A friend of mine makes lace edgings and uses them to frame pictures. The mat is wider than the lace, so it shows outside and inside the edging as well as through the lace holes. It's a lovely effect.
While most of my lace is samples (I like figuring out how its done, not having lace products), I've made lace to edge the neckline or yoke of blouses, a lace fan, Christmas tree ornaments and suncatchers (to hang in a window, with a colored-plastic "jewel" that catches the light). The woman (sorry, I'm blanking on her name) in the New England Lace Guild who worked up all those samples from the Luton lace dealer's pattern book used her samples along the top of pockets on blouses. I thought that was a marvelous idea for using samples. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA (formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
