on 7/2/04 9:21 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 7/2/04 5:16:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > >> My best (worst?) UFO is the crochet lace bedspread I started making in my >> teens (I can't remember exactly what year but it must have been about 1976 >> /77), which has been sitting upstairs in a cupboard for the last twenty >> years, since I discovered bobbin lacemaking (we all use duvets now anyway). >> Maybe I should get it out and do a bit more. Mind you,I don't have enough >> thread to finish it, and don't know whether that particular shade of >> variegated blue is still available -can anyone think of a use for half a >> bedspread? >> > ------- > Dear Beth and Others with 1/2 of something large and lacy, > > If this is made in squares, you could make lovely pillow shams for your bed > and use a color-coordinated or white quilt or duvet with them. > > In my collection is a tatted bedspread, with 2 matching pillow shams that are > meant to drape over the pillow cases when you make the bed. If you can adapt > this idea, you might want to switch to solid-color pillow cases if the > crochet is lacy. You might not want to use every day, but how pretty for a > guest > bed. I have, and like, all-white quilts - the pattern is the quilting > stitches. > Something like this would go well with colored crochet, and not overwhelm > the crochet. > > Also, I have an antique pillow cover of very fine white-embroidered linen > from your country (UK), edged with fine wide Beds lace. Lent it once to a > house > museum that featured the decorative arts - for one of the bedrooms. The > gallery was used for an educational lace exhibit. (I curated the exhibit, and > placed appropriate laces in the parlor, dining and bed rooms, as well.) This > particular pillow cover (sham) is wide enough to go from one side of a double > bed > to the other and drape down the sides about 6". We put a long not-too-round > bolster, covered with white linen under it, and the lace showed really pretty. > Another way to describe it would be it was like a bureau scarf large enough > to cover and drape beyond the bolster. The edges were not tucked under but > allowed to drape so all the lace would show. We used an antique blue and > white > woven coverlet on the bed, and the bed skirt was old hand-woven creamy white > linen. > > Another idea might be to applique the crochet onto a full-sized bed cover. > This would depend entirely on the design/shape of the crochet. It is an idea > that might work for you, or maybe someone else on Arachne. > > Jeri Ames in Maine USA > Lace & Embroidery Resource Center > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jeri, you are indeed resourceful! Only a true lace-lover could breathe so much new life into those decades-old pieces languishing away! -- Aurelia
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