The handle bit would be easy enough to make or have made, but I'm not sure the ring of wire is actually a circular ring; I think it could actually be a circle with four corners' or a 'square with curved sides', depending on how you think of it. Either way, quite a hard shape to replicate without making a jig first - time consuming if you only want one.
Even with a big circular ring of wire you'd have to use the right wire for it to hold its shape securely unless it is absolutely for display only, (and as a teacher, none of my lace is in that category; it all has to travel around, be packed and unpacked and withstand handling to 'see how it was done') and that sort of wire isn't the easiest to shape in the first place. I have been subconsciously playing around with this in my mind since Susan's first post, and thought the easiest, neatest way would be to sew the lace to the wire as you work, like a big bangle, and if the design was worked from the bottom up, the handle would be at the back of the pillow out of the way. I wasn't thinking of working around it in the way of the Christmas decorations, as I thought a pictorial lace would be pretty on a fan, and perhaps made in a finer lace such as tiny Torchon or point ground so it actually works as a fan to some extent. Jacquie in Lincolnshire - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
