Good morning all from sunny but windy Malta. I was in Idrija (Slovenia) last weekend for the opening of an exhibition of 18 costumes that all have lace on them, the culmination of a Leonardo da Vinci European Union project that I participated in. It was held this weekend to coincide with the annual lace festival of Idrija.
Apart from the costumes, there was lots of beautiful lace to see and I was amazed at the high standard of work on display, even that made by the youngest of children (8/9 years), but apparently lace is part of the school curriculum for girls as well as boys - once I got to know that it wasn't surprising any more. Discussions about the work and its quality, and how it was achieved led to thinking that the work must be ironed and starched to look so good. Would any of you know about this? What are the general thoughts about ironing and starching lace? Here in Malta, it is not always considered good practise to iron a new piece of lace because it is felt that ironing "flattens" the work, meaning that the three-dimensional effect of certain elements (e.g. leaf tallies) is lost. Regards, Karen. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
