Not everyone would choose to use polyester thread for BL though it does have its uses. Gutermann make quite a few other threads, including cotton and silk ones which may suit you better. Have a look at:
http://www.guetermann.com
Thanks Brenda, for the website; it's very interesting, even to someone as un-clued about browsing as I am. Being a single-note singer however, I was struck by the following page of it:
http://www.guetermann.com/frameset.php4?lang=en&action=frames
It's in the "Extreme and Exotic" section, and there's quilting and "thread-painting" (aka machine-embroidery), and there are some other examples of using their threads, but there's NO LACE... :(
How come? Aren't we "exotic" enough? Aren't some of the more modern designs (a lot of them from Germany, as a matter of fact) "extreme" enough? Most of Louise Colgan's coloured Milanese designs are made in Gutermann's silk 100/3. The same silk was one of Ulrike Loehr's choices for her "Snowflake Quilt" workshop, in which the same "building block" (an equilateral triangle) was the basis of differently arranged prickings which, when the lace was made and sewn together into its final, 3-D shape, were both exotic *and* extreme (IMO <g>)...
Is there anything can we do about getting equal time and more exposure for *lace* via The Gutermann's website?
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