Having recently completed the garter lace for my daughter, I have also now
completed my strip for my convict bonnet and am almost halfway through the
first of my special lace cuffs. Both the convict bonnet and the cuffs are
my first really exciting venture into designing my own pieces which are
actually working, so I did learn some valuable lessons with the couple of
sample bits that went wrong.
The cuffs are to go on an outfit for our living history camping, originally
wanted in August but we have now decided to use them in May instead, so I
have spent the last couple of weekends cutting out, with a couple more items
to go before I begin a mass sew in. We do the American fur trade times but
as Scottish, hense my cuffs with thistle heads on:-)
I have also cut out the bonnet to make up and a special pocket for my
costume, which I am going to add my card exchange hummingbird for
decoration. You can't believe how excited I am to see that done, who ever
chose our partner swaps did a fantastic job for me<g>
Collecting in my little box are all the bits of lace that need making up
into their end item (this bit is the part that gets left, so I must begin to
make myself get on with some of those too. Luckily my DH is getting more
domesticated, so shares some of the jobs around the house these days.
I have loved reading about all your projects. I sometimes have a couple of
pillows on the go at one time, especially when I was going for my lessons,
one class piece which needed information to be taught and other little bits
to do on another pillow for when I got stuck, or if I needed a little item
done for someone at the same time,
Sue T, Dorset UK
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