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
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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
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
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
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
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
The net isn't torn, it looks as if its been chewed. Â How on earth did it
happen. Â 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
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
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
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On Jan 5, 2014, at 6:53 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
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