To Karen in Malta, - I do hope the surgery on your hip was successful, and
that you make a full recovery. - But having to use a spiral staircase so
soon after the surgery sound a bad idea!! - They sent you home very
quickly, by the sound of it, so please Do be careful - we don't want to
loose you
Susan - have you seen Making Lace with Little Grey Rabbit. There are some
quite small edgings there.
Another narrow edging I made (resized the pattern down) to make the edging
for a pair of pantaloons for a quite small doll is Malmesbury Lace.
Malvary in Ottawa, Canada where we had some
Thank you all for some great suggestions! My purpose is to create narrow lace
for seam treatments on a crazy quilt project. My 1/4" to 3/8" lace on hand is
either machine made (1950's vintage) or tatted/crocheted (older). Currently,
my search for miniature bobbin lace edgings/patterns is
The patterns for small motifs in Bucks- inserts for brooches or paperweights
- make lovely table centers or doilies for dressing tables etc. My favoured
thread is Pipers 4/20!
Jeanette Fischer
South Africa.
Subject: [lace] miniature lace
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Hi I have done quite a bit of miniature lace and find silk thread perfect to
use as you can divide it to the size you want. Although the Bart and
Francis silk is a good size. Pipers silk also have a fine silk which can be
used. You also need very fine pins - and a finer pricker. I attended a
Any BL pattern can be reduced (or enlarged) to suit your own requirements.
Sometimes itâs a bit of trial and error to get the right size, and as Karen
says there is a limit as to how small one can actually work.
Use this table
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/threadsize/threadsize.html
I had also got a few more patterns from Roz herself that were separate to
her books. I believe they were Christmas related patterns.
Perhaps if you are looking for more items, you can reduce the size of some
simple patterns. I imagine that if they are too complicated then they will
be too
Roz Snowden's books are aimed at 1/12 dolls houses whilst Ann Volluer's book
has various scales
Be aware that s couple of the photos on the front cover of Roz's book don't
appear in the final book. I spent hours looking for them only to be told they
didn't make the final cut and was given the
