I took a good look at your 'bobbin' . I think it may have been used in
embrodery, when the stitcher doesn't a picture drawn and the fabric is
really goiing to show any markings. One of my grandma's had one in her
sewing box. She said she used it to stuff some of her embrodery. I'm sure
Piecework, the magazine, had an article last fall I think aboutthe
gratitude of the Belgian people for the care that Pres. Hoover helped them
when he was President. The use of the flour sacks for quilts and other uses
for small pieces of fabric. We added wools so some could knit . One
On Saturday 02 April 2005 5:17 am, Carol Adkinson wrote:
I taught myself to make bobbin lace some years ago and I had the same
problems, but I did have a neighbor who tried to put me onthe right path.
Finally it came down to not using the head of the bobbins, instead I used the
thread on the
If you are having trouble with teaching tatting with a shuttle, be sure you
have a short how-to do needle tatting and one or two needles to give them
that they can do some practicing with the needle. You won't have trouble
with the flip and the work will go much faster for the newbie.
Making a patch for lace is very slow work. When you get the lace made and want
to attach it to the original lace you should use the finest thread you can
find and use that in whipping a small stitch for each pin.This makes the
thread change almost impossible to find if you have been able to get
