Hi Ricky
What a nusciance about the lace. It is awful when you look forward to getting
something you bought and find it like that when it arrives.
I was just wondering, you know those little blue bags you used to be able to
get everywhere for net curtains can they be used if you can find them.
G
Hello ALice
I've been making leaves in white cotton - White DMC Dentelle 100
Do you mean DMC Special Dentelles 100, or DMC Fil a Dentelles 100?
I've never seen/heard of either.
Or do you mean DMC Cordonnet 100 ?
Years ago I tried painting fabric dye onto white lace - it worked but
left soft e
Reckits Blue Bags! NO!
They bring the laundry up looking "whiter" but it's impossible to
subsequently was hit out and in time it makes the fabric look grey.
When I was a child Mum received quite a lot of sheets etc from Grandma
and they had all been washed many times and whitened with blue
If you are going to try and wash it, I suggest the following method:
Boil rainwater and leave to cool completely; this ensures that any
critters in the water are dead. If there are "bits" floating in the water,
you may have to strain these out first through a cloth.
Once cooled, soak the lace in
Hi Fellow Arachneans
You can now buy fabric pens. Never tried them on lace, but have used
on clothing to great effect (when my Mum used to stain her tee
shirts she had Altzheimers... I used to disguise the marks with
fabric pens!!)
Sue in EY
On 29 Jun 2008, at 12:19, Brenda Paternost
I wouldn't recommend Reckitts Bag Blue either, for exactly the same
reason! I used to use a non-bleach form of nappy cleaner for my
daughters clothes when she was a baby, but the particular brand I used
is no longer available, it was a powder that dissolved completely in
warm water. If I
I have followed this discussion with fascination, amazing what we now know
that granny didn't. Still most of their stuff was servicable sheets etc and
I suppose a bit like the ladies using lead make up way back, not necessarily
as good as it might appear.
thanks for you wonderful insight.
Sue
One of our reasons for staying in Zadar was its compartive proximity to the
Island of Pag. We very much wanted to see the Pag lace being worked. We had
already seen examples in the Museums. A two hour bus journey would take us
there, but with return buses limited to two, the first at 2pm and t
Sorry for the late reply to this message, but I have been abroad and am only
beginning to catch up with mail today.
Robin you are almost right about the English Stitch - it is Punt Ingliż. It is
called English Stitch because of the resemblance to the design of the white
lines on the English fla
While I am all for using any technique that will produce the finish you are
looking for - a word of caution when colouring threads. How long do you wish
the item to last? If it is short term, a few years, then go ahead with the
pens. However, if you wish it to be an heirloom the chemicals in the
Rhiannon said: I know its a firm-ish fact that the lacemaking craft is
practised by the older
Generation...
This gave me a good giggle because when I started learning and working lace
in Malta at the age of 19, many people used to say, "...but you're too young
to work lace..." Never mind, that I f
Dear Agnes,
If you have added lemon juice, you may need to rinse it gently a
couple of times in plain water to ensure that no residue has stayed
behind.
Once you get to the point where you think it is as clean as it will
ever be, take it out of the water and lay flat on a white towel or simi
Hi All
In England you'll be lucky to see the sun!!! It's in liquid form
here (in other words, it keeps raining!!!)
Sue
On 29 Jun 2008, at 17:40, David in Ballarat wrote:
Dear Agnes,
If you have added lemon juice, you may need to rinse it gently a
couple of times in plain water to
Hi Wendy and all.
I had a very good tip from Geraldine Stott when I was at a weekend Bucks
lacemaking course at Belstead House about fans and have used it
successfully ever since - work to the outside pair and pin up but
before you return take the pair in two hands and open them one up and
one dow
Evening Spiders
I can relate to part of this too I was 5 when I learned to knit
and 10 when I taught myself to crochet (I'm left handed). I
learned most other crafts before I left school and since school I've
had a go at japanese silk flowermaking, sugarcraft etc, and 35
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