace again without washing them. > > Use starch only as a last resort. Mounting it to the backing most likely > will be all the support that is needed. > > Happy lacing, > > Alice in Oregon - 40 demo hours in 4 days sweltering at the fair. > Oregon Country Lacemakers > Arachne Secret Pal Administrator > Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses on behalf of Vivista by MessageLabs. http://www.messagelabs.com or Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vivista formerly Securicor Information Systems for further information http://www.vivista.co.uk ********************************************************************** The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the individuals named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you should be aware that any dissemination, distribution, forwarding or other duplication of this communication is strictly prohibited. The views expressed in this e-mail are those of the individual author and not necessarily those of Vivista Limited. Prior to taking any action based upon this e-mail message you should seek appropriate confirmation of its authenticity. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by using the e-mail reply facility. ********************************************************************** _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses on behalf of Vivista by MessageLabs. http://www.messagelabs.com or Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vivista formerly Securicor Information Systems for further information http://www.vivista.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
