[lace] Lace around a window

2005-07-07 Thread Karisse Moore
Well, it all started out with a new paint job in my kitchen and now I want to put lace around the three windows that look out on my backyard. I was thinking that I could do painting but I don't paint flowers or stencil and I wanted to use an art or craft form that I didn't have to learn.

Re: [lace] Lace around a window

2005-07-07 Thread robinlace
Personally, I think paint is more practical than thread or wire in a kitchen. Grease from frying gets into the air and forms a fine layer everywhere, and dust catches in it. Cleaning lace would be terribly difficult. It shouldn't be too hard to paint from pictures of lace flowers. Another

Re: [lace] Lace around a window - Long memo, instructions

2005-07-07 Thread Jeriames
In a message dated 7/7/05 12:34:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Whatever you decide, if you want it to be removable, just mount whatever you do on some kind of backing board and then mount the boards. This would also make them removable for cleaning, too. I love

[lace] Lace around a window

2005-07-07 Thread Janice Blair
Another suggestion if you want to use tatting would be to try saturating the tatting with liquid starch and then adhering it directly to a painted wall. I have seen this done with fabric on the tv decorating shows, just don't know if your tatting would be too heavy to stay up. You can then