To my more experienced lace friends--
I have just finished making my first heart from the book 24 Hearts In Bobbin
Lace and I now have to starch it. I have starched items before by taking
them off the pillow and then having to re-pin all over again (sometimes not
even putting the pin in
Barbara I don't know where you are and how easily you can get a plastic
carrier bag. UK supermarkets use them. simply cover your pillow with the plastic
bag, cutting out a big enough hole to show your completed lace and spray
starch it. I have done this successfully without starching my
At 05:04 AM 2/12/2004, you wrote:
Do you remove the item from the pillow first or not?
Barbara,
I remove the item from the pillow and re-pin it on cardboard covered with
plastic wrap or wax paper.
After reading about people who starched things on the pillow so they didn't
have to be
