Hi All, I've loved reading about all the lace people are making! I am working on a piece of tape lace (Battenberg type) in some wonderful gold tape. I've always loved this tape - bright metallic gold, 5mm or less (under 1/4") and tightly woven. A couple months ago I finally used some and now I'm using it on a piece I call North Wind. It's from an old magazine - 1904 I think - and it was called Passion Flower with three motifs around a center of linen. I'm making one motif in gold to wear on my black t-shirt for the banquet at the IOLI Convention.
It's looking very good. I've enlarged the small picture of it so it fits the tape. I think I can use metallic thread for some of the fillings but I got some in banana yellow for areas that need double Brussels stitch and to knot the metallic thread in other areas. Actually it's banana ice cream color (I keep getting cravings <G>). I had to think creatively since I want to make this NOW and so I got Mettler silk-finished cotton sewing machine thread 50/3 and it works great. That's the finest thread I can get in town. I made an NL sampler but haven't stitched much yet. I will get to Catherine Barley's book!! I need to practice the corded single Brussels with small diamonds before I can try the first pattern. It seems that I'm trying so many new stitches and threads that I have to get out the sampler for everything I'm doing! I am getting pretty quick at doing that so that's good! And I love trying new stitches!! I also need to get back to the courrones. I took a break because we went away for a few days and haven't gotten back to them. The butterfly needs to get done before Convention too because I hope to have kits of the pattern. I also have a white and ecru NL flower that is waiting to be finished. I have been putting away my NL stuff and it's "out of sight, out of mind". That doesn't work! Happy 4th of July and a belated Happy Canada Day to all who celebrate them! Jane in Vermont, USA where it got in the mid-80s for the poor marchers in the parade. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
