Hi Bev and Spiders! Well the black is a 40 wt rayon sewing machine embroidery thread and the gold is a 40 wt (I think, I can't find one of the spools right now.), gold metallic sewing machine embroidery thread. Thank you for the ideas. The outfit I'm making is out of black suede with black and gold chainmaile accents. (Yes, I know how to make chainmaile. Who me conventional...nah. Not with pink bangs!) I think the suede is way too heavy for the lace. But maybe I can find some black crepe or silk. I reason why I chose the rayon because it's shiny like silk. Thank you so much for the ideas.
Susie Rose Up in the snowy mountains outside of Las VegasPrayers, love and hugs go out to all who are in need. My online store: http://SusieRose.blujay.com My Space: http://www.myspace.com/susie2roses Mom for UFO 12 for 12; http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UFO12for12/ Mom for Death by Socks: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeathbySocks --- On Tue, 1/13/09, bev walker <walker.b...@gmail.com> wrote: From: bev walker <walker.b...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [lace] Black Hankie Linen To: "Susie Rose" <susierose_89...@yahoo.com> Cc: "Arachne" <lace@arachne.com> Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 2:06 PM Hello Susie and everyone Is the Torchon lace in linen? If it is black cotton, then try a dress weight cotton fabric, which would be easier to find than fine black linen. I think for the same reasons as home dyeing, black linen if you can find it doesn't stay black. Or you could go with a synthetic - there are linen-like polyesters in the dress fabric line that might be ok. Another thought to be quite unconventional and stitch the lace to a square of black vinyl - 'patent leather' (shiny black vinyl) even? The black would be relevant to the Heavy Metal, but for the R'n'R era, the hankies then, if not white, were printed fabric with the lace trim, so you could even go with a tiny black/white/gold print in a cotton (best place to check would be quilters' sources). On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Susie Rose <susierose_89...@yahoo.com> wrote: Hello to One and All! I'm currently working on a black and gold torcheon lace hankie. In keeping with the black theme I would like to find some black hankie linen. (It's to go -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
