In a message dated 7/26/03 10:09:17 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Your link to the Sew Beautiful website brought me to a picture of the smock - it's very nice! Although I don't think I would choose to do my gardening in raw silk and linen! And as for finding a use for our wonderful laces?? Takes 12 to 15 yards of insertion... So I don't think it'll get made in MY lifetime!! Clay >> ---------------- Dear Clay and Others Interested, My original memo referred to "1/2 inch wide commercially-available (machine-made) ecru lace insertion". I do not think it has to be made with your own laces. I do think it reinforces the lace theme and would make a nice "costume" for people who do not demonstrate in Victorian or Colonial or other historic-period costumes. Other ideas: A hand-made lace collar could be basted on a collarless smock. It is possible to buy tape lace collars from eastern Europe that are strong and not expensive when you realize they can be used over and over and will not go out of style. (Remove from the smock when washing garment.) I wear lace collars from my collection draped under shirt collars, held in place with just a couple basting stitches (not pinned!). Or, I baste collars to a narrow grosgrain ribbon, and tie them in a bow in front. Another way is to baste the lace collar to a ribbon or bias-cut tape and fashion a tab of the ribbon or tape at the front, into which you can pin a brooch. Do not pin into lace. Avoid getting skin oils and cosmetics on lace collars, because they are almost impossible to clean using gentle washing techniques. This smock/shirt type of garment looks like a particularly nice idea for people who wear tailored clothes or plus sizes, and have difficulty finding something they like to wear when demonstrating lacemaking. Another idea would be to use the lace/plaid trimming idea on clothes made from patterns in the Folkwear line of patterns. Smaller areas on yolks would look nice. And, if you wanted something unusual, how about on an obi?! (Remember, this is an International list.) When I was very slender, I wore an obi with a shirtwaist dress. What we do (lacemaking) is unusual. What we wear when we do it can be unusual, too. http://www.folkwear.com Kind regards, Jeri Ames in Maine USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
