In a message dated 24/08/2004 04:58:43 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I'm looking on eBay, where you can find everything cheaply, but the vast > majority of linen fabric there is the cross-stitch sort. So it'll probably > be > easier to find cheap cross-stitch fabric than any other sort... > > Weronika I've always found linen cross stitch fabric rather rough weave and frays too easy so I personally wouldn't use it for mounting lace. What I've always done is made the lace then gone and bought the small amount of fabric I needed for mounting afterwards - I've never needed more than a half metre of fabric which usually is over a metre and a half wide and gives loads for the next thing you want to make - also I would doubt that even the best cotton lawn would be more than about 10 - 15 pounds sterling a metre so 1/2 a metre would only be half that and really work out as about a pound a centre. I have pieces of lace left unmounted for a year or two because I want just the right fabric for mounting simply because although the threads may have only cost a few pounds, after all those hours of making the piece I want to make sure that I mount it on something worth the cost of the lace - think about it - to me, a piece that takes 20 hours is work it's weight in gold - I'm not going to mount that on something that will take me another 10 hours to stitch it onto the fabric and only cost a few pennies then frays or looks wrong. Also, I usually take the lace with me, choose a couple of bolts to look at and ask the lady in the shop to roll them out so I can see the lace on them and choose which looks best - the shop assistants are always interested in what I am doing and help me find better pieces and quite often let me have less that the usual standard minimum amount of fabric. Good luck in looking - it's half the fun of doing the lace Regards Liz in London I'm back blogging my latest lace piece - have a look by clicking on the link or going to http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
