Hi,
I have already done a bit of the machine embroidery with the lace designs.
If anyone would like to see my photos please visit the site below and look
at Barbaras album. I should have used a darker thread where it says Im
a Lacemaker on my latest shirt, but I learn something new everyd
Hello Judith
In the book Modern Lace, the author calls for "Translucent Lurex
thread". Can anyone tell me where in the US this can be obtained or
what the equivalent would be? Thanks.
Who's the author of this book? What sort of lace is it?
Lurex is a brand name, and registered trade name, o
On May 20, 2007, at 14:23, bevw wrote:
I'm going to make a guess that 'cotton lawn' the fabric name, is
coined
from fabric finishing,
According to most dictionaries, the origin of the word "lawn" as
applied to fabric comes from the French town Laon :)
Also, while my "family in the village
I'm going to make a guess that 'cotton lawn' the fabric name, is coined
from fabric finishing, when areas of neatly cut grass (lawn?) were used in
the weaving industry for drying and whitening the fabric after other
processing. The drying required two weeks of good weather, and the long
lengths of
My grandmother dried white items (dish towels, small items) by laying them on
green shrubs or the grass and claimed it made them whiter. And just in the
past 2 weeks I heard a 'plant knowledgeable' person state that yes, the
process does draw the chlorophyll from the plants and does whiten as does
That seems a bit ludicrous...in my opinion, it would take longer to turn the
threads yellow, if it would, than it would to finish the piece of lace, unless
you're like me and have about 5 pillows going at a time. My expression,
"Wouldn't turn yellow on my watch!"
However, I find that the sun dr
Probably the best examples are the old English lacemakers (and I guess the
continentals as well) who always sat outside to take advantage of the better
light.
Diana in Northants
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Hello all spiders,
The pictures from the Hispanic Society, brings me back to my days at
school.
Probably this group of children were seated there to take the picture,
but it was usual that since we were aged 3 or 4 we had a
crafts class, one afternoon per week, and the very image sure was not
v
Hello Ann and all spiders,
Here in Spain it is very usual to seat at the doors house, open air, to
make lace.
I personally do not like the sun facing the lace because the light
reflecting on the pricking and the white of thread, makes my eyes tired.
I prefer seat with the sun facing me, so the
At 08:43 PM 20/05/2007, ann.humphreys wrote:
I am curious about the 'sitting in the sun' to make lace. It is
something I have always avoided as I was told that this yellows the
thread. I do hope I was given the wrong advice as I would enjoy
sitting outside and making lace on summer days.
Go f
In the book Modern Lace, the author calls for "Translucent Lurex thread". Can
anyone tell me where in the US this can be obtained or what the equivalent
would be? Thanks.
Judy Bongiovanni in Niagara Falls USA
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I am curious about the 'sitting in the sun' to make lace. It is something I
have always avoided as I was told that this yellows the thread. I do hope I
was given the wrong advice as I would enjoy sitting outside and making lace
on summer days.
Ann
Yorkshire UK
Sue wrote:
. . . I wonder how
It is hard to find (but I wouldn't class it as a 'rare' book). I paid even
less than Bev for mine a couple of years ago by being in the right place at
the right time. Although I haven't investigated, I wouldn't have thought
that the information it contains can't be found in other books, even if
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