Re: [lace] Torn veil - help needed
Many thanks to so many people for the excellent advice you have given me. I have forwarded the information given to my friend, who is thrilled that you would all offer so many comments so quickly - and from countries all round the world too Sue suebabbs...@gmail.com - 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/
Re: [lace] Torn veil - help needed
Oh Sue, what a pity as it's such a beautiful veil! I would suggest that you try to find a similar piece of net to place underneath the hole and carefully stitch it in place, then make a Honiton flower/spray of leaves to echo those already worked, and appliqué/stitch them in position over the repair. You will of course need to work a second spray for the left hand side of the veil so that it balances and make them both curve in an upside down sort of 'U' shape towards the centre of the veil. Good luck and I do hope you are able make it wearable once again. Catherine Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.com - Subject: [lace] Torn veil - help needed 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 - 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/
Re: [lace] Torn veil - help needed
Dear Sue, 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/ Oh what a shame. Still, it's there now so let's fix it! I think if it were me, I would first match the thread as best I could. Then make a small pricking of plain point ground of the appropriate size and rework an ample square of it. I would then sew this over the hole securely and finally neatly trim away the torn edges from the underside. Should only take a day or two. Others may have a completely different idea though and I shall look forward to hearing their suggestions. David in Ballarat, AUS - 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/
Re: [lace] Torn veil - help needed
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 -- Janis Savage t/a The Lace Place thelacepl...@hotmail.co.za www.thelaceplace.co.za Tel: 082 807 7858 - 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/
[lace] Torn veil - help needed
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 Sue (in cold and getting colder Northfield, Illinois, where it is currently 10 F / -12C and dropping) suebabbs...@gmail.com - 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/
Re: [lace] Torn veil - help needed
Hi, my thought is to do a sprig lace in Honiton lace or similar and appliqué over the tear. Joan in stormy Ontario On Sunday, January 5, 2014, 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 Sue (in cold and getting colder Northfield, Illinois, where it is currently 10 F / -12C and dropping) suebabbs...@gmail.com - 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/
Re: [lace] Torn veil - help needed
The net isn't torn, it looks as if its been chewed.  How on earth did it happen.  Or was it speared by a stiletto heel. I agree with Joan that appliquéd sprigs (plural) are one way to go.  As the damage is in from the edge a way they'd need to use more than one, balanced either side of the centre back motif, or it would be obviously a repair.  They don't need to be fancy, just in keeping with the rest of the design, but obviously one in each group must be large enough to conceal all of the hole, the others could be smaller.  It may be possible to use motifs from a damaged old piece of Duchesse or Honiton if there's no lacemaker with the time and skills available but you'd need to match the scale and colour. Another option would be to patch in a piece of net and this would be the easiest and quickest, and properly done almost invisible, BUT would depend on you finding a piece of old net that is a good match in mesh shape and size and colour.  It is relatively easy to find areas of net in otherwise unimportant pieces of machine lace, once you attune your eyes to the search; having said that this looks as if it might be a diamond mesh net (although the detail isn't quite good enough to see clearly) and that's not as easy to find as hexagonal mesh, but still possible. See if you can find a copy of the Anybody Can  Mend Lace and Linens book, by Arachne Elizabeth Kurella. I don't know if it's still in print or not (? Elizabeth) but if you belong to IOLI they likely have a copy in their library.  If not, and if you are a Lace Guild member, we have a copy and are allowed to copy small parts of a book for your use (we can't loan the books overseas).  But if you can find your own copy I can't recommend it highly enough. I think (and I may be dreaming) that in the above book she also shows you how to do a darned repair, but for this you'll need a very fine thread in the right colour, or it would stick out like a sore thumb. I wish them luck as it's a lovely heirloom piece. Jacquie in Lincolnshire Sent from Samsung tablet - 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/
Re: [lace] Torn veil - help needed
Does anyone know of anyone who does lace repairs? It's not my field of expertise, and this big a tear looks daunting. They have now confirmed that it is a quarter (not the dime that I was told it would be) and thus even bigger than I thought Sue On Jan 5, 2014, at 6:38 PM, Sue Babbs suebabbs...@gmail.com 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/ - 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/
[lace] Torn veil - help needed
I seem to remember posts in the past saying that there are professionals in ?Bruges who can repair lace like this - as with you, I don't think I'd fancy trying. If that isn't an option, it is difficult to tell exactly where on the veil the tear is - could a bit of cotton net be stitched behind the tear to support it and stop it getting any worse, and the veil worn so as to hide it as much as possible? Or maybe work a bee motif (traditional, for luck, but wouldn't be too out of place with all the flowers) to disguise it? Lets really hope they don't do what my mother in law did - I borrowed her Nottingham, silk embroidered, veil for my wedding, which was showing some signs of age but I don't remember any holes as such. After I returned it to her, (as you do with items you borrow!) she thought I didn't want to keep it so gave it to a friend's daughter to play with - result so many holes it didn't survive. In message 5AF05F3279B54DDEA580BCADEA3008F0@2012LaptopHP, Sue Babbs suebabbs...@gmail.com writes 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 Sue (in cold and getting colder Northfield, Illinois, where it is currently 10 F / -12C and dropping) suebabbs...@gmail.com - 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/ --- Text inserted by Panda IS 2011: This message has NOT been classified as spam. If it is unsolicited mail (spam), click on the following link to reclassify it: http://localhost:6083/Panda?ID=pav_56393SPAM=truepath=C:\Documents%20a nd%20Settings\Jane\Local%20Settings\Application%20Data\Panda%20Security\ da%20Internet%20Security%202011\AntiSpam --- -- Jane Partridge - 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/
Re: [lace] Torn veil - help needed
Anybody Can Mend is most certainly still in print — thanks for asking! It is available both on my website, www.LaceMerchant.com, and on my ebay sales site, moniker “lacemerchant All my books should remain in print forever, thanks to digital printing! Elizabeth On Jan 5, 2014, at 6:53 PM, laceandbits laceandb...@aol.com wrote: The net isn't torn, it looks as if its been chewed. How on earth did it happen. Or was it speared by a stiletto heel. I agree with Joan that appliquéd sprigs (plural) are one way to go. As the damage is in from the edge a way they'd need to use more than one, balanced either side of the centre back motif, or it would be obviously a repair. They don't need to be fancy, just in keeping with the rest of the design, but obviously one in each group must be large enough to conceal all of the hole, the others could be smaller. It may be possible to use motifs from a damaged old piece of Duchesse or Honiton if there's no lacemaker with the time and skills available but you'd need to match the scale and colour. Another option would be to patch in a piece of net and this would be the easiest and quickest, and properly done almost invisible, BUT would depend on you finding a piece of old net that is a good match in mesh shape and size and colour. It is relatively easy to find areas of net in otherwise unimportant pieces of machine lace, once you attune your eyes to the search; having said that this looks as if it might be a diamond mesh net (although the detail isn't quite good enough to see clearly) and that's not as easy to find as hexagonal mesh, but still possible. See if you can find a copy of the Anybody Can Mend Lace and Linens book, by Arachne Elizabeth Kurella. I don't know if it's still in print or not (? Elizabeth) but if you belong to IOLI they likely have a copy in their library. If not, and if you are a Lace Guild member, we have a copy and are allowed to copy small parts of a book for your use (we can't loan the books overseas). But if you can find your own copy I can't recommend it highly enough. I think (and I may be dreaming) that in the above book she also shows you how to do a darned repair, but for this you'll need a very fine thread in the right colour, or it would stick out like a sore thumb. I wish them luck as it's a lovely heirloom piece. Jacquie in Lincolnshire Sent from Samsung tablet - 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/
Re: [lace] Torn veil - help needed
Hi Sue and fellow Arachnids, What a shame the veil is damaged and shame on the bride who put it away without admitting and dealing with it. However, that is water under the bridge. Have you thought of asking the Lace Guild, the London School of Needlework? Or maybe one of the museums which have lace in their collections? They have access to textile restores but it will be an expensive process. Hope it can be satisfactorily repaired as it is such a beautiful veil. Happy lace making, Joepie -Original Message- From: Sue Babbs Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2014 11:38 PM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] Torn veil - help needed 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 Sue (in cold and getting colder Northfield, Illinois, where it is currently 10 F / -12C and dropping) suebabbs...@gmail.com - - 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/
