I looked at the photos of the veil and in the picture with the coin it
is possible to see that the lace is Princess Lace. This should make it
easier to find a redundant piece of princess lace to be able to mend the
net or make a new flower sprig to cover the tear. Princess lace often
seems to turn up in charity shops or suchlike. It is made from fancy
tapes. No bobbin lace required.
Best wishes for finding a way to repair it.
Janis Savage in South Africa
On 2014/01/06 01:38 AM, Sue Babbs wrote:
A friend's granddaughter is getting married in September, and thinking
of wearing the Brussels Lace veil, which has been worn by 50 or so
brides in the family. So it has been brought out for inspection, and a
jagged edge tear discovered in it.
I was sent photos today to see what I thought could be done with it,
and don't really know what to suggest. I have uploaded these photos to
Flickr, and am hoping that someone can give me advice on what to tell
them.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/72157639451992576/
This looks like it's outside my needlework skills. Making new bobbin
lace is so much easier than repairing tears!!
They put a coin on it to give an idea of scale of the hole. I think
it is a U.S. dime and so is about 3/4 inch or 2cm in diameter
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Janis Savage t/a The Lace Place
thelacepl...@hotmail.co.za
www.thelaceplace.co.za
Tel: 082 807 7858
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