I did a search and found some that might be suitable and available in various
parts of the world. I have not looked at them personally, just at the
picture on the following supplier's site:
www.clotilde.com
Item #227250, John James English Needles - Curved Quilting Needles - 4 per
package - $1.84 U.S. Two 2" needles and two 2 1/2" needles.
Bless you, Jeri! I was just about to call Clotilde's (my supply of Orvis is running low and they have nice-size bottles of it -- not a thimbleful, but not enough to wash a cow, either <g>) and here you come with this find, which I never noticed in the years I've ben getting things from them... And very timely too, since I expect to have to mount a piece of lace in a couple of weeks... :)
What I did recently (not a permanent arrangement and will be re-done eventually) was a compromise between the recommended (stretch the backing over something firm then attach the lace) method and the one Lorri proposed (apply lace first, stretch later). I stretched the fabric over a piece of plastic canvas, and applied the lace to that. The holes in the canvas are close together enough and large enough to allow for attaching the lace with the up and down motion, as in embroidery on a frame, thus eliminating the need for a curved needle, but still allowing for precision in going through the existing pinholes in the lace.
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