In a message dated 7/2/04 5:16:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> My best (worst?) UFO is the crochet lace bedspread I started making in my > teens (I can't remember exactly what year but it must have been about 1976 > /77), which has been sitting upstairs in a cupboard for the last twenty > years, since I discovered bobbin lacemaking (we all use duvets now anyway). > Maybe I should get it out and do a bit more. Mind you,I don't have enough > thread to finish it, and don't know whether that particular shade of > variegated blue is still available -can anyone think of a use for half a > bedspread? > ------- Dear Beth and Others with 1/2 of something large and lacy, If this is made in squares, you could make lovely pillow shams for your bed and use a color-coordinated or white quilt or duvet with them. In my collection is a tatted bedspread, with 2 matching pillow shams that are meant to drape over the pillow cases when you make the bed. If you can adapt this idea, you might want to switch to solid-color pillow cases if the crochet is lacy. You might not want to use every day, but how pretty for a guest bed. I have, and like, all-white quilts - the pattern is the quilting stitches. Something like this would go well with colored crochet, and not overwhelm the crochet. Also, I have an antique pillow cover of very fine white-embroidered linen from your country (UK), edged with fine wide Beds lace. Lent it once to a house museum that featured the decorative arts - for one of the bedrooms. The gallery was used for an educational lace exhibit. (I curated the exhibit, and placed appropriate laces in the parlor, dining and bed rooms, as well.) This particular pillow cover (sham) is wide enough to go from one side of a double bed to the other and drape down the sides about 6". We put a long not-too-round bolster, covered with white linen under it, and the lace showed really pretty. Another way to describe it would be it was like a bureau scarf large enough to cover and drape beyond the bolster. The edges were not tucked under but allowed to drape so all the lace would show. We used an antique blue and white woven coverlet on the bed, and the bed skirt was old hand-woven creamy white linen. Another idea might be to applique the crochet onto a full-sized bed cover. This would depend entirely on the design/shape of the crochet. It is an idea that might work for you, or maybe someone else on Arachne. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace & Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
