I have a piece of lace on my travel pillow that every few metres I have cut and given away. As the others have said, I allow extra in the length for shrinkage and always roll it up and tack it then gentle wet, wash and dry so it shrinks. I also pre wash the material it's going with to make sure neither is going to shrink and the lace pucker. If the piece is being put into a seam (so the ends are invisible) then I would and have finished the end off with super glue (cheaper than fray check) so it's secure whilst I sew it in. And, standard super glue fails under heat and water so it will disappear in the first wash. If I want to join the ends then I would be tempted to actually make the piece from scratch rather than cut a lenght from an ongoing piece. Then I could make a sewing join from the end to the beginning. On my first piece of lace the teacher told me to cut the bobbins off after I sewed and knotted each pair about 3 inches from the knots. Then to roll the dangly bits of thread together and over sew them. I'd spent months making a beautiful piece of extremely find torchon only to completely ruin it in the finish. These days I do an invisible join - I make a sewing back into the first pin hole, cut the threads to about 5 inches then with a needle take each thread and sewing into the actual lace. It really does work and give a beautiful invisible join. L
Kind Regards Liz Baker thelace...@btinternet.com My chronicle of my bobbins can be found at my website: http://thelacebee.weebly.com/ --- On Sat, 12/2/11, Lora <lorabutter...@btinternet.com> wrote: From: Lora <lorabutter...@btinternet.com> Subject: [lace] Finishing off traditionally and cutting yardage? To: lace@arachne.com Date: Saturday, 12 February, 2011, 19:48 I'm sure someone far more knowledgeable than me will Know what the traditional way of finishing off lace was. I'm only familiar with the fray check on braided or knotted pairs but surely there was a secure way of finishing before they came on the scene. Also are there any special steps to cutting into a length of yardage? I have gathered quite alot and would like to trim some items but I'm terrified to cut for fear of it all unraveling! What uses do you find for using trims Besides the usual? Kindest regards, L - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
