Hi All, Regarding mounting, as a lace tutor, I have always been a bit circumspect as to whom I tell about my peccadilloes - namely, the mounting of some of my lace by a machine! - but since the last issue of 'Lace', I am not ashamed any more!
Many years ago, I finished a lace handkerchief edging at a group meeting of the Gipping Valley Lace Makers (based in Stowmarket, in Suffolk UK) and was bemoaning the fact that it would now take me ages to mount. One of the other members then volunteered to do it for me. Well - I couldn't hand the hankie over quickly enough, and it was only later when she told me that it would be done by machine! At that point, it was to late to grab the hankie back, so the mounting was done - with a zigzag stitch, by a machine. And I am happy to say that it was wonderful! *Far, far better* than I could have achieved with hand-sewing, so I am now converted to a machine attaching the lace to the linen. And after the article in Lace, I now know that I am not on my own, too..... Carol - in a greyish Suffolk UK. Subject: [lace] mounting lace - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
