[lace] Kantcentrum

2021-02-07 Thread LacySuzette
Hello All! Is anyone considering a summer class in Bruges during the week of August 16-20 this year? In hopes that travel restrictions will be lifted by then, I’ve been checking on availability for flights & accommodations. Please contact me off list if you are on the fence too! A roommate

Re: [lace] How do you line a lace jacket?

2021-02-07 Thread Adele Shaak
Hi Alice: I think it depends a little on what kind of lace she made, what she made it of, and how it reacts when its off the pins. Compare, for example, a densely-woven piece with plenty of cloth stitch and a heavier thread, to some much more flimsy piece of point ground made with fine

[lace] Lining a lace jacket

2021-02-07 Thread Jo Ann Eurell
Dear Alice, Your friend has several options to line her jacket. She does need to support the lace in some way. She could use a fashion fabric that she particularly likes and then overlay the lace. If she simply wants to line it, silk organza makes a light-weight lining. If she wants

Re: [lace] How do you line a lace jacket?

2021-02-07 Thread Karen ZM
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 wrote: > I'm looking for advice. I hope there's someone on the List who has done > this. > My friend is just

Re: [lace] How do you line a lace jacket?

2021-02-07 Thread Faye Owers
I would use something in a solid colour and with little stretch. The lace will drop slightly if it is hug on a coat hanger, so the lining should be crease resistant so the coat can be folded. Faye On Sun, Feb 7, 2021, 6:48 PM Alice Howell wrote: > I'm looking for advice. I hope there's