I've made several requested corsages, made up of separate petals and leaves, for DH's "women" - those "elderly" (older than me) ladies he emails in various countries as part of over 60's friendship groups. I've always made up one half of a pair of passives near the edge of each petal/leaf, or trapped around the edge, one strand of fairly/but-not-too stiff coated copper wire. Just stiff enough to be able to shape each leaf/petal, but not too stiff to make them rigid.
I suspend one pair of passives in thread and one pair in wire one inside the other on a pin above the petal/leaf, and position one wire and one thread down each edge an treat then as a pair of passives. When I've worked a few stuitches at the top of the leaf/petal, I remove the pin and pull the thread and wire down into the top of the work. Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
