Regarding Alexâs insightful comment, I have to say that I go back and forth
about color in lace myself. On the one hand, I like color. On the other hand,
the palette of lace making is texture and pattern. When you are using pattern
and differences in density for your palette you tend to use the
Yes I've heard that too Kathleen - Perhaps it was Nenia Lovesey who told us?
Catherine Barley Needlelace
www.catherinebarley.com
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Some years ago I visited a village in southern Belgium which had specialised in
making black Chantilly
Historically linen was difficult to dye and to get the dye to stay. I think
thatâs why the fabled bright yellow starch was so popular - you got a good
colour that mimicked gold, and because the dye was in the starch, every time
the lace was washed, it was re-coloured by the starch.
Adele
> I
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Is coloured lace as non-traditional as most people seem to think it is, though?
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There were most certainly examples of coloured lace produced in the East
Midlands as Alan S. Cole found and mentions in his Report
Is coloured lace as non-traditional as most people seem to think it is, though?
--
There were most certainly examples of coloured lace produced in the East
Midlands as Alan S. Cole found and mentions in his Report on Northampton, Bucks
& Beds Lace-making in 1891.
When we were
> I am making a bookmark from Technique of Bobbinlace. For anyone that has
the
> book it is decoration b on page 46 and I would like to make it in white
with
> the three outlined motifs in blue. I have never used colour before and
would
> like some help from anyone who can tell me how to change
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how does Fimo work for making beads for spangles?
Some of my very first painted bobbins bought in the early 1980s came with
Fimo beads colour co-ordinated with the painting and they still look like new
after
On 25 Mar 2004, at 19:20, rick sharon wrote:
I must know...what thread was Miriam using to do colour in her
Honiton? :) I've always thought honiton screams for very subtle
colouring..is there coloured thread out there that is fine enough? If
there
is, I wants it!:)
The finest coloured cootn
Sharon wrote:
I must know...what thread was Miriam using to do colour in her
Honiton? :) I've always thought honiton screams for very subtle
colouring..is there coloured thread out there that is fine enough? If
there
is, I wants it!:)
The finest coloured cootn thread I know of is
Sharon wrote:
I must know...what thread was Miriam using to do colour in her
Honiton? :) I've always thought honiton screams for very subtle
colouring..is there coloured thread out there that is fine enough? If
there
is, I wants it!:)
The finest coloured cootn thread I know of is
. . .
About green threads. I knew a lady who wanted to clean an antique
embroidery, which she did very gently and very carefully in distilled water.
The whole thing turned out beautifully except the green. It just
disintegrated and not a hair was left. At the time I wondered whether it
was the
both in appearance and the drape. I have looked without success for
thread to work a similar one.
Barbara Ballantyne
in Sunny Sydney, australia
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