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.
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
In a message dated 7/7/05 12:34:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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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
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