Having done my best to describe a brise fan (a bit like slices of a cake),
another idea would be to put odd bits of lace (matching or using different
samples) separately on the top part of a fan skeleton with thin plain
sticks, and then running an invisible thread through the tops to secure them
I would like to put in a good word for lace samples. While I have always
admired old lace, I never could afford anything that I saw. Then I discovered
a lace dealer at the convention that had small samples that were well within my
price range. Now I have a small collection of a number of diff
Thanks for telling us about brise fans. I went and googled it. Amazing. the
pierced work in ivory and horn were amazing.
Lorelei
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I like my spangles small and neat, just big enough to stop the bobbins rolling
and give a little tension on the thread but small enough to not make sewings in
my Milanese lace harder. I struggle with continental bobbins and don't enjoy my
lace as much when I use them. I like my bobbins smooth an
"(Honiton motifs on wedding) veil (cut out and applied to velvet pillows).
This way each (great grand-daughter) could have a piece of the original lace,
and the grand-daughter had the pleasure of repurposing it." Bev
What needlework/needle lace I have made and given to family members, they
chose t
I am finding this to be true as well, Alex, as I am now working on my first
Bucks Point. I have a lot of spangled bobbins and the spangles do tend to
be too wide and crowd the area. Most of my spangle wire is fairly flexible
and I have squeezed a few to tame them.
--
Mark, aka Tatman
website: h
No, Jean! You were not alone--your posts (this and the later one in response
to
Jacquie's question) have been very enlightening for me. Thank you!
Nancy, in Connecticut USA
From: Jean
Nathan
To: Lace
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September 23, 2010 3:22:54 AM
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Dear Arachnids
I am surprised at the comments about preferring stiff wire so that the
spangles do not distort. I much prefer wire that allows me to squeeze the
spangle across its width so that the beads meet, making the spangle long and
narrow. This allows the bobbins to lie closer together a nec
Oh my, this is a classic:
"And I will go and see about dinner, Reginald," remarks
Mrs. Owenson, settling her cap with a pleased simper at herself
in the glass, "if you can spare me."
"Spare you! What the devil good are you to any one
I should like to know! sitting there with your eternal knitti
Jacquie wrote:
material as well to widen the normally narrow bit that the fan is attached
to?>
No, you don't see fan sticks at all. A brise fan doesn't have sticks in the
sense that we usually use. Imagine piling several bookmarks that you've made
on top of each other and then putting a pin
I'm obviously not very bright, but, having found the review of the book
'Blonde' in the Lace Guild magazine, I've just realised that the fan sticks
mentioned are for a BRISE fan, a word I missed in Robin's post, which is
made of several sections (a bit like bookmarks) placed on top of each other
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