A further thought. Jeri quoted:
<"Once you have mastered this technique, you can design your own Point de Fees, the fabled *Witches Work* which is the finest achievement of Binche lace." > A quick goodle search came up with: http://www.art-estherbrassac.com/anglais/tech_a/lace4.html mentions point de fee as fairy stitch:- "Extremely fine, Binche lace opened out, more particularly, under the Regency. It knew an enormous success from 1700 to 1765. It can be composed with animal scenes or figures, it's named "point de f�e" (fairy stitch) because of the difficulty almost extraordinary of its realization. Unfortenatelly, it disappeared from the town between the end of eighteenth century and the beginning of nineteenth century." So is the quote Jeri found saying that once you've mastered fairy stitch you can go on to design witches work or that fairy stitch and witches work are the same thing? and http://www.lacetrading.be/ has another word with a mystical theme - "magicians lace":- "Bruges became famous for its 'Binche lace', especially the 'point de f�e' (fairy lace) or 'toveressewerk' (magician lace) which is unique in its kind." Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
