Does anyone know of a good source for hankie blanks, preferablyNo! Please don't use a pre-hemmed hankie, especially if your lace is shaped with corners. With the exception of a yardage lace with gathered corners the rule is Always make the fabric fit the lace and not the other way around. Two reasons for this.
linen, and ideally in Canada? Shipping from anywhere else, and exchange is
starting to prove expensive, but I might have to cave on the Canadian angle.
The lace isnt finished yet, so I can be easy on size, although it is for a
chistening bonne/hankie. Pre hemstitched would be ideal for my sad sewing
skills, but I've faked it before, I can fake it again.
1, Pre-hemmed hankies are nearly always out of square and/or rectangular.
2, The chances of getting a full number of repeats in your lace to *exactly* the same length as the hankie edge is very small.
Very briefly; you position your lace over the fabric, pin and baste into place. Pull out (withdraw) a thread from the fabric immediately under two adjacent foot edges and stitch the lace to the fabric using the withdrawn threads as a guide. Then withdraw two more threads along the other two sides, reposition the lace if necessary and complete the attachment of the lace. Then trim the fabric as necessary and work a small hem.
Sorry I can't help with Canadian sourcing, but you should be looking at yardage fabric or maybe a good quality man's hankie which you can cut down.
Brenda
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