If your friend intends to use flat fell seams, she may need a tad more allowances than the original pattern for the lace. Karen in Malta
On Sun, 7 Feb 2021 at 08:48, Alice Howell <lacel...@frontier.com> wrote: > I'm looking for advice. I hope there's someone on the List who has done > this. > My friend is just finishing the lace for a jacket. She's trying to figure > out the best way to line it when it's done. The lace sections do contract > a > bit when the lace is off the pins so the pricking is a bit larger than the > finished lace. > Should she use the lace or the pricking for her lining pattern? If she > traces the actual lace, she will need to add seam/hem allowance. Perhaps > the > shrinkage of the lace would mean the pricking is large enough for > seams/hems, > thus eliminating the need to trace the lace. > > She's planning to use flat feld seams so there's no raw edges. And she > expects to hand baste the lining to the lace along the seams and around the > edges. The lace does have some large-ish spaces so she thinks a lining is > necessary. > > Comments and/or suggestions are welcome. > Thanks so much. > Alice in Oregon -- where I'm staying home with my 17 yr old cat, and > keeping busy with all kinds of projects, including lace. > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
