On Jun 17, 2004, at 17:55, Clay Blackwell wrote:
Actually, another option is that if you like the linen the pre-made
handkerchiefs are made of, you can make your edging whatever size you want
(as long as it's smaller than the handkerchief), and when it's finished,
then cut the handkerchief accordingly. Cut two adjoining sides first, hem
by whatever method you prefer, and after that, cut the other sides and
finish... This helps insure the best possible fit.
Works with pre-made cotton ones, too :)
When I designed "Field of roses" edging for my step-granddaughter, and made a hankie for her, I used a pre-embroidered one, with lily-of-the-valley in one corner (her name is Lily Roosevelt, and her mother was a Duvall -- of the valley <g>). But it was a big hankie, and I was too lazy to make so much edging, so I cut the hankie... :) Because the embroidery was in a corner, I didn't want to cut and re-hem all 4 sides, but cutting and re-hemming the two sides adjoining, but opposite to the embroidery, was enough to square the fabric.
Still, I made the lace first, and the cutting and re-hemming next. While I always allow a bit extra of lace (as Alice said; the wee-bit extra can be eased in. Additionally, it makes the lace more "alive") it's much easier to fit fabric to the lace, than lace to the fabric.
PS. Lesson learnt: *Never* make an elaborate hankie for an 8yr old (however much you adore her), whose mother is a "textile Philistine", and whose father (while very appreciative of arts and crafts, and lacemaking in particular) is somewhat "disconnected" from life... The hankie in question, *and* the issue of La Encajera in which the pattern was published (sent together) have "dropped off the edge", disappeared.... Since I made it before I got the digital camera, and since I've sent all my older copies of La Encajera to an Arachnean (*an* is fitting -- I can't remember who), I have no visual record of the hankie, only the pattern (which, you've guessed it, I'm too lazy to try and remake <g>)...
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