Hi, Miriam! Nobody in the Harrisburg class used an embroidery hoop. I think that's how they work tambour on "solid" fabric. We used a square frame to keep the tulle straight. We even basted 3 lines down the tulle (center and two sides) to have reference for getting it straight on the frame. The tulle came distorted, leaning to one side. I think it would be too easy to get a distorted design if the tulle were in a round hoop. But that's just my opinion and speculation, based on my vast experience of 2.5 days of workshop! <G>
As for the white canvas, we had flaps of unbleached muslin or white sheeting hanging down the sides. We had sewn the tulle sides to the long ends of the sheeting, wrapped the sheeting around the end-pieces of the square frame, and pinned it to itself very tightly. There was lots of leftover fabric. We could have pinned the opposite ends to each other to have a pale fabric belly hanging below the tulle. There would have been enough room to bring in your thread-hand (left hand, for the right-handers)between the sheeting and the tulle. However, I don't remember seeing anybody doing that. I thought about trying it, because it was very difficult to see the pale-gray pencil lines on the white tulle against the dark-ish carpet. However, your thread-hand is what's directly below the fabric, so it didn't seem to me to be much help to have white fabric below my hand. Besides, that night we (Tamara, my non-lace friend, and myself) went shopping and got those blue water-soluble pens and there was no need for white fabric below. Since I'm writing about the Harrisburg workshop, I want to add my belated thanks to the Harrisburg group for organizing it. I had a wonderful time! Greet was great fun as well as terribly inspiring, and Deb Bender and her cohorts took excellent care of us. She passed around menus so we could pick really good take-out lunch, and then she went and got it. We didn't have to waste time going out to eat. There were all sorts of snacks and icewater every morning, and they were replenished during the day. We were able to stay late to work in the good lighting instead of taking our frames back to a crowded and dark hotel room. All in all, an excellent workshop. Everything went so smoothly. Of course, after the great IOLI conference last year at the same place and organized by the same people, I expected nothing less. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA (formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: Miriam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "moving patterns to the tulle....when this is ready you have to remove the > paper and instead you should loosely fasten a white canvas so that you can > see the pencil marks more easily." > > Question - if you have to move your needle down through the tulle and pick > up your thread, where do you attach the canvas too without disturbing the > embroidery process. > > Another question, did any of you work the lace on a regular > embroidery hoop attached to a stand? - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
