On 3/14/09 2:51 PM, Lorri Ferguson wrote:
. . . . You can often find good quality handkerchief material in 'men's' handkerchiefs. They are usually larger than women's so after finishing your 'lace edging' in a square, cut down the center of the 'man's handkerchief' to the size needed. No need to purchase the full width of a piece of yardage.
Look for "shirting" as well as for "lawn". Truly-fine shirting is almost as hard to find as real handkerchief linen, but there are still men around who pay thousands of dollars for suits and want shirts worthy of them. I bought some plaid linen-blend "shirting" because it was on clearance, and found that it was meant for fine shirts -- twelve-inch squares of it make splendid spectacle-cleaning rags, and fit my back pocket better than sixteen-inch men's hankies. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where sheltered daffodils are in bud. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
