Re: [lace] Removing fold lines from a handkerchief

2012-03-01 Thread Maureen Bromley

Hi

I agree I don't want any of my lace or anything in the coffin, it would be a 
waste and maybe, in the future, someone will look at it with the fondness we 
look at old lace now.


Maureen E Yorks UK (where it is a lovely sunny morning.) 


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Re: [lace] Removing fold lines from a handkerchief

2012-03-01 Thread Maureen Bromley
I think that if you are going to be buried and have lace in your coffin 
there should be an explanation as to why and hope that it can be read in the 
future.

Maureen
E Yorks


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Re: [lace] Removing fold lines from a handkerchief

2012-03-01 Thread Maureen Bromley

Liz

I think that you are going to have to leave any not 'good pieces' in an 
envelope or something. I rather suspect that, unless they are lacemakers 
themselves, they may not know which is good and which is not.


Maureen
E Yorks 


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Re: [lace] Removing fold lines from a handkerchief

2012-02-25 Thread Bridget Marrow
In fact, I am now wondering
if they are not handkerchiefs...If not handkerchiefs, could they be challice
veils?  Often mistaken for handkerchiefs, they are used in the Catholic church
to cover the communion cup. Typically they have a rounded centre, rather than
square, of very fine material with quite deep lace edging.  I suppose they
would also have to be washable - the wine would be bound to spill
sometimes!Bridget, in Pinner

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Subject: Re: [lace] Removing fold lines from a handkerchief

2012-02-25 Thread Alex Stillwell
Dear Arachnids

I have not looked at the pictures of the 'handkerchiefs' but Joan Tyler-Smith
showed me some square handkerchief-like items with circular centres and wide
lace edgings, many of them silk, and she explained they were made to cover the
face of someone who had died. Does anyone know more about this tradition?

Happy lacemaking

Alex

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