On 17 Jun 2004, at 22:34, W & N Lafferty wrote:
It's d. or possibly e, if you have a fairly large hankie and a not-so-large edging.
Making the fabric fit the lace and not trying to make the lace fit the fabric is something I've been banging on about for years.
Brenda
Okay, here's a newby question asked to me by another newby, and it had me
thinking. She found some pre-made linen hankerchiefs in her basement and
wants to add a lace edging to them. I know to use cotton thread on cotton,
or linen thread on a linen hankerchief. Should we:
a. wash the hankerchief and lace edging before attaching the lace, and hope
the lace fits after washing
b. wash the hankerchief, then attach the lace and hope the lace doesn't
shrink after attaching it
c. attach the lace, then wash them & hope if there is shrinking, they'll
shrink at the same rate
d. forget about useing a pre-made hankerchief, but make the lace the size
we want, wash it, then cut pre-shrunk fabric to fit the lace
e. something I haven't thought of (all suggestions welcome!)
Brenda http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/paternoster/
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