Hello All! Tess kindly sent me some pics of a fence in Portland, Maine I
have posted them to my album on webshots, page 2. I've labeled the fence
filet lace because that's what it reminds me of, but I guess the fence could
be considered blackwork (in blue) by others! Either way, someone
Please can anyone help me - a few weeks ago, someone put up a web site where
there was a picture of a piece of filet lace - The Wedding, or The Wedding
Feast, or something similar. It was a pastoral scene. The guy was in frock
coat knee breeches, (I think, - or something similar) and the
I have been doing Filet Lace for about 3 years now...my mentor is Marie Jo
Quinalt from Filet Lace by the Sea in Florida. She told me that I had to
wash it, even if it was only to wet it good when I was done stitching it. I
too thought what can this do...but I did it anyway. The change was
I have just completed my first serious piece of filet lace. - and enjoyed
it!!!
However, instructions in one of the 2 books I have on that type of lace
tell me to wash and/or bleach the lace, - to matt it up a bit.
That gives me a fit of the horrors!!!
My question is - should this type of
Some advice, please!
When working filet lace, do you always use an embroidery frame to hold the
net? Can you work it without the frame , but just holding the net in the
hand?
If using a frame, - How tight should the net be? I do quilting, and have my
work very loose in the frame. I do
Gidday all,
A while ago someone posted a great website with instructions/info on filet
lace. I can't find it - can someone please point me in the right direction?
TIA
Michelle
an Aussie living in Richards Bay, South Africa
Ian Chelle Long
+27 35 788 0777
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The Professor has just done a marvelous job of getting all ten of the books
that Vibeke sent me onto his web site. He suggests that those who want to see
the whole collection at once go to his Page of the Month at
http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/this_month.html It is really a
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He took special pains to get all this work done for us despite the fact that
he is absolutely swamped with piles of other things to attend to. We are so
lucky to have him and his expertise!
Yes, we are.
