on 7/6/04 8:29 PM, jaqui borg at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Yes I can > A knee rug > A bed throw - over the top of your duvet,,, just so you can see what you > made :-) > Put a border on it in a contrasting colour and make it bigger > > Have fun, and lots of luck with this project > *** Just finish it because your kids will not *** > Jaqui > in a very cold Melbourne Australia > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 11:21 PM > Subject: Re: [lace] Use for 1/2 a Lace Bedspread > > >> 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 >> Yes, you could do that. Or you could use a color more-or-less like what you have, and when the piece is finished, dye the whole thing. I should think a wheat-brown, or a wine-red, or a green or deep blue would make a pretty bedspread. Good luck! ‹‹ Aurelia
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