To the looong lace ladies, I have often made garters for relatives and friends and on completion admired my handiwork. However when I think of the fate of the garters, I make another from bought lace. I clearly label each garter, as the garters are usually for non-lacemakers who wouldn't know the difference, then I give both garters to the bride to be. In Australia, part of the wedding ritual is for the bridegroom to remove the garter at the wedding breakfast and hurl it into the midst of the wedding guests. I don't mind the machine made lace garter being thrown away so long as the hand made lace is preserved for prosperity.
Pat Milne's Torchon garter in Orange Blossom design makes up well with a blue gimp and blue ribbon for the 'something blue' in the wedding rhyme. Ina in Wollongbar, Australia - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
