It's actually our Cooma Craft group making the bonnets - we have a membership of about 20 regulars who meet every Tuesday to sew, knit, embroider, etc. A couple of us are lacemakers, so naturally we'll try to make a bit of lace for our bonnets.
We will use poor quality calico (I think it's called muslin in the USA - there has been conversations on this on Arachne before). It's off-white, and has a few slubs in it. We'll all embellish the bonnets as fancy takes us - this is an artistic endeavour by Christina, and bonnets do not have to be absolutely authentic. I have a reel of a dark ecru 100% quilting cotton which looks suitable to me, and I will make up a strip of simple torchon to probably go where the brim meets the crown. I have a torchon edge which looks like series of heart shapes, I'll redraw it to make it narrower to fit. All just planning stage thoughts at the moment. My current lace project is taking all my time - the basic Pythagoras Tree (without the map) from the 's Gravenmoerse LOKK book, which incidentally I am still looking to buy if anyone knows of a copy of the hard cover original available - it's been out of print for several years now. I asked before, but no success. Noelene in Cooma [EMAIL PROTECTED] PS - I downloaded the five individual pages, 3 patterns and 2 sheets of instructions, with no problems at all from the http://www.femalefactory.com.au site. They are PDF files. If anyone else has bother, email me and I'll email them to you as attachments. > Since the List is a bit quiet, Noelene tell us a bit > more about your group's plans. ....Alice - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
